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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cumberlow Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rushden

Historical Forms

  • Cumbrelawe 1248 Ass
  • Cumberlawe 1255 ib
  • Comberlawe 1256 StPauls
  • Cumberlowe 1349–96 Gesta
  • Comberlowe, Cumbirlowe 1376 Cl
  • Comerlowe Greene 1538 FF

Etymology

'Cumbra 's burial mound or hill,' v. hlaw and cf. Comberton (PN Wo 193) and Cumberton Bottom infra 175.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement