Combe
Major Settlement in the Parish of Combe
Historical Forms
- Cvmbe 1086 DB
- Cumba 1141–2 Eynsh 1270 Eynsh
- Cumba Regis 1163 P
- Cumbe 1231 Ch 1293 Cl
- Cumb 1251 Cl
- Cumbes 1201,6 Cur 1242–3 Fees
- Comba 1220 RoyLet
- Longa Combe 1357 Pat
- Combe 1399,1406,1413 Eynsh
- Longecombe 1446,51 Eynsh
- Longcombe 1464,75,83 Eynsh
- Longe Combe 1534 Eynsh
- Coumb' 1273–4,1275–6 RH
- Coumbe 1291,1320,1399 Eynsh
Etymology
'Valley,' v. cumb . It was evidently known as 'Long Combe' in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. Mr C. S. Emden informs us that the site of the village was moved to where it now is on the hill-side from a position down in the river-valley, half a mile away, about 1350.