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Survey of English Place-Names

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Coombes Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Wambrook

Historical Forms

  • lands called Coombes 1863 Hutch3

Etymology

, lands called Coombes 1863 Hutch3 , cf. Coombs Altmt or Hither 4 Acres 1844TA , perhaps to be associated with Benedict atte Cumbesheued de Wambrok ' , ' at the head of the valley ' , v. cumb , hēafod , atte(n) .