English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Castle Combe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Castle Combe

Historical Forms

  • Come 1086 DB
  • Cumbe 1186 RBE 1242 Fees 1249 Ass 1270 Ipm
  • Castelc(o)umbe 1270 Pat 1383 Ch 1322 Ipm 1330
  • Chastelcombe 1305 Ass 1422 Add

Etymology

'Valley,' v. cumb . Castle from the Norman castle here.