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.

Coombe (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Totternhoe

Historical Forms

  • Combes 1276 Ass

Etymology

v. cumb . The farm lies in a depression on the south side of the hill.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement