Coombe
Early-attested site in the Parish of Ellesborough
Historical Forms
- Cumbingacre 1195 Miss 14th
- Cumbacres 1202 Fines
Etymology
v. cumb and æcer . The -ing - of the first form is curious.Have we here a trace of an earlier form Cumbing or Cumbingas ?v. EPN 41 and, more fully, Ekwall, PN in -ing .