Comberton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Comberton
Historical Forms
- Cumbertone 1086 DB
- Cumbertuna 1155 P 1218 SR
- Cumberton(e) 1176–1202 P
- Cumbirton 1318 Crowland
- Cumbreton(a) 1168–90 P
- Commertona 1086 ICC 1172 P
- Comerton(e) 1279 RH 1284,1316 FA 1404 Cl
- Cumerton' 1202 CR
- Comberton(e) 1286 QW
- Camberton' 1187 P
- Combreton 1198 Fees 1387 Pat 1399 Cl
- Comburton 1374 Cl
Etymology
'Cumbra 's farm,' v. tūn , and for the personal name, cf. Comberton (PN Wo 193–4).