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.

Dry Comb

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bowscale

Etymology

It is a high hill, and the name clearly represents OE  camb. Cf. Coombs Clint supra 170.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement