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.

Coombes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Charlesworth

Historical Forms

  • Cumbes Hy3,c.1285 For
  • Chiselwrthecumbes 1285 ib
  • Coumbes 1285 ib
  • Combes 1526 DuLa

Etymology

Coombes, Cumbes Hy 3, c. 1285For , Chiselwrthecumbes 1285 ib, Coumbes 1285 ib et passim , Combes 1526DuLa . 'The valleys', v. cumb . Though situated high, below a prominent ridge, the farm is flanked by two narrow valleys.