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

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cheriton Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • Comba 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Cumbe
  • Combe 1295 Ipm

Etymology

v. cumb .