Combpyne
Major Settlement in the Parish of Combpyne
Historical Forms
- Coma 1086 DB
- Cumba Ricardi Coffin 1175 P
- Cumb(e) Coffin 1249 Ass 1313 Exon
- Combpyn 1377 SR
- Combepyn 1387 Exon
- Combepeyne 1462 Pat
- Compine 1675 Ogilby
Etymology
v. cumb . The manor was first held by the Cof (f )in family (1175 P), but the family of Pyn were already associated with the place in 1270 (FF) and Sir Thomas de Pyn was patron of the church in 1278 (Exon).