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.

North and South Coombe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Templeton

Historical Forms

  • Coma 1086 DB
  • Cumbe 1238 Ass
  • Cumb Munceus 1242 Fees773
  • Combe Mounceaux 1326 Ipm
  • Cumbe Templar 1281 Ass
  • Templecombe 1356 Ass 1399 IpmR

Etymology

v. cumb . William de Moncellis held the manor in 1242, but in 1276 (Ipm) one fee was held by the master of the Knights of the Temple.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement