Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cume 1086 DB

• Cumba, Cumb(e) 1166 RBE

• Cumbe (Willelmi de Cahaignes) 1199 P 1210–2 RBE 1212 Fees 1236 1288 Ass

• Cumbe (Chaynes) 1276–84 Ipm

• Cumbe Kayn(n)es, Cumbe Kaymes, Cumbe Keynes 1288 Ass 1303 FA 1306 Pat 1308 FF

• Comb(e), Comba 1280,1288 Ass 1291 Tax 1434 Weld1

• Comb(e) Kaynes 1299 Cl

• Coumb(e) Caynes, Coumb(e) Kaynes, Coumb(e) Keynes, Coumb(e) Kaynys 1302 ADIII 1443 Weld1

• Coumbe 1361 Pat

• Coume 1408 Weld1

• de Cahaignes in 1199 (P)

• (chaceam) in 1450 ib

Etymology

'(At the) valley', v. cumb . The manor was held by William de Cahaignes in 1199 (P), and continued in the possession of this family until at least the 14th cent. (1235 Hutch3, 1282 Cl, 1285, 1303, 1306 FA, 1308Weld 1, 1386 Fine, etc.), cf. Tarrant Keynston par. infra , and Southcombe and Kaynysmede infra in this par. There is mention of a barton (bertona ) and a grange (grang ') here in 1445Weld 1, and of a chace (chaceam ) in 1450ib .