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

Major Settlement in the Parish of Coombes

Historical Forms

  • cumbhæma gemære 956 BCS961
  • Cumba 1073 France
  • Cumbe 1086 DB 1274–89 Ipm
  • Cumbe juxta Applesham 1288 Ass
  • La Cumbe 1280 FF 1320 Misc
  • Cumbes t.Rici Ch 1301 Cur 1202 FF 1255 SR 1296,1327
  • Combes 1265 Misc 1291 Tax 1301,1349 Ipm 1405 IpmR
  • Combe 1316 FA
  • Coumbes 1332 SR 1335 Ipm 1340 NI 1361 IpmR

Etymology

v. cumb , hæme . There is only one valley at Coombes itself, but there are many in the parish.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site