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.