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.

Coombe Place

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hamsey

Historical Forms

  • atte Cumb 1296 SR

Etymology

Coombe Place was probably the home of William atte Cumb (1296 SR), v. cumb . In 1498 (Rowe) the manor is said to have once been called Combers . For the significance of this name v. Bridger's Pond supra 35.

Places in the same Parish