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.

Coombewick

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wiston

Historical Forms

  • Comenwyke 1615 SRS14,129
  • Comewick 1823 G
  • Cumbwyk 1327 SR

Etymology

Coombewick (6″) is Comenwyke in 1615 (SRS 14, 129), Comewick in 1823 (G), and was the home of John de Cumbwyk (1327 SR) and Roger de Cumbwyke of Steyning (1296 SR).v. cumb , wic .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement