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.

Great Comberton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Great and Little Comberton

Historical Forms

  • Cumbrincgtun 972 BCS1282 c.1050
  • Cumbrintune 1086 DB c.1086 EveB 1190
  • Cumbritun(e) 1086 DB
  • Cumbrinton(a) c.1086 EveA 1190 Ch 1227
  • Cumbreton 1198 Cur
  • Cumbrenton 1201 Cur
  • Cumbirton 1268 Wigorn
  • Cumbrington, Combrington 1270 Ch
  • Combreton, Cumberton 1316 Ipm
  • Comberton, Magna et Parva 1428 FA
  • Commerton 1577 Saxton 1669 Marr

Etymology

'Cumbra's farm,' v. ingtun . For the pers. name cf. Cumberwood in Chaceley supra 193 and Comberton infra 249.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site