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.