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.

Comhampton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ombersley

Historical Forms

  • Cumbehampton 1275 Ass
  • Comphampton 1275 FF
  • Comanton 1567 Wills

Etymology

'The hamtun by the cumb or valley.'