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.

Comer Gardens

Early-attested site in the Parish of St Johns in Bedwardine

Historical Forms

  • assart de Combire 1240 WoP
  • Comer in Temple Lawern 1316 Ipm
  • Colmore 1649 Surv

Etymology

Little can be done with these forms. It looks as if the last form is an inverted spelling from names in which the l has become silent.