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.

The Combs

Other OS name in the Parish of Croglin

Historical Forms

  • the Coomes 1687 Cocker
  • the Cowmes 1691 ib

Etymology

is the Coomes 1687Cocker , the Cowmes 1691 ib . The name refers to a line of hills north of Croglin Water , and must represent OE  camb . Cf. Coombs Clint supra 170 .