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Coombe Chalk Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Coombe Keynes

Historical Forms

  • Coombe Green, Coombe Chalk Pit, Chalk Pit, Chalk Pit Cl, Chalk Pit Fd 1839 TA

Etymology

, Coombe Green , Coombe Chalk Pit , Chalk Pit ,Chalk Pit Cl , Chalk Pit Fd 1839TA , cf. le pytte 1433Weld 1 , unam magnam quarreram 1440ib , querrer ' de Combekaynes 1462ib , v. pytt .