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Survey of English Place-Names

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Common Md (Lane)

Other OS name in the Parish of Gillingham

Historical Forms

  • Common Mead 1811 OS
  • Cumber Mead, or as it is commonly called now Common Mead 1869 Hutch3
  • Comermede 1300 GillCt
  • common mead…called Comb Mead (sic) 1588 Hutch3
  • Cumbermeade 1609 LRMB
  • Comber Mead 1629 Hutch3

Etymology

, Common Mead 1811 OS,Cumber Mead , or as it is commonly called now Common Mead 1869 Hutch3; the earliername is Comermede 1300GillCt , common meadcalled Comb Mead (sic)1588 Hutch3, Cumbermeade 1609LRMB ,Comber Mead 1629 Hutch3 , v. mǣd , first el . possibly the OE pers.n. Cumbra , cf. Cumberwell W 117 , Cumberwood Gl 3149 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement