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Combe Barn & Combe Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Maiden Newton

Etymology

, cf . The Coombe , Altmt in The Coombe , Above Higher Coombe , Lower Coombe & Middle Coombe , v. cumb ' valley ' ; it might be noted that Combe Bottom is one of no less than six 6 ″ names in this parish containing the el . bottom .