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 Combe, Combe Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sydling St Nicholas

Historical Forms

  • Cumba 1293 Winch
  • (the) Coombe, Coombe Hill 1893 TA
  • Coombe (a deep valley called Coombe) 1870 Hutch3

Etymology

, Cumba (dom 'berch ' in Cumba , probably 'shepherd's house in Cumba ') 1293Winch , (the )Coombe , Coombe Hill 1893TA , Coombe (a deep valley called Coombe )1870Hutch3 , v. cumb , cf. the f.n. le Sowth 'combyshede infra and foll .