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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cumheigh or Cymeheigh(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Symondsbury

Historical Forms

  • Cunneheghe 1399 Cl
  • Cumleigh (sic) 1795 Boswell
  • Conhays 1839 TA

Etymology

( lost ) , 1774 Hutch1 , Cunneheghe 1399Cl, Cumleigh (sic)1795 Boswell, Conhays 1839TA , v. hay ' enclosure ' , first el . possibly a ME surname from OE  Cynna ( Redin 47 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement