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Coomhill Cottage

Other OS name in the Parish of Forthampton

Historical Forms

  • Cumberhill' 1368 Works
  • Comberhull' 1368 ib
  • Comberhill 1540 AOMB

Etymology

, Cumberhill '1368 Works, Comberhull '1368 ib, Comberhill 1540AOMB ; the first el . is probably the same as that in Cumberwood inTirley (iii, 149infra ) , the OE  pers.n. Cumbra , v. hyll ; the modern form has been adjusted to that of Coombe Hill (83infra ) across the Severn .