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 Row

Other OS name in the Parish of Handborough

Historical Forms

  • Comborow meadowe 1605 CorpusMap
  • Cumbrow mead 1606–7 Survey
  • Coombrowe meadow 1608–9 Survey

Etymology

may be Comborow meadowe 1605CorpusMap , Cumbrow mead 1606–7Survey , Coombrowe meadow 1608–9Survey : apparently ' Combe Row , ' Combe ( 254 ) being an adjacent parish .

Places in the same Parish