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Survey of English Place-Names

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Coombswell Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Haslemere

Historical Forms

  • Comsefold 1381 SR
  • Combesfold, Combeswold 1548 LRMB
  • Combesfold, Comersfold 1606 Swanton
  • Coombsell Copse 1846 TA

Etymology

[ kuˑmsəl ] ( 6 ″ ) is identical with Comsefold 1381SR (p),Combesfold , Combeswold 1548LRMB , Combesfold , Comersfold 1606Swanton, Coombsell Copse 1846TA . The original second element was fold , v. fal(o)d .