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.

Comb

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Lowcome 1656 PR
  • Colm Bank 1843 TA

Etymology

, Lowcome 1656 PR, Colm Bank 1843TA , cf. Combs 230supra , from ME  colm ' soot, slack ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement