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Combe
Combe, Coombe, ‘the valley’, from OE cumb, a common place-name, especially in the South West; examples include: Combe Oxon. Cumbe 1086 (DB). Combe, Abbas Somerset. Cumbe 1086 (DB), Coumbe Abbatisse 1327. Manorial addition from Latin abbatisse ‘of the abbess’, alluding to early possession by Shaftesbury Abbey. Combe, Castle Wilts. Come 1086 (DB), Castelcumbe 1270. Affix castel referring to the Norman castle here. Combe Florey Somerset. Cumba 12th cent., Cumbeflori 1291. Manorial addition from the de Flury family, here in the 12th cent. Combe Hay B. & NE. Som. Come 1086 (DB), Cumbehawya 1249. Manorial addition from the family of de Haweie, here in the 13th cent. Combeinteignhead Devon. Comba 1086 (DB), Cumbe in Tenhide 1227. Affix from a district called Tenhide because it contained ‘ten hides of land’ (OE tēn + hīd). Combe Martin Devon. Comba 1086 (DB), Cumbe Martini 1265. Manorial addition from one Martin whose son held the manor in 1133. Combe, Monkton B. & NE. Som. Cume 1086 (DB). Affix means ‘estate of the monks’ (OE munuc + tūn). Combe Raleigh Devon. Cumba 1237, Comberalegh 1383. Manorial addition from the de Ralegh family, here in the 13th cent. Combe St Nicholas Somerset. Cumbe 1086 (DB). Affix from its possession by the Priory of St Nicholas in Exeter. Combe, Temple Somerset. Come 1086 (DB), Cumbe Templer 1291. Affix from its possession by the Knights Templars at an early date. Coombe Hants. Cumbe 1086 (DB). Coombe Bissett Wilts. Come 1086 (DB), Coumbe Byset 1288. Manorial addition from the Biset family, here in the 12th cent. Coombe Keynes Dorset. Cume 1086 (DB), Combe Kaynes 1299. Manorial addition from the de Cahaignes family, here in the 12th cent.
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A. D. MILLS. "Combe." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Combe." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Combe.html A. D. MILLS. "Combe." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Combe.html |
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combe see COOMB.
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T. F. HOAD. "combe." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "combe." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-combe.html T. F. HOAD. "combe." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-combe.html |
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combe
•abloom, assume, backroom, bloom, Blum, boom, broom, brume, combe, consume, doom, entomb, exhume, flume, foredoom, fume, gloom, groom, Hume, illume, inhume, Khartoum, khoum, loom, neume, perfume, plume, presume, resume, rheum, room, spume, subsume, tomb, vroom, whom, womb, zoom
•catacomb • heirloom • broadloom
•taproom • guardroom • staffroom
•darkroom • classroom • bathroom
•bedroom, headroom
•legroom • restroom
•dayroom, playroom
•saleroom • stateroom • salesroom
•tearoom • green room • sickroom
•anteroom • bridegroom • stockroom
•strongroom • box room • washroom
•storeroom • boardroom • ballroom
•courtroom • houseroom • showroom
•cloakroom • elbow room
•poolroom, schoolroom
•newsroom
•gunroom, sunroom
•mushroom • common room
•workroom • hecatomb • vacuum
•legume • volume • costume
•Leverhulme
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"combe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "combe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-combe.html "combe." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-combe.html |
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