Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COMBE, or Coombe

COMBE, or Coombe, an Anglo-Saxon word signifying "an upland hollow, " or "a low place enclosed with hills, " and used by itself and as a prefix in topographical nomenclature. It is similar to the Welsh Cwm.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an Anglo-Saxon word signifying "an upland hollow, ""   (ADL Feature Type: "valleys")
Place names: COMBE     |     COMBE OR COOMBE     |     COOMBE