Combe

Short description: Type of valley used in place names

A combe (/kuːm/; also spelled coombe or coomb and, in place names, comb) can refer either to a steep, narrow valley, or to a small valley or large hollow on the side of a hill;[1][2] in any case, it is often understood simply to mean a small valley through which a watercourse does not run.[3][4] The word "combe" derives from Old English cumb, of the same meaning, and is unrelated to the English word "comb".[5] It derives ultimately from the same Brythonic source as the Welsh cwm for 'valley'; pronounced [kʊm]), which has the same meaning.[6] Today, the word is used mostly in reference to the combes of southern[7] and southwestern England .

## Examples

The following is a list places in the British Isles named for having combes:

* Addiscombe, in south London
* Addiscombe, in the London Borough of Croydon
* Alcombe, in Minehead, Somerset
* Allercombe, Devon
* Ansty Coombe, Wiltshire
* Appuldurcombe, on the Isle of Wight
* Ashcombe, Devon
* Ashcombe, Somerset
* Ashcombe, Wiltshire
* Awliscombe, Devon
* Babbacombe, Devon
* Balcombe, West Sussex
* Barcombe, East Sussex
* Barcombe Cross, East Sussex
* Batcombe, Dorset, England (named for Batcombe Down)
* Batcombe, Somerset
* Battlescombe, Gloucestershire
* Batts Combe, Somerset
* Beercrocombe, Somerset
* Bencombe, Gloucestershire
* Bettiscombe, Dorset
* Bincombe, Dorset
* Black Combe, Cumbria
* Bocombe, Devon
* Bodmiscombe, Devon
* Boscombe, Dorset
* Bowcombe, Isle of Wight
* Bramblecombe, Dorset
* Branscombe, Devon
* Brenscombe Heath, Dorset
* Brimscombe, Gloucestershire
* Brockley Combe, North Somerset
* Burcombe, Wiltshire
* Burcombe Down, Wiltshire
* Burlescombe, Devon
* Burrington Combe, North Somerset
* Butcombe, Somerset
* Castle Combe, Wiltshire
* Chacombe, Northamptonshire
* Chaffcombe, Somerset
* Chalcombe, Northamptonshire
* Challacombe, Somerset
* Chambercombe, Devon
* Charlcombe, Somerset
* Chilcombe, Dorset
* Combe, Berkshire
* Combe, Devon
* Combe, Devon
* Combe, Herefordshire
* Combe, Oxfordshire
* Combe Almer, Dorset
* Combe Bottom, Surrey
* Combe Common, Surrey
* Combe Door Top, Glaramara, Cumbria
* Combe Down, Somerset
* Combe Fishacre, Devon
* Combe Florey, Somerset
* Combe Gill, Glaramara, Cumbria
* Combe Haven, East Sussex
* Combe Hay, Somerset
* Combe Head, Glaramara, Cumbria
* Combe Martin, North Devon
* Combe Moor, Herefordshire
* Combe Pafford, Devon
* Combe Raleigh, Devon
* Combe St Nicholas, Somerset
* Combe Sydenham, Somerset
* Combebow, Devon
* Combeinteignhead, Devon
* Combpyne, Devon
* Combwich, Somerset
* Compton, Berkshire
* Compton, Devon
* Compton, Hampshire
* Compton, Isle of Wight
* Compton, Surrey
* Compton, Surrey
* Compton, West Midlands
* Compton, West Sussex
* Compton Abbas, Dorset
* Compton Abdale, Gloucestershire
* Compton Bassett, Wiltshire
* Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire
* Compton Bishop, Somerset
* Compton Dando
* Compton Dundon
* Compton Greenfield
* Compton Martin
* Compton Pauncefoot
* Compton Valence
* Coombe Bissett
* Coombe Dingle, Bristol
* Coombe Fields
* Coombe Hill
* Coombe Hill, a flank of Haddington Hill
* Coombe Hill, Buckinghamshire
* Coombe Hill, East Sussex
* Coombe Hill (Cotswolds), Gloucestershire
* Coombe Hill, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
* Coombe Keynes
* Coombe, Buckinghamshire
* Coombe, Bude
* Coombe, Camborne
* Coombe, Cornwall
* Coombe, Croydon
* Coombe, Devon
* Coombe, Gloucestershire
* Coombe, Hampshire
* Coombe, Kent
* Coombe, Kingston upon Thames
* Coombe, Liskeard
* Coombe, London
* Coombe, Redruth
* Coombe, Sidmouth, Devon
* Coombe, Somerset
* Coombe, St Austell
* Coombe, Taunton, Somerset
* Coombe, Teignmouth, Devon
* Coombe, Tiverton, Devon
* Coombe, Truro
* Coombe, Wiltshire
* Coombes
* Corscombe
* Croscombe
* Crowcombe
* Cutcombe
* Danescombe, Cornwall
* Doccombe, Devon
* Drascombe
* Drizzlecombe
* Eastcombe, Gloucestershire
* Eastcombe, Mendip, Somerset
* Eastcombe, Taunton Deane, Somerset
* Ellacombe
* Ellacombe, Devon
* Englishcombe
* Faccombe
* Farncombe
* Flexcombe
* Fordcombe
* Gatcombe
* Gatcombe Park
* Goblin Combe
* Halecombe
* Harptree Combe
* Hascombe
* Hascombe Hill
* Hawkcombe Woods
* Hestercombe House
* High Wycombe
* Higher Melcombe
* Holcombe Rogus
* Holcombe, Devon
* Holcombe, East Devon
* Holcombe, Greater Manchester
* Holcombe, Somerset
* Holcombe, Teignbridge
* Hollycombe
* Huntercombe
* Huntercombe, Slough
* Ilfracombe
* Letcombe
* Luccombe, Isle of Wight
* Luccombe, Somerset
* Luscombe Castle
* Maidencombe, Devon
* Maplescombe
* Melcombe Regis
* Milcombe
* Milton Combe
* Monkton Combe
* Motcombe
* Moulsecoomb
* Nether Compton
* Nettlecombe
* Nettlecombe Court
* Nettlecombe, Isle of Wight
* Nettlecombe, Somerset
* Occombe Valley Woods
* Odcombe
* Oddicombe Beach
* Orcombe Point
* Overcombe
* Over Compton
* Parracombe
* Pencombe
* Peppercombe Castle
* Picklecombe Fort
* Pincombe Down
* Pitcombe
* Pitcombe Down
* Postcombe
* Prescombe Down
* Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood
* Pyecombe
* Ranscombe Farm, Medway
* Riddlecombe
* River Swincombe
* Ruscombe
* Saddlescombe
* Salcombe
* Salcombe Castle
* Salcombe Regis
* Seacombe
* Sedlescombe
* Shalcombe
* Sheepscombe
* Shoscombe
* Slewton Combe
* Smallcombe
* Snorscombe
* Stinchcombe
* Swanscombe
* Swyncombe
* Telscombe
* Templecombe
* The Coombe, Dublin
* The Coombes, Hinton Parva
* Thorncombe
* Timberscombe
* Totcombe, Dorset
* Uggescombe (hundred)
* Ulcombe
* Upton Coombe
* Warcombe Farm
* Welcombe
* West Wycombe
* Westcombe
* Westcombe Park
* West Compton
* Whitcombe, Dorset
* Widcombe, Bath
* Widdecombe
* Widecombe-in-the-Moor
* Winchcombe
* Winscombe
* Witcombe
* Withycombe
* Wiveliscombe
* Woolacombe
* Wycombe
* Yarcombe
* Yarnscombe

## References

1. ↑ "Combe". Merriam–Webster's Dictionary. Merriam–Webster. 2011. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/combe.
2. ↑ "Coomb". Webster's New World College Dictionary. Cleveland, Ohio: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2010. http://www.yourdictionary.com/coomb.
3. ↑ "Combe". Encarta World English Dictionary: North American Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2009. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=561502913.
4. ↑ "Coomb". Collins Pocket English Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 2010. http://www.collinslanguage.com/results.aspx?context=3&reversed=False&action=define&homonym=0&text=coomb.
5. ↑ "Comb". Century Dictionary.
6. ↑ Gooden, Phillip (2009). The Story of English. Quercus. p. 22. ISBN 9781847242723. https://books.google.com/books?id=RqFvXH9yUz8C&dq=cwm&pg=PA42. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
7. ↑ "Coombe". Compact Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2010. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/combe?view=uk. "A short valley or hollow on a hillside or coastline, especially in southern England.".

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