Combe
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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[by whom?] 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, which has the same meaning.[citation needed] Today, the word is used mostly in reference to the combes of southern[6]
and southwestern England, of Wales, and of County Kerry in Ireland.[citation needed]
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, England
Allercombe, Devon, England
Ansty Coombe, Wiltshire, England
Appuldurcombe, on the Isle of Wight
Ashcombe, Devon, England
Ashcombe, Somerset, England
Ashcombe, Wiltshire, England
Awliscombe, Devon, England
Babbacombe, Devon, England
Balcombe, West Sussex, England
Barcombe, East Sussex, England
Barcombe Cross, East Sussex, England
Batcombe, Dorset, England (named for Batcombe Down)
Batcombe, Somerset, England
Battlescombe, Gloucestershire, England
Batts Combe, Somerset, England
Beercrocombe, Somerset, England
Bencombe, Gloucestershire, England
Bettiscombe, Dorset, England
Bincombe, Dorcombe, England
Black Combe, Cumbria, England
Bocombe, Devon, England
Bodmiscombe, Devon, England
Boscombe, Dorset, England
Bowcombe, Isle of Wight
Bramblecombe, Dorset, England
Branscombe, Devon, England
Brenscombe Heath, Dorset, England
Brimscombe, Gloucestershire, England
Brockley Combe, North Somerset, England
Burcombe, Wiltshire, England
Burcombe Down, Wiltshire, England
Burlescombe, Devon, England
Burrington Combe, North Somerset, England
Butcombe, Somerset, England
Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England
Chacombe, Northamptonshire, England
Chaffcombe, Somerset, England
Chalcombe, Northamptonshire, England
Challacombe, Somerset, England
Chambercombe, Devon, England
Charlcombe, Somerset, England
Chilcombe, Dorset, England
Combe, Berkshire, England
Combe, Devon, England
Combe, Devon, England
Combe, Herefordshire, England
Combe, Oxfordshire, England
Combe Almer, Dorset, England
Combe Bottom, Surrey, England
Combe Common, Surrey, England- Combe Door Top, Glaramara, Cumbria, England
Combe Down, Somerset, England
Combe Fishacre, Devon, England
Combe Florey, Somerset, England- Combe Gill, Glaramara, Cumbria, England
Combe Haven, East Sussex, England
Combe Hay, Somerset, England- Combe Head, Glaramara, Cumbria, England
Combe Martin, North Devon, England
Combe Moor, Herefordshire, England
Combe Pafford, Devon, England
Combe Raleigh, Devon, England
Combe St Nicholas, Somerset, England
Combe Sydenham, Somerset, England
Combebow, Devon, England
Combeinteignhead, Devon, England
Combpyne, Devon, England
Combwich, Somerset, England
Compton, Berkshire, England
Compton, Devon, England
Compton, Hampshire
Compton, Isle of Wight
Compton, Surrey, England
Compton, Surrey, England
Compton, West Midlands, England
Compton, West Sussex, England
Compton Abbas, Dorset
Compton Abdale, Gloucestershire
Compton Bassett, Wiltshire, England
Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire, England
Compton Bishop, Somerset, England- Compton Dando
- Compton Dundon
- Compton Greenfield
- Compton Martin
- Compton Pauncefoot
- Compton Valence
- Coombe Abbey
- Coombe Bissett
- Coombe Cellars
- Coombe Country Park
- Coombe Dingle, Bristol
- Coombe Fields
- Coombe Hill
- Coombe Hill, a flank of Haddington Hill
- Coombe Hill, Buckinghamshire
- Coombe Hill, East Sussex
- Coombe Hill, Gloucestershire
- Coombe Keynes
- Coombe Wood
- Coombe, Buckinghamshire
- Coombe, Bude
- Coombe, Camborne
- Coombe, Cornwall
- Coombe, Croydon
- Coombe, Devon
- Coombe, Enford, Wiltshire
- 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
- Coombes Valley RSPB reserve
- Corscombe
- Croscombe
- Crowcombe
- Cutcombe
Danescombe, Cornwall, England- Drascombe
- Drizzlecombe
- Duncombe Park
- 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
- Hautecombe Abbey
- Hawkcombe Woods
- Hestercombe House
- High Wycombe
Higher Melcombe
- Holcombe Rogus
- Holcombe Ward
- 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
- Maplescombe
- Melcombe Regis
- Milcombe
- Milton Combe
- Monkton Combe
- Motcombe
- Moulsecoomb
- Mount Edgcumbe Country Park
- 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, England- Uggescombe (hundred)
- Ulcombe
- Upton Coombe
- Warcombe Farm
- Welcombe
- West Wycombe
- Westcombe
- Westcombe Park
- Westcombe Park railway station
- West Compton
- Whitcombe, Dorset, England
- Widcombe Crescent, Bath
- Widcombe, Bath
- Widdecombe
- Widecombe-in-the-Moor
- Winchcombe
- Winscombe
- Wiscombe Park Hillclimb
- Witcombe
- Withycombe
- Wiveliscombe
- Woolacombe
- Wycombe
- Yarcombe
- Yarnscombe
References
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^ "Coomb". Webster's New World College Dictionary. Cleveland, Ohio: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2010.
^ "Combe". Encarta World English Dictionary: North American Edition. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2009.
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^ "Coomb". Collins Pocket English Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18.
^ "Comb". Century Dictionary.
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"Coombe". Compact Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2010.A short valley or hollow on a hillside or coastline, especially in southern England.
