Castle Combe
village · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Castle Combe is a village with a castle in a valley. 'Castle' is Norman French, and 'Combe' is Old English for a deep valley.
Word origins
- Castle
- Norman Frenchcastle(from castel "castle")
- Combe
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from cumb "valley")
Historical forms
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