Compton Combe
valley · Bath and North East Somerset
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Compton Combe is a valley. 'Cumb' is Old English for valley, and 'tun' means settlement. The second 'combe' also means valley, making it a redundant name.
Word origins
- Compton
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley settlement(from cumb "valley", tun "settlement, farmstead")
- Combe
- Old Englishvalley(from cumb "valley")
Historical forms
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