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Re: Origin of the village name of Comberbach
Posted by: Bob Cumberbatch	Date: January 06, 2002 at 08:19:46
In Reply to: Origin of the village name of Comberbach by Nigel Johns	of 50

Nigel,

You are pretty close. Comberbach in Chester is made up of 'Comber' - dweller in a valley and a variant is 'Coombe'. Bach(e) is a stream.

So Comberbach is a dweller in a valley with a stream. Comberbach is just such a setting.

thanks Bob

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