Combe

Combe, William, 1741-1823, English satirist and miscellaneous writer, b. Bristol. His writing was mainly hack work, issued anonymously to avoid seizure of the proceeds by his many creditors. He is chiefly remembered for the "Dr. Syntax" series (3 vol., 1812-21), for which he wrote doggerel verse to accompany the illustrations of Thomas Rowlandson.

A combe is the uppermost part of a valley, or a short valley or hollow on a hill or coastline. The term may form part of a place name, such as Ilfracombe, Woolacombe, etc. The common English place name "Compton" has the same derivation.

Place names

• Combe, Berkshire, a place in Berkshire (but formerly in Hampshire), England
• Combe, Buckfastleigh, Devon, a place near Buckfastleigh, England
• Combe, Yealmpton, Devon, a place near Yealmpton, England
• Combe, Herefordshire, a place in Herefordshire, England
• Combe, Oxfordshire, England
• Combe, Somerset, England

Places with combe as one word in part of their name

• Combe Almer, Dorset, England
• Combe Common, Surrey, England
• Combe Down, Somerset, England
• Combe Fishacre, Devon, England
• Combe Florey, Somerset, England
• Combe Hay, Somerset, England
• Combe Martin, Devon, England
• Combe Moor, Herefordshire, England
• Combe Pafford, Devon, England
• Combe Raleigh, Devon, England
• Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, England
• Combe Throop, Somerset, England
• Monkton Combe, Somerset, England

Other

• Combe (Middle-earth), a fictional village in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings
• Combe (ethnic group), an ethnic group from Equatorial Guinea
• Combe International (business), a photographic design company located in Australia
• Combe (business), the company that gave the world Odor Eaters, Clearasil, Lanacane
• "Combe", a poem by Patti Smith from her 1978 book Babel (book)
• Combe Magna, the fictional home of John Willoughby of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, in Somersetshire

See also

• coomb
• Coombe, disambiguation