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Combe (other)
A combe can refer either to a steep, narrow valley, or to a small valley or large hollow on the side of a hill. Combe may also refer to: English place names * Combe, Berkshire * Combe, Buckfastleigh, Devon * Combe, Yealmpton, Devon * Combe, Herefordshire * Combe, Oxfordshire * Combe, Somerset Places in England with combe as one word in part of their name Cumbria * Black Combe Devon * Combe Fishacre * Combe Martin * Combe Pafford * Combe Raleigh * Ilfracombe * Chambercombe * Woolacombe * Slewton Combe * In Torquay, Devon ** Ellacombe, Devon ** Babbacombe ** Maidencombe Dorset * Combe Almer Hereford * Combe Moor Oxford * Combe Longa, Oxfordshire Somerset * Combe Down * Combe Florey * Combe Hay * Combe St Nicholas * Combe Throop/Templecombe * Monkton Combe Surrey * Combe Common Wiltshire * Castle Combe Other uses * Combe (surname) * Combe (Middle-earth), a fictional village in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings * Combe (mythology), name of a character i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combe
A combe (; 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; in any case, it is often understood simply to mean a small valley through which a watercourse ''does not'' run. The word "combe" derives from Old English ''cumb'', of the same meaning, and is unrelated to the English word "comb". It derives ultimately from the same Brythonic source as the Welsh '' cwm'', which has the same meaning. Today, the word is used mostly in reference to the combes of southern and southwestern England. Examples The following is a list places in the British Isles The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ... named for having combes: References {{reflist Valleys Slope landforms [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babbacombe
Babbacombe is a district of Torquay, Devon, England. It is notable for Babbacombe Model Village, the Babbacombe Theatre and its clifftop green, Babbacombe Downs, from which Oddicombe Beach is accessed via Babbacombe Cliff Railway. Frequent buses connect Babbacombe with Torquay town centre while service 22 operates between Dawlish Warren and South Devon College. Churches and schools The Church of All Saints was designed by the architect William Butterfield and built in 1868-74 under the aegis of Rev. John Hewett whose initiative it had been to build it. It is in the Neogothic style and has fine polychrome stonework in the font, pulpit and the chancel floor made from Devon marble. All Saints Church belongs to the Anglo-Catholic tradition within the Church of England, and its parish is one of those in the Diocese of Exeter. The first vicar was Fr. John Hewitt, whose ministry began when the church was founded and continued to his retirement in 1910. Babbacombe has a primary sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combe (surname)
Combe is a surname. It is similar to the surname Coombes. Notable people with the surname include: *Alan Combe (born 1974), Scottish footballer *Andrew Combe (1797–1847), Scottish physiologist * Carmela Combe (1898–1984), Peruvian aviator * David Combe (1943–2019), Australian political figure and wine industry executive * George Combe (1788–1858), Scottish writer on phrenology and education *Harvey Christian Combe (1752–1818), English brewer and Lord Mayor of London * Ivan Combe (1911–2000), American inventor * John Frederick Boyce Combe (1895–1967), British Army officer before and during World War II *Martha Combe (1806–1893), British philanthropist * Peter Combe (born 1948), Australian musician * Reginaldus de Combe (fl. 1300–1301), English Member of Parliament * Rose Combe (1883–1932), French writer * Thomas Combe (1796–1872), British printer and philanthropist See also * Combe (other) * Coombes (surname) Coombes is an English surname. Notable p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Combe
Castle Combe is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Wiltshire, England. The village is around north-west of Chippenham. A castle once stood in the area, but was demolished centuries ago. The village is in two parts: one is in the narrow valley of Bybrook River, By Brook, while Upper Castle Combe is on higher land to the east, on the B4039 road connecting Chippenham and Chipping Sodbury. No new houses have been built in the historic area since about 1600. South of the upper village is the Castle Combe Circuit, Castle Combe motor racing circuit. History A Roman villa once stood about three miles from the village, indicating Roman occupation of the area. The site has been excavated on at least three occasions, the first by Scrope in 1852 and the most recent in 2010. Some reports refer to the site as the North Wraxall or the Truckle Hill villa. Evidence of a bath house and corn drying ovens were found, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combe Common
Chiddingfold is a village and civil parish in the Weald in the Waverley district of Surrey, England. It lies on the A283 road between Milford and Petworth. The parish includes the hamlets of Ansteadbrook, High Street Green and Combe Common. Chiddingfold Forest, a Site of Special Scientific Interest, lies mostly within its boundaries. History The name of Chiddingfold 'Chadynge's fold', , is derived from the Saxon, probably meaning the fold (enclosure for animals) "in the hollow". Chiddingfold has an historic link to glass-making. John Aubrey, the 17th century antiquary, mistakenly claimed there were no fewer than eleven glassworks in Chiddingfold, however, as Kenyon states in his authoritative ‘The Glass Industry of the Weald’, Leicester University Press 1967, p.7, there were probably no more than twelve in the whole of Surrey. Window glass made in Chiddingfold in the mid-fourteenth century was used in some of the finest buildings in the land, including St Stephen' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monkton Combe
Monkton Combe is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in north Somerset, England, south of Bath, Somerset, Bath. The parish, which includes the Hamlet (place), hamlet of Tucking Mill, had a population of 554 in 2013. It was formerly known as Combe, owing to its geography, while it was also known as Monckton Combe and Combe Monckton until last century. History The pre-Saxon history of Monkton Combe is poorly recorded. It lay close to the Roman road from Bath to London, which has prompted the construction of a Roman villa in Combe Down. More activity is noted in the Sub-Roman Britain, sub-Roman period, when it formed the end of the western section of the protective Wansdyke (earthwork), Wansdyke, which had been designed to protect Somerset from Saxon invasion. Combe was settled and cultivated by the Anglo-Saxon period, when it formed part of the Hundred (county subdivision), hundred of Bath Forum (hundred), Bath Forum. It was probably given to Bath Abbey, along w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combe Throop
Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, east of Yeovil, and west of Salisbury. The village has a population of 1,560. Along with the hamlet of Combe Throop, it forms the parish of Abbas and Templecombe. History Prior to the Norman Conquest Combe was held by Leofwine Godwinson. One part of the village was known as Abbas Combe which was recorded in the '' Domesday Book'' of 1086–7 as ''Cumbe'', when it was held by the church of St Edward, Shaftesbury. The other manor within the parish was held by Godwinson, but after the Norman Conquest, was given to Bishop Odo of Bayeux. It was his descendant Serlo FitzOdo who granted it to the Knights Templar. The parish was part of the Hundred of Horethorne. Templecombe derives its name from ''Combe Templariorum'', after the Knights Templar who established Templecombe Preceptory in the village in 1185. After they were suppressed in 1312 it was granted to the Knight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combe St Nicholas
Combe St Nicholas is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated northwest of Chard, Somerset, Chard and from Taunton in the South Somerset district on the edge of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish, which includes Wadeford and Scrapton, has a population of 1,373. History There are also the remains of a Roman Villa in the town known as Wadeford Roman villa which is scheduled as an ancient monument. At the time of the Domesday Book the manor was held by Gisa, Bishop of Wells, Bishop Gisa. The parish was known as Combe Episcopi until the dedication of the church to St Nicholas in 1239. Governance The Parish councils of England, parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates planning applications and works with the police, district council officers, and Neighbourhood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combe Hay
Combe Hay is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the England, English Ceremonial Counties, county of Somerset. It falls within the Cotswolds, Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish has a population of 147. History Combe Hay was known in the Domesday Book as Cumb. The parish of Combe Hay was part of the Wellow (hundred), Wellow Hundred (county subdivision), Hundred. The village includes a church with a 15th-century tower, the Georgian architecture, Georgian Combe Hay Manor and Georgian rectory. Combe Hay was the site of Combe Hay Locks, a series of locks, dating from 1805 on the Somerset Coal Canal on which research and restoration is proposed. It is the site of one of the only caisson locks ever built which was near the current Caisson House. Many of the locks and associated workings are listed buildings. It was also served by the Bristol and North Somerset Railway, Camerton and Limpley Stoke Railway. From the 1880s until 1980 mines extra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combe Florey
Combe Florey is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated northwest of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district, on the West Somerset Railway. The village has a population of 261. The parish includes the hamlet of Eastcombe which is a linear settlement along the A358 Taunton-Wiliton Road. The village public house is ''The Farmer's Arms''. History The first part of the name Combe Florey comes from ''cwm'' meaning valley, and the second part from Hugh de Fleuri who was lord of the manor around 1166. At the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 the village was part of the Bishop of Winchesters estate of Taunton Deane. The parish of Combe Florey was part of the Taunton Deane Hundred. Governance The parish council has responsibility for local issues, including setting an annual precept (local rate) to cover the council's operating costs and producing annual accounts for public scrutiny. The parish council evaluates local planning applications and works wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combe Down
Combe Down is a village on the outskirts of Bath, England in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Somerset. Combe Down village consists predominantly of 18th and 19th century Bath stone-built villas, terraces and workers' cottages; the post World War II Foxhill estate of former and present council housing; a range of Georgian, Victorian and 20th century properties along both sides of North Road and Bradford Road and the 21st century Mulberry Park development on the site of the former Ministry of Defence offices. Location Combe Down sits on a ridge above Bath, approximately to the south of the city centre. The village is adjoined to the north by large areas of natural woodland (Fairy Wood, Long Wood, Klondyke Copse and Rainbow Wood) with public footpaths offering views overlooking the city. Parts of these woods are owned and managed by Bath & Northeast Somerset Council, but the majority are owned and managed by the National Trus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combe Longa, Oxfordshire
Combe is a village and civil parish about northeast of Witney in Oxfordshire. It is bounded to the south and southwest by the River Evenlode, to the northwest partly by the course of the Akeman Street Roman road and partly by a road parallel with it, and to the east by the boundary of Blenheim Great Park. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 768. Church and chapel Church of England The Church of England parish church of St Laurence dates from the 12th century but was rebuilt in the late 14th century for Eynsham Abbey. Its interior has several 15th-century wall paintings, which were rediscovered during restoration work in 1892. St Laurence's is a Grade I listed building. St Laurence's bell tower has a ring of six bells, cast by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough in 1924, and a clock built by John Smith and Sons of Derby in 1948. Methodist Combe has had a Methodist congregation since about the 1770s, when it used to meet in a house called Wedgehook i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
