A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COMBERMERE, a township in Acton parish, Cheshire; 3½ miles N E of Whitchurch. A Benedictine abbey was founded here, in 1133, by Hugh de Malbane; and given, at the dissolution, to the Cottons, ancestors of Viscount Combermere. Combermere Abbey mansion is the Viscount's seat.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Acton CP/AP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Combermere |
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