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.
COMBE-ABBAS, or Abbas and Temple-Combe, a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset; adjacent to the river Cale, the boundary with Dorset, and the Yeovil and Salisbury railway, 4 miles S of Wincanton. It has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Bath, both of the name of Temple-Combe. Acres, 1,850. Real property, with Stowell, £5, 311. Pop., 487. Houses, 117. The property is much subdivided. A preceptory of the Knights-Templars was at Temple-Combe. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £398.* Patron, the Rev. T. Fox. The church is very good. Charities, £10.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Abbas Combe CP/AP Wincanton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | ABBAS AND TEMPLE COMBE | COMBE ABBAS | COMBE ABBAS OR ABBAS AND TEMPLE COMBE |
| Place: | Abbas Combe |
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