In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Combe Hay like this:
COMBE-HAY, or Combhay, a parish in Bath district, Somerset; on the Fosse way and the Radford canal, 3½ miles SSW of Bath. Post town, Wellow, under Bath. Acres, 1, 091. Real property, 1, 547. Pop., 245. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. Combe-Hay Park is the seat of the Hon. H. H. Tracey. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £307.* Patron, the Hon. H. H. Tracey. The church is good; and the churchyard contains the grave of the poet Carrington, author of "Dartmoor. " Charities, £7.
Combe Hay through time
Combe Hay is now part of Bath and North East Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bath and North East Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Combe Hay itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Combe Hay in Bath and North East Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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