Englishcombe
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Englishcombe is a village and
History
A
The southeastern boundary of the parish follows the route of the Fosse Way a Roman road that linked Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England to Lincoln (Lindum Colonia) in the East Midlands, via Ilchester (Lindinis), Bath (Aquae Sulis), Cirencester (Corinium) and Leicester (Ratae Corieltauvorum).
The village lies on the route of the
The
Thomas de Gournay was involved with the murder of Edward II at Berkeley Castle in 1327.[5] The earthwork remains of the Gournay family castle, just north of the village of Englishcombe, are known as Culverhay Castle, built in the 12th century and now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[6]
The
The Manor of Inglescombe, as it was previously called, was acquired by the Duchy of Cornwall in 1421. Along with the Duchy's more recent acquisition of the neighbouring village of Newton St Loe in 1941, they form the Duchy's largest estate outside Dartmoor.[11]
The mining of Fuller's earth started in the parish in the 19th century but expanded around the time of World War I with pits in Middle Wood and Vernham Wood. It continued until the 1960s when small underground springs made the extraction too expensive to continue.[12]
Governance
The
The parish falls within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, which was created in 1996, as established by the Local Government Act 1992. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Wansdyke district and the City of Bath of the county of Avon.[13] Before 1974 that the parish was part of the Bathavon Rural District.[14]
The parish is represented in the
St Peter's Church
The
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Church of St Peter, Englishcombe
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Leper holes
References
- ^ a b "Englishcombe Parish". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ISBN 0-86063-190-7, archived from the original(PDF) on 23 July 2011, retrieved 7 March 2011
- ^ Cyril and Aileen Fox, "Wandyke reconsidered", Archaeological Journal (1958)
- ^ "Somerset Hundreds". GENUKI. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
- ^ a b Manco, J. (1995) The Parish of Englishcombe: A History, pp. 2, 4.
- ^ "Culverhay Castle". Fortified England. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "Englishcombe Tithe Barn, Rectory Farmhouse". English Heritage. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "Tithe Barn". Englishcombe.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Tithe Barn attached to south end of Rectory Farm (1136116)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ Historic England. "Rectory Farmhouse (1129444)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "Newton Park Estate". Duchy of Cornwall. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-899889-32-7.
- ^ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
- ^ "Bathavon RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Tour of Englishcombe". Salem Evangelical Centre. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2007.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St. Peter (1129441)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
External links
- Information about Englishcombe, especially its history and nature
- Englishcombe.net – parish website, archived in 2007