Coordinates: 51°50′24″N 1°24′11″W / 51.840°N 1.403°W
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  Combe
Combe shown within Oxfordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Parish | Combe |
| District | West Oxfordshire |
| Shire county | Oxfordshire |
| Region | South East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Witney |
| Postcode district | OX29 |
| Dialling code | 01993 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Oxfordshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Witney |
| Website | Combe community website |
| List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire | |
Combe is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Witney in Oxfordshire. The ecclesiastical parish is called Combe Longa .
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History
The Church of England parish church of St. Laurence was built in the 12th century. Its interior includes several 15th century wall paintings, including a Doom over the chancel arch.[1] Combe also has a Methodist chapel. Combe House was built in the 16th century and extended in about 1800. It used to be the vicarage.[2]
The Duke of Marlborough's Blenheim estate adjoins the village. The estate's former sawmill, Combe Mill, is now a working museum.[3] It has alternative power sources: a breastshot water wheel that used to be powered by the River Evenlode,[4] and a steam powered rotative beam engine that was added in 1852.[5]
Amenities
Combe has a public house, the Cock Inn,[6] controlled by Greene King Brewery. It is beside the village green, which is the setting for four of Combe's seasonal festivals: a children's Maypole dance, a Summer Ball, an autumn fun fair in the Autumn and a firework display on Guy Fawkes Night.
Combe has a Church of England primary school.[7]
Combe railway station is on the Cotswold Line. It is actually nearer Long Hanborough than Combe.
Combe has a Women's Institute.[8]
Sources
- Alan Crossley, C.R Elrington (Eds); A.P. Baggs, W.J. Blair, Eleanor Chance, Christina Colvin, Janet Cooper, C.J. Day, Nesta Selwyn, S.C. Townley (1990). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock. Victoria County History of the Counties of England. pp. 75–98. ISBN 0197227740.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 551–553. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
References
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, pages 551-552
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, pages 552-553
- ^ Combe Mill
- ^ Combe Mill water wheel
- ^ Combe Mill beam engine
- ^ The Cock Inn
- ^ Combe Church of England Primary School
- ^ Oxfordshire Federation of Women's Institutes
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