Holcombe Rogus

Coordinates: 50°57′21″N 3°20′37″W / 50.955940°N 3.343689°W / 50.955940; -3.343689

Holcombe Rogus
A bank of limekilns at Waytown
Holcombe Rogus  Holcombe Rogus shown within Devon
Population	503 (2001 Census)
District	Mid Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WELLINGTON
Postcode district	TA21
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Tiverton & Honiton
List of places: UK • England • Devon

Holcombe Rogus is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon. The population of the parish is 503.^[1]

The manor house is described as "perhaps the finest Tudor house in Devon". The last element of the village's name – often mistranscribed as Regis – is that of the owner of the manor at the time of the Domesday book. A coombe (Welsh: cwm) - the second element - is a scoop in the side of a hill. In ancient times this often represented a good place to put housing.

By 1812, progress was being made, with the construction of Grand Western Canal, but it was hampered by rock cuttings at Holcombe Rogus, from which springs of water gushed, and there was a need to line some sections with puddle clay to prevent leakage. Lime kilns were constructed to provide the materials, which can still be seen beside the canal,^[2] close to the Waytown Tunnel.^[3]

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• Map sources for Holcombe Rogus

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