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Holcombe Rogus

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

Holcombe Rogus
A footpath to the left, water in the centre of the picture and on the right a stone wall with arch shaped openings.
A bank of limekilns at Waytown
Holcombe Rogus is located in Devon
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]

References

  1. ^ Parish statistics, Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2009-09-18.
  2. ^ "Waytown Limekilns". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=352085. Retrieved 2007-12-06. 
  3. ^ "Waytown Tunnel". Images of England. http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=95949. Retrieved 2007-12-06. 

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