Combe Hay

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Combe Hay
Statistics
Population:
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	ST735600
Administration
District:	Bath and North East Somerset
Region:	South West England
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Somerset
Services
Police force:	Avon and Somerset
Fire and rescue:	Avon
Ambulance:	South Western
Post office and telephone
Post town:	Bath
Postal district:	BA
Dialling code:
Politics
UK Parliament:	Wansdyke to be North East Somerset from next general election.
European Parliament:	South West England

Combe Hay is a village in the English county of Somerset. It falls within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Combe Hay was known in the Domesday Book as Cumb. The village includes a church with a 15th century tower, a Georgian manor house^[1] and Georgian rectory.^[2] Coombe Hay was the site of a series of locks, dating from 1805 on the Somerset Coal Canal on which research and restoration is proposed.^[3] It is the site of the only Caisson lock ever built which was near the current Caisson House.^[4] Many of the locks and associated workings are listed buildings.^[5][6]

It was also served by the Camerton and Limpley Stoke Railway.

[edit] References

1. ^ Combe Hay Manor. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
2. ^ The Old Rectory. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
3. ^ Grant unlocks Canal's secret history. BANES News Inform 32. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
4. ^ Caisson House. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
5. ^ Flight of 10 locks. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
6. ^ Remains of the Basin at the bottom of the Inclined Plane. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.

[edit] See also

• Area 12 Cam and Wellow Brook Valleys. BANES Rural Landscapes. Retrieved on 2006-10-09.

[edit] Gallery

Weir on Cam Brook at Combe Hay

Derelict lock on the Somerset Coal Canal next to Caisson House