Holcombe Rogus

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Holcombe Rogus is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon.

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.