Combe Hay

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Combe Hay
Coordinates: 51.3389° N 2.381° W
OS grid reference	ST735600
Unitary authority	Bath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Bath
Postcode district	BA2
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	Great Western
UK Parliament	Wansdyke
	(North East Somerset from next general election)
European Parliament	South West England
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

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, and was the site of a Fuller's Earth mine until 1979.

[edit] References

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

[edit] See also

• Area 12 Cam and Wellow Brook Valleys. BANES Rural Landscapes. Retrieved on October 9, 2006.

[edit] Gallery

Weir on Cam Brook at Combe Hay

Derelict lock on the Somerset Coal Canal next to Caisson House