Monkton Combe
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Monkton Combe is a village in north Somerset, England, 6 miles south of Bath.
A significant proportion of the village is taken up by Monkton Combe School. This is an independent Christian school with 1000 students - most of whom board. The school was founded in 1868.
According to Rev. John Collinson in his History of Somerset (1791), the town's proper name is Combe Monkton, or really just Combe with the Monkton being attached as an adjective to differentiate it from neighbouring Combe Down and Combe Grove. The village was originally owned by the monks of Bath Abbey, hence Monkton Combe. The parish church of St. Michael's, Monkton Combe, was thought to have been Norman but was razed in the early 19th century. The more or less Early English Period 1865 structure that currently stands with significant 1886 additions was constructed on the site of the 1814 one.
The village featured in the 1953 film The Titfield Thunderbolt, one of the Ealing comedies. The film's plot centred on efforts by villagers to preserve their local railway line. Monkton Combe's station was on the short-lived branch line from Limpley Stoke to Camerton and had closed to passenger traffic in 1925, though the line was used for freight traffic from the Somerset coalfield until 1952.
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The local pub is the Wheelwrights Arms, renovated in 2005 as a gastro-pub and it has a free wi-fi hotspot
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 A street view in Monkton Combe |
 Another part of Monkton Combe, looking south west. The church tower can just be seen in the centre of the view |
 Part of Monkton Combe main street, looking south west |
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