Triscombe

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Triscombe
Triscombe (Somerset)
Triscombe

Triscombe shown within Somerset
OS grid reference ST155355
District Taunton Deane
Shire county Somerset
Region South West
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Postcode district TA5
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
European Parliament South West England
List of places: UKEnglandSomerset

Coordinates: 51°06′45″N 3°12′31″W / 51.1125, -3.2085

Triscombe is a small village in the parish of Crowcombe in Somerset, England near Bishops Lydeard.

The name is believed to derive from the Old English words treows and cumb.[1]

It is the central point on the Quantock Greenway a footpath exploring the Quantock Hills.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Robinson, Stephen (1992). Somerset Place Names. Dovecote Press. ISBN 1874336032.