Combe, Oxfordshire
Combe is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Witney in Oxfordshire. The ecclesiastical parish is called Combe Longa .
History
The Church of England parish church of St. Laurence was built in the 12th century. Its interior includes several 15th century wall paintings, including a Doom over the chancel arch.[2] Combe also has a Methodist chapel. Combe House was built in the 16th century and extended in about 1800. It used to be the vicarage.[3]
The Duke of Marlborough's Blenheim estate adjoins the village. The estate's former sawmill, Combe Mill, is now a working museum.[4] It has alternative power sources: a breastshot water wheel that used to be powered by the River Evenlode,[5] and a steam powered rotative beam engine that was added in 1852.[6]
Amenities
Combe has a public house, the Cock Inn,[7] controlled by Greene King Brewery. It is beside the village green, which is the setting for four of Combe's seasonal festivals: a children's Maypole dance, a Summer Ball, an autumn fun fair in the Autumn and a firework display on Guy Fawkes Night.
Combe has a Church of England primary school.[8]
Combe railway station is on the Cotswold Line. It is actually nearer Long Hanborough than Combe.
Combe has a Women's Institute.[9]
References
Sources & further reading
- Crossley, Alan; Elrington, C.R. (eds.); Baggs, A.P.; Blair, W.J.; Chance, Eleanor; Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Day, C.J. et al. (1990). A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 12: Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock. Victoria County History. pp. 75–98. ISBN 0197227740.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 551–553. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
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Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney ( Aston, Cote, Shifford, Chimney) • Bampton (Lower Haddon, Weald) • Brize Norton • Ducklington • Enstone ( Church Enstone, Neat Enstone, Chalford, Cleveley, Fulwell, Gagingwell, Lidstone, Radford) • Eynsham ( Barnard Gate) • Freeland • Hailey (New Yatt) • Hanborough ( Church Hanborough, Long Hanborough) • Milton-under-Wychwood • Minster Lovell • North Leigh (East End, Wilcote) • Shipton-under-Wychwood • Standlake ( Brighthampton) • Steeple Barton (Middle Barton) • Stonesfield
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Chipping Norton Rural District • Municipal Borough of Chipping Norton • Witney Urban District • Witney Rural District • Municipal Borough of Woodstock • Woodstock Rural District
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