Combe Hay

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Combe Hay
Combe Hay (Somerset)
Combe Hay

Combe Hay shown within Somerset
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
European Parliament South West England
UK Parliament Wansdyke
(North East Somerset
from next general election)
List of places: UK • England • Somerset

Coordinates: 51°20′20″N 2°22′52″W / 51.3389, -2.381

Combe Hay is a hamlet 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 one of the only Caisson locks 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 2006-10-06.
  2. ^ The Old Rectory. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
  3. ^ Grant unlocks Canal's secret history. BANES News Inform 32. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
  4. ^ Caisson House. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
  5. ^ Flight of 10 locks. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
  6. ^ Remains of the Basin at the bottom of the Inclined Plane. Images of England. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.

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[edit] Gallery

Weir on Cam Brook at Combe Hay

Derelict lock on the Somerset Coal Canal next to Caisson House


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