Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COMBE

COMBE, a parish in the district of Hungerford and County of Hants; at the boundary with Berks and Wilts, 6 miles SSE of Hungerford r. station, and 10½ N of Andover. It includes the hamlet of Eastwick; and has a post office under Hungerford. Acres, 2, 226. Real property, £1, 786. Pop., 225. Houses, 45. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £107.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. The church is a very small ancient building, with a small wooden tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Combe CP/AP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Combe

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