Abbas Combe

Human settlement in England

Abbas and Templecombe

Unitary authority

Somerset Council

Somerset

Region

South West

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townTemplecombePostcode districtBA8Dialling code01963Police Avon and Somerset Fire Devon and Somerset Ambulance South Western UK Parliament

Somerton and Frome

List of places: UK; England; Somerset

51°00′11″N 2°25′05″W / 51.003°N 2.418°W / 51.003; -2.418

Abbas Combe is a village in the civil parish of Abbas and Templecombe, in the county of Somerset, England. It is situated on the A357 road beside Templecombe, seven miles south west of Gillingham.^[1]^[2] As of 2002 the parish of Abbas and Templecombe had a population of 1,510.^[3] The modern area now known as Abbas Combe is now considered more of a part of Templecombe. The border is fuzzy however it's mostly the areas of Templecombe located north of the Railway Station.^[2] Abbas Combe consists of a few buildings and structures such as a church, a resovoir, farm, War Memorial, and many other buildings. Other than those Abbas Combe is entirely residential.^[1]^[2]

Abbas Combe isn't served directly by any public transport routes but is right by Templecombe railway station.^[4]

Abbas Combe is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-7 as Cumbe, when it was held by the church of St Edward, Shaftesbury.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "OS Maps: online mapping and walking, running and cycling routes". osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Node: Abbas Combe (8917303682)". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ "Census 2011 - Somerset Intelligence - The home of information and insight on and for Somerset - Run by a partnership of public sector organisations". www.somersetintelligence.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ "Templecombe · Templecombe, UK". Templecombe · Templecombe, UK. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
^ Williams, Ann (1086). Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. Penguin. pp. 247, 1303. ISBN 9780141439945.