Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GATCOMBE

GATCOMBE, a railway station in Gloucestershire; on the South Wales railway, adjacent to the Severn, 5¼ miles SSW of Newnham. Gatcombe Park, in the vicinity, is the seat of the Ricardo family.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "railroad features")
Administrative units: Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Gatcombe

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