Place:


Combwich  Somerset

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Combwich like this:

COMBWICH, Combewick, or Cummidge, a village on the river Parret, in Somerset; 4½ miles NNW of Bridgewater. It has a post office, of the name of Combwich, under Bridgewater; and is a sub-port to that town. A Rosecrusian chemist of the 16th century lived and died here.

Additional information about this locality is available for Otterhampton

Combwich through time

Combwich is now part of Sedgemoor district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgemoor has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Combwich itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Combwich, in Sedgemoor and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24787

Date accessed: 20th May 2024


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