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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Manor, however, they spread further into the mouth of a combe. The valley bottom S. of the road is used as water …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… To the E. of Lower Whatcombe along the sides of a dry combe are the fragmentary remains of contour strip lynchets; … S. slope at 350 ft. O.D., lies at the head of a shallow combe on Whatcombe Down; it has been much damaged by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Burford, 131 and 'spinning houses' in Milton, Wootton, Combe, and Bampton where Witney blanket-makers had wool in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the Saxon Willi or Vili, signifying "many," and Combe, "a deep ravine" or "dell." The town occupies a gentle …
A History of the County of Oxford
… end, a new south porch was built at the expense of Thomas Combe of the university press, and the north chapel was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… finally to the dukes of Marlborough who sold it to Thomas Combe, superintendent of the Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1855. Combe sold it to the university in 1872. 72 In 1608 there … the mill was not used again until after its sale to Thomas Combe in 1855. The mill was completely rebuilt in 1856, on a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… there were 172 children on the roll. 89 In 1857 Thomas Combe built a schoolroom on the north side of Mill Street for …