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Synonyms for corscombe or Related words with corscombe
halstock
chevington
burstock
roxwell
chedington
ombersley
holmbush
ugborough
broadwindsor
swineshead
baughurst
mongewell
shipbourne
pyrton
pitchcott
mancetter
barningham
martock
tibberton
symondsbury
stainby
marnhull
ibstone
fritwell
aldwick
mappowder
harrietsham
evershot
cheselbourne
kettleburgh
rougham
cornwood
osgodby
winkleigh
bratoft
chilfrome
mapperton
woodton
cowfold
almeley
syresham
bradpole
portesham
potterne
ninfield
chedburgh
edlesborough
charminster
sedlescombe
alderholt
Examples of "corscombe"
The summit is about 2 kilometres south of the village of
Corscombe
.
On his death he left
Corscombe
and his own property in Ingatestone to John Disney, the father of John Disney.
Toller Whelme is a modern ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1871 from the ancient parish of
Corscombe
; the Anglican church of St John was built the previous year.
About 2 kilometres to the south of
Corscombe
village, across the A356, is Toller Down, one of the highest hills in Dorset, with good views of the surrounding countryside.
Toller Whelme is a small village in West Dorset, England, situated in the civil parish of
Corscombe
approximately east of Beaminster, north of Bridport and north-west of Dorchester.
Corscombe
is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, in the West Dorset administrative district. The parish includes the small settlements of Benville and Toller Whelme to the south and in the 2011 census had a population of 445.
Corscombe
village is sited "into hollows and along sunken lanes" on the northern scarp slope of the Dorset Downs, approximately south-south-west from the town of Yeovil in Somerset. Evidence of early human occupation within the parish includes lynchets and, south of the village, three standing stones.
The summit is marked by a trig point just north of the A 356, and there is a transmission mast about 100 metres to the northwest. To the east the terrain drops steeply towards
Corscombe
. To the southwest it descends gently to Beaminster Down before dropping sharply at Mintern's Hill towards Beaminster.
Weston Hill is a hill, high, on the A 356, 1 kilometre west of
Corscombe
in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is located within the Dorset Downs. It is named after the hamlet of Weston to the northeast.
Dolling was educated at Harrow School and Cambridge University. From 1878 to 1882 he was warden of one of the houses of the Postmen's League, started by Father Arthur Henry Stanton of St. Alban's, Holborn. He was ordained in 1883 to a curacy at
Corscombe
, Dorset, but resided in London as head of St Martin's Mission, Stepney.
In Dorset, the Harrow Way can be traced through the villages of Halstock and
Corscombe
, where it is known as Common Lane. At the Halstock end, a short length was realigned to form the access for a Roman villa (which was built on the site of a late Iron Age farmstead).
In 1748-9 he toured Europe with the political philosopher and writer Thomas Hollis who, on his death in 1774, left his estate at
Corscombe
and Halstock in Dorset to Brand on condition that Brand added the name of Hollis to his own name. He was supportive of the revolutionary activity in the American colonies.
Halstock lies within an electoral ward of the same name, which also contains several nearby parishes including
Corscombe
, Evershot and Hilfield. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 1,848. This ward is one of 32 that comprise the West Dorset parliamentary constituency, which is currently represented in the UK national parliament by the Conservative Oliver Letwin.
Born in 1852, he was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1876. After a curacy at Kegworth he held incumbencies in
Corscombe
, Weymouth, Fleet and Dorchester. He was appointed Archdeacon of Dorset in 1889, serving as such until his resignation due to ill-health in December 1901. He was later appointed Canon.
Outlying villages include East Coker, West Coker, Hardington, Evershot, Halstock, Stoford, Barwick, Sutton Bingham, Mudford and Yetminster. Other nearby villages include Bradford Abbas, Thornford
Corscombe
, Montacute (where one will find Montacute House), and Pendomer. The village of Brympton, now almost a suburb of Yeovil, contains the medieval manor of Brympton d'Evercy. Tintinhull is also a village close to Yeovil featuring the National Trust owned Tintinhull House and Gardens.
On the higher ground in the village stands the 15th-century parish church of St. Mary, which was restored in 1875-7. In 1905 Sir Frederick Treves described the church as a "handsome building" with an "exceedingly fine" situation. Nearby
Corscombe
Court dates from the 13th century and is partially surrounded by a moat. It has a 15th-century tithe barn which was once used by the monks of Sherborne Abbey.
Harvey was born on 9 October 1969 in Bridport, Dorset, as the second child of Ray and Eva Harvey, who owned a stone quarrying business, and grew up on the family's farm in
Corscombe
. During her childhood, she attended school in nearby Beaminster, where she received guitar lessons from folk singer-songwriter Steve Knightley, and her parents introduced her to music that would later influence her work, including blues music, Captain Beefheart and Bob Dylan.