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Combe Florey, Somerset

Historical Description

Combe-Florey, a parish in Somerset, near Bishops-Lydeard station on the G.W.R., and 5 miles NE of Wivelis-combe. Post town, Bishops-Lydeard, under Taunton, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1382; population, 260. Combe House is a seat in the neighbourhood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £247. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is neat, and has a tower. Sydney Smith was rector.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySomersetshire 
Ecclesiastical parishCombe-Florey St. Peter 
HundredTaunton and Taunton-Dean 
Poor Law unionTaunton 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Somerset Archives & Local Studies, have images of the Parish Registers for Somerset online.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Combe Florey from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Combe Florey are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Somerset papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictTaunton Deane
CountySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtTA4
Post TownTaunton

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