Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COMBWICH, Combewick, or Cummidge

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.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Somerset Ancient County
Place names: COMBEWICK     |     COMBWICH     |     COMBWICH COMBEWICK OR CUMMIDGE     |     CUMMIDGE
Place: Combwich

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