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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.
Combwich is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Combwich itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Combwich in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24787
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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