Over 250 Years On Combe Down
Things that are new on the site recently are a small section on Combe Road – something of a shaggy dog story given that it, unfortunately, has so little of consequence in it. But one can’t just make things up for a site like this. There’s also a brief article on Mulberry Park the the 48 acre Read More …
I realised that I haven’t mentioned The Old Vicarage and the clergy of Combe Down in the blog. That’s an error as as the house was designed by Henry Edmund Goodridge (1797 – 1864) who designed one of Bath’s iconic monuments: Beckford’s Tower. He also designed one of the world’s earliest retail arcades The Corridor in central Bath. He designed Cleveland Bridge at the Read More …
Recently I added information about the Combe Grove area and Summer Lane. By the Combe Grove area I mean Shaft Road and Brassknocker Hill. On Brassknocker Hill that means that Combe Hill House and Combe Grove Lodge are covered and on Shaft Road that means that Lodge Style, Combe Grove Farm, Combe Grange and Ivy Cottages. In Summer Lane Read More …
A while ago I added Belmont to the site and, as usual, I’m doing a quick update about what I found out. It seems that the simplest way to give a flavour of Belmont, since Belmont House was constructed in the 1850s is to list some of the people who have lived in the houses Read More …
This month the Church Road Villas, a Viking and Directories are what it’s about. The Victorian villas on Church Road, Combe Down have, now, been covered: Combe Lodge – which was used by Monkton Combe School and also occupied by Lady Selina Octavia Stewart (1851 – 1938) a grand daughter of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781 – 1826) FRS Read More …
I have just added a page for Listed Buildings on Combe Down and in Midford and Monkton Combe divided into 15 areas which are in a rough circle as follows: Prior Park North Road The Avenue Church Road Belmont Road Summer Lane Combe Road Bradford Road Entry Hill Midford Castle Tucking Mill Monkton Combe Brassknocker Hill Read More …