Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHARLCOMBE

CHARLCOMBE, a parish in Bath district, Somerset; near the Great Western railway, 1½ mile N of Bath. Post Town, Bath. Acres, 571. Real property, £3,604. Pop., 378. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. Water works are here for supplying the city of Bath. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £200.* Patrons, the Mayor and Corporation of Bath. The church is ancient and curious. but good; and the churchyard contains a very old yew tree.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Charlcombe CP/AP       Bath RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Charlcombe

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