Templecombe

Article summary

Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, east of Yeovil, and west of Salisbury. It is in the Blackmore Vale. Templecombe is the main settlement in the civil parish of Abbas and Templecombe, along with the hamlet of Combe Throop. Historically, Temple Combe was the southern part of the village and Abbas Combe the northern part, but in modern usage Templecombe is the common name for the whole settlement. The parish had a population of 1,657 at the 2021 census, up from 1,560 in 2011.

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1185 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1606 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365339244