Ashcombe

Ashcombe

infobox UK place
country = England
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latitude= 50.60
longitude=-03.54
official_name =Ashcombe
population =
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shire_county= Devon
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region=South West England
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os_grid_reference= SX9179

Ashcombe is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district of Devon, England, about six miles north of Teignmouth. The parish had a population of 77 according to the 2001 census. The village lies on the south-eastern side of the Haldon hills in the valley of the stream known as Dawlish Water.The church which is dedicated to Saint Nectan has thirteenth-century lancets and a fourteenth-century chancel arch; the oak seats were carved in the sixteenth century.

The village was recorded in the Domesday Book. [cite web | title = The Domesday Book Index|url= http://www.haughton.net/domesdaybookplaces_a3.htm| publisher = Haughton.net| accessdate = 2007-11-04 ]

External links

* [http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100357/1.html Ashcombe community page]
* [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Ashcombe/ Ashcombe at GENUKI]

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