Timberscombe

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 51.1382
longitude= -3.5389
official_name= Timberscombe
population =
shire_district= West Somerset
shire_county = Somerset
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= Bridgwater
post_town= MINEHEAD
postcode_district = TA24
postcode_area= TA
dial_code= 01643
os_grid_reference= SS924387

Timberscombe is a village and civil parish convert|2.5|mi|km|0|lk=on south west of Dunster, and convert|5.5|mi|km|0 south of Minehead within the Exmoor National Park in Somerset, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Bickham.

The church is dedicated to Saint Petroc who probably visited the parish in the 6th century. The church itself has a 15th century tower, the rest of the building dating form 1708. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building. [cite web | title=Church of St Petrock | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=265377 | accessdate=2008-02-08]

Knowle Riding Centre is based in a country house, dating from 1878 on the site of an earlier building. It was built by J D Sedding, the architect to the Diocese of Bath and Wells, for Mr Hole. [cite web | title= Knowle Riding Centre | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=265374 | accessdate=2008-02-08]

The 13 ha (33 acres) Bickham Wood, which is run as a nature reserve by the Somerset Wildlife Trust, comprises very wet, ancient, semi-natural woodland on the edge of the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [cite web |url=http://www.somersetwildlife.org/reserve_57.php |title=Bickham Wood |accessdate=2008-03-13 |format= |work=Somerset Wildlife Trust ]

Notable residents

* J. P. Martin (1879-1966) Methodist minister and children's author

References

External links

* [http://www.timberscombe.org/home.html village web site]