In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Combe like this:
COMB (Long), a parish in Woodstock district, Oxford; on the river Evenlode, adjacent to the West Midland railway, 1½ mile NW of Handborough r. station, and 2½ WSW of Woodstock. Post town, Woodstock. Acres, 1, 450. Real property, £2, 589. Pop., 627. Houses, 128. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £90.* Patron, Lincoln College, Oxford. The church was built in 1395, and repaired in 1841. There are a Wesleyan chapel and charities £8.
Combe through time
Combe is now part of West Oxfordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Oxfordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Combe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Combe in West Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9542
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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