Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bowcombe

Bowcombe, hamlet, Carisbrooke par., Isle of Wight, Hants, 2½ miles SW. of Newport. Bowcombe Down, a picturesque valley, is in the vicinity.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Carisbrooke AP/CP       Hampshire AncC
Place: Bowcombe

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