Combe Raleigh
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| Combe Raleigh | |
| Devon | |
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 Combe Raleigh Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST159023 |
| Location: | 50°48’53"N, 3°11’42"W |
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| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Devon |
Combe Raleigh is a village in eastern Devon, about a mile and a half north of the town of Honiton.
The name of the village is from the Old English cumb, meaning valley, ultimately from the British language or Old Welsh. The name 'Raleigh' comes from the Raleigh family's ownership of the village in the thirteenth century.
The 15th-century parish church (St. Nicholas) has three bells and its minister is shared with the nearby village of Awliscombe. The village has no shops.
In the past twenty to thirty years agriculture has declined considerably in the area, but the village does have three horticulture-based businesses.
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