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Crowcombe in Somerset County England History and GeographyCROWCOMBE, a parish in the hundred of WILLITON and FRREMANNERS, county of SOMERSET, 7 miles (N. E. by N.) from Wiveliscombe, containing 600 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Taunton, and diocese of Bath and Wells, rated in the king's books at £32. 14. 4½. Robert Harvey, Esq. was patron in 1827. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient edifice, built of hewn stone, having a tower formerly surmounted by an octagonal spire, but which was struck down by lightning in 1725: the interior was neatly fitted up in 1534, with wellcarved oak; and the north aisle, a handsome addition to the original structure, was built by the Carews, who have their place of sepulture underneath, there being several fine monuments to different members of that family. Elizabeth Carew, in 1668, bequeathed £400, directing a moiety thereof to be appropriated to the instruction of fifteen boys; and, in 1766, a rent-charge of £12 a year was devised by Thomas Carew, in aid of this charity, the annual income of which is about £40. Another school was endowed, in 1716, by Dr. Henry James, who left £100, producing now about £10 a year, for teaching eighteen girls: there is also a Sunday school, supported by voluntary contributions. Crowcombe was formerly of greater importance than it is at present: it was a borough, and the inhabitants being incorporated, enjoyed various privileges: a portreeve is still annually chosen at the court-leet of the lord of the manor. A market, now disused, existed so early as the reign of Henry III.; fairs are held on the first Friday in May, Monday after August 1st, and October 31st, for cattle and drapery. A cross, in good preservation, stands at the entrance to the borough, and fragments of another are visible in the church-yard. Near the court-house there is a spring which ebbs and flows with the sea. Some veins of copper have been found in the sides of the Quantock hills. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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