Crowcombe
Crowcombe is a quiet un-spoilt medieval village on the western side of the
Quantock Hills in West Somerset. It is easy to access being just off the
A358 Taunton-Williton road. Taunton, the County Town of Somerset, is about
8 miles east. Here you will find a number of interesting museums (see our museums
page). The town is also home to the County Cricket Team.
The village has a church, a general provisions shop/post office and a 17th
Century pub called the Carew Arms (tel. 01984-618631). The pub gets its
name from the family of the same name who were large local landowners in the
1700's and whose head was a lord of the manor.
Crowcombe Heathfield, a couple of miles west, has a station on the West Somerset
Railway, a preserved single track line linking Minehead, Dunster, Watchet, Blue
Anchor, Williton and Bishops Lydeard near Taunton. Steam hauled trains
operate throughout the summer and during school holidays. (see our transport
page for details)
The first documentary evidence of Crowcombe's existence is an 854 document of King Ethelwulf who was father of Alfred the Great, where it was spelt 'Cerawicombe'. Fifty years later some land at 'Crawncombe' was granted to Alfred's son, King Edward the Elder, and
seems to have remained in the possession of the Saxon kings. The Domesday Book of 1086 gives the name as
'Crawcombe'. A map of 1610 has it spelt 'Crokam'.
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The green with the Carew Arms behind
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