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Tourism is a major source of income for Widecombe today, and within a small area of the village there are several gift shops, one cafe and two pubs (the Old Inn and the Rugglestone Inn). The village is known for Widecombe Fair, held annually and celebrated by a folksong of the same name, featuring "Old Uncle Tom Cobley and All". Its words were ...
The East Webburn is a 5-mile (8 km) stream in the Dartmoor moors in Devon in south-west England.It rises on the western side of the moors, flowing off the west side of Hameldown ridge. [1]
Widcombe is a district of Bath, England, immediately south-east of the city centre, across the River Avon.. The electoral ward was merged with Lyncombe at the boundary changes effected at the elections held on 2 May 2019; [2] the two places have historically been connected (refer to the Lyncombe article).
The Manor of Lyncombe was ecclesiastical property from the time of Osric, king of the Hwicce in the 7th century to the Norman Conquest. [5] A charter of the City of Bath records that in 970 King Edgar "granted ten hides at Cliftune (i.e. Lyncombe), near Bath, Somerset, to St Peter's church, Bath, in return for 100 mancuses of gold and ten hides at Cumtune (possibly Chilcompton or Compton Dando ...
Dartmoor Forest is a civil parish in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England.It was formed on 1 April 1987 by the splitting of the parishes of Lydford and Walkhampton. [1]
Dr Blackall's Drive is a track built along the hill above the River Dart, near the hamlet of Poundsgate, in the parish of Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Devon.It was built by and named after Dr Thomas Blackall, a notable physician in Exeter, who owned the nearby Spitchwick estate, which he bought with his considerable inheritance from his father, also a notable physician John Blackall.
The Mendip Hills (commonly called the Mendips) is a range of limestone hills to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England.Running from Weston-super-Mare and the Bristol Channel in the west to the Frome valley in the east, the hills overlook the Somerset Levels to the south and the Chew Valley and other tributaries of the Avon to the north. [1]
Widecombe Fair is an annual fair in England, held in the Dartmoor village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor on the second Tuesday of September. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is well known as the subject of the folk song of the same name , featuring Uncle Tom Cobley and his friends.