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Pitcombe
Pitcombe is a village and civil parish 1 mile (2 km) south-west of Bruton and 5 miles (8 km) from Wincanton in Somerset, England. It has a population of 532. The parish includes the hamlets of Cole and Godminster.
The village lies on the River Pitt and other streams that flow into the River Brue.
Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest important for study of the Inferior Oolite limestones of Middle Jurassic age. The rocks do contain the rich assemblage of fossil ammonites typical of the north Dorset/south Somerset area. It is also important as a reference site for three sub-divisions (zones) of the Inferior Oolite — the laeviscula, discites and concavum Zones.
The name Pitcombe means "the marshy valley".
Evidence of prehistoric activity has been found near Godminster Farm, where a Roman coin hoard was also discovered.
In the Domesday Book of 1086 the manor was held by Turstin FitzRolf and already had two watermills.
Pitcombe was part of the hundred of Bruton.
It was on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, now disused.
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Pitcombe
Pitcombe is a village and civil parish 1 mile (2 km) south-west of Bruton and 5 miles (8 km) from Wincanton in Somerset, England. It has a population of 532. The parish includes the hamlets of Cole and Godminster.
The village lies on the River Pitt and other streams that flow into the River Brue.
Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting is a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest important for study of the Inferior Oolite limestones of Middle Jurassic age. The rocks do contain the rich assemblage of fossil ammonites typical of the north Dorset/south Somerset area. It is also important as a reference site for three sub-divisions (zones) of the Inferior Oolite — the laeviscula, discites and concavum Zones.
The name Pitcombe means "the marshy valley".
Evidence of prehistoric activity has been found near Godminster Farm, where a Roman coin hoard was also discovered.
In the Domesday Book of 1086 the manor was held by Turstin FitzRolf and already had two watermills.
Pitcombe was part of the hundred of Bruton.
It was on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, now disused.
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