Holcombe Rogus

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title: "Holcombe Rogus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-devon", "grand-western-canal", "lime-kilns-in-england"] description: "Village in Devon, England" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holcombe_Rogus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Devon, England ::

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Field	Value
coordinates
country	England
official_name	Holcombe Rogus
static_image_name	Holcombe Rogus church next to Holcombe Court - geograph.org.uk - 807455.jpg
static_image_width	200
static_image_caption	All Saints' Church, Holcombe Rogus,
viewed from the east; the porch tower of Holcombe Court is visible behind at right
population	503
population_ref	(2001 Census)
shire_county	Devon
shire_district	Mid Devon
region	South West England
post_town	WELLINGTON
postcode_area	TA
postcode_district	TA21
constituency_westminster	Tiverton and Minehead
hide_services	true
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|coordinates = |country = England |official_name= Holcombe Rogus |static_image_name= Holcombe Rogus church next to Holcombe Court - geograph.org.uk - 807455.jpg |static_image_width= 200 |static_image_caption= All Saints' Church, Holcombe Rogus, viewed from the east; the porch tower of Holcombe Court is visible behind at right |population= 503 |population_ref = (2001 Census) |shire_county = Devon |shire_district= Mid Devon |region= South West England |os_grid_reference = |dial_code= |post_town= WELLINGTON |postcode_area= TA |postcode_district= TA21 |constituency_westminster= Tiverton and Minehead |hide_services= true Holcombe Rogus is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the English county of Devon. In 2001 the population of the parish was 503.

Name

The first element of the place-name is derived from Old English for a deep or hollow coomb (valley) and the second element refers to the holder of the land – at the time of the Domesday Book (1086) the tenant was Rogo or Rogus.

Geography

The northern boundary of the parish forms part of the county boundary with Somerset and clockwise from the east it is bordered by the Devon parishes of Culmstock, Burlescombe, Sampford Peverell, and Hockworthy.

History

At the time of the Domesday survey of 1086, Holcombe Rogus was assessed at 43 households under the tenancy of Baldwin the Sheriff, and included ploughlands, meadows, pasture, woodland, livestock and two mills, altogether valued at an annual £10.

By 1812, progress was being made with the construction of the Grand Western Canal, but it was hampered by rock cuttings at Holcombe Rogus, from which springs of water gushed, and there was a need to line some sections with puddle clay to prevent leakage. Lime kilns were constructed to provide the materials, which can still be seen beside the canal, close to the Waytown Tunnel.

In White's Devonshire Directory of 1850, the parish was 3024 acre, and had a population of 843. A market and fair, granted in 1343, were no longer held.

Holcombe Court

The manor house known as Holcombe Court was the seat of the Bluett family for centuries. It is situated to the immediate west of the parish church, hidden behind a high boundary wall, and was described by W. G. Hoskins as "perhaps the finest Tudor house in Devon".

Parish church

The parish church is dedicated to All Saints and is predominantly 15th-century. It contains several monuments to the Bluett family, including the 1615 tomb of Richard Bluett, his wife, Mary and their eleven children. There are also several mural monuments of the 18th century.

References

References

1. link. (4 June 2011 , Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved on 2009-09-18.)
2. "Open Domesday: Holcombe Rogus".
3. (2004). "The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names". Cambridge University Press.
4. (9 September 2013). "Facts and Figures". Devon County Council.
5. {{NHLE
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7. "GENUKI: Holcombe Rogus".
8. [[William George Hoskins. Hoskins, W.G.]], ''A New Survey of England: Devon'', Newton Abbot: David & Charles. New edition, 1972. {{ISBN. 0-7153-5577-5

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