Holcombe Rogus

Holcombe Rogus

Holcombe Rogus is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon.

The manor house is described as "perhaps the finest Tudor house in Devon". The last element of the village's name – often mistranscribed as Regis – is that of the owner of the manor at the time of the Domesday book. A coombe (Welsh "cwm") - the second element - is a scoop in the side of a hill. In ancient times this often represented a good place to put housing.

By 1812, progress was being made, with the construction of 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, [cite web | title=Waytown Limekilns | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=352085 | accessdate=2007-12-06] close to the Waytown Tunnel. [cite web | title=Waytown Tunnel | work=Images of England | url=http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/search/details.aspx?id=95949 | accessdate=2007-12-06]

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* [http://www.devon.gov.uk/etched?url=etched/ixbin/hixclient.exe&_IXP_=1&_IXR=110284 Details]
* [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/HolcombeRogus/ GENUKI(tm) page]
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