SLHS Welcombe Village -DMV
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History
There was never a large settlement here. There is a tiny suggestion that in the Dark Ages it may have been protected by a small garrison (see Temple Hill). However it seems to struggle once a Warwick family got involved..
Trouble Before Demise
The area is now beautiful and serene but in 1600s it was quite otherwise:
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“Combes men had started digging the ditch and creating a hedge mound but a few days later women and children from Stratford and Bishopton came and helped to fill it in again.
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On March 28th Warwick assizes issued a restraining order on Combe and any other from making an enclosure which was against the laws of the realm.
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Combe however persisted. He threatened and beat the poor tenants, imprisoned them and impounded their pigs and sheep. By buying up the land and houses he depopulated the entire village!
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Later that year Greene noted in his diary that Shakespeare told him ‘he was not able to bear the enclosing of Welcombe’. ”
Further Information..
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Gavin Griffiths website is well worth a visit: The Welcombe Hills
Deserted Mediaeval Village SP205565 Not to be confused with a place of the same name in North devon
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Last update: 02/11/2024
Created: 06/06/2024
