Ashcombe 3152364 223790675 2008-07-05T20:41:37Z Bsrboy 4160907 removed Stub template {{infobox UK place| |country = England |static_image = |static_image_caption= |latitude= 50.60 |longitude=-03.54 |official_name =Ashcombe |population = |shire_district= |shire_county= [[Devon]] |metropolitan_borough= | metropolitan_county = |region=South West England |constituency_westminster= |post_town= |postcode_district = |postcode_area= |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= SX9179 }} '''Ashcombe''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Teignbridge]] district of [[Devon]], [[England]], about six miles north of [[Teignmouth]]. The parish had a population of 77 according to the 2001 census. The village lies on the south-eastern side of the [[Haldon]] hills in the valley of the stream known as Dawlish Water. [[Image:St Nectan's Church, Ashcombe, Devon.jpg|thumb|left|The church of St. Nectan in Ashcombe.]] The church which is dedicated to [[Saint Nectan]] has thirteenth-century [[lancet]]s and a fourteenth-century [[chancel]] arch; the oak seats were carved in the sixteenth century. The village was recorded in the [[Domesday Book]].<ref>{{cite web | title = The Domesday Book Index|url= http://www.haughton.net/domesdaybookplaces_a3.htm| publisher = Haughton.net| accessdate = 2007-11-04 }}</ref> ==External links== * [http://www.devon.gov.uk/localstudies/100357/1.html Ashcombe community page] * [http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Ashcombe/ Ashcombe at GENUKI] ==References== {{Reflist|2}} [[Category:Villages in Devon]]