Combs, Derbyshire Explained

Official Name:Combs
Population:100
Os Grid Reference:SK042786
Country:England
Region:East Midlands
Coordinates:53.3051°N -1.937°W
Static Image Name:Combs, Derbyshire.JPG
Static Image Caption:Combs from the west, with Castle Naze hillfort and the plateau of Combs Moss in the background
Map Type:Derbyshire
Post Town:HIGH PEAK
Postcode District:SK23
Postcode Area:SK
Dial Code:01298

Combs is a small village in Derbyshire, England, in the civil parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith and the Peak District National Park.

The village is bounded to the east, west and south by gritstone edges and moorland, the highest of which is Black Edge (507m (1,663feet)). To the north the embankment of the Buxton to Stockport railway separates it from Combs Reservoir. To the east is Castle Naze, a prehistoric settlement site.

The village has a pub, the Beehive Inn,[1] and infant school.[2] [3]

Combs resident Herbert Frood developed a vehicle brake pad and in 1897 founded the company Ferodo. The village was also home to journalists and authors Crichton Porteous and Peggy Bellhouse.

Old Brook House and its barn, close to the Beehive public house, is a listed building. Parts of it dates from the 17th and 18th centuries, as does Marsh Hall closer to Chapel-en-le-frith.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Home page . The Beehive Inn . 24 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Combs Infant School . . 4 October 2012.
  3. http://www.combsschool.ik.org/ School Official Website