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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Croscombe

  

Croscombe Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Croscombe

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Croscombe history

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Croscombe was first recorded in 706 when King Ine of Wessex referred to the village as Correges Cumb. The village cross was put in place in the 19th century, replacing an older one which had been there since the 14th century. The Old Manor was built around 1460–89 as a rectorial manor house for Hugh Sugar, the Treasurer of Wells Cathedral.

You can visit Croscombe places with Walkfo Croscombe to hear history at Croscombe’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Croscombe has 34 places to visit in our interactive Croscombe map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Croscombe, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Croscombe places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Croscombe & the surrounding areas.

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34 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Croscombe tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Croscombe

  

Best Croscombe places to visit

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Croscombe has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Croscombe’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Croscombe’s information audio spots:

Maesbury Castle Maesbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort within the parish of Croscombe on the Mendip Hills, just north of Shepton Mallet, Somerset. The area was a boundary between the Romano-British Celts and West Saxons during the period 577-652 AD, when the nearby Wansdyke fortification comprised part of the border. The enclosure has an area of 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) and lies at a height of 292 m (950 ft) with views in many directions.

Market Cross, Shepton Mallet Market Cross in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, was built around 1500 and rebuilt in 1841. It is a Grade II* listed building, and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.

Merchant’s House, Shepton Mallet The Merchant’s House at Number 8, Market Place, Somerset, England was built around 1675. The date of construction was confirmed by dendrochronology. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building.

Shepton Mallet F.C. Shepton Mallet Association Football Club are a football club based in Somerset, England. They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at the Playing Fields.

Kilver Court Kilver Court is an historic house and gardens in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. The River Sheppey powered textile mills and it later became a factory, the headquarters of a leather-goods manufacturer. It is now used as a shopping centre.

King’s Castle, Wells King’s Castle is an Iron Age enclosed hilltop settlement at the south-western edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset. It remains one of the earliest known settlements in the immediate vicinity of Wells, and may have been a precursor to the present day city. It consists of two or three interlinked sub-enclosures, with what appears to be a field system extending to the east.

Mendip Hospital Mendip Hospital opened in 1848 as the Somerset and Bath Pauper Lunatic Asylum at Horrington, near Wells, in the English county of Somerset. As a county asylum, it was replaced by Tone Vale Hospital in 1897, but it continued to house elderly and mentally infirm patients. It finally closed in 1991, when the buildings were converted into houses and apartments.

Church of St Michael, Dinder The Anglican Church of St Michael in Dinder, Somerset, was built in the 14th century. It was rebuilt in the 15th century and is Grade II* listed.

St John’s Church, East Horrington St John’s Church is a former Church of England church in East Horrington, Somerset. It was built in 1838 to the designs of Richard Carver and closed in 1975. The former church is now converted to residential use.

HM Prison Shepton Mallet HMP Shepton Mallet, sometimes known as Cornhill, was the UK’s oldest operating prison. The prison was opened before 1625 but was already in poor repair by the end of the First English Civil War in 1646. It was expanded in 1790 but conditions were again criticised in a report of 1822. In 1930 the number of inmates had fallen and the prison was closed in 1930. Following the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 it was reopened as a military prison.

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