Combwich
Combwich the prettiest village in England. It is believed to be the birthplace of Cecil Hunter.
Early plans of what would become the River Parrett were drawn up by Barry Green in 1835 but problems with Wessbury Tunnel caused delays and it was finally opened on 17 September 1888. Expectations for coal traffic to Windsor never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. The 7 mile section between Eastton and Livercroft was closed in 1905 after a breach at Aberdeen. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1972 after a restoration campaign lead by the River Parrett Society.
| Telescopic Bridge | 8 miles, 2¾ furlongs | |
| Bridgwater and Taunton Canal - River Parrett Junction | 8 miles, 1½ furlongs | |
| Western Way Bridge | 7 miles, 6¼ furlongs | |
| Parrett - King's Sedgemoor Drain Junction | 5 miles, ¾ furlongs | |
| Dunball | 5 miles | |
| Combwich | ||
| Parrett - Huntspill Junction | 3 miles, 1¼ furlongs | |
| Stert Point | 3 miles, 7 furlongs | |
| Parrett - Brue Junction | 4 miles, 4¾ furlongs | |
| Burnham-on-Sea | 5 miles, 4 furlongs | |
| Bridgwater Bar | 10 miles, 4 furlongs | |
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Combwich ( KUM-ij) is a village in the parish of Otterhampton within the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, between Bridgwater and the Steart Peninsula.
The village lies on Combwich Reach as the River Parrett flows to the sea and was the site of an ancient ferry crossing. In the Domesday book it was known as Comiz which means 'The settlement at the short, broad, open valley' (from Old English cumb). This is clearly a reference to the valley of exactly this topographical description, immediately to the south of the village, and through which the South Moor Brook flows westwards into the River Parrett. One derivation of -wich is thought to be from Latin 'vicus', and there are archaeological indications that there was a settlement at Combwich in the Romano-British period, based around a ferry across the Parrett at this point. The exact meaning of the second element here is, though, uncertain at present, as Old English -wic can have a variety of meanings attributed to it
It served as a port for the export of local produce and the import of timber from the 15th century. It also served the local brick and coal yard until the creek silted up in the 1930s. Brick and tile making was first recorded in the village in 1842. As of 2019, Combwich wharf is being used for the delivery of large equipment for the building of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
The Steart Peninsula has flooded many times during the last millennium. The most severe recent floods occurred in 1981. By 1997, a combination of coastal erosion, sea level rise and wave action had made some of the defences distinctly fragile and at risk from failure. As a result, in 2002 The Environment Agency produced the Stolford to Combwich Coastal Defence Strategy Study to examine options for the future.