There is some evidence of a Bronze Age field system at the Batts Combe quarry site.

Combe has been seen as a significant figure in his view that government should be involved with the educational system, and as a precursor of Herbert Spencer.

" When Spurzheim came to Edinburgh in 1816, Combe was invited to a friend's house where he saw Spurzheim dissect a human brain.

At this time, Thomas Combe joined the Press and became the university's Printer until his death in 1872.

In 1889 the brewery was acquired by James Watney & Co., which in 1898 became Watney Combe & Reid after acquiring Messrs. Combe Delafield and Co. and Messrs. Reid and Co.

In 1948 and 1949, the Bristol Motor Cycle and Light Car Club hosted motor races on a circuit, but due to planning and noise issues moved in 1950 to a site that became known as Castle Combe Circuit.

Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart was born the daughter of Viscount Castlereagh, who later became the 8th Marquess of Londonderry, and Romaine Combe, who was the daughter of Major Boyce Combe from a middle-class family in Surrey.

He was educated at Eton and with his father and brother became a partner in the brewing firm of Combe & Co.

In the hands of Scottish religious leader George Combe ( 1788 – 1858 ) ( whose book The Constitution of Man was one of the best-sellers of the century ), phrenology became strongly associated with political reform movements and egalitarian principles ( see, e. g., Shapin, 1975 ; but also see van Wyhe, 2004 ).

Through the teachings of Gall and Spurzheim phrenological teachings spread, and by the 1834 when Combe came to lecture in the United States phrenology had become a widespread popular movement.

Combe used the popular ABC television show American Bandstand to help promote the product and its superior smell.

For example " Combe " which means valley in English is a popular name because of the nature many runs leading into the valleys.

Combe Haven is another site of biological interest, with alluvial meadows, and the largest reed bed in the county, providing habitat for breeding birds.

Keating at age 35, second from left, with other ALP figures ( from left ) Colin Jamieson, Peter Walsh ( Australian politician ) | Peter Walsh and David Combe

* William Combe begins publication of the verse Tour of Dr Syntax in search of the Picturesque in Ackermann's Political Magazine ( London ), illustrated with cartoons by Thomas Rowlandson, depicting comic and ridiculous scenes involving a hapless country physician and coming to represent British Regency humour.

Others among the 19 grade II listed buildings in Bowlish include Coombe House, which was built c. 1820 ; 14, 15 and 16 Combe Lane, which were built around 1700 with 18th-century alterations ; 26 to 29 Combe Lane, which is a former mill built around 1700 and enlarged in 1850 ; and 30 and 31 Combe Lane, which are two weaver's cottages dating to about 1850.

* Combe was populated primarily by men, with some hobbits, all of whom made a living from agriculture.

* Monkton Combe School ( The senior school ) an independent boarding school near Bath, UK, with an age range from 3-18.

When she came to England, her governess was the Countess of Kildare, until she was consigned to the care of Lord Harington, with whom she spent the years of her happy childhood at Combe Abbey in Warwickshire.

O ' Connor ( centre, middle distance ) along with Brigadier John Frederick Boyce Combe | John Combe ( left ), Lieutenant-General Philip Neame ( centre ) and Major-General Michael Gambier-Parry ( right ), and following their capture in North Africa.

After twenty years in Yorkshire, Smith obtained preferment from a Tory minister, Lord Lyndhurst, who presented him with a prebend in Bristol Cathedral in 1828, and enabled him to exchange Foston for the living of Combe Florey, near Taunton, which he held conjointly with the living of Halberton attached to his prebend.

He compared the handwriting of the five leading " suspects " ( Duncan-Sandys ; Douglas Fairbanks, Jr .; John Cohane, an American businessman ; Peter Combe, a former press officer at the Savoy Hotel ; and Sigismund von Braun, brother of the German scientist Wernher von Braun ) with the captions written on the photographs.

Rowlandson was largely employed by Rudolph Ackermann, the art publisher, who in 1809 — issued in his Poetical Magazine The Schoolmaster ’ s Tour — a series of plates with illustrative verses by Dr. William Combe.

The western stretch of Exmoor boasts Hangman cliffs, the highest cliffs in mainland Britain, culminating near Combe Martin in the " Great Hangman ", a 1, 043 ft ( 318 m ) ' hog-backed ' hill with a cliff-face of 820 ft ( 250 m ); its sister cliff " The Little Hangman " has a cliff-face of 716 ft ( 218 m ).

As a result, COMBEbusiness, a not-for-private-profit company, was established in April 2011 with the aim of promoting business around Ilfracombe, Woolacombe and Combe Martin.

There are also similarities with the ' Obby ' Oss festival in Padstow, Cornwall, and with similar events in Minehead, Somerset, and Combe Martin in Devon.

The band toured Australia in November 1987, with a lineup of Salmon, Thewlis, Combe on drums and Brett Rixon rejoining on bass.

Titfield station was in reality Monkton Combe station, whilst Titfield village was nearby Freshford, with other scenes being shot at the disused Dunkerton colliery.

The show had major London revivals in 1921, 1930, 1942 ( starring Sylvia Cecil at the London Coliseum ) and 1972 in an Emile Littler production at the Palace Theatre in the West End, and at the Finborough Theatre, London, in December 2006 with a West End cast including Anita Louise Combe, as well as numerous other professional productions elsewhere.

He, together with Rudolph Vaughan, John Combe, Ted Todhunter and Guy E Ruggles-Brise ( who was an old school-friend ) from Vincigliata, an American pilot Jack Reiter ( who had been shot down over Italy.

The knights for Warwickshire in this parliament, which ended its session on February 9, were Fulke Greville ( the poet ) and William Combe of Warwick, as Fulke Greville and Edward Greville had been in 1593.

Of the sources, Coleridge was influenced by the surrounding of Culbone Combe and its hills, gulleys, and other features including the " mystical " and " sacred " locations in the region.

In Combe v. Combe Denning elaborated on the equitable nature of estoppel by refusing to allow its use as a " sword " by an ex-wife to extract funds from the destitute husband.

West Wansdyke is also a linear earthwork, running from Monkton Combe south of Bath to Maes Knoll south of Bristol, but less impressive than its eastern counterpart.

It made its debut at a rain soaked Castle Combe race track on 25 September 1965.

Early membership largely came from high society, and included a number of women amongst its ranks, such as Dorothy Viscountess Downe, Lady Sydenham of Combe, Baroness Zouche and Nesta Webster.

Johnson's was acquired by Combe Incorporated, which sold its foot care business to Blistex Inc. in January 2011.

His funeral cortege passed through Combe Down village on its way to his burial in Monkton Combe churchyard.

Templecombe derives its name from Combe Templariorum, after the Knights Templar who established Templecombe Preceptory in the village in 1185.

Combe Incorporated sold its itch care business, as well as Cepacol, to Reckitt Benckiser in 2011.

Views from the summit include the full length of the Duddon Valley including its estuary ; the western side of the Coniston fells ; the Eskdale fells including Scafell and Bowfell ; much of western Cumbria including the estuary of the Rivers Esk, Mite and Irt ; the Isle of Man ; as well as the hills to the south culminating in Black Combe.

The car was built in time for the Castle Combe heat in 2007 with a team composed of TSR4 team manager John-Luke Wilkinson and its four drivers Tom Channon, Nick Chrumka, Dan Wilkinson and Casper Ikeda.

The then Vicar at Westbury-on-Trym H. J. Wilkins published a 16-page booklet in 1938 titled " An Enquiry concerning Toplady and his Hymn " Rock of Ages " and its connection with Burrington Combe, Somerset " that found that in relation to the hymn " All available evidence goes to show that it was published in 1776, soon after it was written.

In Combe v Combe Denning elaborated on the equitable nature of estoppel by refusing to allow its use as a " sword " by an ex-wife to extract funds from the destitute husband.

Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England, its warm, honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of Bath, England its distinctive appearance.

In October 2002, Combe acquired J. B. Williams, thereby adding such longtime names as Brylcreem and Cepacol to its brand stable.