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Bird bath

I rounded a corner in the little village of Combwich and I could hear a peculiar sound; it was a sort of flapping, rattling, squawking sound. I was near an estuary – beside me were the village...

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Combwich

Combwich, pronounced Cumidge, is a tiny village on the banks of the River Parrett just where it joins the sea, in the parish of Otterhampton.From earliest times I think people have lived on the hilly...

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Walford House

When we visited Combwich on the River Parrett in Somerset last weekend I noticed this beautiful house Walford House. Now, one of my family names is Walford; my family were originally Moses, but changed...

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Biffen of Combwich

  John Biffen was a Member of Parliament for over  thirty years; during that time he was Chief secretary to the Treasury, Trade Secretary and leader of the House of Commons. He was made a life peer. He...

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