Thorncombe
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Place details
- Locality
- Thorncombe
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Thorncombe
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary's Church Thorncombe - geograph.org.uk - 410088.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Church, Thorncombe
- UK place.population
- 687
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Dorset
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Dorset
- UK place.post_town
- CHARD
- UK place.postcode_district
- TA20
- UK place.postcode_area
- TA
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- West Dorset
- Population
- +687
- Image
- St Mary's Church Thorncombe - geograph.org.uk - 410088.jpg
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- Description
- Geography
- History
- Boundary changes
- Notable residents
- Politics
- Church
- References
- External links
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Thorncombe is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It was historically, until 1844, an exclave of Devon. It lies five miles (8 km) south east of the town of Chard in neighbouring Somerset. Thorncombe is situated close to the borders of both Somerset and Devon. In the 2011 census the population of the civil parish was 687.