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Heritage Trail

Byfield Mine

Roman Villa

Tucking Mill

Combe Down Past & Present

The Bookshop

We are now the local source of books on Combe Down and as well as our own publications we sell many others. Click here for the pricelist.

CDHS Publications

Please use the links below or to the left to discover more about the Society's publications.

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Heritage Trail leaflet

This colour leaflet has an explicit and useful map of the central area of the village giving its main sites of interest. More info...

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A History of Byfield Mine by Professor Dick Irving

The author lives in the former mine managers house and discovered a hole in his garden with a staircase down into the workings which was carved out as a short cut for the manager and possibly for the workers to gain easy access to the pub. More info...

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The Roman Villa at Combe Down by Dr Malcolm Aylett

The Roman Villa at Combe Down was discovered in the 1850’s when hundreds of coins and domestic artefacts were found. More info...

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I Remember Tucking Mill by Stanley Wicks

This charming and evocative account of the childhood of Stanley Wicks, born at Tucking Mill in 1910, tells of his family life and his rambles in the area where he grew up. More info...

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Combe Down Past and Present

...is a CD we publish showing a series of photographs of street scenes taken about a century ago linked with recent pictures at the same place. More info...

Price List

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