Combs, Derbyshire

Combs
Combs from the west, with Castle Naze hillfort and the plateau of Combs Moss in the background
Combs is located in Derbyshire
Combs
Combs
Location within Derbyshire
Population100 [citation needed]
OS grid referenceSK042786
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHIGH PEAK
Postcode districtSK23
Dialling code01298
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AmbulanceEast Midlands
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53°18′18″N 1°56′13″W / 53.3051°N 1.937°W / 53.3051; -1.937

Combs is a small village in Derbyshire, England, in the civil parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith and the Peak District National Park.

The village is bounded to the east, west and south by gritstone edges and moorland, the highest of which is Black Edge (507 m (1,663 ft)). To the north the embankment of the Buxton to Stockport railway separates it from Combs Reservoir. To the east is Castle Naze, a prehistoric settlement site.

The village has a pub, the Beehive Inn,[1] and infant school.[2][3]

Combs resident Herbert Frood developed a vehicle brake pad and in 1897 founded the company Ferodo. The village was also home to journalists and authors Crichton Porteous and Peggy Bellhouse.

Old Brook House and its barn, close to the Beehive public house, is a listed building.[4][5] Parts of it dates from the 17th and 18th centuries, as does Marsh Hall closer to Chapel-en-le-frith.[6]

  1. ^ "Home page". The Beehive Inn. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Combs Infant School". Ofsted. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  3. ^ School Official Website Archived 2004-05-20 at archive.today
  4. ^ Historic England. "Old Brook House (Grade II) (1263667)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  5. ^ Historic England. "Barn at Brook House Farm (Grade II) (1140153)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  6. ^ Historic England. "Marsh Hall and Barn (Grade II) (1088025)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 March 2013.