Combwich

No sooner, however, do we cross the _Parret_ and proceed from Combwich

The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire James Jennings

Near Combwich, Covenant cast a shoe, and two hours were wasted before I found a smithy in the town and had the matter set right.

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

Then Alfred lifted his sword and shouted, and, with that awful roar that I had heard before on the Combwich meadows, over the hill crest and down upon the Danes the spearmen rushed.

King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884

That seemed good to the king, and Heregar and I rode to find him, crossing the tidal ford at Combwich, where we heard from village folk who had returned that the Danish lord bided in Heregar's house beyond the fort.

King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884

Bridgwater has no Saxon equivalent, the town being known only as "The Bridge" since the time when the Romans first fortified this one crossing place of the Parret; and the name of the castle before which Hubba fell varies from Cynuit through Kynwith to Kynwich, whose equivalent the Combwich of today is.

King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884

So I thought we had done well, and left Thord and my men to guard the ship and take her back to Combwich, where she would lie safely in the creek, while I rode to Alfred, almost sleeping on my wearied horse as I went.

King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884

It is likely that he overrated the number which Odda had with him; for those who escaped us at Combwich had not been near enough to see from the far side of the river how small our force was, and would make much of those who had been able to overcome their mightiest chief.

King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884

We saw them land on the opposite shore, where the road comes down to the Combwich crossing, that can only be used at lowest tides; and they marched eastward, doubtless in search of cattle and plunder.

King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884

Combwich fort to bring him to us, for it seemed certain that here we must fight the first battle of Alfred's great struggle.

King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884

Arimathaea landed, bearing the holy thorn staff in his hand, is the strong hill fort of Combwich, old as the days of that Joseph, or maybe older.

King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet 1884