Charlcombe

Coordinates: 51°24′20″N 2°21′26″W / 51.4055°N 2.3572°W / 51.4055; -2.3572

Charlcombe is a civil parish and small village just north of Bath in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 422 and includes the villages of Woolley and Langridge. The valley is currently the centre of attention for the Save Woolley Valley Campaign led by the SWVAG (chaired by Robert Craven).

History

Charlcombe is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 under the name "Cerlecume", meaning in Old English "valley of the ceorls (freemen or peasants)".

Langridge and Woolley were part of the hundred of Bath Forum, while The parish of Charlcombe was part of the hundred of Hampton.

From about 1720 until the early 19th century Woolley was the site of a gunpowder mill.

In 1848 the village had a population of 84, and covered 523 acres (2.12 km²).

Woolley is one of only 52 Thankful Villages for having lost no soldiers during World War I, and one of only 14 doubly thankful villages that also did not lose any soldiers in World War II.