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Although these cottages look old, they are infact modern.
©Ray Beer
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©Ray Beer
Dist:0.2km<br/>Rebuilt in 1867.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>The village stores and post office are open till 1pm each day. The postbox, a modern one, is emptied finally at 5pm on weekdays and at 10:45am on Saturdays.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>The war memorial stands at the southern end of the churchyard of the [[526025]], which we glimpse in the background.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.2km<br/>Jubilee House is a residential building but appears to have once been perhaps village hall or school. In front of it, we see the village pump on which is inscribed: This supply of drinking water for the people of Thorncombe was planned by William Herbert Evans of Forde Abbey, in whose memory it is laid on. 1902
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.3km<br/>Barns on Gribb Farm Thorncombe
©Ray Beer
Dist:0.3km<br/>This shop would appear not to have been in use for many a year. The words across the top are Off Licence and Fuel Merchant. This was probably once the post office, since there is what is recognisably a former postbox in the wall.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.3km<br/>The finger-post has modern replacement fingers (the originals would likely have been rounded rather than pointed), but retains the distinctive finial, with location and grid reference details. For a close-up of the finial, see [[1784793]].
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.3km<br/>A close-up of the finial of the finger-post (see [[1383187]]), giving location and grid reference details.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.3km<br/>This little chapel stands by the main junction in the village.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.4km<br/>
©Chris S
Dist:0.6km<br/>A close-up of the finial of the finger-post (see [[1383111]]), giving location and grid reference details.
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.6km<br/>This finger-post has modern fingers but retains the distinctive, original Dorset finial giving location (Thorncombe Thorn) and grid reference. For a close-up of the finial, see [[1784789]].
©Chris Downer
Dist:0.7km<br/>Taken from Horseshoe Lane
©RNE

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