Combe Raleigh

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Devon, England}}

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Combe Raleigh ({{IPAc-en|k|uː|m|_|'|r|ɑː|l|i}}) is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England.{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 192 Exeter & Sidmouth (Exmouth & Teignmouth)|ISBN=978-0-319-23139-5|publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/opendatadownload/products.html |title=Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer |format=csv (download) |date= 1 January 2016 |publisher=Ordnance Survey |website=www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk |accessdate=18 February 2016}} The village lies about 1.5 miles north of the town of Honiton, and the parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Luppitt, Honiton, Awliscombe and Dunkeswell.{{cite web

|url=http://www.devon.gov.uk/devon_districts_2002_.pdf

|title=Map of Devon Parishes

|publisher=Devon County Council

|accessdate=7 July 2016

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102183100/http://www.devon.gov.uk/devon_districts_2002_.pdf

|archive-date=2 November 2013

|url-status=dead

}}

The word 'Combe' is of Celtic origin meaning 'valley' (the same as cwm) whilst the name 'Raleigh' comes from the Raleigh family's ownership of the village in the thirteenth century.

The 15th-century parish church (St. Nicholas) has six bells{{cite web |title=Combe Raleigh, Devon, S Nicholas |url=https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/tower/10689 |website=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers |access-date=27 March 2024}} and its minister is shared with the nearby village of Awliscombe. The village has no shops.

In the past twenty to thirty years agriculture has declined considerably in the area, but the village does have three horticulture-based businesses. The most recently opened business being St. Isidore Agriculture Ltd.