Village Information
The parish of Abbas and Temple Combe, comprising the two villages of those names and the hamlet of Combe Throop, is about 3 miles south of the centre of Wincanton and borders Buckhorn Weston (Dorset) and Kington Magna (Dorset) on its eastern boundary. It is roughly rectangular in shape, measuring just over 1 mile from north to south and nearly 3 miles from east to west. The eastern boundary partly follows the present and partly an earlier course of the river Cale, and parts of the northern and southern boundaries with Horsington and Henstridge are marked by streams.
The eastern half of the parish lies on marshland below the 70m contour and is crossed by the Bow brook, also known as the Moor brook, and its tributaries. The western half of the parish bordering on Charlton Horethorne and Stowell is divided by a valley or combe running east to west now occupied by a stream and the London-Exeter railway line. On either side, the ground rises gradually towards the summits of Stowell hill to the north (162m) and Bowden hill to the south (145m). The parish covers 773 ha. (1,910 acres.).