02/01/2023
Do you love history?
Holcombe Old Church just a few miles from the Roundhouse & is steeped in local history and definitely worth a visit.
The church is surrounded by beautiful countryside and woodland ( with a beautiful pond)
On the slightly macabre side, it’s also on a burial site from the Plague in 1348 and legend has it , it’s where the nursery rhyme ‘Ring a Ring o’ Roses ‘ began.
Explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s family memorial is located at the rear of the church although he isn’t actually buried there. There is also a grave at the front, designed by his mother, for five children who drowned in a nearby lake.
It is regularly used as a film location, most recently in Poldark
The church is no longer in use but you can pick the keys up from The Holcombe Inn if you’d like to look inside.