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Winscombe is a village in North Somerset, England, close to the settlements of Axbridge and Cheddar, on the western edge of the Mendip Hills, south-east of Weston-super-Mare and south-west of Bristol. The Parish of Winscombe and Sandford, centred on the Parish Church of Church of St James the Great, includes the villages/hamlets of Barton, Hale, Oakridge, Nye, Sidcot and Woodborough.〔Tucker, Margaret, ''The Book of Winscombe'', Halsgrove Press, ISBN 1-84114-344-8〕 Historically part of Somerset, Winscombe has a few shops and businesses focused in the centre of the village, along Woodborough Road and Sandford Road. There is a doctor's surgery in the village, and two dentists. West of the village is the Max Bog biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. ==History== It has been suggested that the name means a valley belonging to a Saxon named Wine. The parish was part of the Winterstoke Hundred.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Miscellaneous/ )〕 Winscombe was the subject of an historical and archaeological study led by Professor Mick Aston, published in the ''Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Proceedings ) See volumes 151 to 155.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Winscombe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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