Coker, East, a village 3 m.  S.S.W. from Yeovil.  The church and hall are prettily grouped together on rising ground above the roadway.  The church is chiefly Perp. with debased transepts and a N.E. tower of the same character but greater dignity.  Note (1) cylindrical arcade on S., (2) panelled arches to transept, (3) old oak door on N., (4) Norm, font with cable moulding.  In the churchyard is the effigy of a woman, and another old tomb with incised figure stands near the church door.  The Court hard by is a modernised 15th-cent. hall.  A dignified row of 17th-cent. alms-houses lines the common roadway to the church and court.  Near the bridge on the Yeovil road is the old manor house, now a farm.  It has a two-storeyed Perp. porch and some good windows.  It was the birthplace of Dampier, the navigator (1652).  A Roman pavement, bronzes, and coins have been discovered in the neighbourhood. Naish Priory, 1-1/2 m. away, is now a private residence.  It retains its chapel and one or two other relics of its early conventual days.  It is assigned to the 14th cent. or 15th cent.

Coker, West, a large village 3 m.  S.W. of Yeovil, on the London and Exeter road.  The church is spacious, with an unusually low tower; some small windows in the turret are of horn.  The body of the church seems to be partly Dec. and partly Perp.  It contains some seats dated 1633, and a monument to two daughters of Sir John Portman.  In the village is a 14th-cent. manor house, formerly belonging to the Earls of Devon.

Coleford (4 m.  S. from Radstock) is an unattractive colliery village, with a modern church (1831).  The tower is of fair design.

Combe Down (a large parish 2 m.  S.E. from Bath) possesses some large freestone quarries.  The church is modern (1835).

Combe Florey, a very pretty village 1-1/2 m.  N.W. of Bishop Lydeard Station, which gets its name from the Floreys, the ancient owners of the manor.  Its church, Perp. in the main, contains some interesting memorials.  There are three effigies in the N. aisle—­a knight (supposed to be one of the Merriet family, to which the manor passed from the Floreys) and two ladies (perhaps his successive wives).  In the N. wall the heart of a lady, “Maud de Merriette,” who was a nun of Cannington, is recorded to have been buried.  On the floor at the W. end of the N. aisle is a brass to Nicholas Francis, who possessed the manor subsequently to the Merriets.  Sydney Smith was rector here (1829-45), and the glass in the E. window is in memory of him.  Note also (1) angels on piers of arcade (cp.  St Mary’s, Taunton), (2) carved seat ends, (3) restored cross in churchyard.  In the village is a Tudor manor house.

Combe Hay, a small village 1-1/2 m.  N. of Wellow.  The Paulton Canal here boldly climbs the hillside by a series of locks.  The church, which has been much altered and enlarged, is the burial-place of Sir Lewes Dyves, the defender of Sherborne Castle.