Significant Events
1st Century AD Fosse Way constructed
1st Century AD Substantial Roman villa established at Brookhampton
400 - 1100 People lived in dispersed hamlets and farmsteads rather than a
single village
1125/1150 Combrook chapel consecrated
1233 Henry de Trublevill "had livery of his lands in Combrook and
Brookhampton"
1348-50 Black Death – English population reduced by 1.5 million from
around 4 million
1435 Richard Verney acquires Compton Murdak
~1450 Conversion of Estates in the area to sheep pasture
1491 Compton Murdak renamed Compton Verney
1641 School established by
1677 The Manor of Brookhampton and Combrook bought by Ambrose
Holbech
1772 Inclosure Act covering Combrooke Field
1823 Combrook bought by Compton Verney estate
1828 Combrook Water extended to current dam behind Keepers
Cottage
1851 New School Building
1860 Stone Well head, locally known as fountain, erected (Chestnut
House)
1860 Estate cottage built
1866 Church extended and modified
1895 Population of Combrook is 295
1921 Compton Verney Estate sold by Willoughby de Broke family
1929 Compton Verney Estate broken up following death of Lord
Manton (Joseph Watson)
1952 Leys Field sold off from Green Farm
1962 V Bomber crashes in nearby woods
1966 Village School Closed
1989 Village Hall Lease signed by Parish Council to be managed by
elected Village Hall Commitee
2013 Leys Field bought by Parish Council on behalf of the village with
significant support from Lottery Heritage Fund and substantial
funds raised from village residents