European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Prettiest Village in britain9 general store. Oil a life. By John Krueger is London Bureau it s official s a Village in Britain that can boast it s the nation s prettiest the decision by popular acclaim should end All debates on the subject and Start tourists queuing on the Road attention Hope and Crosby to Castle Combe. With those who know their villages bestir s Castle Combe b Over 2 to 1. That was the result of the Public opinion poll con ducted Here and abroad by the British travel Assn. A swedish woman wrote for the last 12 years my husband and have spent most of our vacations motoring in Britain pastime loved by both of us. We have seen and delighted in any. Amount of wonderful old villages and i must that when it comes to deciding which one is the prettiest you Are certainly up against is however one particular favorite of ours which we return to again and again with nostalgic faithfulness and every time it seems More attractive than it did the year before. It is of course Castle Combe. As far As i can make out it must be the Moat perfect thing of its kind that anyone can wish to find the Village Rector said he found it difficult to preach about heaven to people who in Many ways already live and saintly sentiments that make you wish you had the wings of Anangelo to Fly there As soon As possible. / for americans stationed at Bur Derop Fairford and Green Ham common Castle Combe is Only. 2040 Miles away in Wilt picturesque Community of 449 inhabitants nestles six Miles from Chippen Ham 12 Miles from Bath and 100 mile West of London leaving London you head West through Beautiful thames Valley country on the a4. Before the bestowing of this Oscar of tourism Castle Combe led a quiet life noted in guide books Only for its 13thcentury Cross in the Market place. Residents fear a noisy summer of sightseers the Price of Fame. Local officials claim their quaint Cota Hofei pare Frise even tacks a parking lot. The Stone cottages Are compact Yin a Little wooded Valley along a Trout filled Stream of the buildings said one observer ble into each other along both. Aft Ingle narrow Street which alms tit greets you at one end of the Village a dumped you Over a Small Stone Bride handout again at the. Other end.1 but it is claimed Shakespeare slept Here at the local elizabethan Manor Louiie now a hotel. The Village got its name from a nor Man Castle that once dominated the land scape. Combe is Faxon for Valley. A that s left of the fortress Are the in pig remains of two Moats the ruin it of Dungeon and a jousting Arena. Stone from the Castle were carted away to build the Village. Finishing in fourth place in the pret Tiest Village balloting was Finchingfield Essex Only about a mile from Wethers Field air base Home of the 20th tactical fighter Wing. Of my of the Wing families live in thatched roof cottages in Fitch Long Fielda any americans who find Castle comb too Long a haul a find it Worth their while to visit Floc Ingfield. Other top rated villages wer Bas Dorset Ganstier Somerset and a Worth Sot White Hart inn one of village1 two pub has been open 600 year. Constable Peter Conway inspects medieval lockup Umo dry a. The Rev. Mich a Delhmer Tayt Village a 1,1t the Staib and Poji it
