Holcombe may refer to:
Places
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Holcombe, Greater Manchester
Holcombe is a village in Ramsbottom ward, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated south of Haslingden, east of Edgworth, west of Ramsbottom, and north of Tottington. The name comes from the Celtic ' meani ...
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Holcombe, East Devon
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Holcombe, Somerset
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Holcombe, Teignbridge, Devon
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Holcombe Manor, Chatham, Kent
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Holcombe Rogus, Devon
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Holcombe Court, Devon
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Holcombe House, Painswick, Gloucestershire
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Holcombe Burnell, a Devon parish
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Holcombe Brook railway station, Greater Manchester
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Great Holcombe, Oxfordshire
;United States
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Holcombe, Wisconsin, unincorporated community
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Lake Holcombe, Wisconsin, town
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Holcombe Flowage, recreation area, Wisconsin
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Holcombe Site, aka Holcombe Beach, Michigan archeological site
People with a forename Holcombe
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Charles Holcombe Dare, Royal Navy officer
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Holcombe Ingleby
Holcombe Ingleby (18 March 1854 – 6 August 1926) was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician. He was mayor of the borough of King's Lynn in Norfolk, and for eight years a Member of Parliament (MP) for King's Lynn.
Born on 18 ...
, former mayor of Kings Lynn, Norfolk
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Lyle Holcombe Miller, US Marine Corps officer
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Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens, 19th century US landowner
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Holcombe Read
Holcombe Douglas "Hopper" Read (28 January 1910 – 5 January 2000) was an English cricketer who played in one Test in 1935.
Biography
Read, who received his nickname from the eccentric leap in his long run-up was regarded as the fastest bowle ...
, English cricketer
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Holcombe Rucker
Holcombe Rucker (March 2, 1926 – March 20, 1965) was a playground director in Harlem for the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation from 1948 to 1964. He founded the New York City pro-am basketball tournament, that still bears his name ...
, US recreation ground director
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Henry Holcombe Tucker
Henry Holcombe Tucker (May 10, 1819 – September 9, 1889) was the chancellor of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia from 1874 until his resignation in 1878. Note that the head of the University was referred to as chancellor instead ...
, US university chancellor
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Holcombe Waller
Holcombe Waller is an American composer, singer and performance artist. Waller has self-released three albums of varying styles. His work first received international attention with his 2001 album ''Extravagant Gesture''. The indie album was ...
, US singer and composer
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Holcombe Ward
Holcombe Ward (November 23, 1878 – January 23, 1967) was an American tennis player who was active during the last years of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th. He won the U.S. National Championships singles title in 1904 and add ...
, US tennis player
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Michael Holcombe Wilson
Michael Holcombe Wilson (November 4, 1937 – February 10, 2019) was a Canadians, Canadian businessman, politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Finance (Canada), minister of finance from 1984 to 1991 and Minister of International Tra ...
, Canadian politician
Other uses
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Holcombe (surname)
Holcombe is a surname, originating in a number of English villages with the name. Early examples are recorded as ''de'' Holcombe, and the final ''e'' has been dropped from many family names. Notable people with the surname Holcombe (with an ''e'') ...
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Holcombe Grammar School
Holcombe Grammar School (formerly Chatham Grammar School for Boys) is a grammar school with academy status in Chatham, Kent, England. They are part of Thinking Schools Academy Trust. Holcombe is a selective school. From the 2017–18 academic y ...
, Chatham, Kent
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Holcombe Hockey Club
Holcombe Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Rochester, Kent, England. The home ground is located at Holcombe Park, where there is a water-based pitch, a sand-based pitch and a clubhouse. The club was formed in 1999/2000 from a merger o ...
, Rochester, Kent
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Holcombe Legion
The Holcombe Legion of South Carolina fought in the American Civil War as part of the Confederate States Army. It was a true legion, being made up of different types of units, in this case cavalry (four companies) and infantry (initially eight com ...
, a unit in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
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HMS Holcombe, British Royal Navy destroyer, launched 1942
See also
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Holcomb (disambiguation)
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