Category Archives: Combe Florey

Combe Florey House (More)

Posted on May 9, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

Alexander Waugh has kindly confirmed the following with respect to the Waugh Family graves next to Combe Florey House: The wall has now been fixed by family effort and EW’s grave is now approached up some steps from the church … Continue reading →

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Oldie Digs up Grave Problems at Combe Florey

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

The Oldie magazine in response to recent stories in the national press about the sale of Combe Florey House has republished an article from 2016 by Teresa Waugh, Auberon’s widow and former owner-occupant of the house. This relates to the … Continue reading →

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Earth Day Roundup

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

–Several other papers have run stories about the sale of Combe Florey House. The most extensive photographic displays are in the Daily Mail and Country Life which also have brief discussions of the Waugh family’s associations with the house. The … Continue reading →

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Combe Florey Sale Coincides with Waugh Anniversary

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Jeffrey Manley

In an article in today’s Times newspaper, Patrick Kidd writes: On Easter morning 55 years ago tomorrow [Saturday, 10 April 2021] Evelyn Waugh said his last Deo gratias. After assisting his priest at a Latin mass in the Somerset town … Continue reading →

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Evelyn Waugh, d. 10 April 1966, R.I.P.

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Today is the 54th anniversary of the death of Evelyn Waugh. His death occurred on what was Easter Sunday, and he had attended Mass earlier in the day. He died after returning to his home in Combe Florey and is … Continue reading →

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Waugh and Mitford: Grave Problems

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Jeffrey Manley

Waugh’s friend Nancy Mitford is in the news relating to the publication in the USA of her biography by Laura Thompson, Life in a Cold Climate. See previous posts. The Wall Street Journal (10 January 2020) has a favorable review by … Continue reading →

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Weekend Roundup: Somerset in the News

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

Most of our Waugh news in this week’s roundup come from or relates to the county of Somerset: An Australian radio program on the ABC network announces the upcoming TV series on the career of politician Jeremy Thorpe. This is … Continue reading →

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Dursley in the News

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Jeffrey Manley

The Mirror has identified Dursley (where Evelyn Waugh lived from 1937-1956) as a “commuter hotspot”. This is determined by its proximity to Bristol and is measured by the annual growth in housing prices. The Mirror puts Dursley at #2 in … Continue reading →

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Take a Pew, or Not, as the Case May Be

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

In “The Times Diary” column of today’s edition of the paper, Patrick Kidd writes this about relations between Evelyn Waugh and John Betjeman: WAUGH OF WORDS Visitors to Combe Florey, the family home of Evelyn and Auberon Waugh, used to … Continue reading →

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Alastair Graham, Steven Runciman and More Misfits

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

A blogger named John (who lives in the Southern US) posted on his weblog Notes from a Common-place Book a report of his recent trip to England. This posting is dated 4 September 2017. He sought out gravesites of writers he considered “misfits” … Continue reading →

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