Editing Coombe Keynes (section)

==History==
Coombe Keynes was part of [[Winfrith (hundred)|Winfrith Hundred]]. The [[Domesday Book]] of 1086 records it as Cume, held by [[Gilbert de Magminot]], [[Ancient Diocese of Lisieux|Bishop of Lisieux]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SY8484/coombe-keynes/ |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120729083826/http://www.domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SY8484/coombe-keynes/ |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2012-07-29 |title=Coombe Keynes |work=Domesday Map }}</ref> The name Keynes derives from the later [[Lord of the Manor|Lords of the Manor]], the de Cahaignes family, who also held [[Tarrant Keyneston]].

Later Coombe Keynes' population declined until it is now only a hamlet. The lost part of the settlement was immediately east of the parish church. The area is now a field with what appear to be platforms where cottages stood and a hollow way that would have been a lane. This depopulated area is now a [[Scheduled monument|Scheduled Ancient Monument]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1017260 |desc=Medieval settlement east of Holy Rood Church |accessdate=11 June 2017}}</ref>

The [[Church of England parish church]] of the [[Holy Rood Church, Coombe Keynes|Holy Rood]] was formerly the centre of a large parish that included the village of Wool. In 1844 Wool was made into a separate parish. The two ecclesiastical parishes were recombined in 1967.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.opcdorset.org/CoombeKeynesFiles/CoombeKeynes.htm |title=Coombe Keynes |work=Dorset Online Parish Clerks }}</ref>

The [[chancel]] arch and west tower of Holy Rood church is 13th-century. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1860–61 to designs by Thomas Hicks. It is a [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] building with nave, chancel and north porch.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1120491 |desc=Former Church of the Holy Rood |grade=II |accessdate=11 June 2017}}</ref> It was deconsecrated in 1974 and is now used as a secular function room managed by the Coombe Keynes Trust.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pippa |first=Punch |date=28 May 2025 |title=The Coombe Keynes Trust |url=https://www.coombekeynes.com/trust/ |access-date=28 May 2025 |website=The Coombe Keynes Trust}}</ref>

The Coombe Keynes Chalice, a rare pre-[[English Reformation|Reformation]] [[chalice]] with an octagonal foot with embellished angles on the stem, is now kept in the [[Dorset Museum]].<ref name="Holy Rood Wool">{{cite web |title=Coombe Keynes Chalice |url=https://www.coombekeynes.com/the-coombe-keynes-chalice/ |access-date=28 May 2025 |website=The Coombe Keynes Trust}}</ref>
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