{{Short description|Civil parish in Warwickshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name= Combe Fields | civil_parish = Combe Fields | country= England | region= West Midlands |coordinates = {{coord|52.42|-1.40|type:city_region:GB-WAR|display=title}} | post_town= | postcode_area= | postcode_district= | dial_code= | shire_district= [[Borough of Rugby|Rugby]] | shire_county= [[Warwickshire]] | hide_services= Yes | population = 131 | population_ref = ([[2021 UK Census|2021]]) |static_image_name=Coombe Abbey and Country Park, aerial 2018, geograph 5845962 by Simon Tomson.jpg |static_image_caption=Aerial view from west looking east over Coombe Abbey and the Combe Fields parish }}'''Combe Fields''' is a [[civil parish]] in the [[Borough of Rugby|Rugby]] district, in the county of [[Warwickshire]], England. The parish has no village, but contains [[Coombe Abbey]], after which it is named, and a few isolated houses. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 114, increasing to 126 at the 2011 census, and 131 at the 2021 census.<ref>{{cite web |title=Combe Fields Parish in West Midlands |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/rugby/E04009670__combe_fields/ |publisher=City Population |access-date=1 January 2024}}</ref>
The parish also contains Ansty Park,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-committees/rural-economy/Written-evidence-volume-Time-for-a-strategy-for-the-rural-economy.pdf|title=House of Lords Select Committee on the Rural Economy Collated Written Evidence Volume|date=26 April 2019}}</ref> a business park where [[Cadent Gas]] and the [[London Electric Vehicle Company]] have their headquarters. The business park is on the former site of [[RAF Ansty|Ansty Aerodrome]], a military airfield in operation from 1936 until 1953 and primarily used for training.<ref name="ABCT">{{cite web|url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/ansty-coventry|title=Ansty (Coventry) |publisher=[[Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust]]|accessdate=31 December 2023}}</ref><ref>'Parishes: Combe Fields', in A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 6, Knightlow Hundred, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1951), pp. 72-74. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol6/pp72-74 [accessed 31 December 2023].</ref> To the south of Ansty Park is a [[Rolls-Royce Holdings|Rolls-Royce]] factory that manufactures components for aircraft engines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/rolls-royce-to-build-250m-hub-in-coventry/|title=Rolls-Royce to build £250m hub in Coventry|first=Jonny|last=Williamson|website=The Manufacturer|date=9 November 2017|access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> Between 1946 and 1971, rocket motors were developed and tested at the site.<ref>{{Historic England research records|num=1009794|desc=Rolls Royce Ansty|access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>
At the time of the [[Domesday Book]] the parish was called '''Smite''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Parishes: Combe Fields |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/warks/vol6/pp72-74 |publisher=British History Online |accessdate=2 September 2020}}</ref> which contained two settlements of Upper and Lower Smite; these were both [[deserted medieval village|deserted]] in the 12th or 13th century when Monks from Coombe Abbey [[enclosures|enclosed]] the fields to create sheep pastures. The old parish name is retained in Smite Brook, Smeeton Lane and Smite Hill.<ref>{{cite web |title=LOWER SMITE DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/lower-smite-deserted-medieval-village |publisher=Our Warwickshire |accessdate=2 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=UPPER SMITE DESERTED MEDIEVAL SETTLEMENT |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/upper-smite-deserted-medieval-settlement |publisher=Our Warwickshire |accessdate=2 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |desc=Coombe Abbey |num=1000408 |accessdate=2 September 2020}}</ref> The remains of the medieval church of St Peter of Lower Smite was converted into a house called Peter Hall in the 16th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST PETER, SMITE (PETER HALL), COMBE FIELDS |url=https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/catalogue_her/church-of-st-peter-smite-peter-hall-combe-fields |publisher=Our Warwickshire |accessdate=2 September 2020}}</ref>
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