 Apart from one adjunct at the south, it is generally a linear settlement.The parish church of St Gregory is a grade II* listed building with surviving ancient parts but was largely rebuilt in 1881.Robert Newton Incledon (1761-1846) of Yeotown, Goodleigh, purchased from the Rashleigh family the manor of Goodleigh,

Combe was the residence of a junior branch of the Acland family, which originated in the 12th century at the estate of Acland, to the south in the parish of Landkey.