The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Compton Abdale
Gloucestershire (County [UK]), England
View Larger MapDescription of institution: In the 17th and 18th centuries the place was sometimes called Compton-in-the-Hole, referring to the confined valley site of the village, but that was evidently only a colloquial and very local usage. Other Links: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol9/pp31-41 -