Hascombe

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Village and civil parish in Surrey, England

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::summary Village and civil parish in Surrey, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
type	Village and civil parish
official_name	Hascombe
map_type	Surrey
coordinates
population	307
population_ref	(2011 Census)
os_grid_reference	SU997397
shire_district	Waverley
shire_county	Surrey
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Godalming and Ash
post_town	Godalming
postcode_district	GU8
postcode_area	GU
dial_code	01483
static_image_name	Hascombe from the South-East - geograph.org.uk - 1944997.jpg
static_image_caption	Hascombe village, looking towards St Peter's Church and The White Horse public house
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Hascombe is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England. It is around 3 mi southeast of Godalming in the Borough of Waverley. The settlement contains a large cluster of cottages and country estates, St Peter's Church, the village green, a fountain, pond, a central public house and is surrounded by steep wooded hillsides.

Toponymy

The earliest records of the settlement are from 1241, in which it appears as Hasecumbe and under the modern spelling "Hascombe". Additional variants from the 13th century include Hescumbe (1243), Hascumbe (1255), Hassecumbe (1266) and Escumbe. (). The second part of the name "combe", is generally agreed to derive from the Old English (OE) cumb, meaning a valley. The first element "Has" may come from hese or hæse (OE) meaning "brushwood", or from hægtesse (OE) meaning "witch".

Geography

Hascombe's has a natural fresh-water spring that attracts many visitors: the fountain itself was commissioned in 1887 by local landowner Edward Lee Rowcliffe as a memorial to his late brother. The fountain is Grade II listed. The damming of a stream in the 15th century created the Church Pond.

Hills

A promontory that adjoins Hascombe Hill from 1796 to 1816 Hascombe hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain which connected the Admiralty in London to the dockyard at Portsmouth.

Hascombe has the following summits in the Surrey Hills National Landscape:

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Hill	Elevation	Rank within Surrey	Range
Hascombe Hill	197 m	14th	Greensand Ridge
Breakneck Hill	189 m	15th
Hydon's Ball	181 m	16th
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History

Above the village is Hascombe Hill, the site of an Iron Age multivallate hillfort. Pottery sherds recovered from the 2.5 ha site suggest that it was occupied between 200 and 50 BCE.

Hascombe is thought to have been part of the Manor of Bramley until the early 14th century.

It was during a stay at Hoe Farm in 1915 that statesman and future Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill learned to paint.

Demography

Hascombe is part of Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe ward, which has a much higher than average home ownership than the South East Region and nation.

Landmarks

The public house, The White Horse, a 16th- or 17th-century Grade II listed building with many later extensions, is constructed from the local Bargate stone, a local term for the hard masonry material which is a type of limestone with traces of greensand.

Hascombe Court is a large country estate with extensive gardens designed by Gertrude Jekyll.

In the southern part of the main street is a 3 ft high, 15 ft square animal pound: according to English Heritage, this is a 15th century stone construction and is listed for its uniqueness in the county.

St Peter's Church is a Victorian Gothic Revival church built in 1864. It replaced an earlier 13th Century church that had become very dilapidated.

Notable residents

Current and former residents include the film star Dirk Bogarde; Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky; former member of The Jam, Bruce Foxton; boss of McLaren Formula One racing team, Ron Dennis; broadcaster Chris Evans; and actor Billie Piper. The wildlife artist Archibald Thorburn lived and died in the village. His grave lies in the parish churchyard.

References

"Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
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(1969). "The place-names of Surrey". Cambridge University Press.
"Key to English Place-names : Hascombe". University of Nottingham.
{{NHLE. (28 October 1986)
[https://www.hills-database.co.uk/downloads.html Database of British and Irish Hills] Retrieved 6 March 2015
{{NHLE
(2016). "Analytical surveys of Holmbury and Hascombe hillforts". Surrey Archaeological Collections.
(1911). "A History of the County of Surrey".
(8 August 2005). "Don't lose the plot". The Daily Telegraph.
[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics: Population; Quick Statistics: Economic indicators] {{Webarchive. link. (11 February 2003 . ([[United Kingdom Census 2011). 2011 census]] and [[United Kingdom Census 2001. 2001 census]]) Retrieved 27 February 2015.
The White Horse architectural Grade II listing. {{National Heritage List for England
{{National Heritage List for England
(2000). "England's Thousand Best Churches". Penguin Press.
Penny Churchill. (28 February 2008). "Country houses with history". Country Life.
"Surrey's richest 50 2009: The top ten". Surrey Life.
(12 March 2014). "Ex-bassist with the Jam supports bid to save beauty spot".
(1967). "Thorburn's Birds". Michael Joseph (Mermaid Books).

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