Hascombe
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| Hascombe | |
|---|---|
| Village and civil parish | |
 Hascombe village, looking towards St Peter's Church and The White Horse public house | |
  Hascombe Location within Surrey | |
| Population | 307 (2011 Census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SU997397 |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Godalming |
| Postcode district | GU8 |
| Dialling code | 01483 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| UK Parliament | |
Hascombe is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England. It is around 3 miles (4.8 km) 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
[edit]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. (c. 1270). The second part of the name "‑combe", is generally agreed to derive from the Old English (OE) cumb, meaning a valley.[2] The first element "Has‑" may come from hese or hæse (OE) meaning "brushwood", or from hægtesse (OE) meaning "witch".[2][3]
Geography
[edit]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.[4] The damming of a stream in the 15th century created the Church Pond.[citation needed]
Hills
[edit]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:[5]
| Hill | Elevation | Rank within Surrey | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hascombe Hill | 197 m (646 ft) | 14th | Greensand Ridge |
| Breakneck Hill | 189 m (620 ft) | 15th | |
| Hydon's Ball | 181 m (594 ft) | 16th |
History
[edit]Above the village is Hascombe Hill, the site of an Iron Age multivallate hillfort. Pottery sherds recovered from the 2.5 ha (6.2-acre) site suggest that it was occupied between 200 and 50 BCE.[6][7]
Hascombe is thought to have been part of the Manor of Bramley until the early 14th century.[8]
It was during a stay at Hoe Farm in 1915 that statesman and future Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill learned to paint.[9]
Demography
[edit]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.[10]
Landmarks
[edit]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.[11]
In the southern part of the main street is a 3 ft (0.91 m)-high, 15 ft (4.6 m)–square animal pound: according to English Heritage, this is a 15th century stone construction and is listed for its uniqueness in the county.[12]
St Peter's Church
[edit]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.[13]
Notable residents
[edit]Current and former residents include the film star Dirk Bogarde;[14] Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky;[15] former member of The Jam, Bruce Foxton;[16] boss of McLaren F1 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.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ a b Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F.M. (1969). The place-names of Surrey. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 243.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names : Hascombe". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Historic England (28 October 1986). "Fountain at junction with Hoe Lane (Grade II) (1240642)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ Database of British and Irish Hills Retrieved 6 March 2015
- ^ Historic England. "Hascombe Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north west of Lodge Farm (1008522)". National Heritage List for England.
- ^ Hooker, Rose; English, Judie (2016). "Analytical surveys of Holmbury and Hascombe hillforts" (PDF). Surrey Archaeological Collections. 99: 111–118. doi:10.5284/1069415.
- ^ Malden, H.E., ed. (1911). "Parishes: Hascombe". A History of the County of Surrey. Vol. 3. pp. 102–104. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Don't lose the plot". The Daily Telegraph. London. 8 August 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ Key Statistics: Population; Quick Statistics: Economic indicators Archived 11 February 2003 at the Wayback Machine. (2011 census and 2001 census) Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ The White Horse architectural Grade II listing. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1260891)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1261122)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
- ^ Jenkins, Simon (2000). England's Thousand Best Churches. London: Penguin Press. pp. 676–677. ISBN 0-141-01126-2.
- ^ Penny Churchill (28 February 2008). "Country houses with history". Country Life. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Surrey's richest 50 2009: The top ten". Surrey Life. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Ex-bassist with the Jam supports bid to save beauty spot". 12 March 2014.
- ^ Thorburn, Archibald (1967). Fisher, James; Parslow, John (eds.). Thorburn's Birds (1990 ed.). London: Michael Joseph (Mermaid Books). p. 6. ISBN 0-7181-2183-X.
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