Pencombe
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Pencombe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Pencombe with Grendon Warren, in Herefordshire, England. The village is Script error: No such module "convert". south-west of Bromyard (the local market town with schools and a hospital) and about Script error: No such module "convert". north-east of Hereford, in each case reached by minor roads.
A parish hall caters for community events and there are part time post office services provided every Tuesday (midday - 1pm) by a mobile unit. The village public house is the Wheelwright Arms.[1] Parish population in 2017 was estimated to be 336.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
St John's Church is constructed in the Norman style of soft local red sandstone, and replaces a medieval building on the same site. In 2009 a female parish priest was appointed.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Across the road is the former parish hall, opened in the 1890s, now a private dwelling. Other village buildings include Pencombe Court and Pencombe Church of England Primary School, both adjacent to the church. Pencombe Hall,[2] a private residential care home to the south of the village, with coach house, now a private dwelling, were built by John Hungerford Arkwright,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". of Hampton Court Script error: No such module "convert". to the east, a descendant of Richard Arkwright.
Pencombe has a village cricket team, with no home ground, which plays Sunday friendly away games.[3]
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The New Zealand zoologist Charles Chilton was born in Pencombe in 1860.
In 1891 the parish had a population of 268.[4] On 30 September 1895 the parish was abolished and merged with Grendon Warren to form "Pencombe with Grendon Warren".[5]
References
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- ↑ Pencombe & Little Cowarne Parish Hall, Retrieved 14 November 2019
- ↑ Pencombe Hall
- ↑ Pencombe Cricket Club. Retrieved 8 November 2019
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