Pencombe
Pencombe is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Pencombe with Grendon Warren, in Herefordshire, England. The village is 3.5 mi south-west of Bromyard (the local market town with schools and a hospital) and about 10 mi 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.
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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 3.5 mi south-west of Bromyard (the local market town with schools and a hospital) and about 10 mi 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.
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The village public house is the Wheelwright Arms. Parish population in 2017 was estimated to be 336. 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. 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, a private residential care home to the south of the village, with coach house, now a private dwelling, were built by John Hungerford Arkwright, of Hampton Court 6 mi to the east, a descendant of Richard Arkwright. Pencombe has a village cricket team, with no home ground, which plays Sunday friendly away games. Trade directory extract for Pencombe from 1863: The New Zealand zoologist Charles Chilton was born in Pencombe in 1860. In 1891 the parish had a population of 268. On 30 September 1895 the parish was abolished and merged with Grendon Warren to form "Pencombe with Grendon Warren".
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• Country — England • Shire County — Herefordshire • Unitary England — Herefordshire • Population — 336 • Region — West Midlands • Constituency Westminster — North Herefordshire • Civil Parish — Pencombe with Grendon Warren • Postcode Area — HR • Postcode District — HR7 • Post Town — Bromyard
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