Hascombe
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 Hascombe village, looking towards St Peter's church and The White Horse public house |
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| Hascombe shown within Surrey | |
| Population | 307 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SU997397 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Godalming |
| Postcode district | GU8 |
| Dialling code | 01483 |
| Police | Surrey |
| Fire | Surrey |
| Ambulance | South East Coast |
| EU Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | |
Hascombe is a village in Surrey, England. It contains a cluster of cottages and country estates, St Peter's church, the village green, a fountain, pond, one centrally located public house and is surrounded by steep wooded hillsides.
Surrey has the highest GDP per capita of any British county except for Greater London. Hascombe is in a ward, Bramley, Busbridge and Hascombe, which has much higher than average home ownership. Current and former residents include the film star Dirk Bogarde; Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky; former member of The Jam, Bruce Foxton; television presenter Anthea Turner; actress Billie Piper; boss of McLaren F1 Formula One racing team, Ron Dennis; and broadcaster/producer Chris Evans.
It was during a stay at Hoe Farm in 1915 that statesman and future Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill learned to paint.
Above the village is Hascombe Hill which is the site of a ruined hillfort built by the ancient Britons and occupied by them during the 1st century BCE. The word "combe" is derived from cwm meaning "valley" in the Welsh language and this may indicate that the population of Hascombe remained predominantly Brythonic for some time after the surrounding areas had been populated by Anglo-Saxon settlers.
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