Hascombe, Surrey

Description
Hascombe, a village and a parish in Surrey. The village stands 2 1/2 miles ENE of Hambledon, and 4 SE of Godal-ming station on the L. & S.W.R.; it is a picturesque place, in an amphitheatre of wooded hills. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office under Godalming. Acreage of the civil parish, 1635; population, 426; of the ecclesiastical, 420. Park Hatch is a chief residence. A high ridge to the S of the village bears the name of Telegraph Hill, from an old disused telegraph on it; commands extensive fine views, and is covered with beech trees, one of which, called the Hascombe Beech, is a great landmark. Part of this ridge is named Castle Hill, and has remains of a small Roman camp, with single ditch and vallum. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; value, £204 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1864, is in the Early English style, and has wall paintings of much beauty and interest; it consists of nave, aisle, and apsidal chancel, with oak-shingled spire, and has a W memorial window, put up in 1892 to the memory of Dr Conyers Middleton, author of the " Life of Cicero," and some time rector of Hascombe. The names of the rectors from 1305 to 1886, with only two short gaps, are written on the walls of the church.