Pencombe is a village and former

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, now in the parish of Pencombe with Grendon Warren, in

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, England. The village is south-west of

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(the local market town with schools and a

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) and about north-east of

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, 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

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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

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, now a private dwelling, were built by

John Hungerford Arkwright John Hungerford Arkwright (12 July 1833 – 25 May 1905) was Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire from 27 January 1902 to 5 December 1904, and was one of the wealthiest landowners in that county. Biography Arkwright was born at the family home, ...

, of

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to the east, a descendant of

Richard Arkwright Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as ...

. 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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* {{authority control Villages in Herefordshire Former civil parishes in Herefordshire