Pencombe
Pencombe is a village in the Pencombe with Grendon Warren civil parish of Herefordshire, England. The village is south-west of Bromyard (the local market town with schools and a hospital) and about north-east of Hereford, in each case reached by minor roads. A parish hall caters for community events and contains a part time post office. 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 home at the south of the village, with coach house, now a private dwelling, were built by John Arkwright, of Hampton Court 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