Hascombe, The Village c.1965
Photo ref: H37002
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Photo ref: H37002
Photo of Hascombe, The Village c.1965

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Moving on north from Dunsfold, we come to Hascombe, a most attractive and tranquil village set in a curving wooded valley in the greensand hills. There is a large Iron Age hillfort at the end of Hascombe Hill's ridge a little south-east of the village. This view looks north along Godalming Road with the 18th-century White Horse pub on the right, its Bargate stone walls painted white. The cottage (Stable Cottage), the church of 1864 and most of the village houses not seen in this view are built in unpainted mellow golden Bargate stone.

A Selection of Memories from Hascombe

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Hascombe

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I was born in 2 Pound Cottages in 1940. It was the home of my maternal grandparents Arthur John and Katie May Street. He was a gardener who worked for Col. Harper at Lamberts. I recall a house in Godalming that was hit by a bomb and being embarrassed by furniture on view! There was a lone grave in what is now the churchyard extension at St Peter's of a German airman who had been found dead on ...see more