| Harescombe | |
|---|---|
 The Church of St. John the Baptist | |
  Harescombe Location within Gloucestershire | |
| Population | 247 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SO8310 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Gloucester |
| Postcode district | GL6 6 |
| Dialling code | 01452 |
| Police | Gloucestershire |
| Fire | Gloucestershire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Harescombe is a small village in Gloucestershire, England.[2] It is situated 5 miles (8 km) south of Gloucester. It is thought the name of the village is derived from a combination of the Celtic term "cwm" (valley) and the Saxon term "here" (army), thus the full meaning of "Harescombe" would be "the Army's Valley".[3]
The community is indeed in a valley as it rests at the foot of the well-known range of the Cotswolds called the Haresfield Beacon and Broadbarrow Green, which were sites of ancient British and Roman encampments. These encampments were a part of a chain of fortresses expressly mentioned by Tacitus as having been raised by Ostorius Scapula between the Severn and Avon Rivers: old British works adapted by the Romans to their own requirements.[3]
Hilles House was designed by Detmar Blow. He built the mansion for himself after 1914,[4][5]
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ Welbore St. Clair Baddeley (1913). Place-names of Gloucestershire: a handbook. J. Bellows. p. 78. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ a b Melland Hall, Rev. J. (1885). Transactions – Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Bristol: C. T. Jeffries and Sons. pp. 67–132.
- ^ Musson, Jeremy (2018). Secret Houses of the Cotswolds. Frances Lincoln. pp. 70–75. ISBN 978-0711239241.
- ^ "Hilles House and terraced gardens". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2020.