{{Short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name= Pitchcombe | civil_parish = Pitchcombe | country= England | region= South West England |coordinates = {{coord|51.766895|-2.2174765|display=inline,title}} | os_grid_reference= | post_town= | postcode_area= | postcode_district= | dial_code= | shire_district= Stroud | shire_county= Gloucestershire | hide_services= Yes | population =232 | population_ref =(2011 census) | area_total_km2=2.034 |static_image=Pitchcombe (Glos) St John the Baptist's Church - geograph.org.uk - 68364.jpg |static_image_caption= |website=https://pitchcombepc.org.uk/ }} '''Pitchcombe''' is a village and civil parish {{convert|6|mi|km}} south of Gloucester,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/gazetteer/howfar?from=121541&to=121146|title=Distance from Pitchcombe [51.772606, 2.218294]|publisher=GENUKI|accessdate=3 May 2021}}</ref> in the Stroud district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 232.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/southwestengland/admin/stroud/E04004373__pitchcombe/|title=Pitchcombe|publisher=City Population De.|accessdate=3 May 2021}}</ref> The parish touches Harescombe, Painswick and Whiteshill and Ruscombe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/7000000000020443|title=Pitchcombe|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=3 May 2021}}</ref>
== Landmarks == There are 27 listed buildings in Pitchcombe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/pitchcombe-stroud-gloucestershire|title=Listed buildings in Pitchcombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire|publisher=British Listed Buildings|accessdate=3 May 2021}}</ref> Pitchcombe has a church called St John the Baptist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/14060/|title=St John the Baptist|publisher=A Church Near You|accessdate=3 May 2021}}</ref> and a village hall that was originally the village school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edgepitchcombe.org.uk/village-halls/pitchcombe-village-hall/|title=Pitchcombe Village Hall|publisher=Edge and Pitchcombe|accessdate=3 May 2021}}</ref>
== History == The name origin of "Pitchcombe" is uncertain and probably means 'Pincen's valley' but may mean 'pitch valley'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Gloucestershire/Pitchcombe|title=Pitchcombe Key to English Place-names|publisher=The University of Nottingham|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> Pitchcombe has been called Pichelecumb, Pinchenecumbe and Pychecombe in the past.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchcombepc.org.uk/village-history/|title=Village history|publisher=Pitchcombe Parish Council|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> In 1327 Pitchcombe was in Standish parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol10/pp119-122|title=The Hundred of Whitstone|publisher=British History Online|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref>
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Category:Villages in Gloucestershire Category:Civil parishes in Gloucestershire Category:Stroud District
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