COMBE is a small village and parish, 61 miles from London, and 6 south-east from Hungerford station, in the Northern division of the county, Pastrow hundred. Hungerford union, and county court district, diocese and archdeaconry of Winchester, and rural deanery of Andover north-western division ; it is situated in a deep valley on the Berkshire border, and surrounded by downs. The church of St. Swithin is a small fabric of great antiquity: it has a chancel, nave, and low wooden tower. The registers are very imperfect, a great part. having been stolen some years ago. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £140, with residence, in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Windsor, and held by the Rev. George Pearson, M.A., of New Inn Hall, Oxford. Here formerly stood a convent connected with a priory in Picardy. Here is a Free school, supported by King's College, Cambridge. There is a charity of 20s. a year, left by the late Mr. Skinner, formerly lessee of the great tithes, to be given to the poor either in bread or money. The manor is held by the Provost and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge, who are the sole landowners.
The population in 1871 was 220.
EASTWICK is a hamlet, 1 mile east.