HARESCOMB, a parish in the middle division of
the hundred of DUDSTONE-AND-KINGS-BARTON, county
of GLOUCESTER, 2 miles (W. by N.) from Painswick,
containing 104 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory with that of Pitchcomb, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the king's books at
£6. 8., and in the patronage of-Pernal, Esq. The
church, dedicated, to St. John the Baptist, has been lately
rebuilt, and the expenses defrayed by voluntary contributions.