PITCHCOMB, a parish in the middle division of
the hundred of DUDSTONE-and-KING'S-BARTON, county
of GLOUCESTER, 1 mile (S. W. by W.) from Painswick,
containing 187 inhabitants. The living is a discharged'rectory,
united with that of Harescomb, iu the
archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester. The church was
erected about 1819, on the site of a more ancient structure,
and exhibits a chaste specimen of the decorated
style of English architecture. There is a place of worship
for Independents.