Notable People
Notable people associated with the parish include General Pitt-Rivers, the founder of modern archaeology, who lived in the village and undertook many improvements there at his own expense, and created the nearby Larmer Tree Gardens. Cecil Beaton rented Ashcombe House between 1930 and 1945.
Film maker Guy Richie and his son live on the nearby 1,132 acres (458 ha) Ashcombe House Estate, which he and his estranged wife, Madonna, bought in 2002 for £9 million. The estate includes the six-bedroom Grade II listed Georgian house. The Ashcombe estate is still run as a working farm estate.
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