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|label_position= top|official_name= Priors Dean|civil_parish= Colemore and Priors Dean|shire_district= East Hampshire|shire_county= Hampshire|region= South East England|country= EnglandEast Hampshire (UK Parliament constituency)>East Hampshire|post_town= Petersfield |postcode_district= GU32 |postcode_area= GU |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= SU727296}}Priors Dean is a hamlet in the civil parish of Colemore and Priors Dean, in the East Hampshire district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is in the Hampshire Downs about {{convert|3|mi|0}} west of Liss and about {{convert|4|mi}} north of Petersfield. It is a deserted medieval village first mentioned in the 1100s. Until 1932 it was a separate parish.WEB,www3.hants.gov.uk/index/your-area/localpages/north-east/alton/colemore.htm, Colemore, Hantsweb, Hampshire County Council, dead,www3.hants.gov.uk/index/your-area/localpages/north-east/alton/colemore.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20110823034751www3.hants.gov.uk/index/your-area/localpages/north-east/alton/colemore.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20110823034751www3.hants.gov.uk/index/your-area/localpages/north-east/alton/colemore.htm, 23 August 2011, The nearest railway station is at {{rws|Liss}}.

History

The village first shows some signs of settlement in the neolithic with flint tools and potteryHistoric environment {{dead link|date=February 2023fix-attempted=yes }} found in the vicinity of the village. Bronze Age Burial mounds also lie to the north east of the Church.Roman pottery and other finds were also whilst field walking in the 1970s and 1980s although not in a large enough quantity to suggest settlement.The village is first mentioned during the reign of Henry 2 in 1154-1189 as ‘Dene’Historic environment {{dead link|date=February 2023fix-attempted=yes }} deriving from the Old English ‘denu’ meaning valley. The village came under the possession of the Southwick Priory in 12031911 >EDITOR-LAST=PAGE TITLE=PARISHES: PRIORS DEAN ACCESS-DATE=3 FEBRUARY 2023 PUBLISHER=VICTORIA COUNTY HISTORY PUBLICATION-PLACE=LONDON, British History Online, giving it its prefix.The main site of archaeological importance in the village is the deserted medieval village whose extent is not completely known, but likely covers the immediate area around the Church. No full investigation of the site has been done as to date and hence the reason for desertion is unknown. East Hampshire has a large number of abandoned villages, some abandoned during the 1300s thanks to the plague, and others due to more peaceful means like water access difficulties like Abbotstone. Neighbouring Colemore was also abandoned and hasn’t seen archaeological investigation either.In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 97.WEB,visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10209845/cube/TOT_POP, Population statistics Priors Dean CP/Ch through time, A Vision of Britain through Time, 21 May 2024, On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Colemore to form “Colemore and Priors Dean”.WEB,visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10209845, Relationships and changes Priors Dean CP/Ch through time, A Vision of Britain through Time, 21 May 2024,

Church

The small church which now stands alone is all that is left of the medieval village. Its origins are in the early norman period around 1120–30 or potentially 11th-century; either late Saxon or early Norman of which some architectural details still remain. For example the sandstone entrance has a typical 12th Century zig-zag decoration. The church has no known dedication. Medieval details are well preserved like the 13th and 14th century windows on the south wall the first of which has been long since filled in.The church was restored in 1856, when the Norman revival chancel arch was built and the bell turret and spire were added. Inside the church are several 17th-century monuments. It is a Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE |num=1237077 |desc=Priors Dean Church |grade=II* |access-date=30 December 2015}}

Manor Houses

There are two manor houses in the Priors Dean area.

Priors Dean Manor House

(File:Priors Dean Manor.jpg|thumb|left|Priors Dean Manor House from the churchyard)This is just north of Priors Dean church, and is a 17th-century brick building with 18th-, late 19th- and early 20th-century alterations.{{NHLE |num=1351152 |desc=Manor Farmhouse and boundary wall |grade=II |access-date=30 December 2015}}

Goleigh Manor House

(File:Goleigh Manor, Hampshire, UK.jpg|thumb|Goleigh Manor House, view from the road)This is about {{convert|2|mi}} north of Priors Dean, south of the road to Newton Valence, and was built in 1479.{{NHLE |num=1264342 |desc=Goleigh Manor House |grade=II |access-date=30 December 2015}}

References

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Further reading

• BOOK, Hervey, Rev. Thomas, 1880, A Short History of Colmer and Priors Dean in the County of Hampshire, private,books.google.com/books?id=UuEHAAAAQAAJ,
• BOOK, Page, WH, William Henry Page, 1911, A History of the County of Hampshire, 4, Victoria County History, Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co, 436–437,www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/hants/vol4/pp436-437,
• BOOK, Pevsner, Nikolaus, Nikolaus Pevsner, Lloyd, David, 1967, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Pevsner Architectural GuidesBuildings of England, The Buildings of England, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 471,

External links

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