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Priors Dean is a hamlet in the Hampshire Downs about 3 miles (5 km) west of Liss and about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Petersfield, Hampshire, England. Since 1932 it and Colemore have been in a single civil parish of Colemore and Priors Dean.[1] The nearest railway station is at Liss.

Priors Dean
Priors Dean Church
Priors Dean Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU727296
Civil parish	Colemore and Priors Dean
District	East Hampshire
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Petersfield
Postcode district	GU32
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	East Hampshire
List of places UK England Hampshire 51.06149°N 0.96246°W / 51.06149; -0.96246

Manors

Priors Dean has two manor houses. Priors Dean Manor House, opposite the church, is a 17th-century brick building with 18th-, late 19th- and early 20th-century alterations.[2] Goleigh Manor House, just over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Priors Dean, was built in 1479.[3]

Parish church

The Church of England parish church of Priors Dean has no known dedication. The oldest parts of the building are 11th-century, either late Saxon or early Norman. The north door is Norman. The chancel is 13th-century Early English Gothic. 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.[4]

References

Further reading

• Page, WH, ed. (1911). A History of the County of Hampshire. Victoria County History. Vol. 4. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. pp. 436–437.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 471.

External links

Media related to Priors Dean at Wikimedia Commons

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