Colemore

Colemore is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Colemore and Priors Dean, in the East Hampshire district, in the county of Hampshire, England. It is in the Hampshire Downs about 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Petersfield. In 1931 the parish had a population of 72.[1] On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Priors Dean to form "Colemore and Priors Dean".[2][3]

Colemore
St Peter ad Vincula parish church
Colemore is located in Hampshire
Colemore
Colemore
Location within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU705307
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPetersfield
Postcode districtGU32
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament

Colemore is a largely abandoned village. There were houses southwest of the parish church and southeast of manor farm. The land where they stood is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[4]

Manor Farmhouse is an early 17th-century brick house, altered in the middle of the 19th century.[5]

The earliest parts of the former Church of England parish church of St Peter ad Vincula ("St Peter in Chains") are 11th-century. It is a Grade II* listed building.[6] It is now redundant and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[7]

The brothers John Greaves (1602–52, mathematician), Edward Greaves (1608–80, physician) and Thomas Greaves (1612–76, orientalist) were all sons of a rector of the parish and born in the village.[8] A later orientalist, Richard Pococke (1704–65), was also the son of a rector of the parish.

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