Colemore
| Colemore | |
| Hampshire | |
|---|---|
 St Peter ad Vincula parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SU705307 |
| Location: | 51°4’16"N, 0°59’38"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Petersfield |
| Postcode: | GU32 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Hampshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Hampshire |
Colemore is a hamlet amongst the Hampshire Downs in eastern Hampshire, sitting about five miles north-west of Petersfield. Once this was a sizable village, but became deserted, possibly in the Middle Ages.
The abandoned village had houses south-west of the parish church and south-east of manor farm, now gone. The land where they stood is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[1]
Manor Farmhouse is an early 17th-century brick house, altered in the middle of the 19th century.[2]
Church
The church in the village, the Church of St Peter ad Vincula ("St Peter in Chains"), was once the Church of England parish church, but it has been declared redundant and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3]
The earliest parts of the church are of the 11th-century. It is Grade II* listed building.[4]
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.[5] A later orientalist, Richard Pococke (1704–65), was also the son of a rector of the parish.
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1001805: Deserted mediæval village at Colemore (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ National Heritage List 1094498: Manor Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Colemore, Hampshire". Churches Conservation Trust. http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/Church-of-St-Peter-ad-Vincula-Colemore-Hampshire/.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1237037: Church of St Peter ad Vincula (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Page 1911, pp. 423–425.
- A History of the County of Hampshire - Volume 4 pp 423-425: Parishes: Colmore (Victoria County History)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Hampshire & The Isle of Wight, 1967 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09606-4page 181
