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.

Colemore
St Peter ad Vincula parish church
Colemore Location within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU705307
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 and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	East Hampshire
List of places UK England Hampshire 51.071°N 0.994°W / 51.071; -0.994

History

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 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] There was a National School in the village in the 19th century.^[6]

Church

The earliest parts of the former Church of England parish church of St Peter ad Vincula ("St Peter in Chains") are eleventh-century. It is a Grade II* listed building.^[7] It is now redundant and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.^[8]

Notable people

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.^[9] A later orientalist, Richard Pococke (1704–65), was also the son of a rector of the parish.