East Dean, Hampshire

Human settlement in England

Test Valley

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townRomseyPostcode districtSP11Dialling code01264Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

Romsey and Southampton North

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

51°02′13″N 1°36′32″W / 51.037°N 1.609°W / 51.037; -1.609

East Dean is a civil parish and small village in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, about 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Romsey. The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Dene", appears as "Estdena" in 1167, and as "Dune" in 1212.^[1]

The village is on the right (south) bank of the River Dun. The former Salisbury and Southampton Canal followed the river valley, as does the railway which now forms the Salisbury-Southampton section of the Wessex Main Line.

Church

The parish church of St Winfrith dates in part from the 11th century^[2] and is a Grade II* listed building.^[3] The church underwent a restoration in 1894–5.^[2] The font dates to the 15th century and was brought from West Tytherley.^[2] A stained glass window was installed in 1908.^[2]

References

^ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 140. ISBN 0198691033.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. pp. 246–247. ISBN 9780300225037.
^ Historic England. "Church of St Winfred (1093769)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 January 2022.