Colemore is a hamlet and former village in the Hampshire Downs about northwest of Petersfield. It was united with

Priors Dean Priors Dean is a hamlet in the Hampshire Downs about west of Liss and about north of Petersfield, Hampshire, England. It is a deserted medieval village first mentioned in the 1100s. Since 1932 it and Colemore have been in a single civil parish ...

to form the civil parish of Colemore and Priors Dean in 1932. 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. Manor Farmhouse is an early 17th-century brick house, altered in the middle of the 19th century. The earliest parts of the former

Church of England parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ca ...

St Peter ad Vincula Saint Peter ad Vincula (Saint Peter in Chains) alludes to the Bible story of the Liberation of Saint Peter, when the Apostle Peter, imprisoned by King Herod Agrippa, was rescued by an angel. Frequently seen translations are: *English – St Peter i ...

("St Peter in Chains") are 11th-century. It is a Grade II* listed building. It is now redundant and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The brothers John Greaves (1602–52, mathematician), Edward Greaves (1608–80, physician) and Thomas Greaves (1612–76, orientalist) were all sons of a

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of the parish and born in the village. A later orientalist, Richard Pococke (1704–65), was also the son of a rector of the parish.

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