Lovedean is a village in the

East Hampshire East Hampshire is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Petersfield, although the largest town is Alton. The district also contains the town of Bordon along with many villages and surroundin ...

district of

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, England. It is 1.4 miles (2.2 km) west of Horndean. The nearest railway station is Rowlands Castle, 2.8 miles (4.6 km) southeast of the village. Although this is the nearest it is not readily accessible by public transport, for public transport the best is Cosham The village of Lovedean is situated around the main road Lovedean Lane, situated at the bottom of the valley after which it is named. Dean is from the old English word ''Denu'', meaning valley. he name Lovedean derives from a marriage in 1594 when Isabel Norton married Thomas Loveden , and included in the dowry was part of the Manor of Catherington plus an area known as the Manor of Lovedeanbr>Lovedean Village Hall
is well used, there were two

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s, ''The Green Dragon'' which closed December 2011, and became a Tesco Express March 2012, and
The Bird in Hand
' The Bird in Hand is owned by the same company that runs the Hurdles, a similar pub in Droxford as well as a few shops. The

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trophy was hidden at ''The Bird in Hand'' during the

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, having been won by

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a few months before the outbreak of the war in

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. Lovedean is home to Woodcroft Primary School and has a sizeable 400 kV

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. Lovedean is described as a "manor of Catherington" on the British History Online websit
here

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* Villages in Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub