Finchdean Explained

Country:England
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Official Name:Finchdean
Coordinates:50.9087°N -0.9519°W
Civil Parish:Rowlands Castle
Shire District:East Hampshire
Shire County:Hampshire
Region:South East England
Constituency Westminster:Meon Valley
Post Town:WATERLOOVILLE
Postcode District:PO8
Postcode Area:PO
Dial Code:023
Os Grid Reference:SU737126

Finchdean is a rural hamlet in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England.[1] [2] It lies on the Hampshire/West Sussex border, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) east of Horndean.

The origin of the place-name is from the Old English word finc and denu meaning valley of the finch (or of a man called Finc); the place-name appears as Finchesdene in 1167.[3] The hamlet has a United Reformed Church in a building that was previously a stables before being converted to a chapel in 1830.[4] The hamlet also has a pub/restaurant "The George".

The nearest railway station is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south of the hamlet, at Rowlands Castle (where according to the Post Office the 2011 Census population was included).Finchdean has retained its village pound, now repurposed with seating.

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Notes and References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 197 Chichester & the South Downs (Bognor Regis & Arundel). 9780319231166 . Ordnance Survey. 2013.
  2. Web site: Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer . csv (download) . 1 January 2016 . Ordnance Survey . www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk . 18 February 2016.
  3. Book: A Dictionary of British Place Names. A.D.. Mills. Oxford University Press. Oxford. first published 1991. 2011. First edition revised 2011. 9780199609086. 188.
  4. Book: O’Brien . Charles. Bailey . Bruce. Pevsner . Nikolaus . Lloyd . David W. . 2018 . The Buildings of England Hampshire: South . Yale University Press . 359. 9780300225037.