Finchdean

Finchdean
Finchdean
 Finchdean shown within Hampshire
OS grid referenceSU737126
Civil parishRowlands Castle
DistrictEast Hampshire
Shire countyHampshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WATERLOOVILLE
Postcode district PO8
Dialling code 023
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentMeon Valley
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire

Coordinates: 50°54′31″N 0°57′07″W / 50.90874°N 0.95185°W / 50.90874; -0.95185

Finchdean is a 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 nearest railway station is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) south of the village, at Rowlands Castle.

Finchdean has retained its village pound.

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 197 Chichester & the South Downs (Bognor Regis & Arundel) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319231166.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780199609086.


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