Vernhams Dean

Vernham Dean

George Inn at Vernham Dean
Vernham Dean
Vernham Dean shown within Hampshire
Population 552 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference SU3412556587
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ANDOVER
Postcode district SP11 0
Dialling code 01264
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament

Vernham Dean[2] is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, just east of the Wiltshire border and south of the Berkshire border. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 523.

The village is about 9 miles north of Andover and 9 miles south of Hungerford in Berkshire.

In the village there is The George pub [3][4] run by James and Nicky Haigh and the Millennium Hall[5] which is used for a variety of community events and services and for private hire.

The village is served by the Vernham Dean Gillum's Church of England Primary School[6] and the Little Fingers Pre-school.[7]

There is a legend that Chute Causeway is haunted by a guilt-ridden pastor of Vernham Dean who left his villagers to die of the Black Death in 1665.[8]

References

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