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 Rowland's Castle (where according to the Post Office the 2011 Census population was included).
The animal pound at Finchdean
Finchdean has retained its village pound, now repurposed with seating.
References
^Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 197 Chichester & the South Downs (Bognor Regis & Arundel) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN9780319231166.
^Mills, A.D. (2011) [first published 1991]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (First edition revised 2011 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 188. ISBN9780199609086.
^O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. p. 359. ISBN9780300225037.
