In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Deane like this:
DEANE, a parish in Basingstoke district, Hants; on the Basingstoke and Salisbury railway, near Oakley r. station, 5½ miles W by S of Basingstoke. Post town, Overton, under Micheldever Station. Acres, 1, 557. Real property, £1, 760. Pop., 135. Houses, 31. The property is divided among a few. ...
The manor was bought by the famous bishop Wm. Wickham; and passed to the Parrotts, the Fieneses, the Deanes, and the Harwoods. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £336. Patron, W. Beach, Esq. The church was rebuilt, in 1830, by W. Bramstone, Esq. of Oakley Hall, at a cost of £7, 000; is a handsome Gothic structure, with a lofty square tower; and contains a three-arched stone screen, and several neat mural monuments.
Deane through time
Deane is now part of Basingstoke and Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Basingstoke and Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Deane itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Deane, in Basingstoke and Deane and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3990
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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