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Colemore and Priors Dean
Colemore and Priors Dean were originally two separate parishes but were united in 1932.
The manor of Colemore was granted to Southwick Priory and confirmed by a charter of King Richard in 1198.
At the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538 Henry VIII granted the manor first to Anne of Cleves and later to Katherine Howard in 1541.
The name ‘Priors Dean’ came about because the manor of Dean was included with Colemore in a charter of King John dated 1203, which confirmed the holdings of Southwick Priory.
