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| The tiny village of Colmore takes its
name from 'cool lake, which is a bit of an oddity as it stands on high
ground just south west of Four Marks and off of the A32.The village was
recorded in the domesday book and evidence has shown that the Saxons
once settled here, and a church has been here since the 10th century.
The villages of Colmore and Priors Dean became one parish in the
12th century and were under the control of the Abbot of Hyde but at the
end of that century it went to the Priory of Southwick and then to the
Kermet family.
Though the church today is Norman and dedicated to St Peter ad Vincula it is classed as redundant although there are the occassional services held there and inside can be found the font and other furnishings unlike some redundant churches which have been stripped bare. A bell hangs from a beam inside and there is a ladder from the 15th century. Among the memorials there is one for a Richard Pocock that says he died in 1718 aged 83 (but there is an error on his gravestone as he actually died in 1719). He is also recorded as being the rector here for 59 years and another rector buried here was James Cookson who died at the age of 83 in 1835 and served for the same period of time as Pocock.
Cookson described as a man of genial disposition wrote a book called Thoughts on Polygamy which must raised a few eyebrows in that period, especially when soon after he married ! Opposite the church is a long barn of quite a considerable age and here can be found one of a few Victorian Post boxes which is still used today. The area surrounding Colemore is made of farmland with scattered farms and o the north of Colemore is the village of East Tisted. HISTORY OF ST PETERS CHURCH (this will direct you to another site so don't forget to bookmark this page if you wish to return) LIST OF COLMORE PARISH REGISTERS (this will direct you to another site so don't forget to bookmark this page if you wish to return)
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