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| Brondene was the name in the Domesday Book and it
was held by Miles the Porter from the king. Bramdean had once been three
manors that were held by two freemen in the time of King Edward, the son
of King Alfred, and Miles the Porter and his descendents were the
keepers of the king's gaol in Winchester. Later a lot of the family
members adopted the name Bramdean and some of the neglected their duties
as gaol keepers and it was Richard I relieved the de Bramdeans of their
duties and in in the place put William de Hoe. But Henry de Bramdean disputed this award to William de Hoe and when King John was made King he put his arguments to the king, but the king disregarded the claims of both men and the custody of the castle and gaol along with the Manor of Woodcote in Bramdean was awarded to Matthew de Wallop and his heirs. But then more disputes arose and the manor and responsibility of gaoler was passed on to other families. Tenure of Woodcote Manor depended o the custody of Winchester Gaol until the 17th century when the manor was purchased by the Venables family and the manor that had been taken from Henry de Bramdean by King Richard was granted to the Prior of Selborne until 1486 when it was transferred to Magdelen College in Oxford. The name Bramdean means "the valley where broom grows" and it was first recorded in AD932. But long before this a Roman villa was sited a mile to the east and discovered and excavated in 1823, and it is said that the old mediaeval village may be much nearer the church than first thought.
The village is a parish in the upper division of Meon Stoke and is situated about 3 miles southeast of New Alresford and 9 miles from Winchester, its post town is New Alresford. Its church dedicated to St Simon and St jude is a small ancient structure with a small spire and a pointed roof, and the south transept was added later. The three major houses in Bramdean would be Bramdean Manor near the church and built around 1740, Bramdean House early 18th century and The Old Rectory. The village pub The Fox Inn is proud of the fact that in 1780 it gave shelter to the Prince of Wales, and says so on a board near the entrance. There are some early features in the church and it was slightly over restored during the Victorian era, the chancel arch is late Norman and there is a gothic arch as well. The first rector that is recorded was Giles the Englishman in 1289 and why he was called that nobody knows.
Another quirk of the village is a circle of stones which can be seen beside the main road at The Deans, and it is said they were placed there as a memorial to a favourite horse by a Colonel Greenwood. And on the Colonels estate a Roman pavement in good condition was discovered. Several old rusty cannon balls and other battle regalia and weaponry have been found in the area over the past hundred years, and this is because the Battle of Cheriton was fought nearby, Webmasters note:
At the start of this section on Bramdean I have put
Brondene was the name in the Domesday Survey. But since writing this I
have found another variation and that was the village was called 'Branandene'
in AD908 and was the subject of a grant made to Winchester Cathedral
by King Edward. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book, part of which
was compiled at Wolvesey Palace once the home of William the
Conqueror. It was then called Bromdene and in the late 1400s change to
Bramdean THE HISTORY OF ST SIMON and ST JUDE IMAGES OF BRAMDEAN
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