Ropley Dean

Human settlement in England

Ropley

District

East Hampshire

Hampshire

Region

South East

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East Hampshire

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

51°04′58″N 1°06′11″W / 51.08279°N 1.10296°W / 51.08279; -1.10296

Ropley Dean is a village in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 7.3 miles (11.7 km) southwest of Alton.

The village has its own restored railway station on the Watercress Line. Trains from here connect with the nearest national rail station 7.3 miles (11.7 km) to the northeast, at Alton.

History

This Hamlet is relatively modern, prior to the later 19th century it only consisted of a couple of farms. Its name is first recorded in 1410 as L'Dene from Old English denu meaning valley.

Towns, villages and hamlets in the East Hampshire district