DEAN, a parish in the hundred of OVERTON, Kingsclere
division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 5 miles
(W. by S.) from Basingstoke, containing 15?" inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £10. 8.11.,
and in the patronage of Wither Bramston, Esq. The
church is dedicated to All Saints. This parish is within
the jurisdiction of the Cheyney Court held at Winchester
every Thursday, for the recovery of debts to any amount.
It formerly contained within its limits the adjoining
parish of Ashe, which was separated and erected into a
distinct parish by act of parliament, about two hundred
years ago.