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Cove, Hampshire

Village and parish in Hampshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
coordinates
official_name	Cove
population	6,548
population_ref
5,893 (2011 Census. Cove and Southwood Ward)
shire_district	Rushmoor
shire_county	Hampshire
region	South East England
constituency_westminster	Aldershot
post_town	FARNBOROUGH
postcode_district	GU14
postcode_area	GU
dial_code	01252
os_grid_reference	SU850565
london_distance	33 miles
static_image	St John the Baptist, Cove - geograph.org.uk - 1491692.jpg
static_image_caption	St John the Baptist

5,893 (2011 Census. Cove and Southwood Ward) Cove is an ancient village turned suburb, forming the western part of Farnborough, in the Rushmoor district, in the county of Hampshire, England. The appropriate ward is called Cove and Southwood. It is located 33 mi south west of London. Cove is adjacent to Hawley village and Southwood.

History

Cove is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The entry from 1086, reads "Germanus holds from the Bishop 8 hides of this land in ITCHEL and COVE".

The Farnborough workhouse was located in Workhouse Lane, Cove (now known as Union street). This workhouse was built before 1832, was closed in 1868, sold in 1871 and demolished in the 1980s. The building was named Wilmot House, after the lord of the manor.

Cove was formerly a tything and chapelry in the parish of Yateley, in 1866 Cove became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished and merged with Farnborough and Hawley. In 1931 the parish had a population of 3228. It is now in the unparished area of Farnborough.

Present day

Cove is now a suburb of Farnborough. Cove School is a secondary school located in the area. The local football team is Cove F.C.

Geology

The only naturally occurring water features that still exist in Cove are Cove Brook and Marrowbrook (which was once the outlet to the lake on Cove Common). There was once a pond on Cove Green.

References

[http://www.hants.gov.uk Hampshire County Council data]
"Rushmoor Ward population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
[http://documents.hants.gov.uk/landscape/historic-settlement/CoveHistoricRuralSettlementpublication.pdf Cove Historical Background and Domesday Book translation]
[https://archive.today/20130615192139/http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/SU8655/cove/ Cove Page on Open Domesday]
"Hampshire Treasures Volume 3 (Hart and Rushmoor)".
"History of Cove, in Rushmoor and Hampshire". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
"Relationships and changes Cove CP/Tg through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
"Population statistics Cove CP/Tg through time". A Vision of Britain through Time.
"Historic Farnborough: Local History Mention of Cove Pond as present in 1949".

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