Human settlement in England

Idsworth

Train and St Hubert's church, painting

Idsworth

Location within Hampshire

OS grid reference| SU741142
Civil parish|

* Rowlands Castle

District|

* East Hampshire

Shire county|

* Hampshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Waterlooville
Postcode district| PO8
Police| Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire| Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance| South Central

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England
Hampshire

50°55′21″N 0°56′49″W / 50.92237°N 0.94699°W / 50.92237; -0.94699Coordinates: 50°55′21″N 0°56′49″W / 50.92237°N 0.94699°W / 50.92237; -0.94699

Idsworth is an isolated hamlet, with mediaeval Saxon origins, in the East Hampshire district and South Downs National Park in Hampshire, England. Formerly the centre of a Norman manor, its small population means the place is one of a few small old parishes in the area in a civil parish in terms of the third tier of local government, namely Rowlands Castle.[1]

Idsworth remains an ecclesiastical parish in the Church of England, the only place of worship of which is the tenth-century St Huberts Chapel. It has mediaeval paintings on the north wall and surrounding the altar window on the east wall. It is promoted by the Diocese as an arranged retreat, for seasonal walkers by public footpath, as "the little church in the field".[2]

The place occupies a cross-section of a small valley, centred 1 mile (1.5 km) north of its daughter hamlet and former main manor, much more populous than Idsworth - today considered a village - Finchdean, and 2.3 miles (3.6 km) east of Horndean. It has a long border with West Sussex border. The area is also home to Idsworth house which was built around 1850 to a design by William Burn.[3] It was converted into apartments in 1977.[3]

The nearest railway station is 2.1 miles (3.3 km) south of the village, at Rowlands Castle.

## References[edit]

1. ^ 2011 Census. The Office for National Statistics
2. ^ St Hubert's church The Church of England.
3. ^ a b O’Brien, Charles; Bailey, Bruce; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David W. (2018). The Buildings of England Hampshire: South. Yale University Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 9780300225037.

## External links[edit]

Media related to Idsworth at Wikimedia Commons

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the East Hampshire district

* Adhurst
* Alton
* Arford
* Ashley
* Barford
* Beech
* Bentley
* Bentworth
* Binsted
* Blackmoor
* Blacknest
* Blendworth
* Bordean
* Bordon
* Bramshott
* Bucks Horn Oak
* Buriton
* Burkham
* Catherington
* Chalton
* Charlwood
* Chawton
* Clanfield
* Cold Ash Hill
* Colemore
* Conford
* Deadwater
* Ditcham
* Durford Wood
* East Meon
* East Tisted
* East Worldham
* Empshott
* Farringdon
* Finchdean
* Flexcombe
* Four Marks
* Froxfield
* Froxfield Green
* Froyle
* Golden Pot
* Grayshott
* Greatham
* Griggs Green
* Hartley Mauditt
* Hattingley
* Hawkley
* Headley
* Headley Down
* High Cross
* Hill Brow
* Holt End
* Holt Pound
* Holybourne
* Hollywater
* Horndean
* Idsworth
* Isington
* Kingsley
* Kitwood
* Langrish
* Lasham
* Lindford
* Liphook
* Liss
* Liss Forest
* Longmoor
* Lovedean
* Lower Wield
* Medstead
* Monkwood
* Neatham
* New Copse
* Newton Valence
* North Street
* Nursted
* Oakhanger
* Oakshott
* Passfield
* Petersfield
* Pinewood
* Priors Dean
* Privett
* Ramsdean
* Ropley
* Ropley Dean
* Rowland's Castle
* Selborne
* Shalden
* Sheet
* Sleaford
* Soldridge
* South Hay
* Southrope
* South Town
* Standford
* Steep
* Steep Marsh
* Stroud
* Tickley
* Thedden
* Upper Wield
* West Liss
* West Tisted
* West Worldham
* Weston
* Wheatley
* Whitehill
* Wivelrod
* Wyck

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