Abbots Worthy is a small village in the

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district of

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, England. It is in the

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Kings Worthy Kings Worthy is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hampshire, England, approximately two miles north-east of Winchester, Hampshire, Winchester. Kings Worthy was a Tithe, tithing of Barton Stacey when the Domesday Book was w ...

. Abbots Worthy lies on the A33 about to the north of

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. Abbots Worthy is included within the

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as part of The Worthys Ward, and on

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as part of the

Itchen Valley Itchen Valley is a civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. Forming part of the City of Winchester district, it comprises the villages of Avington, Easton, Itchen Abbas and Martyr Worthy, with a population of 1,267 at the time of the ...

division. The

Itchen Way The Itchen Way is a long-distance trail, footpath following the River Itchen, Hampshire, River Itchen in Hampshire, England, from its source near Hinton Ampner, Hinton Ampner House to its mouth at Woolston, Hampshire, Woolston. The walk fin ...

, which is a long-distance

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, passes through the village. The River Itchen lies just to the south of Abbots Worthy.

History

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson in the ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' described Abbotts Worthy as:

ABBOTSWORTHY, a tything in the parish of Kings worthy, 2 miles NNE of Winchester, Hants.

Notable former residents

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References

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Villages in Hampshire {{Hampshire-geo-stub