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Idsworth is an isolated hamlet, with mediaeval 
The place occupies a cross-section of a small valley, centred 1 mile (1.5 km) north of its daughter hamlet and former main Manorialism, 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. It was converted into apartments in 1977.
Idsworth was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Chalton, Hampshire, Chalton, in 1866 Idsworth became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form Rowlands Castle. In 1931 the parish had a population of 538.
The nearest railway station is 2.1 miles (3.3 km) south of the village, at Rowlands Castle railway station, Rowlands Castle.
Saxon
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origins, in the civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of Rowlands Castle
Rowlands Castle is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north of Havant, on the Hampshire/West Sussex border.
The focal point of the village is the village green which i ...
, in the East Hampshire
East Hampshire is a local government district in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in the town of Petersfield, although the largest town is Alton. The district also contains the town of Bordon along with many villages and surroundin ...
district and South Downs National Park in Hampshire, England. It was formerly the centre of a Normans, Norman manor.
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".
The place occupies a cross-section of a small valley, centred 1 mile (1.5 km) north of its daughter hamlet and former main Manorialism, 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. It was converted into apartments in 1977.
Idsworth was formerly a chapelry in the parish of Chalton, Hampshire, Chalton, in 1866 Idsworth became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form Rowlands Castle. In 1931 the parish had a population of 538.
The nearest railway station is 2.1 miles (3.3 km) south of the village, at Rowlands Castle railway station, Rowlands Castle.
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{{EastHampshire Hamlets in Hampshire Deserted medieval villages in England Former civil parishes in Hampshire East Hampshire District