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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Idsworth like this:
IDSWORTH, a chapelry in Chalton parish, Hants; contiguous to Sussex and adjacent to the Guildford and New Portsmouth railway, near Rowlands-Castle r. station, 3 miles E of Horndean. Post town, Horndean. Real property, £1, 729. Pop., 333. Houses, 71. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Idsworth Park, belongs to Sir J.Jervoise, Bart. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Chalton, in the diocese of Winchester. The church is good.
Idsworth is now part of EAST HAMPSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST HAMPSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Idsworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Idsworth, in East Hampshire and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3995
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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