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Idsworth
Countryside Express passing St Huberts.jpg
A Train passing St Hubert's church
Idsworth is located in Hampshire
Idsworth
Idsworth
OS grid reference SU741142
Civil parish
  • Rowlands Castle
District
  • East Hampshire
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Waterlooville
Postcode district PO8
Police Hampshire
Fire Hampshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
List of places
UK
England
Hampshire
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 civil parish of Rowlands Castle, in the East Hampshire district and South Downs National Park in Hampshire, England. It was formerly the centre of a 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".

Idsworth house
view towards Idsworth House apartments

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. It was converted into apartments in 1977.

Idsworth was formerly a chapelry in the parish of 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.

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