Abbots Worthy

Abbots Worthy
The old mill in Abbots Worthy
Abbots Worthy
Abbots Worthy shown within Hampshire
OS grid reference	SU497326
Civil parish	Kings Worthy
District	City of Winchester
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WINCHESTER
Postcode district	SO21
Dialling code	01962

Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	South Central

EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Winchester

Abbots Worthy is a small village in the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England.^[1] It is in the civil parish of Kings Worthy.

Abbots Worthy lies on the A33 about 2 miles (3.2 km) to the north of Winchester. Abbots Worthy is included within the civil parish of Kings Worthy and is part of the Winchester City Council administration.

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.^[2]

The Itchen Way, which is a 31.8-mile (51.2 km) long-distance footpath, passes through the village. The River Itchen lies just to the south of Abbots Worthy.

Notable former residents

Archie Bland - Writer, journalist and Deputy Editor of The Independent newspaper
Sir Christopher Bland - Former Chairman of British Telecom, the BBC and the RSC
Lady Georgia Byng - Children's author
The Hon. Jamie Byng - Owner of Canongate Books
The 8th Earl of Strafford

References

↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 185 Winchester & Basingstoke (Andover & Romsey) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2013. ISBN 9780319228845.
↑ "A Vision of Britain Through Time: Abbots Worthy". GB Historical GIS/University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 January 2016.

External links

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Towns, villages and hamlets in the City of Winchester District of Hampshire, England
	Abbotts Barton Abbots Worthy Abbotstone Anthill Common Ashton Avington Badger Farm Beauworth Bighton Bishops Sutton Bishops Waltham Boarhunt Bramdean Brockbridge Cheriton Chidden Chilcomb Colden Common Compton and Shawford Corhampton Crawley Curbridge Curdridge Denmead Droxford Durley Durley Street Easton East Stratton Exton Fisher's Pond Fobdown Gundleton Hambledon Headbourne Worthy Hinton Ampner Hursley Itchen Abbas Itchen Stoke Itchen Valley Kilmeston Kings Worthy Knowle Lee Littleton and Harestock Lower Upham Martyr Worthy Meonstoke Micheldever Mislingford Morestead New Alresford North Boarhunt Northington Northington Down Old Alresford Olivers Battery Otterbourne Ovington Owslebury Owslebury Bottom Shedfield Soberton Southwick South Wonston Sparsholt Sutton Scotney Swarraton Swanmore Stoke Charity Temple Valley Tichborne Twyford Twyford Moors Upham Warnford Welborne West Meon Weston Colley Wickham Wickham Common Winchester Winnall Woodmancott Wood End Wonston Worlds End

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