Abbots Worthy is a small village in the
City of Winchester
The City of Winchester () is a local government district in Hampshire, England, with a city status.
The district covers the ancient settlement of the city of Winchester itself, but also covers a large area of central Hampshire including ...
district of
Hampshire
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, England.
It is in the
civil parish
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of
Kings Worthy
Kings Worthy is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, approximately two miles north-east of Winchester. Kings Worthy was a tithing of Barton Stacey when the Domesday Book was written.
St Mary's church
The parish church, built in 186 ...
.
Abbots Worthy lies on the
A33 about to the north of
Winchester. Abbots Worthy is included within the
civil parish
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of
Kings Worthy
Kings Worthy is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England, approximately two miles north-east of Winchester. Kings Worthy was a tithing of Barton Stacey when the Domesday Book was written.
St Mary's church
The parish church, built in 186 ...
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.
The
Itchen Way, which is a long-distance
footpath, passes through the village. The
River Itchen lies just to the south of Abbots Worthy.
Notable former residents
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