Abbots Worthy

Human settlement in England

Kings Worthy

District

City of Winchester

Hampshire

Region

South East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWINCHESTERPostcode districtSO21Dialling code01962Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance South Central UK Parliament

Winchester

List of places: UK; England; Hampshire

51°05′26″N 1°17′22″W / 51.090471°N 1.289549°W / 51.090471; -1.289549

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.