The name of the village comes from 'Haningtun' which means the 'farm of Hana' and the Domesday Survey records the Manor as being held by the Bishop of Winchester.

In 1284 it was given by the Bishop of Winchester to the Priory and Convent of St Swithun and became a part of the manor of Manydown. Hannington remain in this ownership until it was granted to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester by Henry VIII.

The many was then sold to lay hands in the 17th century and two manors were brought of of Manydown - the manor of Hannington Lancelevy and the manor of Hannington and the former was in the parish of Kingsclere which later became a parish in its own right.

The covered well on the village green		View from the road below the TV mast on top of the Hampshire Downs at Hannington
The Vine		All Saints Church

The Hannington Millenium Tapestry From an idea originating from the  Hannington Womens's institute and  designed by Denise Rayden.  Embroidered by the residents of the parish  and now displayed at All Saints Church (Photo by Richard Smith Wright LRPS)

Evidence has been found to say that there has been a settlement here since the Iron Age and recently there were royal connections from the Pantaganet days. Thee are many walks in the village and some of these lead to the famous Watership Down by way of Gallops on Whitehall.

An annual event is the Hannington Country Fair and Barbecue in which it seems that everybody in the village gets to take a part from running sideshows to preparing food!

The larger villages of Overton and Kingsclere and here is where most people in the village  do their shopping etc.