The Manor was granted to sir William Paulet in 1539, Lord St John, who later became the Marquess of Winchester. The manor was sold in 1820 to Richard Pantagenet, who was the second Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and in 18348 John Shellye added Itchen Abbas to his Easton and  Avington properties.

The Manor of Itchen Abbas was listed in the Domesday Book as the property of St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, and remained so (with the exception of two short periods of time) until the Dissolution. In 1539 the manor was granted to Sir William Paulet, Lord St. John, who was later created Marquess of Winchester. The manor was sold in 1820 to Richard Pantagenet, second Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. In 1848 John Shelley, added Itchen Abbas to his Easton and Avington properties.

St John the Baptist Itchen Abbas

This was one of the places much loved by Charles Kingsley and it is said he fell in love with the clear streams and the lush meadows surrounded by trees. In the sanctuary of the church there is a memorial tablet to Robert Wright who was the rector in Itchen Abbas for the first half of the 19th century, and in the porch too are more memorials dedicated to the two sons and granddaughter, who all died at an early age, of the Dean of Chichester during the 18th century.

Interior of St John the Baptist Itchen Abbas		The War Memorial at St John the Baptist

The grave of John Hughes a horse thief who was executed at Westminster and is said to be the last man in England to be hanged for horse stealing can be found in the churchyard

The local pub The Trout Inn is a 19th century coaching inn formerly called The Plough

HISTORY OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH