The former was mentioned in 1133 when Henry I founded a priory at Portchester that included lands at Soutwick and which actually moved there between 1145 and 1153. in the 14th and 15th century additions were made to the land from the de Boarhunt familym and became the manor of Southwick and stayed with the priors until the Dissolution. Then it was granted to the Earl of Southampton.

The manor changed hands several times after this and the most notable owners were the White and Norton families, in 1733 it eventually became the property of the Thistlewaytes.

Belanney Manor can be traced back to the Domesday Survey and this was held by the de Belanneys and the Mauduits as well as others before passing on to the Whites, when its history follows that of Southwick Manor.

The estate at Wanstead was called a manor in 1495 when the Dawtry family owned it. The Maryner, Plowden, White and Norton families were all successive owners till it was bought up by the Thistlewaytes in the middle of the 18th century.

In the Domesday Survey, Widley Manor was held by Hugh de Port and it was then occupied by various other tenants until the Uvedales took possession, But they were deprived of it due to their recusancy in 1605 but two years later they recovered it.

It had several owners after this and then it was sold to the Thistlewaytes in 1823. The Manor of Widley was granted a three day fair in 1715 but this was rescinded in 1862.

Widley as a separate parish include the principal part of the village of Cosham in the Portsdown Hundred. Its church was dedicated to St Mary Magdalene and is adjacent to Mill Farm in the Norman style, and was rebuild in 1849. Nearby is a deserted mediaeval village site.

Cosham is a village on the old road from Portsmouth to London and partly situated in the parish of Wymering and partly in Widley and is about 90 miles from London,