Idsworth, Hampshire - St. Huberts Chapel, church - postcard c.1950s

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Idsworth is a hamlet in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. At the 2011 Census the Post Office confirm that the population was included in the civil parish of Rowlands Castle It is 1 mile (1.5 km) north of the village of Finchdean, and 2.3 miles (3.6 km) east of Horndean, on the Hampshire/West Sussex border.

It contains St Huberts Chapel, a fine mediaeval church with examples of mediaeval painting on the north wall and surrounding the altar window on the east wall.

The nearest railway station is 2.1 miles (3.3 km) south of the village, at Rowlands Castle.

Rowlands Castle is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) north of Havant, on the Hampshire/West Sussex border.

The village lies in the area of the former Forest of Bere on the eastern boundary of Hampshire. To the east in the parish of Stoughton, West Sussex is Stansted Park. Former British tennis player Chris Wilkinson is a notable figure living in Rowlands Castle.

St. Huberts chapel^[5] is located on the outskirts of Rowlands Castle at Idsworth.^[6] St. Huberts chapel was built in 1053 and was originally dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. It is a Grade I listed building, listed on 16 March 1954^[7] The chapel contains examples of medieval paintings from around 1300 which include paintings around the altar window of St. Peter, St. Paul, and two angels. On the north wall there is a painting of St. Hubert and St. John the Baptist. The narthex contains an octagonal stone font and above it is a gallery which contains the church organ.