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Dibden history

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The name “Dibden” is from the Old English for “deep valley”, although the village is only slightly lower than the land around it. It is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as “Depedene” and was held by Odo of Winchester. Prior to 1066 it had been held by “Ketil the Steersman” from King Edward. There was a saltpan and a fishery in the manor. The overlordship of Dibden belonged in the 12th century to Reynold de St. Valery, who died in 1166, and his son Bernard de St. Valery, who was killed at the siege of Acon in 1192, was probably the Bernard who was lord of Dibden in 1167. Descending with his granddaughters to Robert Count of Dreux, it fell, with the rest of the honour of St. Valery, into the hands of the Crown, when it was given to Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall whose son Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall died in 1300 seised of a fee there which belonged to the honour of St. Valery. Dibden was thereafter held of the Crown. It was thus held in the reign of Henry VII of Arthur, Prince of Wales. The demesne of Dibden was at an early time split up into three parts: In the 12th century, Reynold de St. Valery gave a third of the manor to Edmund and Osbert de Dibden. Nicholas de Dibden held this third of Dibden of Edmund Earl of Cornwall in 1300. The Dibdens held their one third of the estate down to 1428, when Agnes, daughter and heir of Thomas de Dibden, inherited it. It passed to her daughter, Alice, who became the wife of Richard Waller of Groombridge, who died in 1486. It stayed in the Waller family until 1594 when William Waller sold the manor to William Webbe, who was already lord of the other two manors in Dibden. The part known as Dibden Hanger derived its name from the family first found holding it: John atte Hanger holding the land there in 1276. Richard son of Richard atte Hanger held this third of Edmund Earl of Cornwall in 1300. His son and namesake held it in 1346. By 1422 both this and the manor of Dibden Poleyn had come to the hands of John Hall, who granted them at that date to John Rogers. In 1544 Sir John Rogers sold the manors to William Webb, Mayor of Salisbury in 1523 and 1534. His son William Webbe died seised of the manors in 1585, leaving a son William, who in 1594 purchased the manor of “Dibden’s Fee,” thus uniting the three estates. In 1300 Walter Nott held one-third of Dibden from Edmund Earl of Cornwall. Sixteen years later John Nott held it. In 1360 Walter Nott, parson of the church of Michelmersh, reserved a messuage and 2 carucates in Dibden from a grant of land which he made to Romsey Abbey. Shortly after this the estate came into the hands of the family which gave it the distinctive name of Dibden Poleyn. John Poleyn held it in 1369 and the Poleyn family was still holding it in 1413. By 1422 the manor had come, with Dibden Hanger, to the hands of John Hall, and thereafter followed the same descent. After 1594 the three estates were united. William Webbe owned it when he died in 1627, leaving an only daughter and heir Rachel wife of Sir John Croke of Chilton. Their son John Croke had succeeded by 1650. The Harris family owned the estate throughout the 18th century. James Harris dealt with the manor by fine in 1756, and his son James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury presented to the church in 1796. It passed out of their hands before the middle of the 19th century, and in 1862, it was sold to the Romsey Charity Commissioners who owned the manor into the 20th century. The church of All Saints, which was built about 1291, was destroyed in an air raid on 20 June 1940. It was restored and reopened on 2 April 1955 using much of the original material. Buried in the churchyard are members of the Lisle family, Royalists who fought against Monmouth in the Battle of Sedgemoor. At the beginning of the 20th century, Dibden consisted of a large number of farms scattered around the little cluster of buildings which still constitutes the village of Dibden. Like nearby Beaulieu, Dibden was at one time a liberty. The civil parish of Dibden was created in 1894. The village of Hythe was taken from Fawley parish and added to Dibden parish in 1913. Since the 1950s the villages of Hythe and Dibden Purlieu have grown enormously, and today the parish is dominated by those two settlements. In 1983 the parish was renamed to Hythe and Dibden, to reflect the importance of Hythe as a new focal point of the Parish.

You can visit Dibden places with Walkfo Dibden to hear history at Dibden’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Dibden has 56 places to visit in our interactive Dibden map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Dibden, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Dibden places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Dibden & the surrounding areas.

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Best Dibden places to visit

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Dibden has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Dibden’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Dibden’s information audio spots:

Marchwood ERF Marchwood ERF (or Marchwood Energy Recovery Facility) is a waste incineration plant in Marchwood, near Southampton, England. It burns municipal waste and produces electricity for the National Grid.

Westquay Westquay (formerly WestQuay) is a shopping centre in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has an area of 95,600 m (1,029,000 sq ft) of retail and leisure space and contains around 130 shops. It is situated in the city centre, close to the docks, with entrances on the main High Street (Above Bar Street), on Portland Terrace, through Waterstone’s and through John Lewis.

Carnival House Carnival House is a landmark office building in Southampton, Hampshire. It is a purpose-built headquarters for Carnival UK, the United Kingdom operating company of Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest cruise shipping company. The building was officially opened in July 2009.

Marchwood Power Station Marchwood Power Station is an 898.1 MW gas-fired power station in Marchwood, near Southampton. It is situated beside estuary of the River Test where it meets Southampton Water, opposite the Port of Southampton. The station is operated by SSE Thermal.

St Joseph’s Church, Southampton St Joseph’s Church was the first Catholic church founded in Southampton after the Reformation. It was the pro-cathedral of the Diocese of Portsmouth in 1882. The church chancel was designed by Augustus Pugin and built in 1843.

Southampton Boat Show The Southampton Boat Show is an on-water boat show, one of the largest in Europe and biggest of its type in the UK. The show is held annually in September in Mayflower Park, Southampton, England.

Hythe & Dibden F.C. Hythe & Dibden Football Club is a football club based in Hythe, near Southampton in Hampshire. They are currently members of the Wessex League Premier Division and play at Clayfields.

Staplewood Campus Staplewood Campus in Marchwood, Hampshire is the training ground of Southampton Football Club. It is a training ground for the club. Southampton play Southampton in the Premier League.

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