Church of St Mary and All Saints

St Wilfrid is associated with the founding of churches in the Meon Valley in the 7th century. It is thought however that the original church at Droxford was built at the time of King Egbert of Wessex, who in 826 granted land at "Drocenesford" to the monks at Winchester Monastery. The oldest parts of the present church, the nave and chancel, are 12th-century. The north aisle and chapel were added in the late 12th century; the south aisle and chapel were added in the 13th century. The Norman chancel arch has two orders on the nave side, the inner having a zigzag pattern; on the chancel side there is one plain order. The north and south doors in the nave, moved from their original positions,…