Bepton (Babintone) was listed in the Domesday Book (1086) in the ancient hundred of Easebourne as having 23 households: 10 villagers, 10 smallholders and three slaves.

The lord was an unspecified Geoffrey, and the tenant-in-chief was Earl Roger of Shrewsbury.

[4] In 1861, the population was 211, the parish was 1,224 acres (495 ha) and was mainly arable land.

In Kelly's Directory of 1867, the church of St Mary was described as "an ancient flint building in the Anglo-Norman style, and has a nave, chancel, and tower".

The nearest railway stations are 11 miles (18 km) west or north of the village, at Petersfield or Haslemere, both on the main line between London and Portsmouth.