Part of the Green belt, its population fluctuates as it has two holiday/static home parks with amenities and some small camp sites.

[4] In 1263 the estate seems to have belonged to Thomas de Orweye although, by 1397, it had expanded to include part of Everton in Milford.

[5] After c. 1500 the manor became part of the extensive possessions of the Milles family of Southampton, builders of Hurst Castle.

The western part, owned by the Ashley Clinton family, was sold a few years later although the planned large scale development was prevented.

The region has always been one of dispersed settlement although the inn known as The Royal Oak,[5] Downton provided one centre for the provision of services in Hordle.