The village is just east of the A31 road and contains St Mary's Church and the Three Horse Shoes pub, amongst other buildings.

[1] Archaeological findings in the fields between West and East Worldham reveal that the area has been visited and inhabited since at least the Palaeolithic era.

[2] The Romans built a road from Chichester to Silchester which passed below the hill over what is now Green Street and Pookles Lane.

[4] For several centuries, the manor of East Worldham was held by the Venuz (or Venuiz) family, associated with marshall service, a sergeantry connected with the custody of the forests of Woolmer and Alice Holt.

According to Samuel Tymms, "Robert de Venuz held the manors of East Worldham, in Hants, and Draycote, in Wilts, by the sergeantry of performing the office of Marshal.

From the proximity of the period there appears little doubt but that this Geffrey left two daughters and coheiresses, married to Robert de Venuz and Gilbert le Marshal, which latter seems to have acquired the office indicated by his name, not however without a dispute from his co-inheritor, whose lands being held by virtue of serving the office, would entitle their holder to fill it.

The Patent Rolls noted that, as the result of a trial in 1329, it passed, on the death of Margery, widow of John Venuiz, to the Burghersh family.

In 1472 the Gurdon holding was purchased by Winchester College who would increasingly grow to dominate the parish over the next 500 years.

[2] The naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White immortalised the localities of the region, including East Worldham, in his The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (1789).

[2] Later, the inhabitants had to be evacuated when a bomb fell into the field opposite Manor Farm, and had to be defused and removed by the Royal Engineers.

[14] Beef cattle, sheep, grain crops, and hops[15] are the main sources of income,[16] Farmers from the area Worldham traded in Southampton and Alton throughout its history.

The Jalsa Salana, an annual Islamic convention held at Oaklands Farm nearby, attracts numerous people from surrounding areas.

Notable features include triple lancet windows, a small pointed tower, three bells, and stained glass by Hardman & Co.

During the late restoration, a stone monument, like a coffin, was found under the floor of the church, which contained the figure of a 13th-century lady.

[19] East Worldham House, a Grade II listed building, dates to the late 18th and early 19th century.

It is made of malmstone ashlar, with the upper wall of the centre boarded with a hay loft door and has a hipped slate roof.