[3] In the great book, Hanworth is recorded by the name Hagan(a)worda; the main landholder being Roger Bigot.

Through most of the Tudor century (at least from the 1509 start of the reign of Henry VIII) the principal landowner of the parish was the Doughty family.

The family home, Hanworth Hall was where they lived and were engaged as agricultural landlords until succession to more distant heirs at the end of the 18th century.

The windows are Perpendicular in style and date from between 1350 and 1530, and small pieces of medieval stained glass can be seen in the top lights.

Hanging over the chancel arch there are the royal arms of Queen Anne (1702–1714) which were adopted by the crown after the union of England and Scotland in 1707.

The common covers 35 acres (14 ha) protected by cattle grids – it is relatively large for East Anglia and one of few that survive in the ownership of all of the residents of a zone, outside of a few National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, such as the New Forest.

[citation needed] In late 2004, Robert, the youngest son of the Anthony Philip Harbord-Hamond, 11th Baron Suffield, claimed ownership of the common thereby attempting to charge the owners of animals grazing there.

In October 2006 a court rejected this – ruling that the land belonged to the people of the village by virtue of adverse possession.

[8] In the early 19th century professional artists (including Humphry Repton and John Sell Cotman) came to paint Hanworth Common.