[1] By 1100, Ningwood had passed into the ownership of the king of England and it was held at one point by Richard de Redvers, who died in 1107.

[8] In 1618 the Oglander family was still recorded as owning land in the area, being in possession of the Horse and Groom public house in Ningwood, as well as property in neighbouring Shalfleet.

She was a friend of the republican poet John Milton, who frequently visited the couple and who addressed her in his sonnet number ten, "Daughter to that Good Earl" (1644).

According to the Historic England listing of the manor house, Pinhorn was a native of Newport and worked as a banker in London.

[9] The celebrated architect John Nash (1752-1835), designer of London's Regent Street, was a landowner in Ningwood and neighbouring areas in the early 19th century.

In 1849, John Nash's widow transferred a parcel of land in Ningwood to the minister and churchwarden of the parish of Shalfleet for the construction of a school in the village.

Ningwood Common nature reserve is located at the northwestern edge of the settlement, adjoining the neighbouring community of Cranmore.

[13] Many of the amenities used by Ningwood's residents, are in neighbouring Shalfleet, including the Church of St Michael the Archangel, the New Inn public house, and the only local shop.

Ningwood is linked to other parts of the Island by Southern Vectis bus route 7, serving Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport and intermediate settlements.