[5] A charter of 1205 confirmed the grant of land to the Prior and Convent of St. Swithun, Winchester, in whose hands it remained until the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

In 1541 the manor was granted to the Dean and Chapter of Winchester by Henry VIII, and the maintenance of six theology students at each of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge was ordered.

[6] Other lands in West Meon Parish held by the Wriothesley family were the manors of Hall Park, Coombe and Woodlands.

Woodlands is notable for its collection of model farm buildings, built by the Nicholson family of Basing Park, Privett.

During the Civil War West Meon was the scene of several skirmishes prior to the Battle of Cheriton, which was fought on 29 March 1644.

British spy Guy Burgess lived in the village and his ashes were interred in the family plot in the churchyard.

The hamlet is notable for its collection of late 19th century architecture, predominantly built by the Basing Park Estate, which had engulfed Woodlands by the 1880’s.