[2] Manor Farm and cottage and the late 12th century St Nicholas Church are both Grade II listed buildings.

Archeological findings in the fields between West and East Worldham reveal that the area has been inhabited since at least the Palaeolithic era.

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

[1] In the late 12th century, Richard de Annecy granted the newly built church of St Nicholas of Worldeham to Hamble Priory.

During the reign of Edward II, "John Paynel was seized in his demesne as of fee of certain tenements and lands afterwards called the manor of West Worldham and Matilda".

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

[1] 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.

[13] Beyond some slopes is the junction of Oakhanger Stream with River Wey,[14] while the extreme western end of the Weald is situated nearby.

[17] Blanket Street connects the village to Hartley Mauditt just to the southwest and East Worldham, a mile to the northeast.

[18] Beef cattle, sheep, grain crops, and hops[19] are the main sources of income,[1] Farmers from West Worldham traded in Southampton and Alton throughout its history.

The Jalsa Salana, an annual convention held at Oaklands Farm in East Worldham, attracts numerous people from surrounding areas.