The area was inhabited in ancient times and some Tumuli and Burial Mounds are on Wivelrod Hill.

Also, at Wivelrod House, finds include Pottery, bone objects, spindle-whorls (stone discs with a hole in the middle used in spinning thread) and fragments of Roman roofing tiles.

Wivelrod is among the highest settlements in Hampshire and has a spot height of 716 feet (218 m) above sea level.

Alton Abbey lies approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) away from the centre of the hamlet, and a Roman building is also situated near Wivelrod House.

[1] According to the 2011 census Bentworth had a population of 553 people, of which 33.30% of them were in full-time employment, somewhat lower than the national average of 37.70%.