Martyr Worthy is a small village in the English county of Hampshire. It is part of the Worthys cluster of small villages.

Martyr Worthy
War memorial in the village
Martyr Worthy Location within Hampshire
Population	110 [1]
OS grid reference	SU5153532925
Civil parish	Itchen Valley
District	City of Winchester
Shire county	Hampshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WINCHESTER
Postcode district	SO21
Dialling code	01962
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Winchester
List of places UK England Hampshire 51.093330°N 1.26548°W / 51.093330; -1.26548

Martyr Worthy is located on the banks of the River Itchen to the northeast of the city of Winchester.

The place-name 'Martyr Worthy' is first attested in Episcopal Registers of 1243, where it appears as Wordia le Martre. 'Worthy' means 'enclosure', and Martyr Worthy is recorded as having been held by Henricus la Martre in 1201. 'Martre' may be Old French martre meaning martyr, or meaning marten and used as a nickname[2]

The village has a Church of England parish church – St Swithun's – which is Grade II* listed.[3]

Governance

The village is part of the civil parish of Itchen Valley[4] and is part of the City of Winchester non-metropolitan district of Hampshire County Council.

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