The local
parish church, St Peter's is a mid 12th century
Norman church. After the
Norman Conquest, the lands and properties of North Hayling were feued from the Bishop of Winchester to
Jumièges Abbey in Normandy. By 1140, the abbey had paid for St Peters church to be built for the local community. The church has three bells, cast around 1350.
HMS Northney HMS Northney (HMS
Northney I, HMS
Northney II, HMS
Northney III and HMS
Northnney IV) was a
Royal Navy landing craft training base to the north of the village (Northney I was near the present-day marina). Northney I and Northney II were holiday camps requisitioned for use by the war department. ==References==