Hartley Mauditt
Hartley Mauditt is an abandoned village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Worldham, in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is  south of the village of East Worldham, and  southeast of Alton, just east of the B3006 road. The nearest railway station is  northwest of the village, at Alton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 102.

The settlement appears to have been uninhabited since the 18th century, except for a couple of scattered cottages. Dating from the 12th century, St Leonard's church stands as the only remaining building of the former village.

Geography
Hartley Mauditt is still an agricultural settlement of some  with several large farms, although the medieval village was much larger but has now shrunk down to the parish church of St Leonard and a couple of cottages. The remaining houses include a 17th-century thatched cottage, an old rectory, and the converted village school on the parish boundary adjoining West Worldham.

History
Hartley Mauditt was first documented in the Domesday Book as "Herlege" (meaning hartland or woodland); "Hartley" signifies a pasture for deer. The manor had been granted to William de Maldoit (by corruption rendered Mauditt) by William the Conqueror. Later, it was in the possession of John of Gaunt, the Duchy of Lancaster, the Crown, and then in 1603 to Nicholas Steward (1547-1633).

In 1790, the 4th Baronet of Hartley Mauditt, Sir Simeon Henry Stuart, sold the manor to Henry Bilson-Legge whose son pulled down the manor house in 1798. After the demolition of the house the village of Hartley Mauditt declined, and eventually left the church as one of the few remaining buildings in the site of the settlement.

On 1 April 1932 the parish was abolished to form Worldham.

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Villages in Hampshire
Former civil parishes in Hampshire
East Hampshire District