 The village of Yaldhurst is mentioned in the Domesday Book but it goes back even earlier than that.With Highcliff, Beckley and Hinton, it formed the New Forest ‘Hundred’, the division of the County in Saxon times supposed to contain a hundred families.In the reign of Edward the Confessor (1003-1066), the land was held by "Brixi" and was assessed at five hides.