Ditcham is a hamlet in theEast Hampshire district ofHampshire, England. The hamlet lies on the Hampshire-West Sussex border. Its nearest town isPetersfield, which lies approximately 3.5 miles (5.9 km) north from the hamlet.
Ditcham is in theBuriton andEast Meon ward of East Hampshire Council and the PetersfieldButser division of Hampshire County Council.
At the time of the Domesday Book, Ditcham was part of the manor of Mapledurham. At the Reformation, Henry VIII passed the Ditcham estate to Sir William Fitzwilliam, and it later passed to the Cowper and Coles families.[1]
The Coles family built the country houseDitcham Park, which was burned down in 1888 and was subsequently rebuilt byReginald Blomfield for Lawrence Cave. The Cave family also built the Roman Catholic church of St. Lawrence, in Station Road, Petersfield. Ditcham Park is now the home ofDitcham Park School, an independent day school.
