Editing Emsworth (section)

===Anglo-Saxon===
[[File:St James' Church, Emsworth, Hampshire.JPG|thumb|St James' Church]]

[[Saxons]] began settling the area after AD 500. Charters were granted by Kings [[Æthelstan]] and [[Æthelred the Unready|Æthelred]] in AD 935 and AD 980 establishing and confirming the boundaries of Warblington. From AD 980–1066 the manor was held by [[Godwin, Earl of Wessex]] and his son [[Harold Godwinson]].<ref name=reger21>{{Cite book|last=Reger|first=A J C|title=A Short History of Emsworth and Warblington|publisher=Pott and Horsey|location=Portsmouth|year=1967|page=21}}</ref>