The name Hardley means "hard clearing", presumably in relation to the soft marshlands which surround the area. Hardley is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was considered part of the New Forest. It is mentioned again in the 14th century, when William Chippe held lands there. In the 16th century the estate assumed the title of a manor in the hands of William Buckett, who held it from at least 1531 to 1579. After this it changed hands rapidly until finally conveyed to Richard Pittis, attorney of the King's Bench in 1628. There is no further trace of Hardley as a separate manor, but lands there were among the possessions of the Stanleys of the Paultons estate in 1693, 1745, and 1781.
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