 Bronze Age and Roman remains have been found in the area. The manor of Shalden was first mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, and was included in the Odiham Hundred. A Saxon church was in the village, but was destroyed and replaced with a newer church, which was constructed in 1863. Shalden was in the national headlines in 1867 due to its association with the murder of Sweet Fanny Adams in a nearby hop field. The village contains twelve Grade II listed landmarks, including St Peter and St Paul's church, Shalden Lodge and Manor Farmhouse, a Grade II * listed building.
