ALTON, a town in Hampshire, seated on the river Wey; W. long. o. 46. N. lat. 51. 5. It is governed by a constable; and consists of about 250 houses, indifferently built, chiefly laid out in one pretty broad street, a part of which only is paved. It has one church, a Presbyterian, and a Quaker's meeting, a famous free-school, a large manufacture of plain and figured baragons, ribbed druggets, and serge de Nisnes; and round the town is a large plantation of hops.