WHITCHURCH, a market-town of the county of Hants, in the hundred of Evingar, and division of Kingsclere, fifty-seven miles from London. It is an ancient borough, and returns one member to parliament. It is now a place of little trade, with a small market on Friday. The river that runs by it produces the finest trout, and is much visited by anglers. The population amounted in 1821 to 1434, and in 1831 to 1673.