a town of Hampshire, seated on the road from London to Southampton, close by the river Itching, which feeds a great pond to the left of the town. Part of a Roman highway runs from hence to Alton. It is a rectory, with the mediety of Old Alresford, of 49 A. 12 M. 8 D. in the king's books. It consists of about 200 houses; has one church; two principal streets, which are large and broad; and a small manufacture of linseys.