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 L.49; 12; 8 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.