a market-town in the hundred of the same name, in the county of Hants, 47 miles from London and 18 from Winchester. It stands on the river Wye, and is a well-built place, with a good market on Saturday. Population in 1801, 2026; in 1811, 2316; and in 1821, 2499.

Alton, or Avelton, a village in Staffordshire, five miles north of Uxeter. There are the ruins of a castle here, which is supposed by some to have been built before the Norman conquest; but Dr Plot is of opinion that it was erected by Theobald de Verdun in the beginning of the reign of Edward II. A great part of the walls are still standing, but they are in a very ruinous condition.