a town of the hundred of King's Somerhorne, in the division of Andover, in the county of Hampshire, 66 miles from London. It stands in a pleasant valley, with various streams running through it, which afford great sport to parties who repair to them to enjoy trout-fishing. It is an ancient borough, and returned two members to parliament till 1832, when it was disfranchised. It has a small market on Thursday. The inhabitants amounted in 1801 to 643, in 1811 to 663, in 1821 to 715, and in 1831 to 851.