AVINGTON, a parish in the hundred of FAWLEY,
Fawley division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 4
miles (N. E. by E.) from Winchester, containing 195 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books
at £11. 11. 10., and in the patronage of the Bishop of
Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Here
is an endowed school. Avington is within the jurisdiction
of the Cheyney Court held at Winchester every
Thursday, for the recovery of debts to any amount.