BENTWORTH, a parish in the hundred of ODIHAM, Basingstoke division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 3 miles (W.) from Alton, containing 548 inhabit- ants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £14. 10. 5., and in the patronage of R.Matthews, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.