BLENDWORTH, a parish in the hundred of FINCH-DEAN,
Alton (South) division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
8 miles (S. S. W.) from Petersfield, containing
249 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's
books at £6. 7. 8., and in the patronage of the Rev.
Sir S. C. Jervoise, Bart. The church is dedicated to
St. Giles. William Appleford, in 1695, gave £200 in
trust, directing it to be invested in land, and the proceeds
to be applied to the education of children: the
income is now about £19 per annum; five boys are
sent to a schoolmaster in the adjoining parish of
Catherington, and twelve children are instructed by a
mistress at Blendworth.