COMPTON, a parish in the hundred of BUDDLESGATE,
Fawley division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
2 miles (S. S. W.) from Winchester, containing 267
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar
jurisdiction of the incumbent, rated in the king's books
at £ 23. 6.8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester.
The church, dedicated to All Saints, is small, and
has portions in various styles of architecture, the Norman
predominating. Compton is within the jurisdiction
of the Cheyney Court held at Winchester every Thursday,
for the recovery of debts to any amount. The Itchen line
of navigation passes through this parish.