HALE, a parish in the hundred of FORDINGBRIDGE,
New Forest (West) division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
4 miles (N.E.) from Fordingbridge, containing
181 inhabitants. " The living is a donative with that
of Breamore, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The
navigable river Avon runs through the parish.