HAYLING (NORTH), a parish in the hundred of BOSMERE, Portsdown division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 2 miles (S. by E.) from Havant, containing 295 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester. The Earl of Albemarle was patron in 1817. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. This parish, with that of South Hayling, constitutes Hayling island, which is bounded on the north and west by Langston harbour, on the east by Emsworth channel, and on the south by the English channel.