MILFORD, a parish partly in that part of the hundred
of RINGWOOD which is in the New Forest (East)
division, but chiefly in the hundred of CHRISTCHURCH,
New Forest (West) division, of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
3 miles (S. W.) from Lymington, containing,
with the tythings of Keyhaven and Pennington, 1332
inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual
curacy of Hordle, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Winchester, rated in the king's books at £20. 13. l.,
and in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows of
Queen's College, Oxford. The parish is bounded on
the south-east by the Isle of Wight channel.