STONEHAM (NORTH), a parish in the hundred
of MANSBRIDGE, Fawley division of the county of
SOUTHAMPTON, 4 miles (N. N. E.) from Southampton,
containing 750 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in
the king's books at £21. 9. 7., and in the patronage
of John Fleming, Esq. The church, dedicated to St.
Nicholas, contains the remains of the celebrated admiral,
Lord Hawke, to whose memory there is a superb
monument, composed of white and variegated
marble, bearing the family arms and other appropriate
emblems, with a sculptured representation of his victory
over the French admiral, Conflans, in Quiberon
bay. Two miles south of the village is an old mansion,
formerly the residence of his lordship. The Itchen
navigation passes through the parish, which is within
the jurisdiction of the Cheyney court held at Winchester
every Thursday, for the recovery of debts to any
amount. Edmund Dummer, in 1720, gave £300 for
erecting a school-house, and an annuity of £5, for
which five boys are instructed.