ALRESFORD (OLD), a parish in the hundred of
FAWLEY, Fawley division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
half of a mile (N.) from New Alresford, containing
445 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual
curacy of Medsted annexed, in the peculiar jurisdiction
of the Incumbent, rated in the king's books
at £49. 12. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop
of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.
The river Itchen runs through this parish. Old Airesford
is within the jurisdiction of the Cheyney Court
held at Winchester every Thursday, for the recovery of
debts to any amount. Admiral Lord Rodney occupied
a mansion in the neighbourhood.