ALVERSTOKE, a parish in the liberties of ALVERSTOKE and GOSPORT, Portsdown division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 1 mile (W. S. W.) from Gosport, containing, with the town of Gosport, 10,972 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Incumbent, rated in the king's books at £21. 6. 0., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. A new chapel is in progress of erection by the commissioners appointed under the late act for building additional churches and chapels. Alverstoke is within the jurisdiction of the Cheyney Court held at Winchester every Thursday, for the recovery of debts to any amount.