BARTHOLOMEW-HYDE-STREET (ST.), a parish
partly in the city of WINCHESTER, and partly in the
liberty of SOKE, county of SOUTHAMPTON, containing
730 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in
the king's books at £ 10, and in the patronage of the
Crown. A Benedictine abbey, originally founded by
Alfred the Great, on the northern, side of Winchester
cathedral, was re-erected here, in 1110, and richly endowed
by Henry I. and other benefactors: it was one
of the mitred parliamentary abbeys, and its revenue, at
the dissolution, was £865. 13.: a small portion of the
monastic buildings is remaining. For a more detailed
account, see WINCHESTER.