BOTLEY, a parish in the hundred of MANSBRIDGE,
Fawley division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 3f
miles (S. W.) from Bishop's Waltham, containing 690
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's
books at £5. 30. 2., and in the patronage of the
Duke of Rutland. The church, dedicated to All Saints,
and consisting only of a nave and a chancel, stands
nearly a mile to the south of the village, and contains
an ancient and curious font. Considerable trade in
flour is carried on: the mills are worked by the river
Hamble, which is navigable up to this place for boats.
Fairs, chiefly for toys and pedlary, are held on Shrove-
Tuesday, Whit-Tuesday, and the Tuesday before St.
Bartholomew's day; for cheese, on February 20th and
May 28th; and for cattle, on July 23rd, August 20th,
and November 13th. A strong chalybeate spring near
the church was formerly in great repute, but is now
disused.