BIGHTON, a parish in the hundred of BISHOP'S-SUTTON,
Alton (North) division of the county of
SOUTHAMPTON, If mile (N. E. by E.) from New Airesford,
containing 231 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester,
rated in the king's books at £19. 8. 1., and in the patronage
of the Duke of Buckingham. The church is
dedicated to All Saints. Bighton is within the jurisdiction
of the Cheyney Court held at Winchester every
Thursday, for the recovery of debts to any amount.