EASTON, a parish in the hundred of FAWLEY, Fawley division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, C2 miles (N.E. by N.) from Winchester, containing 427 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the incumbent, rated in the king's books at £26. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is a trifling endowment for the education of poor children. Easton is within the jurisdiction of the Cheyney Court held at Winchester every Thursday, fr.rthe recovery of debts to any amount.