ELVETHAM, a parish in the hundred of ODIHAM, Basingstoke division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 1 mile (S.S.E.) from Hartford-Bridge, containing 497 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £ 9, and in the patronage of Lord Calthorpe. The water near. Hartford-Bridge, in this parish, is strongly impregnated with iron. Here was formerly a splendid mansion belonging to the Earls of Hertford, where Queen Elizabeth, in 1591, was sumptuously entertained for four days.