EWHURST, a parish in the hundred of KINGSCLERE,
Kingsclere division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
6 miles (N.W.) from Basingstoke, containing
18 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in
the king's books at £ 1. 6. 8., endowed with £200 private
benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the
patronage of Sir Peter Pole, Bart. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. On the summit of a hill in this
parish, from which an extensive and pleasing view of the
adjoining counties may be obtained, are some tumuli,
and yew trees of great antiquity.