HOUGHTON, a parish partly in the hundred of KINGS-SOMBOURN, Andover division, but chiefly in that of BUDDLESGATE, Fawley division, of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 2 miles (S. W. by S.) from Stockbridge, containing, with the tything of Houghton-Drayton, 365 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the incumbent, rated in the king's books at £28. 2. 8., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The river Test passes on the verge of this parish. Courts leet and baron are held once a year. In this parish is Stockbridge. race-course, considered to be one of the finest in the kingdom; the races, held annually in June, are well attended; near the down are extensive training-stables.