HURSTBOURN-TARRANT, a parish in the hundred
of PASTROW, Kingsclere division of the county of
SOUTHAMPTON, 5 miles (N. by E.) from Andover, containing
766 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with
the perpetual curacy of Vernhams-Dean, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's
books at £8. 12. 6., and in the patronage of the Prebendary
of Hurstbourn and Burbage in the Cathedral
Church of Salisbury. The church is dedicated to St.
Peter. The river Swift has its source in this parish.
Peter Dore and William Jones, in 1756, bequeathed
together £7.10. per annum, for teaching eighteen children.