ITCHIN-ABBAS, a parish in the hundred of
BOUNTISBOROUGH, Fawley division of the county of
SOUTHAMPTON, 3 miles (W. N. W.) from New Alresford,
containing 254 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in
the king's books at £14. 1. 65., and in the patronage
of the Rev. Robert Wright: there is also a sinecure
prebend, rated at £4. 6. 8., and in the. gift of the
Crown. The church is dedicated to St. John. The river
Itchin runs through the parish. Nathaniel Bailey, in
1823, .gave the interest of £400 three per cents, for
teaching six boys and six girls. The foundations of
an old abbey may still be traced; part of it has been
converted into a private mansion.