MEDSTED, a parish in the hundred of FAWLEY, Fawley division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 3miles (W.S.W.) from Alton, containing 394 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Old Alresford, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the incumbent, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Winchester. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. This parish is within the jurisdiction of the Cheyney Court held at Winchester every Thursday, for the recovery of debts to any amount.