MEON (EAST), a parish comprising the hamlet of Westbury with Peak, in the hundred of MEON-STOKE, Portsdown division, and the tythings of Bordean, Coombe, East Meon, Langrish, and'Riplington, in the hundred of EAST-MEON, Alton (South) division, of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 4 miles (W. by 8.) from Petersfield, and containing 1336 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacies of Froxfield and Steep, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Bishop of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £35. 1. 8. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is a cruciform structure, with a Norman tower and western, doorway, and containing a very ancient font, precisely similar to that in Winchester cathedral. There is a school with a small endowment. A fair for horses is held on the 19th of September. This parish is within the jurisdiction of the Cheyney Court held at Winchester every Thursday, for the recovery of debts to any amount.