MITCHELMERSH, a parish in the hundred of
BUDDLESGATE, Fawley division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
comprising the hamlets of Awbridge, Brushfield,
and Mitchelmersh, and containing 908 inhabitants,
of which number, 374 are in the hamlet of Mitchelmersh,
3 miles (N.) from Romsey. The living is a rectory, in
the peculiar jurisdiction of the Incumbent, rated in the
Icing's books at £26. 12. 85., and in the patronage of
the Bishop of Winchester. The church is dedicated to
St. Mary. The Andover canal runs through the parish.
A Sunday school is endowed with about £8. 10. per
annum, arising from some small bequests. Mitchel-
mersh is within the jurisdiction of the Cheyney Court
held at Winchester every Thursday, for the recovery of
debts to any amount.