QUARLEY, a parish in the hundred of ANDOVER,
Andover division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 7
miles (W. byS.) from Andover, containing 213 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in.the archdeaconry and
diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at
£15. 12. 1., and in the patronage of the Master and
Brethren of St. Katherine's Hospital, London. The
church is dedicated to St. Michael. The Rev. Thomas
Sheppard, D.D., and Richard Cox, Esq., in 1802, endowed
a free school for poor children -j the income is about
£ 16 a year; the school-house was erected by Mrs. Sheppard.
On the summit of Quarley Mount, five miles
north-west from Danebury Hill, is a considerable ancient
camp with quadruple intrenchments still visible, on the
south side; those on the east have been nearly obliterated
by the plough; various tumuli are scattered over
the adjacent downs.