SHALDEN, a parish in the hundred of ODIHAM, Basingstoke division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 2 miles (N. W.) from Alton, containing 149 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in th'e king's books at £9. 15. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul.