SHERFIELD-upon-LODON, a parish in the
hundred of ODIHAM, Basingstoke division of the county
of SOUTHAMPTON, 3 miles (N. E. by N.) from Basingstoke,
containing 522 inhabitants. The living is a rectory,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester,
rated in the king's books at £11. 3. 6. The King, by
reason of lunacy, presented in 1815. The church is dedicated
to St. Leonard. James Sherfield, in 1735, gave
£100 to build a school-house, and £25 a year for the
education of the children of this parish, including four
from Stratfield-Saye.