WARBLINGTON, a parish in the hundred of BOSMERE,
Portsdown division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON,
1 mile (S. E. by E.) from Havant, containing,
with the tything of Emsworth, 1850 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Winchester, rated in the king's books at £19. 9. 4.,
and in the patronage of the Rev. W. Norris. The church
is partly in the Norman and partly in the early English
style of architecture, with an oratory at the termination
of each aisle: several stone coffins are deposited in
both aisles. The parish is bounded on the south by
Langstone harbour. The ruins called Warblington
castle are the remains of a quadrangular mansion of
the Montacutes, of which there are only the gateway
and tower, the whole being surrounded by a deep fosse.