WICKHAM, a parish in the hundred of TITCHFIELD, Portsdown division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, 4 miles (S. by E.) from Bishop's Waltham, containing 1134 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester, rated in the king's books at £8. 2. 8. P. Rashleigh, Esq. was patron in 1806. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. The village, which is situated on the high road from London to Gosport, is remarkable as the birthplace, in 1324, of the distinguished and munificent prelate, William of Wykeham; and as the residence of Dr. Joseph Warton, the poet, who died here in 1800. Courts leet and baron are held annually; and there is a fair for cattle on May 20th. John Swann, in 1778, bequeathed £100 three per cent, consols., directing the dividends to be applied for teaching poor children.