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ALRESFORD UNION comprises 18 parishes, &c., in. the north-eastempart of Division of North Hants; (see page 54,) and in 1858, it was constituted a separate polling district, called Polling District. It is in Win­ chester Oounty Oourt District, and extends into seven different Hundreds. The following enumeration of its parishes shows their extent and population, and the rateable annual value of their lands a.nd buildings, as assessed to the c01mty rates. It is a fertile and finely nndulated district, which gives rise to the river ltchen, and several tributary streams; and has many neat villages and handsome seats. - - - - Alresjord District. Acres. Pop. Rental District. Acres. Pop. Rental • • ' ' ' . £. £. Ovington •••••parish 1270 163 1039 Ropley§ •••.•• parish 4595 818 3885 Itchen-Stoke+ do. 2921 348 1966 § do. 2268 268 1656 New Alresford do. 683 1618 3530 ..... do. 1204 223 1258 • do. 3608 523 3295 • do, 2349 384 2012 § •••• do. 2094 285 1777 Kilmiston• ... , do. 1912 239 1682 Godsfi.eldt _.ex. par. 160 6 256 • •• do. 1214 167 931 Swarratonl! ••. parish 743 93 448 fcheriton* ••.• do. 3030 668 2221 Northingtonll •• do. 1580 309 1791 • .• , do. 3060 S78 2334 Brown Candovert do. 2088 272 1296 Bishop's Sntton§ do. 3510 529 3364 Chilton Candovert do. 1472 127 'i17 - - Total ..•• , •.. 39,761 7418 35,458 fi"' Marked * are in Fawley Hundred; § in Bishop's Sutton Hundred; t in Bountis­ borough Hundred; t in Mainsborough Hundred; and 11 in Mitcheldever Hundred. Bram­ dean is in Hundred; Ovington is in Fawley, and New Alresford is a separate liberty. The UNION WORKHOUSE is on Tichborne Down, in New Alresford parish, and has room for 200 inmates, but had only 114 in 1851, when the census was taken. It was built in 1836, at the cost of about £5000, and has three acres of land attached to it. Its average o.nnual expenditure is about £5000, including nearly £1000 paid to the County Rates, and £700 for salaries, &c. The Board of Guardi.llJls meets every Friday morning at eleven. Mr. Matthew Hale Moss is Union Clerk and Superintendent Registrar 1 Mr. John and Mrs. Charlotte Smither are master and matron of the Workhouse; the Rev. Abm. H. Stogden, M.A., chaplain; Chas. Brown, porter; and Eliz. Hulbert, sclwolmistress. Mr. Stephen Dixon is Registrar oj Marriages, and Mr. James Barker ifi the relieving ojficer. The latter is registrar of births and deaths for Alresford District, and Mr. Fredk. Ford for Ropley District. The surgeons are Messrs. J. K. Lipscombe and G. Hayles. NEW AI.RESFORD, the capital of Alresford Deanery, Union, a.nd Polling District of North Rants, is a. small well-built market town, pleasantly situated on the south side of the river Itchen, opposite the village of Old Alresford, 7 miles E.N.E. of Winchester, 10 miles S.W. of Alton, o.nd 57 miles ·w.s.w. of . It has a market every Thursday for corn, &c. ; and four mmualjairs for sheep and cattle, held on the last Thursday in July, the first Thursday in September, the Thursday after October 16th, a.nd the last Thursday in November. The September fajr is a large mart for ewes. The town has a bank, a brewery, a small ironfoundry, 3.nd a few good inns and well stocked shops. Petty Sessions for this part of Win­ chester Division are held at the Swan Inn on alternate Thursdays. John Markham Carter, Esq., is clerk to the magistrates. The erection of a Police Station here is in contemplation. The GAs WORKS were established in 1852, by a company of sha.reholders. New Alresford parish contojns only 1618 souls, and 684 acres of la.nd, though it has been a borough and market totvn from time immemorial. In the 7th century it was given by the Saxon King Kenewalch to Winchester Cathe­ dral, and the gra.nt was confirmed by several succeeding monarchs. At Domesday Survey, ,yalkelin, the great Norman , held it in demesne, as a possession of the bishopric. The Bishop is still lord of the manorial liberty, but part of the ~Soil a.nd J;luildings beloug to ma.ny freehol4ers, and Arlebury Hou$e, p. •