National Gazetteer (1868) - Corhampton

"CORHAMPTON, a parish in the hundred of Meon Stoke (lower half), in the county of Hants, 4 miles N.E. of Bishop's Waltham, and 7 N.E. of the Botley railway station on the Southampton and Gosport line. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Winchester, .value £39, in the patronage of J. H. Wyndham; Esq. The church is an ancient stone edifice in the Norman style, with monuments. The annual value of the charities is about £34. Corhampton Down is a meet for the Hambledon hounds. The lord of the manor is J. H. Wyndham, Esq. The principal residence is Corhampton House, the seat of Lady Dillon."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]