National Gazetteer (1868) - Crawley

"CRAWLEY, a parish in the hundred of Upper Buddlesgate, in the county of Southampton, 5 miles N.W. of Winchester, and 3½ from Stockbridge. It contains the chapelry of Hunton, a peculiar in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester. The living is a rect* in the diocese of Winchester, value with the curacy of Hunton, £690, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure in the early English style. The charities amount to £1 per annum. There is a school."

"HUNTON, a chapelry in the parish of Crawley, hundred of Buddlesgate, county Hants, 4 miles from Stockbridge, and 6 N.W. of Winchester, its post town. The village consists of a few farmhouses. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £190. It once formed a district parish, but is now united with Crawley for ecclesiastical purposes. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory* of Crawley, in the diocese of Winchester."

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