HURSTBOURNE-TARRANT, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Andover district, Hants. The village stands on the river Swift, 5½ miles NNE of Andover r. station; and has a post office‡ under Andover. The parish includes the tything of Brickleton, and comprises 5, 036 acres. Real property, £4, 498. Pop., 839. Houses, 193. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to D. A. B. Dewar, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of VernhamDean, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £370. * Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church is of the latter part of the 12th century, in good condition; consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with wooden tower; and contains monuments of the Pauletts. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £19.—The sub-district contains also four other parishes in Hants, and two in Wilts. Acres, 18, 898. Pop., 2, 875. Houses, 642.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))