MEON (WEST), a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Droxford district, Hants. The village stands 7 miles NE of Bishops-Waltham r. station, and 7 W of Petersfield; and has a post office‡ under Petersfield. The parish contains also the hamlet of Woodlands. Acres, 3,728. Real property, £4,582. Pop., 842. Houses, 191. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to the Rev. P. and Mrs. Aubertin. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Privett, in the diocese of Winchester. Value, £868.* Patron, the Bishop of Winchester. The church was built in 1844-6, at a cost of £12,000; is in the early English style; and has painted windows, and an embattled tower. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.—The sub-district contains also four other parishes. Acres, 13,709. Pop., 2,177. Houses, 447.

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