Description

Bedhampton, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands on Langston Harbour, 1 mile W of Havant station on the L. & S.W.R. and L.B. & S.C.R., and it has a post, money order, and telegraph office. It commands a charming sea-view, and is noted for its fine springs. The parish comprises 2422 acres of land and 1398 of foreshore and water; population, 700. The manor once belonged to a Dowager-Countess of Kent, who took a nun's vow in grief for tin-death of her husband, afterwards married Sir Eustace Da-brieschescourt, founded a chantry in penance for her marriage, and died here in 1411. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Winchester; net value, ?300 with residence. The church is a small, old, substantial edifice, with pointed steeple. It was restored in 1869, an organ was erected in 1873, and in 1878 the north aisle was added.