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Petersfield in Southampton County England History and GeographyPETERSFIELD, a parish in the hundred of FINCH-DEAN, Alton(South) division of the county of SOUTHAMPTON, comprising the borough town of Petersfield, and the tything of Sheet, and containing 1752 inhabitants, of which number, 1446 are in the borough of Petersfield, 24 miles (E.N.E.) from Southampton, and 54 (S.W.) from London. This small town is situated on the road from London to Portsmouth; the streets are partly lighted by subscription, tolerably paved, and well supplied with water. In the centre of the market-place is a fine equestrian statue of William III., erected at the expense of the late William Jolliffe, Esq., one of the representatives for this borough; it was formerly gilt, but has been lately coloured to resemble stone. Great improvements have been recently made in the roads in the neighbourhood, and others are in progress. The market, which is also for corn and cattle, is every alternate Wednesday; and fairs are on July 10th, for toys, &c.; October 6th, established within the last ten years, for lean cattle; and December 11th, for sheep. The town, which was incorporated by charter of Elizabeth, is governed by a mayor and commonalty: the mayor, whose office is become merely titular, is appointed annually at the court lect of the lord of the manor, held in January, in the town hall, at which a constable and two tythingmen are also chosen. A court of requests, for the recovery of debts under 40s., formerly held here, has been disused for the last forty years. The town hall was rebuilt, about three years since, at the expense of Hylton Jolliffe, Esq. This borough made one return to parliament in the 35th of Edward I., and then discontinued until the reign of Edward VI., since which it has returned two members: the right of election was originally vested in the proprietors of houses, or shambles, built on ancient foundations, but is now in the freeholders generally: the number of voters is not precisely known; the mayor is the returning officer, and the influence of Hylton Jolliffe, Esq. is predominant. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Buriton, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Winchester. The chapel is dedicated to St. Peter. There are places of worship for Independents and Wesleyan Methodists. Churcher's college was founded and endowed with £3000 by Richard Churcher, in 1722, for boarding, clothing, and educating from ten to twelve boys, who should be subsequently apprenticed to masters of ships voyaging to the East Indies: this institution was further regulated by act of parliament, obtained in 1744; the annual income is £568. 8. 8.; the master receives a salary of £40 per annum, and is allowed to take boarders and day scholars: there are twelve boys on the foundation. One poor child is eligible for apprenticeship from this town, every alternate year, by means of a benefaction from Bishop Lanney to the parish of Buriton. There is an unendowed almshouse, consisting of four tenements, for poor and aged persons, founded by Thomas Antrobus, in 1622. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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