Catherington, Hampshire

Description
Catherington, a village and a parish in Hants. The village stands about a mile NNW of Horndean, under Catherington Down, near Bere Forest, 3 1/2 miles NW by W of Rowlands Castle railway station, and 5g- NNW of Havant. It has a post office under Horndean. Acreage, 5279; population of the civil parish, 1413; of the ecclesiastical, 1309. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Winchester; net value, £140 with residence. The church is Early Norman, has a massive tower, and contains a fine old monument of Chief-Justice Hyde. It was built by Henry, Bishop of Winchester, brother of King Stephen, and was restored in 1883 at a cost of £4000. Admiral Sir Charles Napier is buried here, and there are several tablets to the Napier family. Charles Kean and Mrs Kean are also buried here. There is a workhouse at Horndean.