part of the district parish of Ampfield, which is still part of the parish of Hursley for civil purposes, though distinct for ecclesiastical purposes, and having its own Church rate.

The parish of Hursley, including Ampfield, is upwards of twentyeight miles in circumference, and contains 10,590 acres of land. The population of Hursley, without Ampfield, at the last census, was 1,022, and the population of Ampfield was then 464.

"The living and the dead

Blend in our dreams together. For in truth

Man's spirit knows not death, but sets aside
The interlinear boundaries of the flesh,
And in its thoughts, which are its proper self,
Holds intercourse with those which are unseen
As if they were still with us."

(The Christian Seasons, p. 112.)