WYMERING is a parish, in the Southern division of the county, Portsdown hundred, Fareham petty sessional division and union, Portsmouth county court district, Winchester diocese and archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Alverstoke, a mile north-west from Cosham station, 4 miles north from Portsmouth, and 91 from London. 

The principal portion of this parish constitutes the village of Cosham, which has portions of this parish and that of Widley in the main street: particulars of Cosham are given with Widley. 

The church of SS. Peter and Paul is a handsome "Norman stone structure, with low spire containing 2 bells: it has a stained east window, and several smaller stained windows. 

The register dates from the year 1600. The population, with Hilsea, in 1871 was 1,206, including 365 military. POTWELL is partly in this parish. 

There is an almshouse, founded and endowed, in 1608, by Mrs. Honor Wayte, for aged females.

Hilsea is a small village, 3 miles north-east from Portsmouth, and a mile south from Cosham station. Here are Royal Artillery Barracks, built in 1854; and the fortifications, which were for many years much neglected, are now considerably strengthened, and are very extensive.