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closes are let at this time ; 1785, on lease, at the rate of three 

 pounds by the year. 



This vicar also gave by will two hundred pounds towards the 

 repairs of the highways 11 in the parish of Selborne. That sum 

 was carefully and judiciously laid out in the summer of the 

 year 1730, by his son John White*, who made a solid and 

 firm causey from Hood-green, all down Honey-lane, to a farm 

 called Oakwoods, where the sandy soil begins. This miry and 

 gulfy lane Was chosen as worthy of repair, because it leads to 

 the forest, and thence through the Holt to the town of 

 Farnham in Surrey, the only market in those days for men 

 who had wheat to sell in this neighbourhood. This causey 

 was so deeply bedded with stone, so properly raised above the 

 level of the soil, and so well drained, that it has, in some 

 degree, withstood fifty-four years of neglect and abuse ; and 

 might, with moderate attention, be rendered a solid and 

 comfortable road. The space from Rood-green to Oak-woods 

 measures about three quarters of a mile. 



In 1727, William Henry Cane, B.D. became vicar; and, 

 among several alterations and repairs, new-built the back 

 front of the vicarage-house. 



On February 1, 1740, Duncombe Sristowe, D.D. was insti- 

 tuted to this living. What benefactions this vicar bestowed 

 on the parish will be best explained by the following passages 

 from his will : " Item, I hereby give and bequeath to the 

 " minister and churchwardens of the parish of Selbourn, in the 

 " county of Southampton, a mahogany table, which I have 

 " ordered to be made for the celebration of the Holy Com- 

 " munion ; and also the sum of thirty pounds, in trust, to be 

 " applied in manner following ; that is, ten pounds towards 

 "the charge of erecting a gallery at the west end of the 

 " church ; and ten pounds to be laid out for cloathing, and 

 " such like necessaries, among the poor (and especially among 

 "the ancient and infirm) of the said parish: and the re- 



u " Such, legacies were very common in former times, before any 

 effectual laws were made for the repairs of highways." Sir John Oullum's 

 Hawsted, p. 15. 



* [Father of Gilbert White. T. B.] 



