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farm called Oak Woods, 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 neighborhood. This causeway 

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

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

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

 might, with moderate attention, be rendered a solid and com- 

 fortable 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 ist, 1740, Buncombe Bristowe, 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 church-wardens of the parish of Selbourn, in the 

 county of Southampton, a mahogany table, which I have or- 

 dered to be made for the celebration of the Holy Communion ; 

 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 remaining ten pounds to be dis- 

 tributed in bread, at twenty shillings a week, at the discretion 

 of John White, Esq., or any of his family, who shall be resi- 

 dent in the said parish." 



On November I2th, 1758, Andrew Etty, B.D., became vicar. 

 Among many useful repairs he new roofed the body of the 

 vicarage-house ; and wainscoted, up to the bottom of the win- 

 dows, the whole of the chancel ; to the neatness and decency 

 of which he always paid the most exact attention. 



On September 25th, 1784, Christopher Taylor, B.D., was 

 inducted into the vicarage of Selborne. 





