HISTORY OF HARTING. 2O/ 



opposite the "Severals"* wood, Gilbert White's Farm, 

 extending nearly to the Station. White had also 

 other Harting lands. These were upon the Downs, 

 viz., a portion of the Park of Uppark on the south 

 side, and a portion of Kildevil Lane, on the North 

 Harden side of Harting Hill. Gilbert White was on 

 his mother's side a Ford : and these lands had been 

 transmitted to him through his great uncle Oliver 

 Whitby, nephew to Sir Edward Ford. Thus the little 

 estate in East Harting was part of the family property 

 of Gilbert White, and showed that he was kinsman to 

 the great Squires of East and West Harting, as the 

 Carylls and Fords had intermarried. An interesting 

 entry in his Account Book marks not only that he 

 was intimate with the Clergy here, but that in all- 

 probability he knew Harting at a very early period of 

 his life. 



"Feb. 2, 1754. Gave Dr. Durnford's servant at 

 Harting 35. : Mrs. Newlin's maid 3^." He was here 

 evidently staying two nights in Harting ; and for one 

 of these resided at the house of the widow of honest 

 old Parson John Newlin. It is pretty certain, there- 

 fore, that he must have known old Mr. Newlin himself, 

 who lived at Harting from the commencement of his 

 incumbency as Vicar, 1731,! to the time of his death, 

 1738. We may assume further, that, no doubt, in 



* " Severals," not an uncommon name for a piece of land 

 severed and enclosed from the Common. In " Love's Labour 

 Lost," Act II. Scene i. In the Mask. 



" Boyet. No sheep, sweet lamb, unless we feed upon your lips. 



Marg. You sheep and I pasture, shall that finish the jest ? 



Boyet. So you grant pasture for me. (Offering to kiss her.) 



Marg. Not so, gentle beast ; 



My lips are no common, several though they be." 



f John Newlin was presented by Trevanion CarylPs Trustee 

 to Harting Rectory, 1716. He resigned the Rectory in 1730, 

 and becoming Vicar of Harting in 1731, continued his residence 

 here to the time of his death. 



