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estimation, eleven acres, lying in Hawkeley aforesaid. These 

 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* 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 Rood Green, all down Honey Lane, to a 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 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 ren- 

 dered a solid and comfortable road. The space from Rood Green 

 to Oakwoods 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, Buncombe Bristowe, D. D. was in- 

 stituted 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 Selborne in the county of 

 Southampton, a mahogany table, which I have ordered to be 

 made for the celebration of the Holy Communion ; and also the 

 sum of thirty pounds, in trust, to be applied in manner follow- 

 ing : 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 

 clothing, and such like necessaries, among the poor (and espe- 

 cially among the ancient and infirm) of the said parish : and the 

 remaining ten pounds to be distributed in bread, at twenty shil- 

 lings a week, at the discretion of John White, Esq., or any of 

 his family, who shall be resident in the said parish." 



On November 12, 1758, Andrew Etty, B. D. became vicar. 

 Among many useful repairs he new-roofed the body of the vicar- 

 age-house ; and wainscoted, up to the bottom of the windows, 



* ' Such legacies were very common in former times, before any effectual lawi were made tor 

 the repairs of highways." Sir John Cullum's Hawsted, p. 15. 



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