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not, near Hedleigh, in the county of Hants. This 

 strange denomination we do not at all comprehend, 

 and conclude that it may be a corruption from some 

 Saxon word, itself perhaps forgotten. 



It has been observed already, that Bishop Tanner 

 was mistaken when he refers to an evidence of Dods- 

 worth, " De mercatu et FERIA de Seleburne." Selborne 

 never had a chartered fair ; the present fair was set up 

 since the year 1681, by a set of jovial fellows, who had 

 found in an old almanack that there had been a fair here 

 in former days on the 1st of August ; and were desirous 

 to revive so joyous a festival. Against this innovation 

 the vicar set his face, and persisted in crying it doun, 

 as the probable occasion of much intemperance. How- 

 ever the fair prevailed ; but was altered to the 29th of 

 May, because the former day often interfered with 

 wheat harvest. On that day it still continues to be 

 held, and is become a useful mart for cows and calves. 

 Most of the lower housekeepers brew beer against this 

 holiday, which is dutied by the exciseman ; and their 

 becoming victuallers for the day without a license is 

 overlooked. 



Monasteries enjoyed all sorts of conveniences within 

 themselves. Thus at the Priory, a low and moist situa- 

 tion, there were ponds and stews for their fish : at the 

 same place also, and at the Grange in Culver Croft 5 , 

 there were dove-houses; and on the hill opposite to 

 the Grange the prior had a wanvn, us the names of 

 The Coney Crofts and Coney Croft Hanger plainly 

 testify 6 . 



Nothing has been said as yet respecting the tenure 

 or holding of the Selborne estates. Temple and Norton 

 are manor farms and freehold ; as is the manor of Cha- 

 pel near Oakhanger, and also the estate at Oakhanger 

 House and Blackmoor. The Priory and Grange are 



5 Culver, as has been observed before, is Saxon for a pigeon. 

 A warren was an usual appendage to a manor. 



