304 A NTIQ UI TIES OF SELB ORNE. 



of Thomas Turville, of Hawkeley, in the county of Southampton, 

 yeoman, and Hannah his wife, two closes of freehold land, 

 commonly called Collier's, containing, by 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 neigh- 

 bourhood. 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 ist, 1740, Duncombe 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 Selbourn, 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 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 clothing, 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 distributed in bread, at twenty shillings a week, at the 

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

 resident in the said parish." 



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



* "Such legacies were very common in former times, before any effectual laws were 

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



