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dangerous." "With, this sum two large buttresses were erected to 

 support the east end of the south wall of the church ; and the gable- 

 end wall of the west end of the south aisle was new built from the 

 ground. 



By his will also he gave " One hundred pounds to be laid out on 

 lands ; the yearly rents whereof shall be employed in teaching the poor 

 children of Selbourn parish to read and write, and say their prayers and 

 catechism, and to sew and knit ; and be under the direction of his 

 executrix as long as she lives ; and, after her, under the direction of 

 such of his children and their issue, as shall live in or within five miles 

 of the said parish ; and on failure of any such, then under the direction 

 of the vicar of Selbourn for the time being ; but still to the uses above- 

 named." With this sum was purchased, 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 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 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 1st, 1740, Buncombe Bristowe, D.D., was instituted 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 beaqueath to the minister and church-wardens 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 folio, wing; 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 distributed in bread, at twenty shillings a 



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

 were made for the repairs of highways." Sir John Outturn's Hawsted, p. 15. 



