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dangerous." Witli 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 Eood 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 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 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 
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* " Such legacies were very common in former times, before any effectual laws 
were made for the repairs of highways." — Sir John Cullum's Hawsted, p. 15. 
