The village stands in a sheltered spot, secured by the Hanger from the strong westerly winds. The air is soft, but rather moist from the effluvia of so many trees; yet perfectly healthy and free from agues.
The quantity of rain that falls on it is very considerable, as may be supposed in so woody and mountainous a district.[e1] [1]
From May 1, 1779, to the end of the year there fell
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28 37!
Jan. 1, 1780, to Jan. 1, 1781
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27 32
Jan. 1, 1781, to Jan. 1, 1782
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30 71
Jan. 1, 1782, to Jan. 1, 1783
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50 26!
Jan. 1, 1783, to Jan. 1, 1784
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33 71
Jan. 1, 1784, to Jan. 1, 1785
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33 80
Jan. 1, 1785, to Jan. 1, 1786
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31 55
Jan. 1, 1786, to Jan. 1, 1787
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39 57
The village of Selborne, and large hamlet of Oakhanger, with the single farms, and many scattered houses along the verge of the forest, contain upwards of six hundred and seventy inhabitants. [2]
↑ A very intelligent gentleman assures me (and he speaks from upwards of forty years' experience), that the mean rain of any place cannot be ascertained till a person has measured it for a very long period. "If I had only measured the rain," says he, "for the four first years, from 1740 to 1743, I should have said the mean rain at Lyndon was 16½ inches for the year; if from 1740 to 1750, 18½ inches. The mean rain before 1763 was 20¼ inches, from 1763 and since 25½ inches, from 1770 to 1780, 26 inches. If only 1773, 1774 and 1775, had been measured, Lyndon mean rain would have been called 32 inches."
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A State of the Parish of Selborne, taken October 4th, 1783.
The number of tenements or families, 136.
The number of inhabitants in the street is 313
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Total 676; near five inhabitants
In the time of the Rev. Gilbert White, Vicar, who died in 1727-8, the number of inhabitants was computed at about 500.
Average baptisms for 60 years.
From 1720 to 1729
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Males 6,9
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From 1730 to 1739
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Males 6,9
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From 1740 to 1749
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From 1750 to 1759
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From 1760 to 1769
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From 1770 to 1779
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M. 10,5
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