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SELBORNE

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 599 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SELBORNE , a See also:

village in the See also:Petersfield See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Hampshire, See also:England, 41- m. S.S.E. of See also:Alton station on the See also:London & See also:South-Western railway. It is pleasantly situated in a thickly wooded valley, and is celebrated as the birthplace and See also:scene of the See also:work of See also:Gilbert See also:White the naturalist; his See also:house is in the village, and his memorial and See also:grave are in the See also:ancient See also:church. See also:Fine views over the See also:district of which he wrote are obtained from the hills (between 500 and 700 ft.) in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood.

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