Next to Selborne's village green (The Plestor) is St. Mary's Church where Gilbert White was Curate for many years and is buried. The church was built around 1180, probably on the site of a Saxon church and contains two stained glass windows commemorating Gilbert White. The churchyard was home to the famous Selborne Yew, after standing for some 1400 years it was uprooted in a winter gale in 1990. |