A Side Trip to Selborne

We were in Selborne to visit our Grandparents and our Grandpa took us to the Lions Mouth Monument to Gilbert White where the Wellhead pours through. This then joins the Seale stream which is another tributary to the River Wey. The Lions Mouth is a Victorian monument given by a benefactor called Mr. Mills of Portsmouth who was born in Selborne. The fountain and trough are mounted on a substantial retaining wall which also houses a parallel water outlet and an enclosure with a pumping system, previously used to distribute water around the village. It was pumped all around and even supported Laundry Cottage just opposite the fountain. It was really hot day and we'd been playing in the playground so it was lovely to splash ourselves in the cold water!