OKELEY, (Surrey) near the head of the Mole, on the W. side of Newdigate, is so called from its plenty of oaks. Here is a
seat of the Eversheds, and other families, who have held estates here from the conquest. In its Ch.-yard there grow rose-
bushes, at the head of several of the graves, according to a custom time out of mind, viz. That if a young man, or maid,
lose their lovers by death, before marriage, the survivor plants a rose-tree at the head of the deceased's grave; which
some fondly keep up many years at their own cost. Near the Ch. is the mont and mole of the Keep, being all that remains of
a castle here, said to have been destroyed by the Danes. The poor people hereabouts draw pill'd rushes thro' melted
grease, to save the expence of candles. The famous old Roman military way, called Stone-Street, may be plainly traced
thro' this p. in that called Monk's-Farm, 2. m. to the S. The common people say the devil made it, and brought the flints
and pebbles of it from the beeches in Sussex; it being a prodigious work, 10 yards broad in some parts, 7 in most, a yard
and half deep in stone, and near 3 m. long.