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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ I think that there is no doubt that the copyist has written west for est, for the by. must certainly have run SE. The old name of the dean survives in that of Pickledean Barn, a short * m. NNE. of North Farm (OMi) in West Overton. It was formerly called Pittledean Barn. It stands in a valley ; and down this valley the by. of the grant must have run. The present E. by. of West Overton N. of the Kennett did not exist in the earlier half of the nineteenth century. The plough land must have been near Down Barn (OMi). 22. Thonne up on Lamba Paeth : ' Then up to Lambs' Path.' The by. probably went up the east side of the dean towards the S. end of the latter. 23. Suth on thone Η line ufeweardne : ' South to the upper side of the Lynch.' The lynch must have been on the slope descending towards the north bank of the Kennett. 24. On Hole Weg·. ' To Hollow Way.' As it is not possible, for reasons given in reference to 1, to say where the by. abutted on the Kennett, the identity of this way cannot be determined. 25. Thon eft on Cynetan : ' Then again to the Kennett.' See note on 1. Survey of a separate parcel of land. The text of this survey runs continuously with that of the last. Thonne is this thara Feoh Wicuna Gemaere and thaes Dun Landes : ' What follows are the bounds of the Four Dairy Farms and of the Down Land.' It seems to refer to a special piece of mead and down land attached as property to the main land-unit. The nature of the landmarks forbids the possibility of identifying the site of this piece of land ; so I shall merely give a translation of the survey. 1. ' To the west side of the Lea of the Mapletree. > 2. ' Then north up along the Row of Stones.' 3. ' Then to the Burialplaces.' 4. ' Then south along the Track/ 5. ' From the Track along the Lynch to the South Head - land.' 6. ' Then down to the Slade.' 7. ' Then up along the Track to the Lea of the Mapletree again.'
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Survey of charter B.1285. This survey presents the same difficulties as that of B.734, and doubtless for the same reason—the modification of the by. of Overton since the survey was made. It seems to refer (1) to a piece of land lying N. of the river, and immed. W. of the land included in the survey of B.734 ; (2) to a piece of land S. of the river corresponding, partly at any rate, to the land in the survey of B.734. 1. Aerest on thone Chiricstede : ' First to the (Site of the Church ,?).' 1 2. Thonne of etc. innan Straetford on thaet Ellen : ' Then to the Ford of the Street (Made Road) to the Elder-tree.' 3. Of, etc. on Seofon Beorgas : ' From the Elder-tree to Seven Barrows.' 4. Of, etc. innan 2 Colta Beorg·. 'From the Seven Barrows to Colta's Barrow.' For coltan beorh see 17 of the last charter. Two things are clear from these landmarks : (1) that the survey is running N. from the Kennett ; (2) that it is running along a line different to that taken by the by. indicated in the last charter ; and further landmarks show that this line must be W. of the other. The first landmark is by no means a matter of certainty ; but it is probable that the churchstead was near the church at East Kennett. Straetford of 2 is interesting and important. As the Roman road passes along the N. bank of the Kennett in this part one is tempted to connect this ford with the Roman road. If it was a ford on that road then it must have been where the line of the road crosses the Kennett about ii fur. E. of Silbury Hill (OMi). But it is also possible that it was a ford on the ridgeway close to East Kennett village; for some ' making' of that ancient highway may well have taken place at the point where it crosses the low land by the river. But this ford at East Kennett is undoubtedly referred to later in the survey as being at the place where the by. comes back to the Kennett; and therefore the Straetford must be near Silbury Hill. 3 1 This is Bosworth and Toller's translation. My own belief is that the term means a farmstead, without a house attached to it, and near the church. 2 Innan does not seem to have been used by this surveyor in its special sense of ' inside of,' but in the general sense of ' to.' 3 I have attempted all sorts of hypotheses as solutions of the difficulties of this survey ; and at one time I was disposed to place this ford at East Kennett. But the later landmark renders this hypothesis impossible.
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