It must be understood by all those who read these charters that this ...

THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
14. Of, etc. on Ellen Graf an: ' From Smooth Down to
the Grove of Elder-trees.'
15. Fram, etc. to Hafuc Cnollum : ' From the Elder
Grove to Hawk Knolls.'
This seems to be the hill known by the curious name of
Denny Sutton Hipend.
16. From, etc. on thone Thorn : ' From Hawk Knolls to
the Thorntree.'
17. Of, etc. on thone Stan : ' From the Thorntree to
the Stone.'
18. Of, etc. on Merce Ford: ' From the Thorntree to
Boundary Ford.'
This was a ford over the Avon at the point where the W.
by. crosses that river about 150 yds. W. of Sharcott (OMi).
Probably the thorntree of 16 was where the by. makes
a sudden bend NE. on meeting the road from Manningford
Bruce to Pewsey, and the stone where it again bends NW.
on this road after following it for 180 yds. These points
are about 3 fur. SSE. of Sharcott (OMi).
19. Of, etc .andlang thaes Smalan Weges on thone Ford
aet wil eotum : ' From the Ford along the narrow way to
the Ford at the Cottages (by the Spring ?) (Wilcot).'
This ford was on the W. by. where it crosses a small
stream about f m. SE. of Wilcot village. The narrow way
must in AS. times have passed up the W. by. from the Avon
all the way to this spring ; but at the present day it is only
represented by a line of road which runs for a short f m. N.
from where the by. crosses the Avon.
20. Of, etc. on Wippes Thorn: ' From the Ford to Wip's
Thorntree.'
21. Of, etc. on thone Ford aet Ebbanbroee : ' From the
Thorntree to the Ford at Ebba's Brook.'
The name of this brook is preserved in a curiously
corrupted form in that of Avebrick Farm, which stands
SW. of Pewsey Wharf (OMi). The by. crosses the
brook about 3 fur. NW. of this farm ; and there was the
ford. But also the name of Wippes Thorn is partly preserved
in a thirteenth century perambulation of Pewsey which
mentions Wyppes Hul, ' Wip's Hill,' at a point on the by.
due W. of Wilcot village.
22. Of, etc. on Abbodes Wylle : ' From the Ford to
Abbot's Spring.'