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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.'
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ This was probably at the slight bend in the by. a little more than £ m. NNW. of Pewsey Wharf (OMi). 23. Of, etc. on tha Haran Apoldre : ' From Abbot's Spring to the Hoar Appletree.' 24. Of, etc. on tha Hwitan Hola : ' From the Appletree to the White Holes.' 25. Of, etc. on Meos Leage : ' From the Holes to Moss Lea.' This name is preserved in that of Maizeley Coppice, the small wood which stands at an angle in the by. about 300 yds.. N. of the entrenchment called Giant's Grave (OMi). The name has for some reason got corrupted by popular etymology. The white holes of 24 must have been on the by. near West Wick Farm (OMi). 26. Of, etc. on Wadleage northeweardre : ' From Moss Lea to Woad Lea on its northerly side.' 27. Of, etc. on Hremnes Geat: ' From Woad Lea to Raven's Gate.' 28. Of, etc. to Emnan Leage: ' From Raven's Gate to Level Lea.' 29. Of, etc. eft to thaere Aec the we aer aet fruman nemdon : ' From Level Lea to the Oaktree from which we took our beginning.' All these landmarks, 26-29, must have been on the comparatively short stretch of by. between Moss Lea and the lonely oak of 1. Charter of the lands of Grittleton, 5-J m. NW. of Chippenham. B.750. K.381. RD. A.D. 940. Granted by King Eadmund to the thegn Wulfric. (At the end of the charter is appended a note that Wulfric, after his wife's death, gave the property to Glastonbury monastery.) Hides. 25. Name : Grutelington. Ident. K. Grittleton, Wilts. ; B. Grittleton, Wilts. The extant copy of the survey is undoubtedly of post- Conquest date.
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