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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Survey. ι. Erest of Elde Dick above Stibbe : ' First from the Old Dyke above the Tree Stump.' 2. Τhanne endlang Weies on Strete : ' Then along the Way to the Street (Made Road).' This brings the survey to the Fosse Way (OMi) at Fosse Gate (OMi). The Weie must have run along the SW. by. At the present day the road from Yatton Keynell runs for a short distance along the line of it. The old dyke must have run down the S. part of the SE. by. near West Foscote Farm (OMi). 3. So bi Strete on Hole dene : ' So by the Street to Hollow Dean.' This dean is the valley of the brook which forms the N. by. of the parish at and near Dunley (OMi). 4. Endlangdenes to Springwellen : ' Along the Dean to -the Source of the Spring.' The spring is marked in OM6 close to the NE. corner of the parish, f m. ESE. of Surrendell Farm (OMi). 5. Thanen to Olde Gore: ' Then to the Old Gore ^triangular piece of plough land).' 6. So on Cleyate on the Elde Stibbe : ' So to Claygate to the Old Stump.' 7. Thanen on Olde Burgh 1 : ' Then to the Old Camp {or Fort),' (or read Berwe, ' barrow'). 8. Suthward of thare Berwe in on the Foullelake :' Southward from the Barrow to the Foul (slow-flowing) Stream.' The foul lake is the stream which crosses the E. by. 3 fur. due W. of the NW. corner of the wood called Stanton Park (OMi). The old barrow must have been N. of this, probably near where the road from Stanton St. Quintin crosses the E. by. The old gore was probably at one of the short angles which the by. makes ENE. of Clapcote Farm. The Claygate was probably where some road or track crossed the by., possibly on a track along the line of the field-path running due E. from the same farm. 9. On thone Bithe 2 : ' To the Bend.' The by. follows the foul lake for about 150 yds. W. and then turns S. The reference in the landmark may be 1 Almost certainly for Berzve, as in 8. It 2 I have assumed this to be the ME. is improbable that all traces of a camp should •have disappeared. equivalent of the AS. Byht.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ to this bend S. or perhaps to the SE. corner of the parish. 10. Of, etc. in on thone Welle hi Este Foxcotone : 'From the Bend to the Spring near East Fox Cottages.' This is, of course, East Foscote. The spring was on the S. by. probably near East Foscote Farm (OMi). 11. Of, etc. west on thone Mer Aker: ' From the Springto the Strip of Ploughland on the Boundary.' 12. Of, etc. endlang Weies eft to the Olde Dich : ' From the Strip along the Way once more to the Old Dyke.' The way must have run along the by. S. of Foscote (OMi). For the old dyke see i. Charter of lands said to be those of Langley Burrell. B.751. K.382. RD. A.D. 940. Granted by King Eadmund to the thegn Wulfric. Hides. 30. Name : Langeleythe, Langelegh. Ident. K. Langley Burrell, Wilts. ; B. Langley Burrell, Wilts. I am fairly certain that this is not a charter of Langley Burrell. I am inclined to think that it relates to the lands of Kington Langley and Draycot Cerne ; but I am very far from being able to prove this. Only a few points are determinable with probability; and these do not lead to any certain conclusion. I have tried all sorts of hypotheses as to the line followed by the survey ; and I have to confess·, that I have failed. That being so, I shall only give a translation of the survey, which may be useful to future enquirers, and for the rest shall confine myself to a statement of my views as to the identity of such landmarks as seem to me to be determinable with some probability. It would be waste of time and space to discuss a series of very remote possibilities. Survey. Translation. 1. ' First at the Green Strips of Ploughland.' 2. ' Then along Boundary Brook.' 3. ' From the Brook to South Flax Lea.' 4. ' From the Lea down to the Gate at the Deerleap.' 5. ' From the Gate at the Deer leap over . . . (Erges) Path to the Roedeer (?)
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