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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
Hedge (Ragheye).' 6. ' Then along the Roedeer (?) Hedge
out to the Open Land (F eld)? 7. ' Then south of Thief's
Spring.' 8. ' From the Spring along Beaver Bourne to
Stone Ford.' 9. ' From Stone Ford to the Old Hedgerow
to the Detached Mead.' 10. ' Then on from the Detached
Mead along the Way out to the west of the Narrow Enclosure.'
11. ' Then over the Open Land, along the Hedgerow
which Alric made, to the Short Grove.' 12. ' Then
to the Grove on (to ?) the Western Rise of Land (?) (Swolle
or Swelle): 13. ' From the Rise of land to the Dyke.'
14. ' From the Dyke to the Stump of the Elder-tree.'
15. ' From the Stump over Stone Lea to the Old Hedgerow.'
16. 'Then along the Hedgerow again (?) (text
•corrupt).' 17. ' Then to the east side of the Down.'
18. ' From (on for of) the Down to the Brook of the Broad
Spring to the Stone.' 19. ' From the Stone again to the
Rise of Ground (?) (Seswelwe) at . . . (Clinan) Open
Country.' 20. ' From the Rise of Ground to the Appletree.'
21. ' From the Appletree to . . . (Trindscathin).''
22. ' From . . . (Frinscathin) to Holly Dean to Oakford.'
23. ' From the Ford of the Oaktree south to the Stone.'
24. ' From the Stone to the Edge Acres (strips of ploughland
on the edge of the land-unit) at (?) of (?) . . . hills
(•peginhullis).' 25. ' ? the Pond.' 26. ' From the . . .
{To) along the Dyke once more to the . . . (Τα 1 ).'
The language of the survey shows it, of course, to be
post-Saxon.
Attached to that great and important, but very puzzling,
charter of Brokenborough (B.921-2) is first a great survey
comprising a large area of the lands of Malmesbury monastery,
and then by way of appendix a survey of 10 hides
at Suttone. This latter contains only six landmarks; but
three of these correspond to landmarks in this Langley
charter. That makes it clear that this Langley charter
either comprises Sutton Benger or abuts on it.
The three landmarks from the Sutton charter are :
first, a Roedeer Hedge, possibly that of 5 ; secondly, a
Boundary Brook, probably that of 2 ; thirdly, a Broad
.Spring, almost certainly that of 18.
Now whether the present charter be of Kington Langley
1 May represent AS. Ea, ' river.'