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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
These were probably the balks of ploughlands which
labourers who were not originally landholders in the landunit
had been allowed to till in this remote part of the
parish. The landmarks come very thickly on this W. by. ;
and therefore it is probable that this ploughland was on the
W. by. close to the SW. corner of the parish.
10. On thone Stan Hlinc : ' To the Stone Lynch.'
This must have been on the slope of the Bake (OMi).
11. Thonne of etc. with westan Haeth Slaed : ' Then
from the Stone Lynch to the west of Heath Slade.'
Probably at the head of the valley just N. of the Bake
(OMi).
12. Thonne of etc. on Billan Dene : ' Then from Heath
Slade to Billa's Dean.'
This is the valley itself which the Vv. bv. crosses obliquely
N. of the Bake (OMi).
13. On thone Maer Hlinc : ' To the Boundary Lynch.'
This would be on the N. slope of the above valley.
14. Thonne and lang Maer Hlinces oth thara Threora
Aecera Heafod : ' Then along the Boundary Lynch as far
as the Headland of the Three Strips of Ploughland.'
This headland is no doubt marked at the present day
by the short bend in the W. by. ι m. 2f fur. N. of the
SW. corner of the parish.
15. Thonne eft be etc. on otherne Maerhlinc : 'Then
again by the Headlands of the Three Strips of Ploughland
to the other Boundary Lynch.'
This lynch must have run along the W. by. N. from the
last point.
16. Thonne and lang etc. oth the IV ell Β aerninge : 'Then
along the Boundary Lynch as far as the (Burnbake ?) of
the Spring (?).' 1
This landmark, whatever it was, was on the W. by. just
S. of the road which crosses the by. 2f fur. S. of the railway.
17. And lang Weges oth hit cumth to tham Herpathe :
' Along the Way till it comes to the Highway.'
1 Bacrninge means literally ' burning.'
I have assumed it to be applied to land where
brushwood, etc., had been burnt off for
purposes of cultivation; and so have
translated it conjecturally by the common
field-name which has that signification.
I am not sure that well here means a ' spring.'
Local enquiry would no doubt be able to
establish or disestablish the conjecture by
ascertaining whether there is a spring on or
close to the W. by. just S. of the road
which, coming from the SW. crosses the
by. about fur. S. of the railway.