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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
The weg is undoubtedly the road just mentioned. The
herepath is the main road through Wylye just N. of the
railway. The weg seems to have been diverted in modern
times, for the survey implies that it ran in AS. times along
that 2+ fur. stretch of the W. by. which now intervenes
between it and the herepath. 1
18. Thonne ofer thone Herpath and nither ofer thone
Merse thaet hit eumth on Wilig Staeth : ' Then over the
Highway and down over the Marsh till it comes to the Bank
of the Wylye.'
The W. by. reaches the Wylye about 300 yds. SE. of the
church at Fisherton-de-la-Mere. The marsh was between
the river and the railway.
19. Thonne nither aiid lang stremes on butan thone Hors
Gaerstun thaet hit sticath on thaere ea Sylfre (read Syrfe) 2 :
' Then down along stream round the Grass Croft of the
Horses till it reaches the Service-tree by the river.'
The site of the Hors Gaerstun is not determinable ; but
it must have been on the S. side of the river near the
village.
20. Thonne andlang Ea oth that hit eumth to tham East
Land Gemaere aet Maer Furh thaer hit aer onfeng : ' Then
along the river till it comes to the East Balk of the Plough
Land at Boundary Furrow where it first began.'
See 1.
There are two appendages to this survey :
1. A survey of the bounds of lands belonging to Wylye,
viz. certain wies, ' dairy farms,' at a place called in the
survey, Brembeleumb, but in a later added title Wyke.
These seem to be lands in Baverstock parish (see notes on
Baverstock, p. 266).
2. A note which runs thus in translation : ' And the
Mead at Dutta's Croft (Duttan Hamm) belongs to Wylye,
and the Game Enclosure (hage) at Wilton which belongs
to Wylye, and the (renewing ?) of the Farm Hedge at
Grove Lea (Grovely Forest), and every third tree at the
Wood at Man's Pool (in the river), this all belongs to Wylye
to Ordwald's Farm (? Village).'
Perhaps the game enclosure at Wilton was on the site
1 For a description of these two roads
see Arcb. Journ. vol. lxxv, 1918, 1 Ancient
Highways of Wilts.' roads 53 and 54, p. 105.
2 Sylfre would mean ' silver,' an impossible
reading.