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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ the barrow to the N. of which the by. is described as passing is the tumulus (OMi) on Deptford Down (OMi). 4. Thonne utt on Horsegeat: ' Then out to Horse Gate.' This was probably somewhere about half-wav down the E. by. 5. To Ea on Theofa Ford easteweardne : ' To the River to Thieves' Ford on its east side.' I strongly suspect that Theofa has been written here instead of Deopan ; and that the name of the ford was Deep Ford, the name from which that of the hamlet of Deptford is derived (OMi). The ford was probably near where the E. by. running S. meets the Wylye. 6. On enne Crundel: ' To a Quarry.' Here again I suspect that the copyist has misplaced tins landmark ; and that it ought to come before the last one. There are two old chalkpits on either side of the by. just E. of Deptford (OMi) ; and one may have been actually on the by. at this part of it. 7. Thonne andlang Ε a aeft on IFylle Ford : ' Then along the river once more to the Ford of the Spring.' An appendage to the Wylye charter (B.757) relating apparently to part of the lands of Baverstock 4 m. W. of Wilton. These lands seem to have been an appendage of the lands of Wylye. For details of the charter see notes on Wylye, p. 261. Survey. (Wyke) and this is thaet land gemaere aet Brembelcumbe aet tham Wicum the into Wilig hurth : ' Wyke. And this is the land at Bramble Combe at the Dairy Farms which belong to Wylye.' 1. Aerest aet Punteles Treozve: 'First at Puntel's Tree.' In the Langford charter B.934 is mentioned a Puntes Stan. Puntel is the diminutive or ' familiar ' form of the name Punt. In perambulations of Grovely Forest this stone is called variously Poltenstone, Poltenstan, Pultingston, and Poultingstone. It is called Powten Stone in OM6. It seems to have stood at the NE. corner of Langford about
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ ioo yds. N. of what is called the Roman Road (OMi). It is almost certain that Punteles Treow stood close by it, so close as to be an alternative landmark. 2. Thonne andlang Weges : ' Then along the Way.' Probably a track running S. from the tree along the N. part of the E. by. of Baverstock. OM6 marks a track along this line. It is pretty clear that Bramble Combe is the great combe in the NE. part of the parish, down which the E. by. runs. 3. Thaet ofer Tilmannes Dene : ' Then over Tilman's Dean.' 4. Thonne forth be tham Urthlonde thaet stieath on Aetheriees Gemaere on tham Wege : ' Then on by the Plough Land which ascends to Aetheric's Balk to (on ?) the Way.' 5. Thonne andlang Weges thaet hit stieath on Hunan Wege : ' Then along the Way till it ascends to Huna's. Way.' The Hunan Weg is mentioned in the Langford charter,. B.934. It seems to have run from the SW. corner of Little Langford parish N. along the W. by. of that parish. It now becomes fairly clear that the piece of land included in the survey is probably the NE. part of Baverstock parish. The smallness of the grant, and the fact that the boundaries correspond only partly with those of modern times, render determination of the individual landmarks in some cases conjectural; but the other Baverstock charter shows the general line. (See later.) Possibly Tilman's Dean is the head of what we have decided to be Bramble Combe, about 5 fur. due W. of the church at Grovely Wood (OMi) ; and the Weg of 4 which is indicated by the wording of 5 to go uphill, is the way called (OM6) Fir Drove, which runs straight up to the N. by. at ti unan Weg. It starts at that re-entering angle of the E. by. $ m. N. by E. of the village. It will be seen that the two landmarks Punteles Treow and Hunan Weg make it clear that this parcel of land abutted on the S. by. of Little Langford ; and the Langford charter (B.934) makes it almost certain that this piece of land was not in Langford. It must therefore almost certainly have been in Baverstock.
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