It must be understood by all those who read these charters that this ...

THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
Stocbroc is the brook which runs along the N. edge of
Beechingstoke village.
Charter of the lands of South Newton, 2 m. NNW.
of Wilton.
B.782; K.395.
RD. A.D. 943.
Granted by King Eadmund to the thegn Wulfgar.
Hides. 10 at Newton with a mead at Weolces Clif;
3 at Fyrstes Felda.
Names : Suth Niwetune ; Niwantune ; Weolces Clif;
Fyrstesfelda ; Fyrste Felda.
Ident. K. Newnton, Wilts ; B. South Newton, Wilts.
The extant copy of the survey is of AS. date, and may
be contemporary with the grant.
Survey.
1. Aerest on sutheweardan of Ο teres Hole up andlang
Wiliges oththa Lace : ' First at the south end (of the grant)
from Otter's Hole up along the River Wylye as far as the
(slow flowing) Stream (or Backwater).'
Otter's Hole is also a landmark in a curious charter
(B.i216) attributed to Wylye, but referring as a fact to a
narrow strip of land along the NW. side of Bemerton.
The hole was at the extreme S. point of South Newton,
on the river Wylye 1 fur. W. of the railway station at
Wilton. The survey then goes NNW. up the Wylye for
about 500 yds. to a point where a backwater comes in from
the W. The modern by. follows this backwater, and not the
main stream, for more than 1 m. ; and this backwater is
the lacu of the charter.
2. Fhonne andlang thaere Lace oth Pynding Mersc (in
the other charter of S. Newton (see later) there is mention
of a WindingFord at this point on the Wylye. But the reading
of the present charter seems to be correct) : ' Then along
the Backwater as far as the Marsh of the Dam.'
This marsh must have been between the backwater and
the Wylye about due W. of Folly Farm (OMi).
3. Fhonne be thaes Hlinces Nither Lege oth thaet hit
cymth to thaem Trthlande : ' Then by the Lower Edge of
the Lynch till it comes to the Plough Land.'
The lynch was obviously on the slope which comes down