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T H E SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
15. Andlang, etc. ut on Afene: 'Along the Old Dyke
Out to the Avon.'
The by. follows the backwater, the old dyke, till the
latter joins the main river about f m. W. by S. of Little
Durnford (OMi).
16. Thonne andlang Afene oth thaes Poles Heafod:
' Then along the Avon as far as the Head of the Pool.'
This pool in the river was where the by. now leaves the
river to turn W. at a point f m. SSW. of Little Durnford
(OMi).
17. Thonne of, etc. up on Aettan Dene north Hylda?i
(read Hlydan) swa swa seo Ealde Furh ryct up to thaem
Staenenan Stapole : ' Then from the Pool up to the North
Slope of Aetta's Dean as the Old Furrow runs to the Stone
Pillar.'
This dean is mentioned in the Bemerton charter,
B.1216. The dean itself is f m. ENE. of Hill Farm (OMi).
The by. runs, as described in the charter, on the N. side
of it. The furrow ran along the E. part of this S. by.
probably as far as the Salisbury road, on which the stone
pillar probably stood.
18. And swa west to thaere Ealdan Hlinc Raewe:
* And so west to the Old Row of Trees on the Lynch.'
This must have been on the S. by. W. of the road above
mentioned.
19. And swa be thaere Trth Mearce nither to Hig
Forde : ' And so by the Balk of the Ploughed Land down
to Hay Ford.'
20. FhGnne of, etc. eft ofer Wilig on Oteres Hoi: ' Then
from Hay Ford over the Wylye to Otter's Hole.'
The balk of the ploughed land is mentioned in the
other South Newton charter, as is also the hay ford.
The Trthland was probably about half-way between where
the by. passes the road above mentioned and the point
where it reaches the Wylye. The hay ford was on the
Wylye 1 fur. W. of Wilton railway station. Landmark 20
shows that the Otter's Hole was at this ford, on the W.
bank of the river.
A second charter of at least part of the lands of South
Newton.
The survey of this second charter is taken from