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

THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
the Wilton cartulary in Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii,
p. 323 ff.
The grant seems to be part of a large grant of lands
made by King Eadgar to Wilton monastery.
The extant copy of the survey looks like a post-Conquest
copy of a survey of the AS. age.
Survey.
1. ' From the Backwater (Lake).'
The survey appears to start on the W. by. about opposite
to the village of South Newton. This backwater seems to
be the westernmost backwater of the former charter, i.e.
the backwater which runs up parallel with the river on its
W. side opposite the village of South Newton.
2. ' Up along the Wylye to Stone Ford (Stanford):
This is Stowford on the Wylye opposite Wishford.
There are other cases in England in which the name Stoford
or Stowford represents an original Stanford.
3. ' Along the White Way (Hwitan Weges):
This makes it fairly clear that the survey does not include
the N. part of the parish, unless we were to assume that
the copyist of the charter had left out a series of landmarks
at this point.
The white way was apparently along the line of roadway
which runs from Stowford (OMi) to Down Barn
(OMi).
4. ' To the Dyke (Die):
5. ' Along the Dyke.'
6. ' East to the Old Highway (Eald Herepath):
This is almost certainly the weg of 12 of the former
charter, the road which runs down the N. part of the E.
by. of the parish. No trace of the dyke of 4 and 5 survives ;
but it must have been in the E. part of the parish somewhere
N. of Newton Barrow (OMi). The by. probably
reached this road at some point about due W. of the village
of Woodford.
7. ' Out on the Avon (.Avene).'
This is where the by. turns E. to the Avon opposite
Little Durnford. This sums up in one landmark what is
given more elaborately in 13, 14, and 15 of the previous
charter.
8. ' Along the Avon (Avene):
See 16 of previous charter