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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\<br />
The survey is undoubtedly of the AS. age ; but the<br />
extant copy has <strong>be</strong>en copied carelessly. <strong>It</strong> may <strong>be</strong> a post-<br />
Conquest copy of an AS. original ; but the greater part of<br />
it is rather too accurate a reproduction of an AS. document<br />
for <strong>that</strong> to <strong>be</strong> probable ; and the mistakes seem due to<br />
carelessness rather than ignorance.<br />
Survey.<br />
Vis (<strong>read</strong> <strong>this</strong>) synt tha Land Gemaero aet Langanforda<br />
thara threora hida : ' These are the boundaries of the<br />
three hides at Langford.'<br />
1. Thaet is aerest of tham Stapole the sten(t) on Mere<br />
Dune on thaere Die : ' Id est first from the Pole which stands<br />
on Pond 1 Down to the Dyke.'<br />
Pond Down is the down now c<strong>all</strong>ed Upper Farm Down<br />
(OMi). This part of the <strong>by</strong>. of the grant does not coincide<br />
with any modern <strong>by</strong>., but its line is pretty clearly marked<br />
in the survey. The pole <strong>must</strong> have stood on the down<br />
about 5* fur. SW. of Grovely Castle (OMi). The dyke<br />
is the great dyke which forms the S. <strong>by</strong>. of Little Langford.<br />
This part of it is c<strong>all</strong>ed Maerdic, ' Boundary Dyke,' in <strong>that</strong><br />
Baverstock survey which is appended to the Wylye charter,<br />
B.757, and Grimes Die,' Grim's Dyke,' in the other Langford<br />
charter, B.934 (see later).<br />
2. West andlang Die oth Hunan Weg : ' West along the<br />
Dyke as far as Huna's Way.'<br />
This way is mentioned also in the same Baverstock<br />
survey (see above). As far as Langford is concerned, it<br />
ran down the W. <strong>by</strong>. of the parish. 2<br />
This landmark takes the survey <strong>all</strong> along the S. <strong>by</strong>. of<br />
the parish to its SW. corner. At <strong>this</strong> corner Huna's Way<br />
crossed a great ridgeway ; and it is interesting to notice<br />
<strong>that</strong> the part of the wood which stands immed. S. of <strong>this</strong><br />
corner is c<strong>all</strong>ed Three Ways (OM6).<br />
3. Thar north ofer Herepath andlang Hlinc Raewe<br />
thwyres ofer Botescumh : ' Then north above the Highway<br />
along the Row of Trees on the Lynch obliquely above<br />
Bot's Com<strong>be</strong>.'<br />
The survey now starts N. along the W. <strong>by</strong>. of the parish.<br />
The highway is Huna's Way of the last landmark. Appar-<br />
1 For such ponds on high ground in Wilts,<br />
and Hants see p. 186.<br />
2 For <strong>this</strong> road see Arch. Journ. vol. lxxv,<br />
1918 Ancient Highways of Wilts,' road 52,<br />
p. 105.
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