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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ ently, judging from the language of the survey, it did not pass actually along the by. but along the lower ground just E. of it. The combe is that about 3 fur. N. of the SW. corner of the parish, over the head of which the by. passes obliquely to the line of the combe. The lynch, with its row of trees, or ' belt,' would be on the slope at the head of the combe. 4. And swa forth and lang Hlinc Raewe oth thone Herepath : ' And so on along the Row of Trees on the Lynch as far as the Highway.' The highway evidently returns to the line of the by. At the present day a track (0M6) begins to follow the W. by. at a point a short f m. ESE. of East Castle (OMi) ; and this would be about the place where, from the lie of the ground, a road which had been coming more or less down the combe might be expected to abut on the by. on its way N. 5. Thonne andlang Herpathes oth thaere For Trthe up ende : ' Then along the Highway as far as the top end of the Projecting Piece of Plough Land.' 1 The foryrth was almost certainly at the bend which the W. by. makes about 400 yds. S. of the river Wylye. Here the line of the highway would naturally leave the line of the by. 6. Thonne adune be thare For Trthe west Eage (read Egge) oth hit cymth to thaere Die : ' Then down by the west Edge of the Projecting Piece of Ploughland till it comes to the Dyke.' The forierth was evidently in the little bay which the by. makes just N. of the last point. The dyke ran along the northernmost piece of the W. by. to the Wylye. 7. Of, etc. on Wilig oth midne stream : ' From the Dyke to the river Wylye as far as mid-stream.' This is the NW. corner of the parish on the Wylye a short i m. due W. of the church at Little Langford. 8. Andlang streames adune oth hit cymth rihte on gea (read on geari) tha For Hyrde (read Trthe) middewearde : ' Down along stream till it comes right over against the 1 Some authorities translate forierth as ' headland ' of a ploughland. Heafod has that meaning; and AS. does not deal in synonyms. So I reject that suggested meaning. My own impression is that a forierth was a piece of ploughland, which, probably owing to the lie of the land, projected into a neighbouring ploughland.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Projecting Piece of Plough Land on the middle of one side of it.' The by. now goes down the Wylye. Further landmarks suggest that the forierth must have been close to the church at Little Langford. 9. Thonne bufan Wege andlang West Cumbes betweah tha twa Trh (read Trth) Mearca : ' Then above the Way along West Combe between the two Balks of Ploughland.' The way was evidently more or less on the line of the road from Little Langford to Wilton. But it is evident that the line of this road has been diverted, probably for purposes of the railway. The west combe is the combe which runs up first S. then SW. and W. from the village. There was an east combe on the E. by. of the parish (see the other Langford charter). 10. To Greatan Kline : ' To the Great Lynch.' This would be on the S. slope of the west combe, a short i m. SW. to SSW. of Little Langford church (OMi). 11. Of Greatan Hlinces Ende on Healdan (read Ealdari) Weg : ' From the End of the Great Lynch to the Old Way.' This way was almost certainly along the line of the road which runs for some distance up the hill on a line SSW. from the village. 12. Andlang Heldan (read Ealdan) Weges on thane Pyt: ' Along the Old Way to the Pit.' This pit must have been somewhere about 3+ fur. W. of Grovely Castle (OMi). 13. Of, etc. ofer Smalandene up on Mere Dune oth thone Pyt: ' From the Pit over (or above) Narrow Dean up to Pond Down as far as the Pit.' For Pond Down see 1. The narrow dean was almost certainly the dean or small valley which lies nearly 5 fur. S.W. of the middle of Grovely Castle (OMi). The pit was probably near the head of the dean. 14. Of, etc. to tham Stapule thaer hit aer onfeng ·. ' From the Pit to the Pole where it (the survey) first began.' See 1. (Note added.) And swa (read seo) maed gemaene swa heo aer waes : ' And the mead is in common holding as it was formerly,' i.e. before this grant was made. Such notes with regard to mead are found every now and then attached to charters. They are significant as
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