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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Hides, 20 in the title and in the body of the document ; but 16 in the survey. Name : Aet Mordunae ; aet Μ or dune ; Mordun(e). Ident. K. Mordon, Hants ; B. Mordune, Hants. The survey is of the AS. age ; and may be of the date of the grant. A second charter of the same lands. B.1093; K.1238. RD. A.D. 962. Granted by King Eadgar to the thegn Eadwine. Hides. 20. Name : Mordune ; aet Mordune. Ident. K. Mordon, Berks. ; Β. N. and S. Moreton, near Wallingford, Berks. The survey is of the AS. age. The charter B.983, K.i 185 is also of this Moredon. It records a grant of the lands to the thegn Wynsige by King Eadwic in 956. Its survey is identical with that of the first mentioned charter, B.788. The survey of the second charter, B.1093, is more detailed than that of B.788 ; and so it will be taken as the main text, any matter taken from the first charter being noted in brackets. Survey. 1. Aerest on Higford : ' First to Hay Ford.' This was on the E. by. of the parish, on the large brook which runs right through the parish from E. to W. through the village of Rodbourne Cheney. The ford itself was .44 fur. SSE. of Hurst Farm (OMi). 2. Andlang Hreod Burnan on Uuorf (wurf) : ' Along Reed Bourne to the (river) Worf.' The Reed Bourne is the stream above mentioned, which gives its name to Rodbourne Cheney. The Worf or Wurf is mentioned in the Purton charter, B.279 ; and comparison of the three charters shows that it was the river Ray, 1 the W. by. of the parish. This landmark shows, of course, that the S. part of the present parish of Rodbourne Cheney was not included in the grant. 3. Andlang stremes on Pur tan (read Purton) Ige uuest werdne : ' Along stream to Purton Island on its west side.' 1 For this name see p. 157.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Purton Island, named from the neighbouring Purton, is the eyot in the Ray (Worf), the S. end of which is a long f m. NNE. of the aqueduct (OMi) on the Ray. The by. goes up its W. side, as indicated in the survey. 4. On Purton Ige northeuuerdan : ' To the north end of Purton Island.' The by. runs along the backwater to the N. end of the island. 5. Eft ut on Worfe Stream : ' Again out to the Stream of the Wurf.' After passing the N. end of the island the by. runs N. along the Ray. 6. Andlang streames on Wude Briege : ' Along stream to Wood Bridge ' (i.e. a bridge near a wood). It is probable that this bridge was where Tadpole Bridge now stands, on the road about 150 yds. E. of Blunsdon railway station (OMi). 7. Thanon ut on Aeselaee thaer Aeselaeu fylth ut on JVuorf: ' Then out on the (slow-flowing) stream of the Ashtrees where that stream flows into the Worf (Ray).' (And lang streames on Foslaee is the corresponding landmark of the earlier charter : ' along stream to Ditch 1 Lake,'' i.e. ' the slow-flowing stream of the ditch.') Both the Ashlake and the Fosslake are the same stream— the brook which enters the Ray 1 fur. ENE. of Blunsdon railway station (OMi). I do not think that there is any reason to assume a confusion of text in the one or the other charter. Alternative names for the same stream are found elsewhere in the charters. This stream forms the W. part of the N. by. of the parish. 8. Up on gean stream on thaes Langan Furlanges East Ende : ' Up against stream to the East End of the Long Furlong.' 2 This furlang was probably at the bend which the N. by. makes a short £ m. W. of the point where the road from Blunsdon St. Andrew to Haydon Wick crosses the N. by. 1 Fos is not given in BT. nor in the later supplement to it. It is the same word Fos which is the AS. name of the Fosse Way. I do not think that there is much reason to doubt that it is borrowed from the Lat. fossa, ' a ditch.' 2 ' Furlong' is a very common field-name in modern nomenclature. It means (or meant formerly before the Enclosure acts) a group of strips of ploughland. It is. probable that in the south of England, where the three-field system of cultivation prevailed, each land-unit had three such 1 furlongs,' one of which was left fallow each year. The AS. furlang had doubtless the: same meaning as the modern field-name.
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