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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ The slade of Headda's Down of 18 must therefore have been on the E. by. some way N. of the road from Rodbourne Cheney to Upper Stratton. The down must have been extensive, for its name seems to survive in that of Haydon in the N. part of the parish (OMi), and also in that of Haydon Wick. Charter which seems to refer to part of the lands of Wilton which lie south of the Nadder river. B.795 ; K.401. RD. A.D. 944. Granted by King Eadmund to the nun Aelfgyth. Hides, 3. Name: Be Rollandune; Wrollendune. Ident. K. Rolldown, Wilts. ; B. Rollington in Bulbridge, near Wilton, Wilts. The survey is of the AS. age, and may be of the date of the grant. The landmarks of the survey are not determinable ; but I do not think that it includes Bulbridge, for the lands of that place seem to come within the area covered by the Ugford charter, B.1030, and the landmarks of that charter have no traceable relation to the landmarks of the present one. My own impression is that if the landmarks of this charter could be determined it would prove to refer to that part of Wilton parish S. of the Nadder, and E. of the road which runs down the W. side of Wilton Park and goes on SSW. to the top of the ridge. The name Rollington survived in Wilton till quite recent times. I append a translation of the survey in case some future enquirer may be able to solve its topography. Survey. 1. ' First up from the bank of the river Nadder on the east side of Dogs' House (Hundaham).' (The by. is going uphill.) 2. ' Then up straight to the Pole (stapole).' (By. still going uphill.) 3. ' Then up over Deer Lynch (deor hlinc).' (Still going uphill.) 4. ' From the Lynch to the Barrow (beorge).' 5. ' To Alfred's Land Boundary (land scare).'' 6. ' Here it (the grant) is four furlongs minus four rods broad ' (approximately 858 yds. broad). 7.' Then
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ at this point it goes down by the Labourers' (?) land Boundary ('wyrhtena land scare) as far as the Headland of Win's Lynch (wines hlinces heafod)." 1 (The by. is now going downhill.) 8. ' And then down till it reaches the Nadder.' (Still going downhill). 9. ' Then (the breadth of ?) Six Strips of ploughland north of Nadder Marsh.' 10. 'Then again to the Nadder down along stream till it comes to Wur's (read Wures for Pures) Fen where it first began.' A charter referring probably to lands within the actual town of Wilton. K.665. RD. A.D. 988. Granted by King Aethelred to his servant Aethelnoth. The hidage is not given, nor is the name of the place at which the grant is situated. Survey. 1. Aerest of utewerdan tham Geate andlang Strete thwyres ofer Wilig on tha Smalan Twichenan : ' First from outside the Gate along the Street obliquely over the Wylye to the Narrow Crossroads.' 2. And swa andlang Twichenan to Wulfriches Gemaere : ' And so along the Crossroads to Wulfric's Boundary.' 3. Thaet thonne thwyres ofer eft on Wilig·. 'Then obliquely over again to the Wylye.' 4. Thonne swa andlang Wulfriches Heigraewe on tha Widan Straet: ' Then so along Wulfric's Hedgerow to the Wide Street.' It is plain that the grant is very small; and it seems to be a grant more or less within the area of the town of Wilton. By straet is here meant the streets of Wilton. The transfer of this term from a made road of Roman times to a street in a town is natural, since such streets would be paved in some way. The term is so used in charters referring to parts of Winchester and Romsey in Hants. From this use was later evolved the concept of ' street' as a road having houses on both sides of it ; but that evolution seems to have taken place in post-Saxon times.
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