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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ other case. The ridge dyke must have been on the top of the ridge on the S. by. of Wilton parish, and have run along the W. part of that S. by. No traces of a dyke are marked in OM6 on this part of the ridge, though such traces exist further W. on the S. by. of Burcombe. But the dyke may have been small; and the present traces may seem to be those of nothing more than an ordinary field ditch, and so the ordnance surveyors may have not thought it necessary to insert them. Beornulfes Stan must have been somewhere on the S. by. The landmarks which follow, until Ugganford is reached, are not determinable with certainty, and their respective positions can only be conjectured. 4. And swa forth on tha Rugan Hylle : ' And so on to the Rough Hill.' Possibly Hunt's Down at the SW. corner of the parish (OMi). 5. Fhonene adune rihte on thone Haethenan Byrgels : ' Then down straight to the Heathen Burial place.' The by. is going downhill. The burialplace was therefore on the W. by. on Hunt's Down (OMi). 6. Of, etc. on thone Stanigan Beorh : ' From the Heathen Burial place to the Stony Barrow.' No traces of the barrow are marked on the map. Ii was possibly at the N. end of Hunt's Down (OMi). 7. Of, etc. oth tha Haefda : ' From the Stony Barrow as far as the Headland (of a ploughland).' Possibly at the bend in the by. £ m. N. of the N. end of the wood (Vesey Trees, OM6) on Hunt's Down. 8. West be Ηeafdan aet tha Fore Trthe : ' West by the Headland at the Projecting Piece of Ploughed Land.' At the bend above mentioned the by. runs for a few yards NW. The forierth may have been in the angle made by the by., i.e. may have projected into the neighbouring lands of Burcombe. 9. And so forth on Gate Hlinces Heafde : ' And so on to the Headland of the Lynch of the Gate.' Somewhere on the W. by. between the last point and the road from Burcombe. 10. And swa adune to tham Port Herpathe : ' And so down to the Town Highway.'
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ This· is the main road along the S. side of the Nadder, which the W. by. crosses i m. E. of the manor house (OMi) at Burcombe. 11. Fhonan on Ugganford: 'Then to Ucga's Ford (Ugford).' This is the ford itself, not the hamlet. The ford was probably due S. of Ugford (OMi). The modern by. goes from the road to the river down a backwater which enters the Nadder f m. above where the ford must have been. 12. And swa adune and lang streames on tha Mylen TV are : ' And so down along stream to the Mill Weir.' The weir must have' been near Bull Bridge. See I. 13. O/, etc. ton thare Swete Apuldre : ' From the Mill Weir to the Sweet Appletree.' The tree would be somewhere on the Stratford Tony road between Bull Bridge and the point where the road from Burcombe joins it. 14. Thonne eft on thone Herpath thaer we aer onfengan : ' Then once more to the Highway where we first began.' See 1. Charter of the lands of Nettleton, 7 m. WNW. of Chippenham. 1 B.800 ; K. 398. RD. A.D 944. Granted by King Eadmund to the thegn Wolfric. Hides. 20. Name : Νetelingtone ; Netelintone. Ident. K. Nettleton, Wilts. ; B. Nettleton, Wilts. The extant copy of the survey is post-Conquest, probably at least as late as the end of the twelfth century. Survey. 1. Aerest endlang the Fer to Alorbroke : 'First along the Furrow to Alder Brook.' The survey begins at the NE. corner of the parish, 1 fur. NNE. of the Gib (OMi). The furrow seems to have run S. for about 2i fur. to the brook which flows at the W. foot of Gatcomb Hill (OMi). This is the Alrbroe or Alder Brook. 1 It is probable that the grant includes of the survey is traceable, this is not quite the whole of the parish ; but, as only part certain.
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