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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ 2. Endlang Alorbrokes to Wodeford: ' Along Alder Brook to the Ford of the Wood.' The name Woodford Brake survives on this brook at a point f m. E. of Nettleton Shrub (OMi). So this one landmark carries the survey right down the E. by. of the parish, and along part of the S. by. The ford was where the road running SE. from Nettleton crosses the brook. 3. Of, etc. to Streteford ·. ' From Woodford to the Ford of the Street (or Made Road).' This ford is i m. SW. of the last, where the Fosse Way crosses the brook. As I cannot trace any more of the landmarks of the charter, I simply give the translation of them. 4. Of, etc. to Meredich : ' From Street Ford to Boundary Dyke.' Probably this went up the S. part of the W. by. to the W. of the village of West Kington. 5. Vp of Merdich out to Bilham that hit comet to Langforlang suthzcard : ' Up from Boundary Dyke to Bilham till it comes to the south end of Long Furlong.' 6. Thanen to Hengrave : ' Then to Bird Grove.' 7. Of, etc. to Cefelandgrave : ' From Bird Grove to the Grove of the Land of the Concubine.' 8. Thanen to Abbanberghe to than Orputten to the Fer eft sone : ' Then to Abba's Barrow to the . . . Pits to the Furrow again quickly.' Charter of the lands of Bishopstone, north of the Ebble, and 5 m. WSW. of Salisbury. (For another charter of Bishopstone see B.27, etc. p. 145) B.832 ; not in K. RD. A.D. 947. Granted by King Eadred to his man Elfsi. Hides. 5. Name : Aet Eblesburnan : Ident. Ebbesbourne, Wilts. The survey is certainly of the AS. age, and may be contemporary with the grant. Survey. 1. Aerest on Bican Bricge : ' First to Bitch's Bridge.' Bica is probably a personal name. This was where
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ the E. by. of Bishopstone crosses the Ebble f m. W. of Croucheston (OMi). 2. And lang Die on thone Here Path ·. ' Along the Dyke to the Highway.' The dyke ran along the E. by. N. up from the river. The Herepath is the great ridgeway which forms the N. by. of the parish. 1 It is called Herepath a short distance further W. in the Burcombe charter, B.714. 3. Uppan Beor Dune on thaes Uferan Hlinees west ende : (This might be taken as part of the previous landmark, for both of them describe the arrival of the survey at the N.W. corner of the parish, and the landmarks thereabouts.) ' Up to Barrow Down to the west end of the Upper Lynch.' Barrow Down is the down at the N. part of the parish, where there are numerous barrows. The lynch was in the NW. angle of the parish. Both it and the down are mentioned in other charters, B.1004, B.27, etc · 4. Of, etc. on tha Thri Be or gas aet there Dune : ' From the Lynch to the Three Barrows on the Down.' The three barrows are probably the barrows on the N. by. where ' Tumuli' are marked on OMi, about 3 fur. E. of the NW. corner of the parish. 5. Of, etc. and langan thes Smalan Pathes on Rugan Beorh : ' From the Barrows along the Narrow Path to Rough Barrow.' The Smal Path is the Herepath of 2. It is quite common for AS. surveyors to speak of different parts of a road in different terms, according as the particular part of the road which they happened at the moment to be traversing struck them. The rough barrow was probably the tumulus marked OM6 about 400 yds. E. of the three barrows. 6. Of, etc. andlang Her pathes fornan gean Menandene : ' From the Barrow along the Highway over against Common Dean.' The survey runs along the ridgeway along the N. by. to the NE. corner of the parish. When it reaches this corner, which is on the S. edge of Hare Warren (OMi), the by. is just above the head of a small valley, down which the E. by. turns. This is the Maene Denu. Its name may be due to its being in two land-units, or to the land being 1 For this road see Arcb. Journ. vol. lxxv, 1918, ' Ancient Highways of Wilts,' road 57, p. 106.
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