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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ The landmarks from 8 onwards come thickly. The quarry of 8 is not distinguishable. But it must have been on the slope about 300 yds. E. of New Town (OMi). I suspect Ciceling Weg to be a local name of the ridgeway. The dyke of 9 was probably the ditch of the camp on Knap Hill (OMi), the old by. which I have suggested would impinge on the E. side of the camp. The lynch of 10 was probably on the S. slope of Knap Hill (OMi), and the hill itself is the Mox's Down of 11. What the term Walweg means it is not possible to say ; but it is probable that this way was a forerunner of the road or track called (OM6) Workway Drove, which runs from NW. to SE. about half-way betweenTawsmead Farm (OMi) and Knap Hill (OMi). The way to the Sheepwash of 12 was probably the road which runs W. from Tawsmead Farm to the springs in the village. The dyke of 13 Was perhaps a ditch running S. from where Tawsmead Farm stands ; and the lea of the dairy farm of 14 was probably just W. of the S. end of Tawsmead Copse (OMi). The dairy farm itself must have been somewhere W. of this, near the stream. The lynches of 16, 17 and 18 must have been on the N. slope of Woodborough Hill (OMi). The ford of the appletree of 19 must have been where the present S. by. of Alton meets the stream. There is a Ford Wood (OM6) there now, but the track, the Old Hollow Way, which led to the ford is not represented by any track marked on the modern map. The by. went then by the River Dean of 20 up to the great spring, where the survey began. 1 1 There are two· questions which I have been unable to solve upon which a local archaeologist who knows the ground well may be able to throw light: (a) The topography of the second part of the survey, of which I append a translation : 1. 'From Mox's Down (from the south part of it, (or) in a southerly direction) to the Dyke.' 2. ' Then along the Dyke.' 3. 4 Then over against the Old Calves' Balk.' 4. ' Then from the Dyke to the midmost . . . ('Scrippan, a word of unknown meanng). 5. ' Then to (Hower's ?) Lea upward.' 6. Then along . . . (Rodae, of unknown meaning) to the little Gore meeting it on the middle of one side.' 7. ' Then along a Heap (possibly ' rise of ground') to the Highway.' 8. ' Then to the Corner of the Dyke.' 9.' Then along the Dyke to Creoda's Hill.' 10. ' Then to the Highway towards the fifteen strips of ploughland.' 11. ' Then from them along the Highway to the Mead (in general use ?).' (b) In the extreme SE. angle of the parish immed. NW. of Round Copse (OM6), and about 3 fur. S. of West Stowell is a field called Stanchester. I have elsewhere found this field-name connected with the remains of a Roman villa. The field might be examined for any signs of a former building.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Charter of Dauntsey, about 4! m. ESE. of Malmesbury, the lands of the north part of the parish being included in a special survey appended to the main survey. B.457-8; K.263. RD. A.D. 850. Granted by Aethelwulf, king of the West Saxons, to Malmesbury monastery. .Hides. 10. Name (a) in title, Dometesig ; (b) in body of document, Dometesis ; (e) in survey, Daunteseye, Dameteseye. The extant copy of the survey is certainly of post- Conquest date ; in fact the forms of words might suggest an origin as late as the early part of the thirteenth century. It is impossible to say whether it is a copy of a document of the AS. period. The fact that the purely descriptive matter is in Latin, and the proper names only in English, would suggest that, if it is a copy of an original AS. survey, that survey belonged to a period before about A.D. 900. As the Latin involves no difficulty of translation, it need not be printed here. Survey. 1. ' First from the place called Domet's Island (.Dameteseye).' This is the island between the main Avon and a branch of it due W. of the village of Dauntsey. The survey, judged from the last landmark in it, seems to begin at the N. end of the island. 2. ' Straight along the Avon (Auene) to the Bridge of the Wood (Wodebrigge).' This bridge must have been somewhere near where Brinkworth Brook joins the Avon. Probably a bridge made by Malmesbury monastery for communication with its lands E. of the Avon. From this point the by. cuts E. across the parish along a line not marked by any modern by. (The N. part of the parish is included in a survey appended to the present one.) Consequently the next few landmarks are not determinable. 3. ' And from that place to ... 1 Burialplaces (Strengesburiels).' 1 Possibly a personal name Streng.
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