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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
Charter reputed to refer to the lands of Hardenhuish,
" immed. N.W of Chippenham.
B.469 ; K.270.
RD. A.D. 854.
Granted by Aethelwulf, king of the West Saxons, to
Wiferth, the thegn.
Hides. Number defective in the MS.
Name, in the survey, Heregeardingc Hiwisc.
Ident. K. none ; B. Hardenhuish, Wilts.
Some doubt has been expressed as to whether this
document refers to lands at Hardenhuish in Wilts. For
myself I am inclined to think that the form of the name in
the survey renders it almost certain that it does.
The survey attached to the document originates
certainly in the Saxon age. But its topographical interpretation
presents great difficulties ; and all that can be claimed
for the interpretation here given is a certain amount of
probability, in no single instance, perhaps, amounting to
certainty.
Survey.
1. Aerest on tha Northigge eastewearde : ' First to the
North Island (on its east side ?).'
Ig in AS. is used in a wider sense than the word ' island.'
It may apply to a mere rise of ground surrounded by marsh,
or to a piece of land surrounded, or nearly surrounded, by
streams and dykes.
I am inclined to think that the survey begins at the SE.
corner of the parish, and that the North island was a piece
of land between the streams at Woodlands (OM6), 1 fur.
W. of Landsend (OMi). Nearly all AS. surveys begin at
some cardinal angle of the land defined.
2. Τ hone on tha Miclanmed : ' Then to the Great
Mead.'
This was probably just N. of the stream which flows by
Lord's Barn (OMi).
3. Thone on Tydgincmaed : ' Then to (Tydging ?)
Mead.'
Tydging may be a family name derived from some
unrecorded personal name.
This was probably just SW. of Lord's Barn (OMi).
4. Thonne on tha Mylendic : ' Then to the Mill
Ditch.'