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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.'
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ This would appear to be that part of Hardenhuish Brook (OM6) which forms part of the W. by. about zi fur. SW. of the church at Hardenhuish (OMi). 5. Thone up to Mealmehtanleahe : ' Then up to Sandy (or Chalky) Lea.' 6. Thone to Scelces Stede : ' Then to Scelc's Farmsteading.' 7. Thone on Aeschyrste aestewerde : ' Then to the (Small) Wood of Ashtrees on its east side.' 8. Τ hone to Ilunigyrste : ' Then to Honey Wood.' 9. Thone to Thunres Felda : ' Then to Thunder's Open Lands.' 10. Thonne on Fontanhlewe : 'Then to the Low (tumulus) of the Spring.' Landmarks 5-9 are quite indeterminable ; but they would be on the N. parts of the W. and of the E. boundaries of the parish. But it is possible that traces of Spring Low survive in the name Barrow Farm (OM6), which stands just outside the parish by. f m. NE. of Greenway Lane (OMi). Also the field-name Old Burrow occurs on the by. about 150 yds. S. of the S. edge of the wood called Bird's Marsh (OMi), which is in Langley Burrell. This field may be the site of the low. 11. Thonne on TVernanbroc : ' Then to Wren Brook.' This is probably the brook at Greenway Lane (OMi), 1 fur. S. of Barrow Farm (above), which flows first E. and then N. to the SE. corner of the park of Langley House (OMi). 12. Thonne on Wrennanwylle : 'Then to Wrens' Spring.' Presumably the source of the above brook, which must be somewhere quite near to the last point. 13. Thonne on tW Waeterslaed : 'Then to the Water Slade (Wooded Valley or Depression).' This was probably near Greenway Lane (OMi). 14. Thaet forth on Hagan : ' Then on to the Hedge (of the Game Enclosure).' This Game Enclosure was probably in the SE. .part of what is now Hardenhuish Park. 15. Eft to there northigge eastewearde : See landmark 1.
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