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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ The by. runs NW. down the Lide stream. I strongly suspect that Ham Dyke is the agger of the Roman road which forms the parish by. for i m. S. of Covingham Farm (OMi). 8. Of, etc. innan tha Heafod Stoccas: ' From the House Dyke to the Stakes of the Headland.' Headstakes are frequent landmarks in AS. charters. They were no doubt stakes set up to mark the bounds of a ploughland. These stakes must have been on the short piece of by. which runs NW. if fur. SW. of Covingham Farm (OMi). 9. Of, etc. innan Dorca?i : ' From the Headland Stakes to Dorca.' Dorca is the name of the stream which runs by Covingham Farm. In the Liddington charter K.386 this same part of the stream is called Dorcyn ; and further up, the stream is called Dorterne Brok in the_ Badbury charter B.904. That the name was pre-Saxon seems certain ; but the variations in the extant forms of it leave the original form a matter of uncertainty. 10. Szva and lang streames innan tha Ealdanig Die : ' So along stream to the Dyke of the Old Island.' The by. passes W. along the Dorca (?), and then turns N. towards the river Cole along a perfectly straight line of 5 fur. Along this line must have run the dyke of the old island. The old island was probably the land between the Cole (Smita) and the Dorca (?). 11. Swa andlang Die innan Smitan stream : ' So along the Dyke to the Smita Stream.' The Smita is the River Cole (cf. point 1 of the Hinton charter). This by. reaches it at a point about t m. due W. of Nythe Farm (OMi). 12. Szva andlang streames on easte weard Lilies Ham : ' So along stream to the east side of Lill's House.' This carries the survey all along the N. by. which is formed by the Smita. Lill's House must have been at the NE. corner of the parish, i m. SE. of Longleaze Farm (OMi) in South Marston parish. 13. Up in thane Blaean Pyt : ' Up to the Black Pit.' 14. Of, etc. on midde wyrth (for weard) thane Maere on thaene Stan : ' From the Black Pit to the middle of the Balk to the Stone.'
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ 15. Of, etc. innan tha Holan Wannan : 'From the Stone to the Hollow (Spindle-tree ?).' 16. Of, etc. up on Icenhilde Weg ·. ' From the Hollow (Spindle-tree ?) up to Icknield Way.' This brings the survey to where the E. by. of the parish crosses the Icknield Way, i.e. the road between the villages of Wanborough and Little Hinton. 1 13, 14, and 15 must have been on the E. by. N. of the Icknield Way; but it is impossible to conjecture their individual sites. Harpit (OMi) may commemorate the Black Pit ; but it is more likely that the name, like Harepit in another part of Wilts., is a descendant of herepath, ' highway,' having a reference to the neighbouring Roman road. 17. On thaene Haethenan Byriels : ' To the Heathen Burialplace.' This might be taken as part of 16, for it is almost certainly implied that the burialplace was at the point where the E. by. of Wanborough crosses the Icknield Way. 18. Of Icen hilde Wege innan tha C we aim Stowe : ' From Icknield Way to the Cross.' Cwealm Stow implies not merely a cross, but one with the effigy of Christ hanging on it. It would probably be beside a road; and would probably be where the by. crosses the Ridgeway. 19. Of, etc. innan Swyrd Aeeeras Heafod : ' From the Cross to the Headland of the (Sword ? 2 ) Strips of Ploughland.' 20. On thonam Hwitan Pyt : ' To the White Pit.' Possibly part of 19. 21. Of, etc. innan tha Twegen Stanes on Μ or tan Cumbae: ' From the White Pit to the Two Stones to (Morta's ?) Combe.' The site of the white pit is not determinable. Mortan Cumb may be another name for the Micel Cumb of the Hinton survey, i.e. the big combe in the S. of Wanborough parish. 22. Of, etc. and lang thes Wogan Hlinces : ' From Morta's Combe along the Crooked Lynch.' See landmark 22 of the previous Hinton charter.· 1 For a description of the Icknield Way see Arch. Journ. vol. lxxv, 1918, ' Ancient Highways of Wilts.' road 13, p. 77, and 'Ancient Highways of Berks.' road 3, p. 123. 2 Such seems to be the only possible meaning of Swyrd. Query, were they strips which ran to an acute point at one end f
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