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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ Ident. K. ? ; B. North Newington on the River Avon, near Wivelsford, co. Wilts. B.699; K.i 109. RD. A.D. 934. Granted by King Aethelstan to St. Mary's, Wilton. Hides. 10. Names : (1) in title, North Niwan Tunes (hoc) ; (2) in body of document, Nywantun ... be avene streme. Ident. Κ ? ; Β. Newnton, co. Wilts. Both the surveys are certainly founded on surveys of AS. date ; and, if not the originals, are pre-Conquest copies of the same. As the landmarks of the two surveys correspond largely, it will be well to take them together, denominating the landmarks of the earlier survey by the letter A and those of the latter by B. Ai. Aerest be Aefene Staethe on Stintesford : ' First by Avon Bank to Stint's Ford.' Bi. Aerest on Auene aet Stintes Forde : ' First to the Avon at Stint's Ford.' It is probable that the Staeth was at the NE. corner of the f>arish, 1 fur. from what represents the village at Manningord Bohun. The by. runs S. down the Avon. Stint's Ford was at the SE. corner of the parish, f m. S. of Wood Bridge (OMi). What is obviously an old track comes up to the ford from the SE. A2. Thonne on Riseslaed : ' Then to the Rush Slade.' Subsequent landmarks show this to have been on the S. by. somewhere about due N. of the village of Rushall. B2. Thaet andlang Weges on Τeoltan Ford : ' Then along the Way (or Track) to Teolta's Ford.' A3. Thonne on Tioltanford : ' Then to Teolta's Ford.' The weg is probably represented at the present day by the roadway which passes along the W. part of the S. by. of the parish. The ford was at the SW. corner of the parish, a few yds. S. of Cuttenham Farm (OMi). A4. Thonne on Wifeles Ford: ' Then to Beetle's Ford.' 1 B3. And swa on gean stream on Wifeles Ford : ' And so up stream to Beetle's Ford.' 1 * Beetle ' maj be a personal name.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ The survey now passes up the Avon along the W. by. of the parish to a ford which gave its name to the neighbouring parish of Wilsford. The ford was over the Avon at the westernmost corner of the parish about f m E. of Puck Shipton (OMi). A5. Thonne swae ond long Weges : ' Then so along the Way.' B4. Thonne and lang thaes Frith Herpathes ·. ' Then along the Highway through the Brushwood.' This is an old road which ran along the NW. by. of the parish N. from Wifeles Ford. It is probably part of a great highway of. pre-Saxon times. 1 A6. Ίο Sond Beorge : ' To Sand Barrow.' B5. On Sand Beorh : ' To Sand Barrow.' The barrow has vanished ; but it must have stood at the bend in the by. ι fur. S. of Broad Street (OMi). Ay. Thonne to Botan Waelle : ' Then to Bota's Spring.' B6. Of, etc. to Botan Wylle : ' From the Sand Barrow to Bota's Spring.' This spring cannot have been far from the Sand Barrow, somewhere on the short N. by. of the parish. It is probable that the name Bottle Farm (OM6) in Beechingstoke, and also the name Bottlesford (OMi) in Manningford Bohun are reminiscent of the name of the spring. It was probably at the first bend which this short N. by. makes close to Broad Street. 2 A8. Thonne hi Wiodde : ' Then by the Wood.' The landmarks come somewhat thickly in this part of the survey of B.657. The wood must have stood just NE. of Gores (OMi). A9. Thonne ofer Wiod on thone Gaeran : ' Then (above ?) the Wood to the Gore (triangular piece of ploughland).' Probably the gore was at the second bend in the N. by. about ι fur. ENE. of Gores (OMi), which may derive its name from the gore of the charter. A10. And swae eft on Afene : ' And so again to the Avon.' This carries the survey back to the river, which forms the E. by. of the parish. 1 See Arch. Journ. lxxv, 1918, ' Ancient Highways of Wilts.' road 14, p. 78. * In a perambulation of Manningford Bohun made in 1591 the passage of a small tributary of the Avon on the present road from Gores (OMi) to Bottlesford (OMi) is called Botewells Fordc.
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