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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ It is not easy to determine this landmark. The W. bend of the by. noted in relation to the last landmark, is pointing to a ridge between two depressions at the foot of the down. This ridge must be the Black Hill. An. Thonne forth ofer Here Path : ' Then on over the Highway.' Β17. Thonon of, etc. north to Hearpathe : ' Then from Black Hill north to the Highway.' This is the main road to Wilton which the by. crosses at Cribbage Hut (OM6) on the W. by. of Sutton. 1 Ai2. Thaet on Sticelan Path: 'Then to the Steep Path.' This path is probably represented at the present day by the track which goes N. from the Wilton road along the W. by. of Sutton. Β18. Of, etc. on tha Westran Dune westwerde : ' From the Highway to the west side of the Western Down.' This must be the high land N. of the Wilton road, on the by. W. of Sutton. A13. On Wadding Gerstun easte weardne : 'To the east side of the Grass Croft of the Waddings.' This may be part of the landmark A12, i.e. the meaning of the landmark may be that the steep path led up to the grass croft. At any rate it must have been on the W. by. of Sutton a few furlongs N. of the Wilton road. A14. Thaet forth ofer Chealf Hylle midde zvearde : ' Then on over (the middle of ?) Calf Hill.' Β19. Of, etc. on Chealf Hylle middewerde: ' From the Down to the middle of (?) Calf Hill.' This is the hill which projects N. like a promontory about i m. W. of the church at Sutton Mandeville. A15. Thonne on Wulf Cumb ufeweardne ·. 'Then to Wolf Combe from its upper side.' B20. Thonne of, etc. on Wulf hylle (read eumbe) 2 middewerde. The Wolf combe is the small combe which runs S. from Sutton Row (OMi). A16. Swa ihurh Dellwuda on Land Seor Ac ·. 'So through Quarry Wood to Boundary Oak.' 1 For this road see Arch. Journ. vol. Ixxv, 1918, ' Ancient Highways of Wilts.' road 58, p. 108. 2 There is no real doubt that the copyist of the charter has by an error repeated the ' byll' of the previous landmark.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ This wood must have been on the site of the wood which stands NE. of Sutton Row (OMi). Probably the boundary" oak marked the NE. corner of Sutton parish, about f m. N. of Sutton Row (OMi). B2 I. Of, etc. to Wuda : ' From Wolf (Combe) to the Wood.' This is the Dellwudu of the last mentioned landmark of A. B22. Swa be than Ε aid Wyrtruman in on Nodre : ' So by the Old Hillfoot to the Nadder (river).' The hillfoot was the northerly slope in the NW. part of Sutton parish, along the W. part of the N. by. A17. Swa on stream on Nodre : ' So to the river, to the Nadder.' The by. meets the Nadder at a bend of the river about 3 fur. NNW. of the church at Sutton. A18. Swa of dune on stream : ' So down stream.' The by. goes down the Nadder to the NE. corner of Fovant, where Compton Wood (OMi) and Fovant Wood (OMi) meet on the river. A19. That up of streame on Hanan Welle : ' Then up from the stream to Cock's Spring.' See landmark Ai. B23. Thonon andlang streames eft on thaene Haeran Haesl: ' Then along stream once more to the Hoar Hazeltree.' This tree must have stood where the E. by. of Fovant leaves the Nadder. Bi. Aerest on thone Haran Haesel: ' First to the Hoar Hazel-tree.' See the last landmark. B2. Of, etc. on Earnhylle middewerde: ' From the Hoar Hazel-tree to the middle of Eagle Hill.' Eagle Hill is the projecting promontory on the E. by. of Fovant in Fovant Wood (OMi) about if fur. S. of the Nadder. Charter of the lands of Stockton, about 9 m. WNW. of Wilton. B.595 ; K.1078. RD. A.D. 901. Granted by King Eadweard to Aethelwulf.
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