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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
wise that barrow must have stood on some part of the
slope of the hill on which Liddington Castle (OMi)
stands.
28. Endlang Dich to Uphammere : ' Along the Dyke
to Upham Pond.'
The name Upham survives in that of Lower Upham
Farm (OMi) in Aldbourne parish. The pond was no doubt
one of those small artificial rainponds made on the downs
for the watering of cattle. The Liddington charter
mentions a pyt at or close to the angle in the Chisledon by.
above mentioned ; and this and the pond may be the same
landmark. In any case the pond must have been somewhere
near that angle in the by.
29. Of ther Dich on the Heued Londe southward ·.
' From the Dyke to the south end of the Headland (of a
ploughland).'
30. Thanen on the Stourewe (read Stanraewe) 1 : ' Then
to the Row of Stones.'
These stones must have been by. marks on that part of
the by. which runs E. and W. about 3 fur. N. of Lower
Upham Farm (OMi).
In the 1591 perambulation of Aldbourne this piece of
by. is called Badburie Mere, ' Badbury Balk.'
31. Τ hare eft on Bowelescrundel: ' Then again to . . .
Quarry.'
See landmark 1.
Three charters of the lands of Stanton St. Bernard,
4 m. E. of Devizes.
B.600; K.335.
RD. A.D. 905.
Granted by King Eadweard to Prince Ordlaf.
Hides. 20.
Name : Stantun.
Ident. K. Stanton, Wilts. ; B. Stanton, Wilts.
The survey appears to belong to the AS. age.
B.998; K.467.
RD. A.D. 957.
Granted by King Eadwic to Osulf, bishop of Ramsbury.
1 See note on 20.