It must be understood by all those who read these charters that this ...

THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
Hides. 20.
Name : Stantun.
Ident. K. Stanton, Wilts. ; B. Stanton Fitz-Bernard,
Wilts.
The survey is certainly of the AS. age ; and may even
be contemporary with the grant.
B.1053; K.482.
RD. A.D. 960.
Granted by King Eadgar to Osulf, bishop of Ramsbury.
Hides. 20.
Name : Stantun.
Ident. K. Stanton, Worcestershire; B. ' Stantune,'
Wilts.
The survey is of AS. date, and is probably contemporary
with the grant.
As the landmarks of the three surveys largely correspond,
the landmarks of the three will be taken together, those of
B.600 denominated by A ; those of B.998 by Β ; those of
B.1053 by C.
Surveys.
Ai. Aerest on Holan Wylle: 'First to the Hollow
Spring.'
Bi. Aerest of Hole Wille.
Ci. Aerest of Holan Wylle.
It is possible that wyll has here the meaning ' brook,'
though that meaning is rare in the charters. In any case the
wyll was at the W. end of the S. by. of the parish, about
f m. NW. of the church at Beechingstoke.
B2. On tha Ruwan Hola : ' To the Rough Hole
(? Hollow).'
C2. On tha Ruwan Hola.
It is impossible to say what was exactly the nature of
this landmark ; but it was on the W. by. somewhere near
Stanton Dairy (OMi).
A2. Thonne from, etc. on Holan Weg midde weardne 1 :
' Then from the Hollow Spring to the Hollow Way . . . .'
B3. Thonon on thone Ealdan Weg : ' Then to the Old
Way (or Track).'
C3. Same as B.3.
1 1 cannot say what middevieardne means in this connexion.