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

THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
B4. Up to tham Haethenan Byrgelse : ' To the Heathen
Burialplace.'
C4. Same as B4.
A3. Thonne thonan on Thrifing Dene : ' Then to . . - 1
Dean.'
B5. Thonan on thryfeld Dene : ' Then to . . , 1 Dean.'
C5. Same as B5.
This dean is that at the head of the brook which runs
down the S. part of the W. by. of the parish, f m. SW. of
the church at Stanton St. Bernard. The dean has three
heads formed by three branches of the brook.
The heathen burialplace of B4 and C4 must have been
between this and the mill (OMi) on the brook.
The identity of the hollow way or old way is uncertain.
It may have been more or less along the line of
the road which runs S. from Stanton village, and seems to
have in former days turned W. to cross the brook near
where the mill now stands (OMi).
We now come to a series of landmarks the exact position
of some of which is not determinable at the present day ;
and, in order to arrive at their approximate positions, it
will be necessary to carry the survey forward until we arrive
at a landmark the position of which can be definitely fixed.
B.6. Of, etc. on thane Scearpan Stan : ' From the Dean
to the Sharp Stone.'
C6. Same as Β6.
A4. And thonne of, etc. on Seeobban Stan : ' And then
from the Dean to Sceobba's Stone.'
B7. Thonon on Cobban Stan : ' Then to Cobba's Stone.' 2
C7. Thonon on Cobben Stan :
A5. Thonne thonan on Blaean Graf: ' Then to Black
Grove.'
B8. Of, etc. on ane Hline Reave oth hit eymth to Blaean
Grafum : ' From the Stone to a Row (of trees ?) by a Lynch
till it comes to Black Groves.'
C8. Same as B8.
A6. Thonne of, etc. on Gemerstan : ' Then from the
Black Grove to the Boundary Stone.'
1 1 suspect the proper reading to be
Tbrifingre, 1 three finger,' having reference
to the fact that the dean has three heads.
2 Curiously enough in the charter of
Bayworth (Sunningwell) Berks., B. 932, the
two names Scobba and Ceobba appear attached
to landmarks which are quite close to one
another.