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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.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ B9. Thonon ov· thane Maer Stan: ' Then to the Boundary Stone.' C9. Same as B9. Bio. Of, etc. on tha Foxholu : ' From the Stone to the Foxes' Earths.' C10. Same as B.io. Ay. Fhonne of, etc. on Gemer Beorgas : ' Then ffom the Boundary Stone to the Boundary Barrows.' Β11. Thonon on thone Stanigan Beurh on Thorn Dune northewearde: ' Then to the Stony Barrow on Thorn Down approaching it from the north.' Cn. Same as Bn. Thorn Down is now Thorn Hill, at the N. end of the parish (OMi). The tumuli (OM6) are still there. The foxholes of Bio were probably at the extreme N. point of the parish, a short 3 fur. SSE. of Long Barrow (OMi). The boundary stone of A6 etc. was probably at the short bend which the W. by. makes about 300 yds. N. of Stanton Beeches (OMi). The down just N. of this is called Harestone Down. The Hline Raewe was possibly on the W. by. just N. of the Wansdyke (OMi); and the black grove must also have been about there. The sharp stone and Cobba's stone must therefore have been on the W. by. between the Wansdyke and the dean of A3 etc. A8. Thonne on Longan Dene neothe wearde to anan Stane : ' Then down to Long Dean to a Stone.' Β12. Of, etc. on tha Stanes andlang Dene neothewearde : ' From the Barrow to the Stones along the Dean going downward.' C12. Same as B12. The E. by. descends into a dean just S. of Thorn Hill (OMi) ; and numerous sarsen stones are marked in the map (OM6) in the neighbourhood. But the reference may be to boundary stones. B13. Of, etc. on anne Stan: 'From the Stone to a Stone.' C13. SameasBi3. Β14. Thonon on anne Thorn : ' Then to a Thorntree.' C14. Same as B14. A9. Thonne ofer Wodnes Die : ' Then over Woden's Dyke (Wansdyke).'
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