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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\<br />
stream the parish <strong>by</strong>. turns SE. for about 300 yds. and here<br />
<strong>must</strong> have <strong>be</strong>en the Mere Acre.<br />
4. And so to the south edge of . . . Dean (Lasse<br />
Dene suth Eke).''<br />
The <strong>by</strong>. now turns SW. and along it flows a stream<br />
par<strong>all</strong>el to the stream of 3. The hollow in which <strong>this</strong><br />
stream runs is the Lasse Dene of 4. This dean is mentioned<br />
in the Chelworth (Crudwell) charter, B.586.<br />
5. ' And from <strong>that</strong> edge (Eke) to Narrow Way.'<br />
The <strong>by</strong>. now turns SE. again, and follows once more<br />
the line of the narrow way mentioned in 1.<br />
6. ' And so straight <strong>by</strong> the Way to Long Furlong<br />
(L angeuorlange).'<br />
This long furlong would <strong>be</strong> ploughland at the next<br />
<strong>be</strong>nd of the <strong>by</strong>. where it turns again NE. about ^ m. due<br />
N. of the church at Norton (OMi). The furlong <strong>must</strong> have<br />
stretched along <strong>this</strong> short piece of <strong>by</strong>. running NE.<br />
The next few landmarks are intricate and difficult to<br />
follow in detail.<br />
7. ' And so southwards through the Headland of a<br />
Ploughland (HeuecLlonde) to the Stump of the Elder-tree<br />
(Ellerne Stub<strong>be</strong>).'<br />
The <strong>by</strong>. turns SE. again, and runs to a point immed.<br />
NE. of the village at the Vine Tree Inn (OM6). Along<br />
<strong>this</strong> stretch of <strong>by</strong>. <strong>must</strong> have run the headland, and the<br />
elder stump <strong>must</strong> have <strong>be</strong>en where the inn now stands.<br />
After <strong>this</strong> the remainder of the N. <strong>by</strong>. seems to have<br />
<strong>be</strong>en in ancient times more complicated than it is at the<br />
present day.<br />
8. ' And from it to the Borough Way (Burh Weye): l<br />
9. ' And so from the Way to the Woodpigeon Thorntree<br />
(le Culuer Thome)?<br />
10. ' And from <strong>that</strong> Thorn through the meadow to<br />
Kingsway (Kingweye).'<br />
11. 'And from <strong>that</strong> Way direct to Ludeca's Stone<br />
(Ludec Ston).'<br />
12. ' And so towards the west straight along the road<br />
to the Ford of the Mayweed (Magthe Ford): 2<br />
1 1 have thus translated burh <strong>be</strong>cause<br />
<strong>this</strong> is a late document in which <strong>that</strong> word<br />
need not have had the meaning which it<br />
seems always to have in documents of the<br />
AS. age, viz. ' camp.'<br />
2 A ford of <strong>this</strong> name on a backwater of<br />
the Thames near Oxford is mentioned in<br />
an Abingdon charter.
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