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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ stream the parish by. turns SE. for about 300 yds. and here must have been the Mere Acre. 4. And so to the south edge of . . . Dean (Lasse Dene suth Eke).'' The by. now turns SW. and along it flows a stream parallel to the stream of 3. The hollow in which this stream runs is the Lasse Dene of 4. This dean is mentioned in the Chelworth (Crudwell) charter, B.586. 5. ' And from that edge (Eke) to Narrow Way.' The by. now turns SE. again, and follows once more the line of the narrow way mentioned in 1. 6. ' And so straight by the Way to Long Furlong (L angeuorlange).' This long furlong would be ploughland at the next bend of the by. where it turns again NE. about ^ m. due N. of the church at Norton (OMi). The furlong must have stretched along this short piece of by. running NE. The next few landmarks are intricate and difficult to follow in detail. 7. ' And so southwards through the Headland of a Ploughland (HeuecLlonde) to the Stump of the Elder-tree (Ellerne Stubbe).' The by. turns SE. again, and runs to a point immed. NE. of the village at the Vine Tree Inn (OM6). Along this stretch of by. must have run the headland, and the elder stump must have been where the inn now stands. After this the remainder of the N. by. seems to have been in ancient times more complicated than it is at the present day. 8. ' And from it to the Borough Way (Burh Weye): l 9. ' And so from the Way to the Woodpigeon Thorntree (le Culuer Thome)? 10. ' And from that Thorn through the meadow to Kingsway (Kingweye).' 11. 'And from that Way direct to Ludeca's Stone (Ludec Ston).' 12. ' And so towards the west straight along the road to the Ford of the Mayweed (Magthe Ford): 2 1 1 have thus translated burh because this is a late document in which that word need not have had the meaning which it seems always to have in documents of the AS. age, viz. ' camp.' 2 A ford of this name on a backwater of the Thames near Oxford is mentioned in an Abingdon charter.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ The name of this ford survives in the name Maidford (OMi). It is probable, though not certain, that it was at the NE. corner of the parish, where the road from Corston to Foxley crosses a brook. It may perhaps have been nearer Maidford, on the brook which runs ENE. from Norton village ; but the number of landmarks which intervene between it and 7 render this unlikely. The King Weie is almost certainly the road called Honey lane which runs eventually to Foxley, though it does not seem in former days to have run through Foxley village. 1 The identity of the Burh Weye is uncertain. It may have been a road along the line of the fieldpath running N. from Norton towards Foxley. 13. ' And from it to the Mead of the son of Bada (Bading Mede).' This was probably at the extreme E. point of the parish, i m. SE. of Gorsey Leaze (OMi). 14. ' And from that meadow to . . . Slade (Gurwe Slade).' The slade was probably the small stream valley S. of Bradfield Wood (OMi). 15. ' And so straight through the valley to the Dyke.' This dyke must have run along the SE. by. on either side of the road from Norton to Hullavington. 16. ' And by the dyke straight to the Thorntree which stands on (Iron ?) Down ( Ysendone).' The down is the higher land on the SE. by. SSE. and S. of the village of Norton. 17. ' And from the Thorntree through the Meadow (of the Hide ?) (Hides Ε disc).' This was probably at the extreme S. point of the parish. 18. 'And so by a Furrow straight to (Pird's ?) Spring (Pirdes Welle).' The furrow must have run along the SW. by. and the spring must have been on the by. Local inquiry might determine its position. 19. ' And so straight through the valley to the place first mentioned, namely, Bird Pond (Fougel Mere).' See 1. 1 For details of this road see Arcb. Jourrt. vol. Ixxv, ' Ancient Highways of Wilts,' road 3, p. 73.
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