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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\<br />
Charter of the lands of Little Bedwyn, near Marlborough.<br />
B.225. K.133. 1 Land at Bedewinde.<br />
Hidage: 13.<br />
Granted <strong>by</strong> Cynewulf, King of the Saxons, to Earl Bica.<br />
RD. A.D. 778.<br />
Ident. B. Bedwyn, Wilts. ; K. Bedwin, Wilts.<br />
Survey.<br />
1. . . . Ab oriente v<strong>all</strong>em vocata?n Cymenes Denu :<br />
* . . . From the east the v<strong>all</strong>ey c<strong>all</strong>ed Cymen's Dean.'<br />
The narrow v<strong>all</strong>ey running up <strong>be</strong>tween Juggs Wood and<br />
Stype Wood (OMi) f m. E. of Little Bedwyn village. 2<br />
2. Et sic in longum vergens . . . nes Geat : ' And so<br />
along . . .'s Gate.'<br />
Probably <strong>this</strong> gate was at the <strong>be</strong>nd in the parish <strong>by</strong>. near<br />
the westernmost point of Stype Wood (OMi).<br />
3. Et sic in affricum vergens in longum illius septi tendit<br />
ad Peadan Stigele : ' And so turning south along' the<br />
Hedge (or, possibly, Game Enclosure) it reaches Peada's<br />
Stile.'<br />
The orientation of the charter shows the stile to have<br />
<strong>be</strong>en at the E. corner of the parish where the <strong>by</strong>. curves<br />
first S. and later SW.<br />
4. Deinde per id.dem septum in Filithleage australem<br />
partem : ' Then <strong>by</strong> the same Hedge (Game Enclosure ?)<br />
to the south part of Hay (?) Lea.'<br />
Whatever <strong>this</strong> lea was, it was certainly on the <strong>by</strong>. E.<br />
of Burridge Heath.<br />
5. Inde in longum praedicti septi in quoddam V<strong>all</strong>u{m)<br />
in Harandene : ' Thence along the aforesaid Hedge<br />
(Game Enclosure ?) to a certain Dyke in Hare's Dean.'<br />
The name of <strong>this</strong> dean survives in <strong>that</strong> of Harding<br />
Farm (OMi) in Great Bedwyn parish. The S. <strong>by</strong>. of Little<br />
Bedwyn, running W. towards Great Bedwyn \<strong>all</strong>age,<br />
traverses the dean. The position of the dean is further<br />
confirmed <strong>by</strong> its mention in the Great Bedwyn charter,<br />
B.1213. The Dyke is the Wansdyke (OMi).<br />
1 This charter has <strong>be</strong>en very exhaustively<br />
dealt with <strong>by</strong> Mr. O. G. S. Crawford of the<br />
Ordnance Survey in the Wilts. Archaeological<br />
Journal. My own solution of the<br />
charter was made <strong>be</strong>fore I saw his, and, I<br />
thini, <strong>be</strong>fore his was made. He and I have<br />
often discussed the charter and its details.<br />
I have noted with his initials information I<br />
have borrowed from his paper.<br />
2 O.G.S.C. notes Gymp Lane running<br />
from the head of <strong>this</strong> v<strong>all</strong>ey SSW. towards<br />
Burridge Heath (OMi). He thinlcs the<br />
name of the dean may survive in <strong>that</strong> of<br />
the lane.
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