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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
This brings the survey back to the Avon at the point
where the E. part of the S. by. reaches it. The ford was
right opposite the hamlet of Fyfield (OMi), where a ford
still exists. The black dean runs down to the river from
the E. at this point. The Straet is now apparently
represented by the road which runs down the dean, and
forms the S. by. of the parish for nearly a mile. But the
application of the term straet to such a road, which is
neither a Roman road nor a ridgeway, is unique in at any
rate the Hants, Wilts, and Berks, charters. How it came
to be so called—whether, for instance, it was a vicinal way
of Roman times—cannot be said. The rough barrow and
the 'Amwic ' have left no traces; but they must have been
on the by. near Combe Field Barn (OMi).
15. Of, etc. andlanc streames: 'From the Ford along
stream.'
The by. runs down the Avon for £ m.
16. On thonae Bradan Igeoth : ' To the Broad Eyot.'
This must be the large eyot opposite Fittleton.
17. Of, etc. and lang streames to thaere Ealdan Die aet
Risesteorte : ' From the eyot along stream to the Old Dyke
at the Tongue of Land where the Rushes grow.'
This tongue of land must have been where the by.
leaves the river to run W. opposite Fittleton village. The
old dyke was probably one of the backwaters of the Avon
at that point.
18. Of, etc. on thone Greatan Hlinc : ' From the Tongue
of land to the Great Lynch.'
This would be where the by. makes several short bends
at the end of a ridge a short f m. W. of the river.
19. Of, etc. and lang Furh on thone Ruge Sled: ' From
the Great Lynch along a Furrow to the Rough Slade.'
The first place which could possibly be called a slade
which the S. by. going W. meets is the hollow 2 fur. SW. of
Lavington Folly (OMi).
20. O/, etc. on thone Flit Gar an: ' From the Slade to
the (Disputed ?) Gore (Triangular Strip of Ploughland).'
21. Of, etc. on Fitelan Sladaes Crundael: ' From the
Gore to the Quarry of Fitela's Slade.'
The name Fitela is part of the name of the village of
Fittleton in the parish of Netheravon. So this slade is
doubtless on the Netheravon by., i.e. on the S. by. of Enford.