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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ 4. Thonne andlang Herpothes in on Beorge: ' Then along the Highway to the Barrow.' The highway was along the line of the track abovementioned. 1 Its course is still maintained in a road running along the great curve in the W. by. of Burcombe to Barford St. Martin. The barrow has vanished. 5. Forth thonne andlang streames oth Oxnaford : ' Then on down stream as far as the ford of the Oxen.' The by. followed the highway to the Nadder ; and then went down that river to the ford which was probably where the W. by. of Burcombe crosses the river about 3i fur. WNW. of the church at Burcombe. 6. Thonne thaer ofer on ane Lake : ' Then there over to a Backwater.' The AS. laeu is always used of streams with little or no current, and frequently of backwaters of rivers. The lake here is probably that side stream which flows parallel with the main stream of the Nadder, and about 1 fur. N. of it. 7. Thonne andlang Lake eft in on Noddre: ' Then along the Backwater once more to the Nadder river.' This brings the survey back to the first landmark. Charter of part of the lands of Burcombe which lie N. of the Nadder river (immed. WNW. of Wilton). B.985. K.456. RD. A.D. 956. Granted by King Eadwic to Wistan. Hides. 4. Name : Leofsiges Gete. Ident. K. None ; B. Leofsiges Gete, on the Nadder, Wilts. The survey is of the Saxon age, and may be contemporary with the grant. Survey. 1. Up to thare Die : ' Up to the Dyke.' What is probably the W. by. of the grant is well marked on the OM6 by a line of fence which runs from the Nadder at a point £ m. E. by S. of the church at Burcombe in a 1 For this road see Arcb. Journ. vol. lxxv, 1918,' Ancient Highways of Wilts.,' road 6r, p. 109.
THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\ general direction slightly E. of N. to a point on the N. by. ι fur. E. by S. of the SE. corner of Heath Wood (OMi). The final landmark of the survey shows that it really begins at a point on the main road to Salisbury f m. E. of Burcombe church. The dyke still exists at the N. end of this W. by. of the grant, N. of the track called the Ox Drove (OM6)r the track running E. and W. a long £ m. S. of Heath Wood (OMi). 2. Thonne up to tham Thome : ' Then up to the Thorntree.' This tree must have been where the boundaries of Wilton and Burcombe now meet about a furlong ESE. of the SE. corner of Heath Wood (OMi). 3. Thonne up to Grimes Die : ' Then up to Grim's Dyke.' This is the great dyke which runs all along the top of the ridge between the valleys of the Wylye and the Nadder. The Die of 1 meets it on the N. by. of the parish. 1 4. Andlang Die to otheren Thorne : ' Along the Dyke to the other Thorntree.' The by. can only have gone a few yards along the Grim's Dyke. This second thorntree must have been where the E. by. of Burcombe turns down SSE. from the dyke. 5. Thonne ta tham Graegan Stane : ' Then to the Grey Stone.' 6. Thonne to tham Wudu Wege that hit sticat innan Nodre : ' Then to the Way of the Wood till it reaches the Nadder.' This way is mentioned in the Ditchampton (Wilton) charter, K.778. From that charter it is clear that it ran up the by.between Burcombe and Wilton as far as where the Ox Drove leaves the by. See OM6. From this charter it appears that this way ran from there right down the E. by. of Burcombe to the Nadder. For the greater part of this distance it is represented by a modern road. The grey stone must have been on this E. by. N. of the" Ox Drove. The by. meets the Nadder about 300 yds. W. by N. of the church of St. Mary and St. Nicholas at Wilton. 7. Thonne andlang Noddre that hit stieath on Eatstanes 1 For the name Grim's Dyke, see p. 291
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