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THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\<br />
The name Cadanburna seems to have <strong>be</strong>en applied in<br />
the survey to the brook which flows past Barn Bridge (OMi)<br />
into the Avon at a point 3 fur. NNW. of Stokes Farm<br />
(OMi), but only to the lower part of the brook. The name<br />
Cat brook occurs on OM6 at a point about J m. ENE. of<br />
Gaston's Farm (OMi), where a brook coming from the SE.<br />
joins the main brook : and <strong>this</strong> brook is c<strong>all</strong>ed in OM6 Cat<br />
brook. This is apparently the nomenclature adopted <strong>by</strong><br />
the surveyors. But the names Catcom<strong>be</strong> and Catcom<strong>be</strong><br />
Wood on the E. <strong>by</strong>. of the parish (OMi) show <strong>that</strong> the name<br />
Cadanburna was also applied to the brook which forms the<br />
S. <strong>by</strong>. of <strong>this</strong> grant, the upper part of which the surveyors<br />
denominate <strong>by</strong> the general term stream.<br />
4. ' And from the head of <strong>that</strong> Bourne (Burne) straight<br />
to the Avon.'<br />
The term ' head' seems to <strong>be</strong> used in a loose sense here<br />
to mean the point where the modern Cat brook <strong>be</strong>gins to<br />
form the <strong>by</strong>. of the grant. <strong>It</strong> joins the Avon, as has <strong>be</strong>en<br />
said, about 3 fur. NNW. of Stokes Farm (OMi).<br />
5. ' And so straight <strong>by</strong> the Avon (Avene) to the Ford<br />
of the Cross (Cristemaleford!).'<br />
<strong>It</strong> is doubtful whether <strong>this</strong> reference is to the ford<br />
itself, or to the land boundary of Christian Malford. This<br />
copy of the survey is not of the AS. age ; and it is impossible<br />
to say whether it goes back to one of <strong>that</strong> age. But, as far<br />
-as AS. surveyors are concerned, it is not <strong>by</strong> any means their<br />
practice to speak of the <strong>by</strong>. of a neighbouring land-unit<br />
merely <strong>by</strong> the name of the place. They use in such instances<br />
•some expression such as Cingtuninga Gemaere.<br />
6. ' And from there straight to . . . (huckeam).' 1<br />
7. ' And from there to the Great Tree (le Grete Trowe).'<br />
8. ' And from there to the Sandpit (Sand Seteth).' 2<br />
9. ' And from there to the Steep Slope (le Clif).''<br />
10. ' And so along the Steep Slope to the Path of the<br />
Stile (Stigelweye).'<br />
11. ' And from <strong>that</strong> Way to Black Marsh (Blake(mo)<br />
more).' 3<br />
12. 'And from the Marsh to the'above-mentioned<br />
place, namely, Rook Com<strong>be</strong> (Wroekum<strong>be</strong>).'<br />
1 Possibly AS. hoc-hamm, ' Hookham,' an<br />
enclosure in a nook; or, perhaps an L-shaped<br />
lenclosure.<br />
2 I have <strong>read</strong> <strong>this</strong> as AS. Sand Seath.<br />
3 For the meaning of mor see p. 215.
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