It must be understood by all those who read these charters that this ...

THE SAXON LAND CHARTERS OF WILTSHIRE. I ~J\
All these landmarks are on the N. by. of Bremhill parish ;
but they are mostly of such a nature as to make identification
not very probable. But the Clif of 9 is evidently the
slope on that part of the by. immed. E. of the S. end of
Melsome Wood (OMi). Therefore the Stigel Weg of 10
must have run up the hill towards Catcombe Wood (OMi).
A landmark in the Christian Malford charter would suggest
that the sandpit of 8 was at the SE. corner of Melsome
Wood (OMi) ; and it is probable that the huckeam and
the great tree were at the two most marked bends in the
N. by. between Melsome Wood (OMi) and the Avon, the
former 3 fur. N. of Foxham church, the latter at Thornend
(OMi), which may owe its name to the former presence
of this boundary mark.
Charters relating to grants of land at Overton and
Kennett, 4 m. W. of Marlborough.
B.734. K.i 120.
RD. A.D. 939.
Granted by King Aethelstan to Wulfswyth, a nun.
Hides. 15.
Names : The land is described as being ' juxta dirivativis
fluentium successibus aet cynetan in illo loco ubi
ruricoli antiquo usu nomen indiderunt uferan tun:
B.1285. K.571.
RD. A.D. 972.
Granted by King Eadgar to the lady Aelflaed.
Hides. 10.
Names: Aet Uuertune: Cynetan.
The survey of the earlier charter is certainly of the AS.
period, and so is that of the later charter.
The boundaries of Overton and the neighbouring
parishes have undergone considerable changes, some of which
have been made in quite recent times, and are more or less
traceable. But it seems certain that other changes had
been made at an earlier date, the record of which has been
lost. There are, therefore, certain parts of the surveys which
are not satisfactorily determinable; and the present
attempt to elucidate the boundaries will be confined to
those landmarks the position of which is determinable with