304 On So?ne Ancient Charters relating to North Newenton. 



on Wifles-ford ; ^onne sw& ond- then so along- the way to Swan- 



long weges to Sond-beorge ^ ; borough ; thence to Bot-well ; 



■Sonne to Botan-welle ^ ; Sonne thence by wood ; thence over 



bi wiodde; "Sonne ofer wiod on wood to the gore; and so again 



"Sone gaeran ^ ; and swa eft on to the Avon. 

 Afene. 



Charter of ^Selstan A° 93b. 



^rest on Avene set Stintes- First at the Avon at Stintes- 

 ford ; Sset andlang weges on ford ; thence along the way to 

 Teoltan-ford ; and swa ongean Teolt-ford j and so along the 

 stream on Wiflesford; Son and- stream to Wilsford; thence along 

 lang Sses f riSerpaSes * on Sand- the high-road to Hwanhorough ; 

 beorh ' ; of Sam beorge to Botan- f I'om that barrow [or hill] to 

 wylle®; Sonne forS on Blacan- Bot-well; thence forth to Black- 

 lace ^ ; Sset andlang lace ^ on legh ; then along the legh to the 

 Afene ; and swa andlang stremes Avon ; and so along the stream 

 eft on Stintesford. again to Stintesford. 



Local knowledge may be able to track out some names still re- 

 maining. Thus much I may say, that the general conclusion at 

 which I arrived, now some years ago, after having, together with 

 two friends — one the lamented Dr. Thurnam, and another then 

 holding the curacy of a neighbouring parish — done our best to in- 

 terpret the charters, was this, that the land-limits described start 



* This is probably the origin of Swanboeough, the name of the hundred in 

 which North Newnton is situated. There is on the road from Woodborough to 

 Wilcot a place called Swanborough Ashes. 



^ " Bot-&TX wylle " is most probably where 5o^-les-ford is at the present time. 



^ There is still a place called " The Gore " in the border-line next to Beeching- 

 stoke ; the meaning of the word " gar " is a projecting portion of land, a pro- 

 montory, &c. 



^ " Fri5er-pa5 " is probably a corruption for " Here-paS " (=;high-way). The 

 word "Fri^" means, literally, " peace " or " privilege." FriS-borh meant the 

 mutual security which men of the same manor or tithing gave for each others' 

 good conduct. It is difficult to see, if it be not a corruption, what its exact 

 meaning can be. 



* Blacan-^aee — the latter portion is probably a mistake for " Icege " (=:legh) — 

 and the whole word possibly means the " bleak " or " exposed " leigh, or plain. 



