114 Recent Wiltshire Books, Articles, &c. 



IV. K., C. D., Mcxx.; C. S., 734. A.D. 939. Winton. 



Also K., C. D., cccLxxviii. Original charter in the British Museum. 



XV. mansas set Cynetan in Uferantun. Rex. .lEthelstanus Wulfswythe 

 ancillse Christi. Overton by East Kennet. Boundaries : on wodnes dene 

 up to wodnes die. 



D. B., 15 hides. Monks of Winchester. 



V. K., C. D , ccccLXvii. ; C. S., 998. A.D. 957. 



XX mansas ajt Stantune. King Eadwig to Bishop Osulf. Stanton St. 

 Bernard. Boundaries : on wodnes die. Wilton. 



VI. K., C. D., ccccLxxxii. ; 0. S., 1058. A.D. 960. 



XX mansas in Stantun. King Eadgar to Bishop Osulf. Stanton St. 

 Bernard. Boundaries : on wodnesdic. Wilton. 



VII. K., C. D., ccocLxxxvi.; C. S., 1073. A. D. 961. 

 Headed : De Suthstoca, particulam quinis subestimatam mansiunculis 



in Tottanstoc. King Eadgar to the Church of Bath. South Stoke. 

 Boundaries : Mrest westan northan hyt mserath wodnes die. Bath. 

 Not named in Domesday. 



VIII. K., C. D., Dii. ; C. S., 1099. A.D. 963. 

 duas mansas atque dimidiam set. Stantune. King Edgar to the 



Decurion iElfsige. Stanton Prior. Boundaries : on wodnesdic. Bath, 

 D. B., 3 hides. Abbey of Bath. 



IX. K., C. D., Dxvi. ; C. S., 1164 A.D. 965. 

 bis quaternis preter semissam mansiunculis in Stantun. King Eadgar 



to .iEscwig, Abbot of Bath. Stanton Prior. Boundaries: oth wodnes^ 

 die. Bath. 



X. K., a D., DLxvi. ; C. S., 1257. A.D., 970. 



Exchange between King Eadgar and .^Escwig, Abbot of Bath ; the 

 King giving x cassates at Cliftune, and the Abbot 100 maucusses of gold 

 and x mansas at Cumtun. In the boundaries of Cliftune : rihte on 

 wodnes die. of wodnesdic on fosse streat. This Cliftune must be 

 Lyncombe, south of Bath, for that is the only point at which Wansdyke 

 and the Fosse meet. Bath. 



D. B., Lincuma, 10 hides. Abbey of Bath. 



XI. K., 0. Z>., Mcix.; C\ -S., 699. A.D. 933. 



v cassatos secus silvam que appellatur Safernoc ast Motenes oran. 

 King Athelstan to St. Mary's, Wilton. Boundaries : to wodnes die. 

 Wilton." 



From these notices he concludes that the dyke was in existence 

 throughout its whole length by 970 A.D , that it existed in 939 A.D., and 

 that therefore iji all probability it existed in 825 A.D., the date of the 

 defeat of the Mercians at Ellendune (Wroughton) by the West Saxons, 

 because after this date the West Saxons would have no need of a defence 

 against Mercia. Mr. Taylor then calls attention to a very striking fact 

 in connection with the dyke itself. 



"If we consider the relation of the dyke to the boundaries of the parishes 

 through which it passes we are presented with a very singular condition 



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