PROCEEDINGS OF THE COTTESWOLD CLUB 3 1 



Names of places and fields in Maisemore, Puck Pit, 

 Farmer's Horn, Slough Wash Hill, Sinklose, Woodcroft 

 Hides, Swingley, Wabblidge Hill, Highridden Hill, Crock- 

 ley. 



Hartpury, or Hardeper, or Hardepury ; anciently Mere- 

 went. 



OfFa, King of Mercia, gave the manor of xMerewent to 

 the Nunnery established at Gloucester, when Eva was 

 Abbess, 769 A.D. ; and it continued a parcel of the poss- 

 ession of the Abbey of St. Peter's till the Dissolution. 



The Manor House was anciently called Abbot's Place. 



At the time of the French Revolution some French 

 Nuns found refuge here, and are still remembered by 

 some of the old inhabitants for their kindness and 

 liberality. 



The Hamlets are iMoor End, Corse End, Blackwell's 

 End, Butter's End, IVlorrell's End. 



At Blackwell's End there is a dark stone well or spring. 



A decisive skirmish was fought at Hartpury in the Civil 

 Wars, when Colonel Myn of the Royal Forces suffered 

 great loss. There is still a house called the King's 

 Standing. A high bank which overlooks the Severn 

 Valley is called Woolridge. 



A Muffled Peal is rung on the Church Bells on Inno- 

 cents' Day. 



Names of places, fields, etc., in Hartpury, Elver Tump. 

 Woods : Limbury, Catsbury, Wixlip. Darley, Mount 

 Oliver, Rugley. 



The Elver Tump is said to be so named from the inor- 

 dinate quantity of elvers caught in the Severn and brought 

 home to the Tump. Names of fields : Burleys, Colespen, 

 Stanage, Curleys, Billy Close, Patus, Bun Hills. 



