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identify, but the style of this document is similar to the peram- 

 bulation of "Wrington, and the River Wrinn is mentioned, which 

 must be the Yeo, as at present named. It is called in the state- 

 ment of the Boundaries of Wrington the Wring also, and the 

 same name is given to the Eiver in the Terrier of Abbot Beer, 

 so that the fact is proved beyond doubt that the River now- 

 called the Yeo was then called the Wring, and that the village 

 of Wrington preserves the original name of the River. 



The origin of the name " Wrington" has been often disputed, 

 but these documents settle the question, and it appears as if the 

 name Yeo is simply Eau, i.e., the " Water." 



From the account of BanweU boundaries we learn that " Crook 

 peak," visited by the Club during the past summer, was formerly 

 called " Ridges Tor," a very descriptive name, and we also find 

 that the boimdary line follows the line of the ancient Roman road 

 leading from the mines at Charterhouse to the old Roman Port at 

 the mouth of the Axe.* 



It is a matter of great importance that early Saxon charters and 

 Monastic documents of the Middle Ages should be well studied, 

 for great Kght is thrown by them upon local history, as well as 

 upon the manners and customs of ages gone by, and the tenure 

 of property, as well as the condition of the people. 



A work published in the past year by Mr. Coote, and called 

 the " Romans of Britain," by reference to Kemble's " Codex 

 Diplomaticus," and to sources of information but little known, has 

 thrown much light upon the condition of the population of this 

 Island after the departure of the Romans, and before the Saxon 

 invasion, and also the Ages which follow after, to the coming of 

 the Norman. By an examination of references in charters, 

 as well as of existing customs in towns and rural districts, he has 

 shown that a Romano-British population continued to exist in 

 this island, paying tribute to their conquerors, but enjoying their 



* "Acman Street," between Bath and Cirencester, is the boundary for 

 many miles between the counties of Somerset and Wills. 



