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The ford over the Weaver was probably the best known to 
travellers, as it was on the high road from Bath to Marlborough 
and London. The other over the Avon was well knowa in pre- 
Roman times as it was on the direct British road from Devonshire 
to Lincoln, which crossed over Hampton Down. 
The Manor remained in the possession of the Monks of Bath 
until the dissolution of the monasteries, when after passing 
through several hands by lease from the Crown it was eventually 
purchased by trustees on behalf of three copyholders of the 
Manor, two of whom were ancestors of my family. 
There are two authentic documents which give the boundaries 
of the Manor. One of these is taken from a Saxon charter of 
the 10th century, given by Kemble in the third volume of the 
Codex iiplomaticus. The other is a Survey, in my possession, 
taken by Sir Edward Hungerford and four other Commissioners 
in the third year of King James I. by Royal command (A.D. 
1605). The words of the first are thus translated from the 
Saxon by my friend, Mr. Jones, vicar of Bradford-on-Avon :— 
“These are the land-bounds of Ford: First, from the Avon 
along the Street (strata or Roman way) to the One Stone; from 
the One Stone to Beonan-legh (Baunerdown) ; thence to the 
Weaver. along the Weaver to Sibyrth-legh; thence to Hnees- 
am indebted to my friend Captain Sainsbury. These are the names (é.¢., of 
those who certified to the bridge being sound) :— 
SIR THOMAS BRIDGES, KNIGHT; SIR WM. BASSETT, KNIGHT; 
ALEXANDER POPHAM, ESQ. ; JOHN HARINGTON, ESQ : 
PETER ROXYNAN, ESQ; §WARRICK BANFIELD, ESQ ; 
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 
ANTHONY CAREW, ESQ.; GEOBGE CLABKE, GENT. 
JOHN .. . . GENT., AND } 
TRESURERS AND- @UBVEYEBS, 
STEVEN BROAD AND GEORGE GRUMBOLD, 
AND JOHN WOODWARD, JOHN PEARCE, 
WM. JOANES, WORKMEN. 
1665. 
