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‘legh, thence to Cunuca-(Conk)-legh, from Cunuca-legh (Conkwell) 
out to the Avon.” 
The Survey states the bounds on the oaths of the jurors as 
follows :—‘* Commencing at a bridge called Ford bridge and thence 
towards the west as far as a place called Paradise for the space of 
a quarter of a mile, and thence towards the north as far as Briton’s 
land under Bannerdown for half amile, and thence as far as the 
house of Richard Price for halfa mile, and thence towards the east 
as far as a chapel called S. Giles’ Chapel, and thence as far as a 
ground called Matford’s Mead by Shockerwick Lodge, part of the 
demesne lands of the Manor, for half a mile, and thence towards 
the south as far as Niveys Pye for a quarter of a mile, and thence 
to Kingsfall Brook, and towards the east as far as Ashley Wood 
for half a mile, and thence towards the south as far as Inwards 
Gate for the space of two miles, and thence towards the west as 
far as Southwood’s End, and thence as far as Conkwell Lane for 
the space of one mile, and thence as far as the bank of the river 
at the West Meads, and thence as far as Ford Bridge aforesaid 
for the space of two miles and a half. 
In Witness, &c.” 
Let us now start, as the Jurors did, from Ford Bridge with our 
heads towards Bath. Ford Bridge crosses the little brook known 
as the Box Brook, but really is the Weaver (Saxon, Weefer), so 
called perhaps for its many windings through the vale. The 
bridge is close to the ford which gave its name to the Manor. 
The boundary of the Manor for its whole western extent is the 
river Avon, and we follow this in a north-westerly direction for a 
quarter of a mile says the Survey, “as far as Paradise Close,” 7.¢., 
to Avondale House, passing under the Great Western Railway 
arch and by the Quakers’ burial ground. This field, which 
adjoins Avondale House, is Paradise Close, part of which must 
have been taken for the building and gardens. The name is 
singular, and although the field very appropriately contains a 
cemetery, has no relation to the place of happy departed spirits ; 
