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imare Sat it cumet to Ailfwiges 
imare at Broctiine to Sanne wude 
Se ierad intd Brocttine; eft at 
seuen pirien; ford be Ailfnddes 
imare innen AiSelwines imare at 
Chaldfelde; of his imare innen 
Zelfwines imare Se Horderes; 
fords be his imare innen Ailph- 
wines imare at Broctiine; eft 
Bradford-upon-Avon. 
dary to the nobleman’s boundary 
at Witley ; forth by that boundary 
till you come to Ailfwy’s boun- 
dary ,at Broughton to the wood! 
that runs into Broughton ; again 
at seven? pear trees; forth by 
ZElfnode’s boundary to Aithel- 
win’s boundary at Chalfield ; from 
his boundary to the boundary of 
into Se pyrien. Elfwine the Treasurer (?); forth 
by his boundary to A‘lphwin’s 
boundary at Broughton; back 
to the pear trees. 
It will be seen, that as far as we can trace with accuracy the de- 
scription given in the charter of the extent of the ‘ vill of Bradford,’ 
it includes, not only the present boundaries of the parish, but the 
parishes of Winfield, Westwood, and a part of what is now in the 
parish of Farleigh Hungerford. Of Westwood we may say, in 
passing, that, though in a different hundred from Bradford, and in 
many respects quite independent of it, it has from time immemorial 
been held jointly with Bradford. As early as 1299, in the reign 
of Edward I., it is spoken of as the ‘ Chapel of Westwode in the 
parish of Bradford,’ one “ John de Waspre” being named as “Pa- 
tronus”; and “Robert de Hauvyle” as, “Clericus.”? It must have 
been severed from the manor of Bradford no long time after the 
date of this gift to Shaftesbury, for we find it bestowed on Win- 
chester Bishopric by Queen Emma, mother of Edward the Con- 
fessor. 
1 The Wood that runs into Broughton. Though most traces of this wood have 
disappeared, yet there is no doubt that the north-western part of this parish 
was, in early times, thickly covered with wood, Several portions of ground in 
that part of Broughton still bear names which indicate this fact, such as, 
Broughton Woods, Light Woods, &e. 
2 Seven pear-trees. These can hardly be the same trees already alluded to. 
These trees were no doubt planted at the point where the parishes of Broughton, 
Chalfield, and Bradford (Atworth) met. 
5 Wilts Institutions, sub anno 1299. 
