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ville)j Lee, Underdone, "Walton (all tliree near 

 Morville), Upton (now Upton Cresset), Meadowley, 

 Stapeley, Criddon, Midteleton (Middleton Scriven), 

 the Bosc of the Prior of Wenlock, called Lythewode, 

 half the vill of Neuton (Newton near Bold), Fain- 

 tree, Chetton, Walkes Batch (Wallsbatch, near 

 Chetton), Hollycott, Hapesford (now Harpswood), 

 "Westwood (near Harpswood), Oldbury, a messuage 

 at the More (the Moor Ridding), a messuage at La 

 Cnolle (now Knowle Sands), and the Bosc which is 

 called Ongeres. 



The ancient extent of the forest must have been 

 about twelve miles by Rve. The names of the 

 places mentioned to which the limits of the chace 

 a-re traced are so different in many instances from 

 the present that it may be of interest to give a few 

 of them. From Yapenacres Merwey the boundary 

 was to go up to the Raveneshok (E-avens* Oak), 

 thence straight to the Brenallegrene, near the Cole- 

 herth (Coal Hearth) going up by the Fendeshok 

 (Friends* Oak) to the Dernewhite-ford. Thence up- 

 wards to the Nethercoumbesheved ; and so straight 

 through the Middlecoumbesheved, and then down 

 to Caldewall. Then down through the Lynde to 

 the Mer Elyn. Thence down to Dubledaneslegh, 



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