52 The Saxon Boundaries of Dovmton, Wilts. 



to headdan grafe . bonne on bone hagan to witan wyrbe on dyre broc . on 

 Avelewe . on ]>a die set hiceles wyrbe . bonne ofer bone feld on hagan ut jmrch 

 brember wudu . on bone stenenan stapol . anlang herepabes to fobban wylle . 

 anlang herepabes to ?>as hagan ende to fegerhilde forde . on bone hagan 

 on ceorles hlawe . on cradan crundul . bonne on ba yferan gemere on Ebbles 

 burnan . on Stretford . on hrofan hric . andlang weges . on ba die to bymera 

 cumbe . and besbwyres ofer bry crundelas . ofer ba stret . J>wyres ofer ba dune 

 to wudu beorch hylle . ofer berigancumb . on Ybblesburnan . on beordune . on 

 bes hlinces ende . on bone smalan weg . ofer higcumb . on ban smalan 

 wege . on Son stan . on pet heb westeweard . on hone beorh to ban rigwege . 

 bonne esest andlang hrigweges to Brit-fordingea landscaere bonne sug on 

 Stretford. 



►J» Ego Cynewalc rex hanc donationem meam crucis vexillo corroboravi. 



+ Ego iEthelheard archiepiscopus donum regis eonfirmavi 



+ Ego Hygebeorht archiepiscopus consensum prsebui figens crucem 



+ Ego Ceoluf episcopus 



+ Ego Hathored episcopus 



+ Ego Unwana episcopus 



+ Ego Brord dux 



-f- Ego Lolling prcefectus 



+ Ego Vibald comes 



(The copyist has here hy mistake transcribed a list of attestations 

 from some later charter. iEthelheard was Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury in 793 ; Hathored, Bishop of Worcester 781—798.) 



The boundaries given in the charters fall into two groups, (A) 

 those encircling the detached portion of the Downton Hundred 

 which consists of the ancient parishes of Downton and Nunton 

 and the extra-parochial Standlynch, (B) those of the parish of 

 Bishopstone lying in the other portion of the Downton Hundred. 



I now attempt an identification of the boundaries of the first, or 

 Downton portion, in order to show the permanence of our county 

 and parochial borders in spite of modern changes. It extends 

 on either side of the river Avon, from the Great Yews to Hampt- 

 worth, and comprises the present ecclesiastical parishes of Nunton, 

 Downton, Charlton All Saints, and Bedlynch, together with Stand- 

 lynch, which is extra-parochial and probably was always held as 

 a separate manor. It does not include Langley Wood, which is 

 now united to the civil parish of Downton. 



