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APPENDIX 1

Great Bedwyn Charter: 968 A.D. Cart. Sax. iii 1213 Letters in bold are the section relevant to Burbage.

Ærest from Bedwindam to haran grafan. northewearden up æt there dices gæte æt haradne. forth thonne be wyrtwalan ther se haga ut cymth. be tham wyrtwalan to paedes patha. thonne with helmes treowes. thonne on embmhtes get. thonne with stæt gætes. thonne on huntan dene neothewærde. thonne with hoces byrgels. thonnon on hwitan Winces. thonon on æbban crundel. thonnen on tha swelgende. thonan on penderes clif forweard and on wælweg. thonne with there eorthbyrig. (thonne with ge mere weges). thonne with burhbeces. thonne with igfeldla. thonne with bydan hammes. thonne with rodleage mæres. thonne to saelgete. thonne to braecdene geate. thonne to waelles maere. thonne to gemotleage eastewearde. thonne ut to bradan leage. thaer cuthhardes peath ut ligth. thonne to bagcgan geat. thonne on haethfeld geat. thonne on thone Waeddredan beam. thonne on hramesdene geat. thonne on horshael geat ut on beocces heal. thanon to Bedewindan.

1. thonne to saelgete - The name survives in Shoul Bottom.

2. thonne to braecdene geate - The name survives in Braydon but it is difficult top see where the geate could be.

3. thonne to waelles maere - Whalemore is the plateau south of Thornhill Pond and it is likely that the maere is this pond. Translated it means "pond of the natives" and this may stem from the presence of Romano-British kilns nearby although no settlement sites have been found.

4. thonne to gemotleage eastewarde - The only possible trace of this is in the Lye element of Luden's Lye.

5. thonne ut to bradan leage thaer cuth-hardes peath ut light - This is also mentioned in the Little Bedwyn bounds and its position there suggests that bradan lea is situated in the region of Amity Oak.

7. thonne on haethfeld geat - see Burbage #11

8. thonne on thone Waeddredan beam - Crawford goes as far as to identify the beam with the Duke's Vaunt calculating that, if it was hollow in 1762, it must have been about 600 years old.

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