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The Anglo-Saxon boundary descriptions of South Heighton (Sussex, NGR TQ 4502) in Sawyer 648 and Sawyer 869

S 648: AD 957 (15th) - for full charter text see this page of The Regesta Regum Anglorum, for manuscript details and bibliography see this page of The Electronic Sawyer.

Þis synd Heahtunes landgemæra: of þære ea into wulfstanes fleote, of wulfstanes fleote 7lang dices on hokes clif, of hokes cliue 7lang mærces on snelles pitte, of snelles pitte 7lang mærke on hafokes beorh, of hafokes beorhge on þonne wyte wege on þæet sclæde, of þam sclæde on echilde hlæwe æt þa smye wicce, of echilde hlæwe on hengstes earas, of hengstes earas on litil healle, 7lang mearke on warmundes stan, of warmundes stan on foxslades eande, of foxslades ænde on þære hole wege, of þære hole wege to kynewird treow, of kynewird treow 7lang mearke on howille, of howille into þære ea.

S 869: AD 988 (14th) - for full charter text see this page of The Regesta Regum Anglorum, for manuscript details and bibliography see this page of The Electronic Sawyer.

Erest on ða ea andlang dice on hocces clif, of hocces clif on snelles pytt, of snelles pytte andlang dic on cealfa hlinc, of cealfa hlinc on hafakes beorh, of hafakes beorh on ðone stanbeorh, of þan stanbeorhge on ræst linc on uearncumbe, of uearncumbe on eccinga hlæwe, of eccinga hlæwe onðorn dene, of ðorn dene on deopan dell, of deopan delle on ðone readan stan, of þan readan stane on wærmundes stan, of wærmundes stane on langan hlinc, of langan hlince on ðone holan weg, of holan wege on kyneware treowe on grenan hlince into ðan fleote æt ho, of þan fleote þæt eft in ða ea.

Note:
The 'Old OS map' is taken from Old Maps (old site) - this is the First Edition Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 County Series (the sheets used are of c.1878-9). The 'Modern map' is simply a link to Multimap at the 1:25,000 scale, but it's worth zooming out to look at 1:50,000 too. The 'Aerial photos' link is to Get Mapping. All of these links open in new windows which, with some nimble clicking, might aid comparison of the old and new maps and the aerial photos. There's a slight obtacle to easy comparison of the maps: the 'Old OS map' shows parish boundaries but sadly shows no contour lines; the 'Modern map' does show contours but no boundaries! I've highlighted the parish boundaries in red on the 'Old OS map', and shaded all the parishes other than South Heighton itself, and reduced each map to screen-size, all of which will hopefully make the perambulation simpler to follow, but of course all this colouring-in nonsense obliterates details and shrinking impairs legibility so I've provided links from these maps to the full-size originals on the unpredictable Old Maps website (some days it works, some days it doesn't, but do have a look and see cos they're fun to scroll around). Still got lots of links to do, and more notes to write, and etymologies to finish, and medieval (and modern) field-name survivals to incorporate, yet still the pub beckons and nothing gets done. When (oh when oh when) will cloning be commercially available? Anyone remember the Notsensibles? What was it - I am a clone, I'm not the only one. Marvellous. Why clone sheep, sheep can't type, their feet are too muddy.

Nuurrrrrssssse! I've taken a tumble - help me up

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