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With respect to the word Sale," it may be remarked that the Salt-way is sometimes so called. In Knighton-on-Teme, there are Over Sale Meadow and Over Sale Field; Salent Oak, in Stewards, in Sychampton, in Ombersley; and Sallen's Field and Orchard, in Abberley.

Stock and Bradley are hamlets in Fladbury.

In FECKENHAM there are Worralls, Worrall's Hill, Norgrove, Merry-Come-Sorrow, Monksbury, Upper and Lower Puck Close, Astwood Close, Norbury Hill, North Norbury Hill, South Norbury, Old Yarn Hill, Old Yarn Hill Meadow, Tricks's Hole, Allotment in Trickholes Lane, Auberry Hill, Berrow Hill, Wadberrow Hill, Wadberrow Meadow, Castle Hill, Camp Field, Wargrave, Warridge, Round Hill, Fearful Coppice, Holborn Hill, Kit's Iron, Windmill Peril, Peril Field, Great and Little Blaze Hill, Blaze Butts, Blaze Meadow, Big and Little Fire Field, Upper and Lower Horcuts, Salt Meadow, and Ridgeway. In the Saxon charters this name is spelled Feccanhom; in "Domesday Book," it is written Fecheham. The Hoar-stone Field, in Feckenham, is mentioned in Chap. IV.

DORMSTON, in "Domesday Book," is spelled Dormeston. Cockshute, or Cockshoot, is situated near to Dormston Hill. KINGTON, also called Kinton, or Kingston, aliàs Tokynton, is in Domesday Book" written Chintune.

In INKBERROW there are Bustard Hill*, Bustard Hill Meadow, Round Hill, Noberry Hill, First and Second Archer's Hill, Holbro' Field, Holbro' Piece, Holbro' Green Piece, Holberrow Green, First and Middle Astwood Hill, Astwood Meadow, Hongerhill Meadow, Salter's Street Ground, Muzzy Hill, Muzzy Coppice, Devil's Bowling Green, and Pinnils, or Pinhill§. This parish was formerly called Intanbeor

It is said the bustards are extinct in England, and nearly so in Scotland.
See p. 65, as to this name.

The above place seems to have been named ironically, as I am informed it was, till lately, one of the roughest pieces of ground in the parish.

Also see the "Folk-Lore."

Y

gus, Intebeorgan, and Intanbeorg*; in "Domesday," Inteberge and Inteberga.

In CHURCH HONEYBOURNE there are Tump Bewhill ✔ and Pitch Hill. It was anciently written Hunburne and Honi

burne; and in Domesday Book," Huniburne.

have been found in this parisht.

Ancient relics

In BROADWAY there are Rudgeway Furlong, and Dornap.

In the Saxon charters, it is written Bradanweg§; and in

* Vide "Codex Dip.," Charters, 183, 613, 644, and 898.

+ Vide p. 88.

Rudgeway means Ridgeway. Tide summary of the Ridgeways. § See "Codex Dip.," No. 570.

C

Iter XVIII.

THE LOWER DEVIATION SALT-WAY*,

FROM

DROITWICH TO ASHTON UNDERHILL, SUDELEY CASTLE, NORTH-LEACH, &c.

THE Lower Deviation Salt-way appears to have run from Droitwich, by Hadsor and Newland Commons, along the Salt-way, and into the Trench Lane, which passes through Oddingley, and thence along the east side of the Trench Woods, and through Hodington, by Sale Green. It then most likely continued through Crowle, Broughton Hacket, and by Upton Snodsbury; thence through Churchill, White Ladies Aston, Wolverton, and by Peopleton, Pinvin Heath, and Pershore; thence through Little Comberton, Bricklehampton, Elmley Castle, and along the part there called the Salt-way into the Rycknield Street at or near Ashton-under-Hill, which it crossed in its course southwards. This view appears to be borne out by what is stated in the "Beauties of England and Wales," Vol. i., pp. 61, 62; and by the following quotation from " Richard of Cirencester §."

"The Lower Salt-way is little known, although the parts here described have been actually traced. It came from Droitwich, crossed Worcestershire under the name of the Salt-way, appears to have passed the Avon somewhere below Evesham, tended towards the chain of hills above Sudeley Castle, where it is still

See pp. 314, 315, as to this title.

+ See pp. 109, 110, as to this line of road, and the antiquities found in those parts.

See pp. 311, 321, as to Sale.

§ Hatchard, p. 116.

visible, attended by tumuli as it runs by Hawling. Thence it proceeds to North Leach, where it crossed the Foss, in its way to Coln St. Aldwin's, on the Ikeman Street, and led to the seacoast of Hampshire." It is called "Salt-way Road" in the Ordnance Map, as it passes from North Leach on the east side of Coln St. Dennis, Coln Rogers, and Winsou, and on the west side of Aldsworth.

In ODDINGLEY there are places called Sitch Meadow, Round Hill, Ourshill, Trench Wood, and Marl Pit Field. In the Anglo-Saxon time, Callow Hill (Calwan Hill) was one of the boundaries of Oddingley. The name is spelled Oddungalea, Odduncalea, Odingalea, Oddinga-lea, Oddungahlea sive Oddingleye, in several Anglo-Saxon charters, and Oddunclei in "Domesday Book." With respect to the etymology of Oddingley, Dr. Nash says §,-" It would be childish to repeat the legend of two giants, Odd and Dingley, who are said to have fought upon the Common here; and Dingley getting the better, Odd is said to have cried out,

"Oh Dingley, Dingley, spare my breath,

It shall be called Oddingley Heath.

But perhaps it might derive its name from Oddo, a noble duke of the Mercians, who, together with Doddo, another Mercian duke, were buried in Pershore Church, the latter taking the habit of a monk there ||." However, the Doctor afterwards says, Oddingley means the field of Oding T; and, if by that he meant the Saxon God, Odin, or Woden **, we think he is quite correct.

* By Venta Belgarium (Winchester), and Clausentum (Bittern).

+ See Nash, Vol. ii., App. 51; and Heming's "Cartulary," p. 355.

See Heming's "Cartulary," p. 160, &c.

§ Vol. ii., p. 200.

|| Dugd. "Mon." i., 154. It is said they founded Tewkesbury Monastery, and Dudley Castle.-(See Saxon Chronicle.)

¶ See Vol. ii., p. 437. There certainly was a person of the name of Odin, an under-tenant of land in Cheshire at the formation of the "Domesday"

Survey.

** It is said that Wednesbury, in Staffordshire, means Wodensbury. Heming's "Cartulary," p. 431, notices Wodnesfeld.

This place is supposed to have been one of the Anglo-Saxon marks*.

HIMBLETON.-In Heming's "Cartulary," pp. 355, 356, there are places stated to be on the boundaries of Himbleton, in the Anglo-Saxon times called Egbert's Thorn, Bere Croft†, Chester Gate, Chester Way, Badas Ash, and Win stile. Dr. Nash notices, likewise, Puck Hill Corner, and Puck Hill, as boundaries of Himbleton mentioned in the Parliament Survey in 1648§. Himbleton is also called Hymelton, Hemelton, or Humilton.

"In 884, Æthelred, Duke of Mercia, who acted as a viceroy in that new portion of Ælfred's kingdom, and exercised therein all the royal rights as fully as any king did in his own territories, gave Ethelwulf five hides at Humbleton, and licence to have six salt pans, free of all the dues of king, duke, or public officer, but still reserving the rights of the landlord."

HODINGTON, otherwise Huddington, or Huntenatune, is, in "Domesday Book," called Hudingtune. It is probable that this place was one of the Anglo-Saxon marks T.

BROUGHTON HACKETT is, in "Domesday Book," written

Bretune.

or Grafton.

GRAFTON-SUPER-FLIVORD was anciently called Graston In "Domesday Book" it is written Garstune **. In FLYFORD FLAVELL, or Flavell Flivord, there is a place called Puttocs End, or Pothooks Inn. The name is spelled Flæferth, and Fleferth in " Codex Dip.," No. 346, &c.

In NORTH PIDELET there is a place called Ennick Ford In UPTON SNODSBURY there are places called Castle Hill, Hawfoot, Sulladine Field, and Salt Moor Meadow. This parish is * See pp. 228, 229.

+ See p. 190, as to the derivation of this name.

Vide Nash's " History," Vol. ii., App., p. 52.

§ Ibid., Vol. i., p. 579.

See Kemble's "Saxons in England," Vol. ii., p. 71, and " Codex Dip," No. 1066.

See p. 229.

** Gars means grass in Saxon.

++ See Lulsley, P. 219.