S 1565

Bounds of Badby, Northants. English.

Archive: Evesham

MSS: 1. BL Cotton Vesp. B. xxiv, 22r (s. xii, partly erased)
2. BL Harley 3763, 65v (s. xii)
3. Bodleian, Top. Northants. c. 23, 7rv (s. xviii)

Printed: K 1356.

Comments: Hart 1972, pp. 35-7, survey covers Badby, Newnham and Dodford, but omits Everdon; Hart, ECNE, no. 31 and p. 62; Brown et al. 1977, pp. 163-5; Brown and Key 1977-8, pp. 5-6; Brown et al. 1990-1.

ærest on Baddanbyrg westweard norðriht on ðone stocc. Of ðam stocce to wearge dune betweone ðe twege beorges. Eastriht andlang dice on ðone fulan wylle. Of ðam wylle on foxhylle norðweard on ðone ealdan heortwæg on ðone wylle. Of ðam wylle on ðone ealde heortsole. Of ðam heortsole on ðone beorge. Of ðam beorge on ðone graf. Of ðam grafe on wyðigwylle. Of ðam wylle on ðone stodfald. Of ðam stodfalde on ðæt stangedelf. ðæt on mæres wylle. Andlang mæres dene on Weaclinga stræt. Andlang stræte ðat it cymð to ðam ricgwege. Andlang ricgweges ðæt it cymð to emnes Doddanforda, forðriht on ðone stocc. Of ðam stocce on ðene broc. Andlang broces to emnes Niwanham. Andlang slædes on ða dic æt ðam grafe. Eastweard andlang dice ðæt it cymð æt ðam grafe. Westweard on ðene ford. Up andlang broces ðæt it cyme to emnes Baddanbyrig. Westweard of ðam broce æft on Baddanbyrig westwearde.