The Topography of some Saxon Charters relating to the Faversham District

RELATING TO THE FAVERSHAM DISTRICT. 125 E. A sale by King CoenwuU to Archbishop WUred includes " land of one aratrum in the place and in the region which is caUed Westan Widde (probably meaning ' west of the wood ', i.e. of Blean Forest) where it is caUed Cynincges cua lond (land of the King's cows)." The boundaries were, on the east Grafon eah, on the west a channel which is caUed Mearc fieot (the boundary lake) and Seleberhtincg lond (Selebeorht's land), on the south the old road which leads to the port which is caUed CilUncg (" strata antiqua quae jacet ad portum "). This is an original charter of the year 814 (B.C.S. 348) and contains the important words " hoc aratrum . . . ad mansionem on Grafon aea . . . concessum est " (this aratrum has been ceded to the manor of Graveney). F. A sale by King CoenwuU to Archbishop WUred of " terram unius manentis " (land of one dwelling) in the region which is caUed Febres ham in a place which the countrymen are accustomed to caU Seleberhting lond. The boundaries are, on the east Alhfieot, on the south the highway (pubhca strata), on the west the King's marsh and on the north " Sualuae." This is an original charter of the year 815 (B.C.S. 353) and it has an almost contemporary, but apparently inaccurate, endorsement " Gravanea hesbec ". G. Grant by EardduU to his friend Wighelm of one sulung and one yokelet " in that place where by the inhabitants it is caUed Aet Hamme ". This is seen to comprise the land at Hamme and a marsh adjoining; the boundaries of each are given. Those of the land at Hamme are, on the east Ham fleot, on the west the high street, on the north the land of the brotherhood belonging to Prestatune with the marsh belonging to it which King AUred gave, on the south the high street as far as the ford. Those of the marsh are, on the east the Praesta tune brotherhoods marsh, on the