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new hedge; from the hedge along the "Frithesbrook"[1] to the "hore æpeldure;" from the hore æpeldure to the "Knepp;"[2] by the "Quelmes;"[3] from the Quelmes under the "Stonie held,"[4] and so going down by "Tigelbeddeburn;"[5] down to that eyte that stands in the Thames at "Lodders lake;"[6] and so forth along Thames by midstream to "Glenthuðe;"[7] from Glenthuðe by midstream along Thames to the Huðe (Hythe) before "Negen Stone;"[8] from the Hythe along Thames by midstream down to "Nippenhale;"[9] from Nippen-
- ↑ Frithesbrook I cannot identify. A note in the "Monasticon" says, "A stream where peace was made."
- ↑ The Knepp?
- ↑ The Quelmes signifies the place of execution: this was, I presume, a farm called in old maps Gallows Farm, although not now acknowledged by that name, as I found on inquiry. I also find on the maps Hangmore Hill close by.
- ↑ The Stonie Held was perhaps a sandstone quarry westward of Gallows Farm.
- ↑ Tigelbeddeburn, or Tilebed Burn, must have been a brook which runs down a ravine through the grounds of Cooper's Hill to the Thames, which it enters at the west side of Leatherlake House, being the boundary of the counties of Surrey and Berks.
- ↑ Lodderslake is now called Leatherlake, being an expanse of water in the Thames; and the eyte that stands in the Thames at Lodderslake is the far-famed Magna Charta Island, or another eyot a little above it and opposite to Leatherlake House.
- ↑ Glenthythe I have been able to identify most satisfactorily as a creek or inlet from the river to the entrance to Egham racecourse. The place is still called Glanthay.
- ↑ The hythe before Negen Stone must, I think, be Egham Hythe, opposite to Staines. Nigen means nine; and it is very probable that there was a circle of nine stones there before the town of Staines was built, or the corporation of London had any jurisdiction in this part of the river. The name of Staines, in the plural, rather favours this conjecture.
- ↑ Nippenhale—Nippingale in Mr. Kemble's Index to the Codex Diplomaticus. There are some meadows by Savery's Weir much frequented by sportsmen for wild ducks, &c, called by some such name.
