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ON THE ANGLO-SAXON CHARTERS

hale to "Wheleshuðe;"[1] from Wheleshuðe over right to the "Black Wiðege;"[2] from the Wiðege into "Fulbrook;"[2] from Eulbrook into "Sirepol;"[2] from Sirepol into "Whelegate; "[2] from Whelegate over right into "Depenbrok; "[2] from Depenbrok to the threm treowen;[2] from the threm treowen to the hore mapledure;[2] from the hore mapledure to "Exlepesburn;"[2] from the burn into Merchebroke;[2] from the Merchebroke to the Shigtren above Halsham.[2]

These be the landmarks to "Chabbeham" (Chobham); that is, first, on the Oak Tree; from the Oak Tree along the road to the Hore Thorn; from the Hore Thorn to "Wihsan leage;"[3] from Wihsan leage to "Woburnen;"[4] along the burn to "Wapshete;"[5] from Wapshete to "Mimbrugge;"[6] from Mimbrugge

    I have heard it is corrupted into "Nipnose." Abbot Adam (1206 to 1223) assigned the profits of the weir near Nipenhale (Savery's Weir) towards his Anniversary.—Monasticon, vol. v. p. 423, note; MS. Vitellius, A. xiii.

  1. ↑ Wheleshythe, which we may recollect was the northern boundary on the Thames, of Thorpe.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 The Black Withy, Fulbrook, Shirepool, Whelegate, Depenbrook, the Three Trees, the Hore Maple-tree, Exleafsburn, Merchebrook, and the Shigtren, are all on the boundary of Thorpe, as before described.
  3. ↑ Wisan Leage, a field of plants, or—the field of the wise men, leaders, or chiefs.
  4. ↑ Woburnen, in the Bourne Streeme.
  5. ↑ Mr. Kemble says Wapshot, Surrey. I know not if there be a place so called; but the name reminds us of the family of the same name, who are said to have been settled in this locality before the Norman conquest, and I understand are not yet extinct. Almner's Barn, which they occupied for so many centuries, is near St. Ann's Hill, at Chertsey; but they may have come from Chobham, and have taken their name from this place; but if the place were named from them, it proves the very great antiquity of the family in this neighbourhood. Wapshete seems to correspond with the now-called Bonsey's Farm.
  6. ↑ Mimbridge is still the name of a bridge on the road to Horsell, and near it is a stone which is one of the boundaries of the parish of Chobham.
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