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TO CHERTSEY ABBEY.
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to "Wiðiless hete;"[1] from Wiðeless hete to the hedge at "Mimfeldd;"[2] thence from Mimfelde to the great Withy; from the Withy to "Wuhurst ride;"[3] from the Ride to "Siðwode hagan,"[4] and along the hedge to "Fyðeke mere;"[5] from Fytheke mere to "Hasulhurst;"[6] from Hasulhurst right over the field to "Cusceteshagen; "[7] so by the hedge to "Cumore;"[8] from Cumore to the "Standing stone;"[9] from the Standing stone up right to "Ruggestrate,"[10] then into "Wyðeke mere;"[11] from Wyðeke mere to "Burchslede;"[11] from Burchslede to "Eggelfusbrugge;"[12] from the bridge to "Cytereneford;"[13] from Cytereneford to

  1. Witheless Heath I cannot identify.
  2. Nor Mimfeld; they must both have been on the south side of Chobham.
  3. Wuhurst Ride also requires explanation.
  4. John de Rutherwyk, abbot (1307 to 1346), planted and inclosed a wood called South Grove in Chobham.—Monasticon, vol. v. p. 424, note; MS. Vitell.
  5. Fytheke Mere seems to correspond in situation with a pond at the bottom of Bisley Green.
  6. There is a field called Hasulhurst, on the confines, I believe, of Windlesham and Chobham parishes, not far from the road between Guildford and Bagshot.
  7. The Dove's hedge.
  8. There is a place called Cowmoor in Pirbright parish.
  9. There is a spot called the Standing Stone, near where the boundaries of Chobham, Pirbright, and Frimley parishes join each other; the stone is now gone, and a bound-mark left in the place.
  10. Mr. Clark suggests that Ruggestrate may be Blackstone-lane.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Wytheke Mere, Whitmore Pond, or Light Waterpond. Burcheslede may mean an open country with birch-trees.
  12. Abbot Adam assigned the profits of a purpesture (probably an inclosure from the common), which Ewlfus de Forda held in Chobham, towards his Anniversary. Probably Ewlfus, or Eggelfus of the Ford, built a bridge instead of the ford.—Monasticon, vol. v. p. 423, note; MS. Vitell. A. xiii. fo. 81 b.
  13. Cytereneford I cannot identify.