Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of BritaineHolinshed, Raphael
History
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
[Sidenote: Vindeles.]
Being past the Cole, we come to the fall of the Vindeles, which riseth
by northwest néere vnto Bagshot, from whence it goeth to Windlesham,
Chobham, and méeting with a brooklet comming westward from Bisleie, they
run togither toward Cherteseie, where when they haue met with a small
rill rising north of Sonning hill in Windlesoure great parke, it falleth
into the Thames on the northeast side of Cherteseie. When we were come
beyond this water, it was not long yer we came vnto another on the same
side, that fell into the Thames betweene Shepperton on the one side, and
[Sidenote: Veius.]
Oteland on the other, and is called the Waie. The Weie or the Waie
rising by west, commeth from Olsted, & soone after taking the Hedleie
brooke withall (which riseth in Wulmere forrest, and goeth by Hedleie
and Frensham) hasteth by Bentleie, Farnham, Alton, Waiberleie, Elsted,
[Sidenote: Thuresbie.]
and so to Pepper harrow, where it ioineth with the Thuresbie water,
which commeth not farre off from a village of the same denomination.
From hence also it goeth to Godalming, and then toward Shawford, but yer
it come there, it crosseth Craulie becke, which rising somewhere about
[Sidenote: Crawleie.]
the edge of Sussex short of Ridgewijc, goeth by Vacherie parke, Knoll,
Craulie, Bramleie, Wonarsh, and so into the Waie. From hence then our
[Sidenote: Abbinger.]
riuer goeth to Shawford, and soone after (méeting with the Abbinger
water that commeth by Shere, Albirie, and the chappell on the hill) it
proceedeth to Guldeford, thence to Stoke, Sutton in the parke, Send,
Woking, and at Newarke parke side taketh in a brooke that riseth of two
heads, whereof one dooth spring betwéene two hils north of Pepper
harrow, and so runneth through Henleie parke, the other aboue Purbright,
and afterward ioining in one, they go foorth vnto Newarke, and being
there vnited, after the confluence it goeth to Purford court, to Bifler,
Waifred, Oteland, and so into the Thames.
[Sidenote: Molts.]
From Oteland the Thames goeth by Walton, Sunburie, west Moulseie,
Hampton, and yer it come at Hampton court on the northside, and east
Moulseie on the other, it taketh in the Moule water, which giueth name
vnto the two townes that stand on each side of the place, where it
falleth into our streame. It riseth in Word forrest, and going by
Burstow, it méeteth afterward with another gullet, conteining a small
course from two seuerall heads, whereof one is also in the forrest
aforenamed, the other runneth from Febush wood, and comming by Iseld,
méeteth with the first aboue Horleie, and so run on in one chanell, I
saie, till they ioine with the Moule water, whereof I spake before.
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