Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, CompleteHolinshed, Raphael
History
Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete
Holinshed, Raphael
Great Britain -- History -- To 1485; Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603
The other is a naked arme or streame without anie branches. It riseth
aboue Colingburne Kingston in the hils, and thence it goeth to
Colingburne, the Tidworths (whereof the more southerlie is in
Wiltshire) Shipton, Cholterton, Newton, Toneie, Idmerson, Porton, the
Winterburns, Lauerstocke, and so into Auon east of Salisburie. And
thus is the confluence made of the aforesaid waters, with this our
[Sidenote: Becquith brooke.]
second Auon, whereinto another water falleth (called Becquithes
brooke) a mile beneath Harneham bridge, whose head is fiue miles from
Sarum, and thrée miles aboue Becquithes bridge, as Leland doth
[Sidenote: Chalkeburne.]
remember, who noteth the Chalkeburne water to haue his due recourse
also at this place into the aforesaid riuer. Certes it is a pretie
brooke, and riseth six miles from Shaftesburie, and in the waie toward
Salisburie in a bottome on the right hand, whence it commeth by
Knighton and Fennistratford, to Honington, that is about twelue miles
from the head, and about two miles and an halfe from Honington beneath
Odstocke, goeth into the Auon, a mile lower than Harnham bridge,
except he forget himselfe. This Harnham, whereof I now intreat, was
sometime a pretie village before the erection of new Salisburie, and
had a church of S. Martine belonging vnto it, but now in stéed of this
church, there is onelie a barne standing in a verie low mead on the
northside of S. Michaels hospitall. The cause of the relinquishing of
it was the moistnesse of the soile, verie oft ouerflowne. And whereas
the kings high waie laie sometime through Wilton, licence was obteined
of the king and Richard bishop of Salisburie, to remooue that passage
vnto new Salisburie in like maner, and vpon this occasion was the
[Sidenote: Thrée towns decaied by changing one waie.]
maine bridge made ouer Auon at Harneham. By this exchange of the waie
also old Salisburie fell into vtter decaie, & Wilton which was before
the head towne of the shire, and furnished with twelue parish
churches, grew to be but a poore village, and of small reputation.
Howbeit, this was not the onelie cause of the ruine of old Salisburie,
sith I read of two other, whereof the first was a salue vnto the
latter, as I take it. For whereas it was giuen out, that the townesmen
wanted water in old Salisburie, it is flat otherwise; sith that hill
is verie plentifullie serued with springs and wels of verie swéet
water. The truth of the matter therefore is this.
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