Editing Icknield Way (section)

==Early documentary evidence==
The earliest mentions of the Icknield Way are in [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[charter]]s from the year 903 onwards. The oldest surviving copies were made in the 12th and 13th centuries, and these use the spellings {{lang|ang|Ic(c)enhilde weġ}}, {{lang|ang|Icenhylte}}, {{lang|ang|Icenilde weġ}}, {{lang|ang|Ycenilde weġ}} and {{lang|ang|Icenhilde weġ}}. The charters refer to locations at [[Wanborough, Wiltshire|Wanborough]], [[Hardwell Castle|Hardwell]] in [[Uffington, Oxfordshire|Uffington]], [[West Lockinge|Lockinge]], [[Harwell, Oxfordshire|Harwell]], [[Blewbury]] and [[Princes Risborough|Risborough]], which span a distance of {{convert|40|mile|abbr=out}} from [[Wiltshire]] to [[Buckinghamshire]].<ref name="Maw"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Edward Jr. |title=The Icknield Way |date=1916 |publisher=Constable & Company Ltd. |location=London |isbn=978-1447471929 |page=51 }}</ref>