The Cambridge, Ely, and King's Lynn Road: The Great Fenland Highway

• Akeman Street, 5, 172, 181-183, 213, 231, 244 251.
• Aldreth, 214, 225, 229, 243.
• ---- Causeway, 217-221.
• Alfred the Great, 88-91, 263.
• Amwell, Great, 86.
• Aram, Eugene, 308-313.
• Arnim, Count, 108-110.
• Arrington Bridge, 4.
• Balloon Stone, 100.
• Barkway, 102-104.
• Barley, 102, 107-110, 123.
• Beggars' Bush, 251.
• Bishopsgate Street, 8-10, 32.
• Brandon Creek, 294.
• Braughing, 81, 102.
• Bread Riots, 273-287.
• Broxbourne, 35, 81.
• Bruce Grove, 40.
• Buckland, 120.
• Buntingford, 81, 110, 117-119, 157.
• Cam, The, 153-155, 171, 172, 174, 177, 201, 235, 236, 239, 243.
• Cambridge, 4, 14, 134-176, 226, 262.
• ---- Castle, 170-174.
• Caxton, 4.
• ---- Gibbet, 127.
• Chaucer, Geoffrey, 135.
• Cheshunt, 35, 67, 69, 72, 75-80.
• ---- Great House, 7, 77-80.
• ---- Wash, 75-79.
• Chesterton, 176.
• Chettisham, 288.
• Chipping, 120.
• Chittering, 233.
• Clarkson, Thos., 98-100.
• Coaches--
• Bee Hive, 21, 32.
• Cambridge Auxiliary Mail, 19.
• ---- Lynn, and Wells Mail, 20.
• ---- Mail, 15, 19, 21.
• ---- Stage, 14.
• ---- and Ely Stage, 19.
• ---- Telegraph, 16, 19, 21, 82, 103.
• ---- Union, 19.
• Day (Cambridge and Wisbeach), 21.
• Defiance (Cambridge and Wisbeach), 21.
• Diligence (Cambridge), 13, 15.
• Fly (Cambridge), 14, 15, 19.
• Hobson's Stage (Cambridge), 15.
• Lord Nelson (Lynn), 20.
• Lynn and Fakenham Post Coach, 20.
• ---- Post Coach, 20.
• ---- Union, 20, 26, 29, 31, 107, 321.
• Night Post Coach (Cambridge), 16.
• Norfolk Hero (Lynn and Wells), 21.
• Prior's Stage (Cambridge), 15.
• Rapid (Cambridge and Wisbeach), 21.
• Red Rover (Lynn), 21, 254.
• Rocket (Cambridge), 21, 32.
• Royal Regulator (Cambridge), 19, 21.
• Safety (Cambridge, Lynn, and Wells), 19, 31.
• Star of Cambridge (Cambridge), 16-19, 21, 31.
• Tally Ho (Cambridge), 19.
• Telegraph (Cambridge), 16, 19, 21, 82, 103.
• Times (Cambridge), 21.
• York Mail, 69.
• Coaching, 12-32, 69, 133.
• Notabilities--
• Briggs, --, 32.
• Clark, William, 32.
• Cross, John, 22-25.
• Cross, Thomas, 22-31, 107, 256, 321.
• Elliott, George, 30.
• Goodwin, Jack, 254.
• Pryor, --, 31.
• "Quaker Will," 30.
• Reynolds, James, 31.
• Vaughan, Richard, 30.
• Walton, Jo, 31.
• Denny Abbey, 231.
• Denver, 301-303.
• ---- Sluice, 14, 302.
• Dismal Hall, 231.
• Downham Market, 192, 270, 275, 283, 303, 306.
• Edmonton, Lower, 5, 34, 35, 36, 46-52.
• ----, Upper, 6, 34, 36, 43-46.
• Eleanor, Queen, 56-68.
• Ely, 4, 190, 195, 225, 230, 241, 258, 270, 281-288, 321, 322.
• ---- Cathedral, 254, 256-270.
• ----, Isle of, 3, 182, 189, 212-226, 230, 243, 289.
• Enfield Highway, 54.
• ---- Wash, 54.
• Ermine Street, 3, 4-7, 75, 122.
• Etheldreda, Saint, 229, 260-264.
• Fens, The, 176, 182-208, 214-223, 233-235, 239-248, 253, 275, 291-298.
• Fielder, Richard Ramsay, 237-239.
• Fordham, 183, 298, 301.
• Fowlmere, 110, 112-115.
• Foxton, 132.
• Freezywater, 54.
• Gog Magog Hills, 140-142, 151.
• Granta, The, 133, 172.
• Grantchester, 135, 172.
• Gray, Thomas, 148, 154.
• Great Amwell, 86.
• ---- Eastern Railway, 31-34, 120, 132, 236, 322.
• ---- Northern Railway, 120, 132.
• ---- Shelford, 133, 140.
• Guthlac, Saint, 196-198.
• Haddenham, 230, 262.
• Hardwick Bridge, 306.
• Hare Street, 102.
• Harston, 117, 133.
• Hauxton, 133.
• Hereward the Wake, 172, 208-214, 221-223, 226-229.
• High Cross, 100.
• Highwaymen (in general), 54.
• Highwaymen--
• Beeton, Joseph, 313-315.
• Gatward, --, 125-127.
• King, Tom, 55.
• Shelton, Dr. Wm., 80.
• Turpin, Dick, 55.
• Hilgay, 297.
• Hobson, Thomas, 10-12, 32, 140, 157-166.
• Hobson's Conduit, 140, 167.
• Hoddesdon, 7, 37, 82-86.
• Hogge's Bridge, 305.
• Iceni, The, 185.
• Inns (mentioned at length)--
• Bath Hotel, Cambridge, 6, 170.
• Bell, Edmonton, 45, 49.
• Blue Boar, Cambridge, 15, 19, 168.
• Bull, Bishopsgate Street Within, 8-10, 12, 15, 158, 161.
• Bull, Cambridge, 19, 167.
• Bull, Hoddesdon, 82.
• Castle, Downham Market, 303.
• Chequers, Fowlmere, 115.
• Crown, Downham Market, 276, 302, 304.
• ----, King's Lynn, 321.
• Duke's Head, King's Lynn, 319-321.
• Eagle, Cambridge, 16, 19, 170.
• Falcon, Cambridge, 169.
• ----, Waltham Cross, 67-69.
• Four Swans, Bishopsgate Street Within, 8.
• ----, Waltham Cross, 68.
• Fox and Hounds, Barley, 107.
• Green Dragon, Bishopsgate Street Within, 8, 12, 15, 19.
• Hoop, Cambridge, 170.
• Lamb, Ely, 256.
• Lion, Cambridge, 14, 168.
• Lord Nelson, Upware, 235-239.
• Lynn Arms, Setchey, 306.
• Pickerel, Cambridge, 170.
• Red Lion, Reed Hill, 120.
• ----, Royston, 14, 120, 125-127.
• Roman Urn, Crossbrook Street, 75.
• Rose and Crown, Upper Edmonton, 51.
• Saracen's Head, Ware, 92, 94.
• Sun, Cambridge, 14, 15, 16.
• Three Tuns, Cambridge, 168.
• Two Brewers, Ponder's End, 53.
• Upware Inn, 235-239.
• White Horse, Fetter Lane, 13, 16.
• Woolpack, Cambridge, 168.
• Wrestlers, Cambridge, 168.
• Islington, 326-331.
• Kett's Oak, 298-300.
• Kingsland Road, 27.
• King's Lynn, 4, 34, 306-326.
• Lamb, Charles, 36, 47-51, 53, 86.
• Landbeach, 177, 180, 189.
• Layston, 119.
• Littleport, 182, 189, 243, 244, 276-281, 283, 284, 289-292.
• Melbourn, 123, 128-131.
• Milestones, Early examples of, 103, 110, 136.
• Milton, 176, 177.
• ----, John, 155, 163.
• Modney Bridge, 183, 297.
• Newton, 115.
• Nine Wells, The, 140.
• Old-time travellers--
• Cobbett, Richard, 34, 122, 184, 244, 258.
• Gilpin, John, 36, 38, 43-46, 87, 96.
• James the First, 36, 46, 71-75.
• Pepys, Samuel, 12, 112-115.
• Prior, Matthew, 82-85.
• Thoresby, Ralph, 76-79.
• Walton, Izaak, 36-38, 43.
• Ouse, The, 180, 182, 198, 201, 205, 218-221, 229, 236, 243, 257, 289, 292, 294, 302, 315.
• Pasque Flower, The, 121.
• Ponder's End, 35, 47, 48, 52-54.
• Puckeridge, 102, 117.
• Quinbury, 102.
• Railways, 22, 28, 32-34, 95, 120, 132, 236, 321.
• Rampton, 214.
• Roman roads, 34-37, 75, 122, 172, 181-183, 213, 231, 244, 251.
• Royston, 4, 7, 117, 119, 120, 122-128.
• ---- Cave, 124.
• ---- Crow, 121.
• ---- Downs, 117, 119-122.
• Ryston, 298, 300.
• Scotland Green, 42.
• Setchey, 305.
• Seven Sisters Road, 40.
• Shelford, Great, 133, 140.
• Shepreth, 131-133, 229.
• Shoreditch Church, 10, 34, 35, 48.
• Southery, 183, 189, 275, 295-297.
• South Runcton, 305.
• Spurgeon, Charles Haddon, 179.
• Stamford Hill, 34, 35, 36.
• Standon Green End, 100.
• Stoke Newington, 35.
• Stow Bardolph, 304.
• Stretham, 182, 253.
• ---- Bridge, 182, 243, 247-251.
• Theobalds, 7, 67, 72-75.
• Thetford, 255.
• Thriplow Heath, 115.
• Tottenham, 36, 38-43.
• ---- High Cross, 35, 37, 38-43.
• Trumpington, 134-136.
• Turner's Hill, 75.
• Turnford, 80.
• Turnpike Acts, 119.
• ---- Trusts, 119.
• Upware, 235-240, 243.
• Wade's Mill, 97, 119.
• Walsingham, Alan of, 267.
• Waltham Cross, 34, 54-70, 79.
• Ware, 5, 6, 7, 34, 36, 87-97.
• ----, Great Bed of, 86, 87, 93.
• Waterbeach, 177-180, 189.
• West Mill, 117.
• West Winch, 306.
• Wicken Fen, 198, 233-235, 240.
• William the Conqueror, 3, 170-173, 209, 212-215, 217, 221-227, 230, 270.
• Wimbotsham, 304.
• Witchford, 225, 230.
• Wormley, 81.

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