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Chapter 43: INDEX
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A linear travelogue traces the old highway between Manchester and Glasgow, combining route-by-route description with historical notes, antiquarian lore, and practical mileage. It records urban and rural landscapes, coaching inns, bridges, churches, castles, and industrial features, and recalls mail-coach and stagecoach traditions alongside local anecdotes and place-name stories. Plates, maps, and sketches illustrate landmarks while brief essays on architecture, road-building, and social customs contextualize the passage. The result blends vivid scene-setting and topographical detail with historical research to portray the road's character and evolving role in regional life.

INDEX

  • Abington. ii. 289
  • Adlington, i. 340, 346, 347-49
  • Alvaston, i. 281
  • Anglezarke Moor, ii. 85
  • Annan, River, ii. 269, 270, 272
  • Ardwick Green, i. 352
  • Arthuret, ii. 212, 214
  • Ashbourne, i. 76, 87, 306, 308-23
  • Askham Hall, ii. 172
  • Bamber Bridge, ii. 89
  • Bamford, Samuel, i. 51-111
  • Barnet, i. 56, 111, 119-21
  • Barnet Fair, i. 116-119
  • Barrow-on-Soar, i. 248, 253
  • Bass family (brewers), i. 311
  • Beattock, ii. 270, 273, 279, 284
  • Bedford, Dukes of, i. 157-64; ii. 292
  • Belgrave, i. 246, 251
  • Blackford, ii. 211
  • Blackwood, ii. 291
  • Blore, i. 329
  • Bollin, River, i. 345
  • Bollington, i. 345
  • Bolton, ii. 68-75
  • Bolton-le-Sands, ii. 132
  • Bonshaw Tower, ii. 263
  • Boothby, Penelope, i. 316-18
  • Boroughbridge, ii. 153-54
  • Bosley, i. 337
  • Bothwell, ii. 295
  • Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, ii. 294
  • Boughton, i. 198
  • Boughton Green, i. 198
  • Brailsford, i. 42, 308
  • Brandreth, Jeremiah, rebel, i. 89, 291-97
  • Bright, John, i. 22, 199; ii. 42-5
  • Brixworth, i. 200-3
  • Brougham, ii. 163-71
  • Broughton, near Newport Pagnell, i. 166
  • Buckstone, The, ii. 133-35
  • Bullock Smithy (Hazel Grove), i. 83, 350-52
  • Burton-in-Kendal, ii. 133-37
  • Calton Moor, i. 329
  • Carleton, ii. 188
  • Carlisle, i. 14, ii. 188-207, 214
  • Carlyle, Thomas, ii. 264-68
  • Carnforth, ii. 132
  • Carriers, i. 24, 311
  • Cavendish Bridge, i. 266, 279
  • Charles Edward, Prince (see Rebellion of 1745).
  • Chorley, ii. 83, 86-88
  • Church Langton, i. 217-20
  • Churnet, River, i. 335
  • Clayton Green, ii. 88
  • Clayton-le-Woods, ii. 88
  • Clifton (near Manchester), ii. 68
  • Clifton (near Penrith), ii. 158-63
  • Clipston, i. 211
  • Clyde, River, ii. 272, 288, 289, 294, 307, 320
  • Coaches:—
  • Beehive, London and Manchester, i. 41
  • Carlisle Mail, i. 5-14
  • Carlisle Post Coach, i. 5
  • Courier, London and Glasgow, i.  29
  • Defiance, London and Manchester, i. 32, 34, 37, 41, 42, 308; ii. 65
  • Derby Dilly, Manchester and Derby, i. 309
  • Derby Fly, Derby and London, i.  290
  • Dumfries Coach, ii. 253, 255
  • Dumfries and Edinburgh Mail, ii. 283
  • Estafette, London and Manchester, i. 38
  • Flying Coach (1754), London and Manchester, i. 23
  • Flying Machine, London and Manchester, i. 24
  • Glasgow Mail, i. 5-21; ii. 149, 200, 268, 270-79, 286-88
  • Glasgow and Carlisle Diligence, ii. 271
  • Glasgow and Edinburgh Stage, i. 3
  • Handforth, Howe, Glanville & Richardson’s Manchester and London Coach, i. 24
  • Independent, London and Manchester, i. 33
  • London Flying Machine (1770) Manchester and London, i.  24
  • London New and Elegant Diligence, Manchester and London, i. 25
  • Manchester Mail, London and Manchester, i. 25, 116; ii. 65
  • Manchester and Derby Mail, i. 310
  • Manchester Telegraph, London and Manchester, i. 33, 37-9, 41; ii. 66
  • New Diligence, Manchester and London, i. 25
  • Peveril of the Peak, London and Manchester, i. 22, 41, 42
  • Plummer’s Glasgow and London Coach, i. 5
  • Prince Cobourg, London and Manchester, i. 32
  • Red Rover, London and Manchester, i. 41, 43
  • Regulator, London and Manchester, i. 33
  • Royal Defiance, London and Manchester, i. 33
  • Coaching, i. 2-51, 125, 289, 309; ii. 129-32, 137, 147-53, 199-202, 230, 253, 255, 270-72, 274-79, 283-88, 296-98
  • Coaching accidents, i. 14, 42; ii. 147, 283, 285-88
  • Coaching and Carrying Notabilities:—
  • Ainslie, Jack, ii. 245-47
  • Anderson, James, ii. 165
  • Barnes, James, ii. 150
  • Bass, William, i. 311
  • Baxendale, Joseph, i. 311
  • Bird, “Parson,” ii. 149
  • Bryden, John, ii. 149
  • Byrns, Jim, i. 50; ii. 150
  • Campbell, Hugh, ii. 287
  • Chaplin, William, i. 33, 43
  • Davies, Tom, i. 47
  • Douglas, Harry, i. 46
  • Drydens, the, ii. 149
  • Eade, George, ii. 155
  • Goodfellow, John, ii. 283
  • Hoorn, William, i. 3
  • Horne, Benjamin Worthy, i. 43
  • Inns, Samuel, i. 47
  • Jervis, William, i. 48
  • Johnson, Isaac, ii. 150
  • Lacy, H. C., i. 25, 29; ii. 65
  • MacGeorge, James, ii. 283
  • Meecher, James, i. 47
  • Nelson, Robert, i. 41
  • Nightingale, Robert, ii. 148
  • Parkin, James, ii. 148
  • Pickford, Matthew, i. 24, 311
  • Pooley, John, ii. 151
  • Ramsay of Barnton, ii. 148
  • Reed, John, ii. 149
  • Sherman, Edward, i. 34-38, 43
  • Skaife, Edward, i. 50
  • Snow, Bob, i. 46
  • Teather, John, ii. 147, 199
  • Telfers, the, ii. 150
  • Venables, the, i. 49
  • Walker, John, i. 4.
  • Wall, Joe, i. 46
  • Waterhouse, William, i. 33, 34
  • Cockfosters, i. 121
  • Compton, i. 309
  • Convagata, Stanwix, ii. 205
  • Cook, Thomas (originator of railway excursions), i. 244
  • Countess Pillar, ii. 169, 171
  • Crawford, ii. 270, 288
  • Crompton, Samuel, inventor, ii. 28, 75-83
  • Cuckoo Bush, i. 266
  • Dane, River, i. 336, 337
  • Denighton Bridge, ii. 290
  • Derby, i. 75, 89, 281, 285-306
  • Derventio, Derby, i. 285
  • Derwent, River, i. 285, 304
  • Devil’s Beef Tub, ii. 272, 282
  • Dinwoodie Green, ii. 269, 273
  • Dorfcocker, ii. 84
  • Douglas Mill, ii. 290
  • Douglas Water, ii. 290
  • Dove, River, i. 324, 329
  • Dunstable, i. 61, 154
  • Dyrham Park, i. 124
  • Eakley (or Inckley) Lane, i. 173
  • Eamont Bridge, ii. 175-79
  • Eamont River, ii. 171, 175
  • East Langton, i. 217-20
  • Ecclefechan, ii. 264-68
  • Eden, River, ii. 171, 204
  • Elvanfoot, ii. 269, 272, 273
  • Elvaston, i. 281-85
  • End Moor, ii. 137
  • Ericstane Brae, ii. 269, 271, 273, 284
  • Esk, River, ii. 210, 214, 217
  • Evan Water, ii. 273, 284-88
  • Farleton Knott, ii. 134, 137
  • Farnworth, ii. 69
  • Faxton, i. 208-10
  • Finchley, i. 115
  • Firwood, ii. 75
  • Flamstead, i. 153
  • Flash, i. 342-45
  • Forton, ii. 107
  • Foxton Locks, i. 220
  • Friar’s Wash, i. 152
  • Galgate, ii. 107
  • Garstang, ii. 105-7
  • Gayhurst, i. 170-72
  • Giant’s Grave, the, ii. 183-85
  • Glasgow, ii. 296-324
  • Glen Magna (or Great Glen), i. 222
  • Gorhambury, i. 151
  • Goslin Syke, ii. 209
  • Gotham, i. 262-66
  • Great Glen (or Glen Magna), i. 222
  • Gretna Green, i. 14; ii. 210, 218, 222-53
  • “Gretna Green” Marriages:—
  • Bourbon, Prince Charles Ferdinand, and Penelope Smyth, ii. 249
  • Deerhurst, Viscount, ii. 248
  • Drumlanrig, Viscount, and Caroline Clayton, ii. 249
  • Dundonald, Earl of, and Katharine Barnes, ii. 248
  • Erskine, Lord Chief Justice, and Sarah Buck, ii. 247
  • Ibbetson, Captain, and Lady Adela Villiers, ii. 245
  • Lovell, Captain Francis, and Lady Rose Somerset, ii. 249
  • Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, and Ellen Turner, ii. 242-44
  • Westmoreland, Earl of, and Miss Child, ii. 244
  • Grindley Marsh, i. 352
  • Gunpowder Plot, i. 171
  • Hackleton, i. 177
  • Hackthorpe, ii. 156
  • Hadley Green, i. 124
  • Hall-i’-th’-Wood, ii. 28, 76-83
  • Hamilton, ii. 292-94
  • Hamps, River, i. 330
  • Hanging Bridge, i. 324-26, 329
  • Hardingstone, i. 178
  • Hassockwell Burn, ii. 272
  • Hathern, i. 261
  • Hazel Grove (Bullock Smithy), i. 83, 349-52
  • Heaton Chapel, near Stockport, i. 352
  • Heaton Norris, i. 352
  • Heaviley, i. 352
  • Helm Wind, the, ii. 146
  • Heron Syke, ii. 134
  • Hest Bank, ii. 120, 122, 129, 132
  • Highgate, i. 55, 115
  • High Hesket, ii. 187, 244
  • Hockliffe, i. 3, 61, 155
  • Hogstye End, i. 165
  • Hope Green, i. 349
  • Hopping Hill, i. 210
  • Horton, i. 174, 176
  • Horwich, ii. 84
  • Hucks Brow, ii. 147, 153
  • Inckley (or Eakley), Lane, i. 173
  • Inns (mentioned at length):—
  • Bay Horse, near Lancaster, ii. 107
  • Beattock Inn, ii. 270, 298
  • Bedford Arms, Woburn, i. 109-11, 163
  • Bell, Derby, i. 290
  • Black Bull, Glasgow, ii. 302
  • Black Swan, Mountsorrel, i. 251
  • Bottom Inn, near Leek, i. 331
  • Bridgewater Arms, Manchester, i. 25, 26, 29, 33; ii. 65
  • Bull and Mouth, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, i. 19, 34, 37, 44
  • Bull’s Head, Eakley Lane, i. 174
  • Bull’s Head, Loughborough, i. 260
  • Bull’s Head, Manchester, ii. 64
  • Bull’s Head, Salford, ii. 24
  • Bush, Carlisle, i. 5; ii. 200, 245, 246
  • Crewe and Harpur’s Arms, Swarkestone, i. 278
  • Crook, Tweedshaws, ii. 284
  • Crown, Eamont Bridge, ii. 174
  • Cuckoo Bush, Gotham, i. 266
  • Fleur-de-lis, St. Albans, i. 127, 128
  • George and Dragon, Eakley Lane, i. 174
  • Gloucester Arms, Penrith, ii. 181
  • Green Man (Bottom Inn), i. 331
  • Green Man and Black’s Head, Ashbourne, i. 322
  • Gretna Hall, ii. 229, 240-42, 245, 249, 251
  • Gretna Hotel, ii. 229
  • Greyhound, Shap, ii. 151, 155
  • Horton Inn, i. 174
  • Horwich Moorgate, ii. 84
  • Kedleston Inn, i. 306
  • King’s Head (now Queen’s Head), Springfield, ii. 233, 236, 238, 240
  • Lathbury Inn, i. 169
  • Maxwell Arms, Springfield, ii. 233, 235
  • New Inn, Hackleton, i. 177
  • Old Black Bull, Moffat, ii. 281
  • Old Man and Scythe, Bolton, ii. 71-73
  • Old Rover’s Return, Manchester, ii. 64
  • Old White Lion, Finchley, i. 116
  • Plough, Shap Fell, ii. 153
  • Red Lion, Hazel Grove, i. 351
  • Royal Hotel and New Bridgewater Arms, Manchester, i. 29; ii. 65
  • Saracen’s Head, Glasgow, ii. 298-302
  • Sark Bar, ii. 228
  • Seven Stars, Manchester, ii. 24-64
  • Sun (Poet’s Corner), ii. 64
  • Swan with Two Necks, Lad Lane, i. 25, 32, 33
  • Tempest Arms, Horwich Moor, ii. 84
  • Tontine, Glasgow, ii. 298, 303
  • Two Lions, Penrith, ii. 182
  • Welcome into Cumberland, Eamont Bridge, ii. 152, 176, 179
  • White Lion, Stockport, i. 357
  • White Swan, Mountsorrel, i. 252
  • Irk, River, ii. 5
  • Irlam-o’-th’-Height, ii. 68
  • Irwell, River, ii. 5, 67, 68
  • Islington, i. 112
  • Johnstone Bridge, ii. 270
  • Kearsley, ii. 69
  • Kedleston Hall, i. 307
  • Kegworth, i. 89, 91, 261
  • Kelmarsh, i. 210
  • Kendal, ii. 138-45
  • Kent River, ii. 122, 125, 139
  • Kent’s Bank, ii. 122, 124
  • Kentigern, Saint, ii. 308-12
  • Kibworth Beauchamp, i. 221
  • King Arthur’s Drinking Cup, ii. 174
  • King Arthur’s Round Table, ii. 173
  • Kingsthorpe, i. 196
  • Kingston-on-Soar, i. 262
  • Kingstown, ii. 209
  • Kirk Langley, i. 306
  • Kirkpatrick, ii. 263
  • Kirtlebridge, ii. 264
  • Kirtle Water, ii. 263, 264
  • Lamport, i. 203-7
  • Lancaster, ii. 108-20
  • Lancaster Sands, ii. 122-32
  • Langtons, the, i. 217-20
  • Larkhall, ii. 291
  • Lathbury, i. 169
  • Leek, i. 85, 323, 331-35
  • Leicester, i. 71, 95, 223-46
  • Lesmahagow, ii. 272, 291
  • Levenshulme, i. 352
  • Lockerbie, ii. 269, 279
  • Lockington, i. 266
  • London Colney, i. 125
  • Longsight, i. 352
  • Longtown, ii. 211, 212, 213, 253
  • Lonsdale, The “Bad Lord,” ii. 157
  • Loughborough, i. 73, 84, 91, 94, 259-61
  • Low Hesket, ii. 188
  • Lowther Castle, ii. 156-58
  • Lowther River, ii. 171-73
  • Luguvallum, Carlisle, ii. 189, 205
  • Lune, River, ii. 108, 118
  • Lyne, River, ii. 210
  • Macadam, John Loudon, ii. 280
  • Macaulay, Thomas Babington, i. 246-48
  • Macclesfield, i. 84, 323, 326, 337-42
  • Mackworth, i. 306
  • Maidwell, i. 210
  • Manchester, ii. 1-68
  • Mancunium, Manchester, ii. 9
  • Manifold, River, i. 330
  • Market Harborough, i. 96, 212-17, 254
  • Markyate Street, i. 61, 153
  • Mayfield, i. 326
  • Meikleholmside, ii. 284
  • Mein Water, ii. 264
  • Merkland, ii. 263
  • Milk, River, ii. 269
  • Milton Bryant, i. 157
  • Moffat, ii. 269-71, 273, 274, 279-84
  • Monken Hadley, i. 120, 122
  • Moore, Thomas (poet), i. 262, 326-9
  • Moses Gate, ii. 69
  • Mountsorrel, i. 73, 95, 248-52
  • Mungo, Saint, ii. 308-12
  • Myerscough, ii. 105
  • Naseby, Battle of, i. 211
  • Nene, River, i. 185
  • Nethan, River, ii. 291
  • Newport Pagnell, i. 61, 109, 166-69
  • Northampton, i. 66, 96, 175, 184-96
  • Oadby, i. 223
  • Old-time Travellers (in general), i. 15-22, 51-111
  • Bamford, Samuel, i. 51-111
  • Boswell, James, i. 298, 321-23; ii. 301
  • Bright, John, i. 22, 199
  • Brougham, Lord, ii. 164
  • Eldon, Earl of, ii. 226
  • Granville, Dr., ii. 154, 164
  • Gray, Thos., ii. 125, 301
  • Hawker, Col., i. 9; ii. 235, 274
  • Hume, David, ii. 201
  • Johnson, Dr., i. 298; ii. 301
  • Mandeville, Sir John, i. 148-50
  • Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, i. 16-19
  • Wesley, Rev. John, i. 142, 168
  • Wilson, Professor John, i. 6
  • Old-time Travelling, i. 3-51, 125; ii. 222-53, 274, 298
  • Osmaston Manor, i. 308
  • Ouse, River, i. 109, 173
  • Over Sands, ii. 122-32
  • Oxendon, i. 212
  • Peel Towers, ii. 159
  • Pendlebury, ii. 68
  • Pendleton, ii. 68
  • Pennersaughs, ii. 264
  • Penrith, i. 14; ii. 179-87
  • Penwortham, ii. 92
  • “Peterloo,” i. 53, 326; ii. 39-41
  • Petterill, River, ii. 187
  • Pickford & Co., i. 310
  • Piddington, i. 176
  • Poynton, i. 349
  • Prestbury, i. 345-47
  • Preston, i. 84, 87; ii. 83, 90-105
  • Prince Charles Edward (see Rebellion of 1745).
  • Pytchley Hunt, the, i. 199
  • Quakers, the (origin of the name), i. 289
  • Quarndon, i. 306
  • Queen’s Cross, near Northampton, i. 99, 178-84
  • Quorn Hunt, the, i. 212, 253-57
  • Quorndon, or Quorn, i. 95, 252-59, 306
  • Railways, i. 43; ii. 55, 107, 122, 124, 130, 132, 200, 228, 270, 285, 288, 304
  • Ratæ Coritanorum, Leicester, i. 225-29
  • Rebellion of 1715, i. 270; ii. 90, 93-97, 104, 112, 196, 319
  • Rebellion of 1745, i. 169, 270-78, 287, 319, 324, 334; ii. 21, 98, 103, 144, 155, 160-63, 185, 187, 195-98, 260, 319
  • Redbourne, i. 111, 152
  • Ribble, River, ii. 90-92
  • Richard III., i. 238; ii. 180
  • Ring Cross, i. 112-15
  • Rivington Pike, ii. 85, 87
  • Rothley, i. 95, 246
  • Rothley Temple, i. 246
  • Rudyard Lake, i. 335
  • Rushton Marsh, i. 336
  • Rushton Spencer, i. 336
  • Russell family, i. 157-64
  • St. Albans, i. 56-61, 111, 125-50
  • Salford, ii. 67
  • Sark River, ii. 214, 217
  • Sark Bar, ii. 226-29
  • Scotforth, ii. 107
  • Shap, ii. 151, 155
  • Shap Abbey, ii. 156
  • Shap Fell, i. 54; ii. 146, 150
  • Shardlow, i. 281
  • Skerton, ii. 120
  • “Slash, Captain,” i. 198
  • Slyne, ii. 120
  • Soar, River, i. 244, 248, 262
  • Solway Moss, ii. 214-18
  • South Mimms, i. 124
  • Springfield, ii. 210, 214, 218, 226, 227, 234-36
  • Standish, Miles, ii. 86-88
  • Stanton-by-Bridge, i. 267
  • Stanwix, i. 11; ii. 189, 204-9
  • Stockport, i. 83, 323, 353-58
  • Stoke Goldington, i. 62, 99
  • Swarkestone Bridge, i. 267, 270, 273, 276-78
  • Swinscoe, or Swinecote, i. 329
  • “Teetotal,” origin of the word, i. 104
  • Telford, Thomas, i. 2, 10; ii. 263, 268, 271, 277-79
  • Thiefside, ii. 187, 188
  • Tolcross, ii. 296
  • Trent, River, i. 89, 254, 261, 266-70, 278-81
  • Turnpike Trusts, ii. 273-78
  • Tyringham, i. 170
  • Uddingston, ii. 296
  • Verulamium, St. Albans, i. 130, 150
  • Voreda, Old Penrith, ii. 187
  • Waggons (Manchester and London):—
  • Bass’s, i. 24
  • Cooper’s, i. 24
  • Hulse’s, i. 24
  • Pickford’s Flying Waggons, i. 24, 311
  • Washington’s, i. 24
  • Wood’s, i. 24
  • Walton-le-Dale, ii. 90
  • Wamphray, ii. 270, 274
  • Wanlip, i. 246, 251
  • Waterfall, i. 330
  • Waterhouses, i. 330
  • Wavendon, i. 166
  • West Linton, ii. 211
  • Whetstone, i. 56
  • Whittle-le-Woods, ii. 88
  • “Wise Men of Gotham,” i. 262-66
  • Woburn, i. 61, 109, 157, 163-65
  • Woburn Abbey, i. 157-62
  • Woburn Sands, i. 165
  • Wolsey, Cardinal, i. 244
  • Woodhouse Eaves, i. 253
  • Yanwath Hall, ii. 170

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