The way into London from Kingston-on-Thames is over Putney Heath and across Putney Bridge, where it is only necessary to follow the motor omnibuses to reach Hyde Park Corner or any other central point.]
It was probably William the Conqueror who built the first fortress on the wonderfully defensive site raised above the Thames, but Henry III., the builder of Westminster Abbey and much of the Tower of London, who planned the castle on its present vast scale. Edward III., having instituted the Order of the Garter, gave up the lower ward to that distinguished body of knights, and it was he who employed William of Wykeham as his architect or surveyor. The third, and practically the last, great builder was George IV., who gave up the historic buildings, then in bad repair, to the tender mercies of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, with the results already deplored.
(The State apartments may be seen during the absence of the Court, but about a week elapses after the Royal departure before the public are admitted.)
The magnificent Chapel of St. George—one of the three finest Perpendicular chapels in the kingdom—was mainly built by Edward IV., and finished by Henry VII. and VIII. In the choir are the stalls of the Knights of the Garter, twenty-six in number, with their banners above. Edward IV., Henry VI., Henry VIII., and Jane Seymour and Charles I., were all buried in the chapel.
Windsor Park is famous for the Long Walk—three straight miles of elms, planted by Charles II.; for the beautiful artificial lake, known as Virginia Water; and for the mausoleum in the grounds of Frogmore House, where Queen Victoria and the good Prince Consort lie buried. (On one day only—December 14—every year is this open to the public.)
The road keeps near the river, and passes close to historic Magna Charta Island, where the unwilling John Lackland signed the great charter of English liberty in 1215.
STAINES
possesses an important bridge, the descendant of a wooden one which stood there in 1262. The stone bridge, put up in 1792, gave way, and its successor, built in 1803, was a bold engineering feat in the form of a single iron span of 180 feet; but this, too, had to be replaced, and in 1829 the present stone bridge was planned. It was opened in 1832 by William IV. and Queen Adelaide.
After passing the picturesque Hampton Court Green, one reaches Wolsey's magnificent red-brick palace—
HAMPTON COURT
The site had been in the possession of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and it was from the Prior that Cardinal Wolsey obtained a lease in 1514. He demolished the manor-house, then standing, and in its place planned the stately palace, with its several courtyards entered by great gateways of red brick and stone. Here the princely ecclesiastic entertained in a manner so sumptuous that the Court of Henry VIII. was outshone by its brilliance. In 1526, the King having commented on this fact, Wolsey promptly handed over his palace to his royal master, who did not hesitate to accept a gift so pleasing. After Wolsey's death, Henry spent much time at Hampton Court, and rebuilt a large part of the palace.
To chronicle a bare summary of historic events which took place in the castle is not possible here, but in the early period of its existence Edward VI. was born there, and within these old red walls Jane Seymour died, Catherine Howard was disgraced, and Catherine Parr was married. Here, too, Charles I. spent his honeymoon, and afterwards was confined as a prisoner for three months.
KINGSTON-ON-THAMES
on the other side of the river, is a busy little town of some picturesqueness, possessing at one end of its narrowing market-place the famous Coronation Stone from which the place derives its name. The Perpendicular church, which is large and contains a monument by Chantrey, used to have a quaint custom of cracking nuts during the services on the Sunday preceding Michaelmas Eve. So great was the noise of crunching nuts that it was almost impossible to hear the voice of the clergyman.
After ascending Kingston Hill the road crosses Putney Heath, and enters the Metropolis through the now uninteresting suburb of Putney. After crossing Putney Bridge, the motor omnibuses are the best guide to follow.
A SHORT TABLE, SHOWING THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND SINCE ALFRED THE GREAT, THE CHIEF EVENTS OF THEIR REIGNS, AND THE STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE PREVAILING IN EACH PERIOD
MOTOR-CAR SIGNS
HOTELS ON THE ROUTE
The following hotels are recommended, having been lately visited by the authors:
- Daventry: The Wheatsheaf Hotel.
- Chester: The Grosvenor Hotel.
- Rhyl: The Belvoir Hotel.
- Llandudno: The Queen's Hotel.
- Dolgelley: The Golden Lion Hotel.
- St. David's: The City Hotel.
- Gloucester: The Bell and County Hotel.
- Leamington Spa: The Regent Hotel.
INDEX
- Aber, falls at, 94
- Aberdovey, 128
- Abergavenny, 187
- Abergavenny, Marquis of, 187
- Abergele, 60
- Aberglaslyn, Pass of, 113
- Abergynolwyn, 123
- Aberystwyth, 130, 131
- Adderbury, 303
- Adelaide, Queen of William IV., 317
- Ælfrith, daughter of Alfred, 254
- Afon Dulas, 124
- Afon Gwaen, 156
- Agincourt, Battle of, 222
- Akeman Street, 283, 304
- Aldenham, Lord, 9
- Alderminster, 286
- Aldersey Hall, 43
- Alfred the Great, 234, 254, 282
- 'Alleluia Victory,' 55
- Althorp Park, 22
- Anglesey, 88
- Anglesey Column, 105
- Anglesey, Marquis of, 105
- Anker, River, 27
- Ap Cadell ap Brochmail, Concenn, 71
- Aquablanca, Bishop, 178
- Aragon, Catherine of, 16
- Arbury Hall, 26
- Ardudwy, Mountains of, 120
- Arkwright, Richard, 222
- Arthog, 120
- Arthur, King, 195
- Arthur's Quoit, 116
- Asthall Barrow, 277
- Aston, North, Mid, and Steeple, 303
- Athelney, 254
- Atherstone, 28, 30
- Avon, Warwickshire, 23
- Bacon, Sir Francis, Lord Verulam, 12, 13, 287, 313
- Bala Lake, 83
- Balshall, Dean, 289
- Banbury, 303
- Bangor, 96
- Bardsey Island, 115
- Barford, 290
- Barmouth, 116, 120, 121
- Barnet, 3, 4
- Barrington, Great and Little, 276
- Basingwerke Abbey, 56
- Bath, 250-252
- Batheaston, 242
- Battle Abbey, a cell of, 146
- Beaufort family, the, 194
- Beaumaris, 94
- Beavers, Valley of, 100
- Beddgelert, 113
- Bede, the Venerable, 8
- Belesme, Robert de, 235
- Benglog Bridge, 101
- Berkeley Castle, 213
- Berrington Hall, 225
- Berwyn Mountains, 70
- Bethesda, 99, 105
- Bettws-y-Coed, 83, 84
- Bigsweir Bridge, 203
- Bird Rock, the, 122
- Birmingham reservoirs, 181, 183
- Black Forest, the, 185
- Black Mountains, the, 147, 173, 185
- Black Plague, 176
- Blacklow Hill, 295
- Blenheim Palace, 282
- Blorenge Hill, 188, 191
- Boadicea, 13, 44
- Bodbury Ring, 230
- Bodelwyddan Church, 62
- Bodenham, 221
- Bodfari, 57
- Bordeaux, 42
- Borth, 128
- Boscobel House, 35
- Bosworth, Battle of, 26, 28, 78
- Boughrood Castle, 185
- Bourton-on-the-Hill, 262
- Bowood, 256
- Box, 253
- Bradwell Abbey, 20
- Bran, River, 148
- Bran the Blessed, 114
- Braose, William de, 187
- Breakspere, Nicholas, 12
- Brecknock Beacons, 146, 147, 191
- Brecon or Brecknock, 143-146
- Bremhill Wick, 255
- Bridgnorth, 226, 234-235
- Brintirion, 118
- Britannia Tubular Bridge, 105
- British remains, 69, 83, 94, 129, 146
- Broadway, 262
- Brockhurst Castle, 230
- Bromfield, 226
- Bronllys Castle, 185
- Bronwen, 114
- Brookthorpe, 246
- Broughton, 53
- Brown, 'Capability,' 310
- Brown Clee Hill, 226
- Brownhills Common, 35
- Brunel, 314
- Buckley, 53
- Buildwas Abbey, 233-234
- Builth Wells, 183, 184
- Burford, 260, 276-277
- By Brook, the, 253
- Byford, 176
- Byng, Admiral, 4
- Byron, Lord, 108
- Cader Idris, 117, 123, 132, 135, 137
- Caen, Paul de, 8
- Caer Caradoc Hill, 230
- Caerleon, 206
- Caerwent, 198, 199
- Caerwys, 56
- Cæsar, Julius, 12
- Caldicott Castle, 200
- Calveley Hall, 43
- Cannock Chase reservoir, 35
- Cantelupe, George de, 188
- Cantilupe, Sir Thomas, 178
- Capel Curig, 102
- Capel Garmon, 84, 85
- Caractacus, 230
- Caradoc, King of North Wales, 60
- Caradoc Range, 231
- Carden Hall, 42
- Cardiff Castle, 214
- Cardigan, 151
- Cardigan Bay, 130
- Careg Cennen, 171
- Carmarthen, 168, 169
- Carnarvon, 57, 105-109
- Carnarvon Castle, 107
- Carnarvonshire Mountains, 88
- Carnedd Dafydd, 100, 110
- Carnedd Llewelyn, 100
- Carno, River, 138, 139
- Castell Crogen, 81
- Castell Dinas Brân, 70
- Castell-fan-Crach, 132
- Castell-y-Bere, 123
- Castell-y-Gaer, 121
- Cave, 23
- Cefn Caves, the, 63
- Cefn Hall, 63
- Cefn-y-Bedd, 184
- Cemmaes, 138, 155
- Cenarth, 151
- Cencoed Castle, 199
- Ceriog Valley, 82
- Cerrig-y-Druidon, 83
- Chandos family, 207
- Chantrey, 319
- Charlecote Park, 290
- Charles I., 22, 194, 248, 262, 316, 318
- Charles II., 35, 299, 317
- Charlton, Bishop, 176
- Charlton Park, 258
- Chartist riots, 198
- Cheltenham, 270-272
- Chepstow, 200, 201
- Chepstow, Marshall, Earl of, 153
- Cheshire bowmen, 41
- Chester, 14, 45-51
- Chester, Bishop of, 234
- Chiltern Hills, 19, 312
- Chippenham, 254-255
- Chipping Norton, 261, 283
- Chirk Castle, 66, 81
- Cholmondeley Castle, 42
- Churchdown Hill, 270
- Churchover, 23
- Church Stretton, 229
- Cirencester, 259
- Civil War, 42, 43, 48, 59, 65, 80, 81, 90, 108, 130, 144, 150, 165, 194, 200, 206, 208, 212, 226, 229, 235, 242, 283, 290, 299, 303
- Clare, David le, 42
- Clare, Gilbert de, 165, 266
- Cleddau, River, 165
- Clifford Castle, 175
- Clifford, Jane de, 175
- Clinton, Geoffrey de, 297
- Clinton, Roger de, 234
- Clintons, the, 297
- Clopton, Sir John, 288
- Clopton Tower, 290
- Clwyd, Vale of, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, 64, 68, 69
- Clwydian Hills, 56, 67
- Clyro, 175
- Clyro Castle, 174
- Clytha Castle, 191
- Clywedog, the, 135
- Coalbrookdale, 234
- Coetmore, Howel, 86
- Coldbrook House, 191
- Cold Door Pass, 137
- Coningsby family, 222
- Conway, 85, 90-93
- Conway Abbey, 86
- Conway Castle, 90, 92
- Conway Falls, 83
- Conway Valley, 86
- Corne Dale, 227
- Cornwallis West, Colonel W., 67
- Corris, 124
- Cors-y-Gedol, 116
- Corsham, 253-254
- Corston, 258
- Corwen, 69
- Cothi, River, 148
- Cotswolds, the, 246, 247, 262, 272-273
- Cound, 233
- Coventry, 49, 298-301
- Cranmer, Archbishop, 16
- Criccieth, Castle of, 115
- Crick, 200
- Crickhowell, 186
- Cricklade, 258-259
- Cromwell, Oliver, 261
- Cropredy, 302
- Cross Foxes Inn, 123, 137
- Cross-in-Hand, 25
- Curzon of Kedleston, Lord, 258
- Cusop Castle, 174
- Cutts, Sir John, 6
- Cwm Bychan, Lake of, 115
- Cwm Hir, Abbey of, 140
- Cymmer Abbey, 118
- Darby, Abraham, 234
- Darby Family, the, 234
- Dauncer Family, 220
- Daventry, 22
- Dean, Forest of, 210
- Dee, River, 69, 70, 73, 83
- Dee Valley, 82
- Deerhurst Priory, 268
- Denbigh, 63, 67
- Denbigh Castle, 66
- Derwen, 69
- Deudraeth, Castle of, 114
- Devil's Bridge, 131, 132
- Devil's Kitchen, the, 101
- Devil's Pots, the, 102
- Devil's Punch Bowl, 132
- Dinas Mawddwy, 136, 137
- Dinmore Hill, 221
- Dixton, 205
- Dolbadarn Castle, 110
- Dolgelley, 118, 120, 135
- Dorchester, 310-311
- Dovey, the, 124, 126, 128, 138
- Dowards, the Great and Little, 206, 210
- Drayton, Fenny, 27
- Drayton Manor, 30
- Drayton, Michael, 27
- Druidical Circles, 130, 286
- Drws Ardudwy, 115
- Dryslwyn Castle, 170
- Dudley, Robert, 297
- Dudmaston Castle, 235
- Dulais, River, 148
- Dunsmore Heath, 23
- Dunstable, 15-17
- Dunstable Downs, 19
- Dürer, Albrecht, 78
- Dursley Cross, 211
- Dyffryn River, 121
- Dynevor Castle, 150
- Dynevor, Lord, 171
- Dynevor Park, 170
- Dysynni Valley, 123
- Ealdhelm, 257
- Easton Neston House, 20
- Eaton Hall, 224
- Edeyrnion, Vale of, 83
- Edgar, King, 31
- Edgware, 3
- Edred, King, 11
- Edward I., 58, 64, 76, 108, 114, 123, 130, 170, 214, 228
- Edward II., 108, 213, 214, 217
- Edward III., 167, 316
- Edward IV., 114, 226, 268, 316, 326
- Edward V., 20
- Edward VI., 318
- Eglwyseg, the, 72
- Eglwyseg Rocks, 70
- Eisteddfodau, the, 56
- Elan, Vale of the, 181
- Eleanor of Castile, 16
- Eleanor Cross at Stony Stratford, 20
- Elidyr Fawr, 100, 110
- Eliot, George, 26
- Eliseg's Pillar, 71
- Elizabeth, Queen, 282, 290, 297-302
- Ellesmere, 74
- Elstree, 3
- Emlyn, Viscount, 170
- Enstone, 283
- Ermine Way, 259
- Erwood, 184
- Ethandune, Battle of, 254
- Ethelbert, 177, 221
- Ethelfleda, Queen, 30, 50, 235
- Ethelred, King, 282
- Eton, 314
- Evesham, 262-264
- Evesham, Battle of, 264
- Eye, 225
- Eynsham, 278
- Fairy Glen, the, 83
- Falaise, 266
- Fenny Compton, 302
- Fenny Stratford, 19
- Ferrers Family, 30, 31
- Ffestiniog Railway, 113
- Ffestiniog, Vale of, 113
- Fishguard, 155, 156
- Fitz-Hamon, Robert, 266
- Fitzharon of Glamorgan, 197
- Fitz-Osborn, Earl of Hereford, 200
- Flamstead, 15
- Flanesford Priory, 206
- Foel Fras, 94
- Ford, 222
- Foss Way, 26, 258, 275
- Fox, George, 27
- Frevilles, the, 31
- Friog, 121
- Frost, Jack, 198
- Frowyke, Thomas de, 5
- Garter, Order of the, 316
- Garth Hill, 184
- Gastrell, Rev. Francis, 288
- Gaullwyd Valley, 135
- Gaunt, John of, 297
- Gaveston, Piers, 295
- Geoffrey of Monmouth, 204
- George IV., 316
- Germanus, 55
- Giant's Nose, 117
- Gibbet Hill, 298
- Glandovey, 128
- Glasbury, 172
- Glaspwll Cascade, 128
- Glendower, Owen, 39, 57, 64, 68, 69, 70, 114, 125, 174, 224
- Gloucester, 211-218, 246
- Gloucester Cathedral, 212-216
- Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of, 10
- Glyder Fach, 100, 102
- Glyder Fawr, 100, 101, 102, 111
- Godiva, Lady, 298
- Goodrich Castle, 206
- Goodrich Court, 207
- Goodwick Harbour, 155
- Gorhambury, 14
- Gower, Bishop, 160
- Graig Serrerthin, 210
- Great Orme's Head, 87
- Greenlands, Henley, 313
- Grey, Reginald de, 68
- Greys, the De, 207
- Griffith, the son of Madoc, 71
- Grim's Dyke, 283
- Grimthorpe, Lord, 9, 11
- Grongar Hill, 170
- Guy's Cliff, 294, 295
- Gwydir Castle, 85, 86
- Gwynedd, Owen, 130
- Gwynn, Nell, 6
- Hafod Bridge Inn, 148
- Hakluyt, family of, 225
- Haldingham, Richard de, 179
- Halkin Mountain, 53, 56
- Hall, Dr., 288
- Hampton Court, Herefordshire, 222
- Hampton Court, Middlesex, 317
- Handley Church, 43
- Harcourt family, 309
- Hardicanute, 238
- Hardwicke, 246
- Hare, Mr. Augustus, 228, 229
- Harlech, 113, 114, 121
- Hartshill, 27
- Hathaway, Anne, cottage of, 290
- Haverfordwest, 163, 165, 166
- Hawkstone Park, 41
- Hay, 173
- Heaven's Gate Camp, 233
- Henley-on-Thames, 312-313
- Henry of Bolingbroke. See Henry IV.
- Henry I., 224
- Henry II., 175, 235, 282
- Henry III., 165, 173, 264, 316
- Henry IV., 39
- Henry V., 204, 224
- Henry VI., 10, 314, 316
- Henry VII., 78, 171, 194, 316
- Henry VIII., 5, 316, 318
- Herckenrode, nunnery of, 34
- Hereford, 176-179
- Hereford, Dukes of, 298
- Hill, Rowland, 41
- Hinckley, 26
- Holmer Church, 220
- Hood, Lord, 301
- Hooper, Bishop, 216
- Hope Bowdler, 229
- Hope Church, 222
- Hope-under-Dinmore, 222
- Howard, Catherine, 318
- Humpe, Master, 257
- Huntley, 211
- Hwlffordd, Robert de, 166
- Icknield Way, 15
- Idwal, Prince, 101
- Ironbridge, 234
- Itchington, Lord, 302
- Ivington Camp, 224
- James I., 23, 174
- 'Jesse Tree,' 188
- 'John Halifax, Gentleman,' 272
- John, King, 176, 317
- Johnson, Samuel, 35
- Jones, Inigo, 85, 86, 258
- Juxon, Bishop, 261
- Kenilworth, 296-297
- Kerne Bridge, 206
- Kidderminster, 235-236
- Kilgerran Castle, 152
- Kilsby, 23
- Kingston-on-Thames, 318
- Kite's Nest Inn, 176
- Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 208
- Knyvet, Sir Thomas, 258
- Kyrle, John, 208-209
- Laceys, the, 64
- Lampeter, 148
- Langley Burrell, 255
- Lansdowne, Lord, 256
- Lawley, the, 229
- Lea, 210
- Leamington, 293-294
- Lechlade, 259
- Ledbury, 241-242
- Leicester, 22, 26
- Leicester, Earls of, 292, 297
- Leigh, Lord, 302
- Leland, 174, 197, 257
- Lenthall, Sir Roland, 222
- Leofric, 298
- Leominster, 222-224
- Letton, 175
- Leycester's Hospital, Warwick, 293
- Lichfield, 32, 33
- Little Minster, 276
- Little Orme, the, 88
- Llanbadarn, 131
- Llanbeblig Church, 109
- Llanbedr, 115
- Llanberis, 110
- Llanberis, Old, 111
- Llanberis, Pass of, 111
- Llanbyther, 149
- Llanddwywe Church, 116
- Llandegai, 99
- Llandegai, Model Village of, 94
- Llandilo, 171
- Llandinam, 139
- Llandovery, 148
- Llandudno, 87, 88
- Llandyssil, 149
- Llanegryn, 122
- Llanelltyd, 118
- Llanfairfechan, 94
- Llanfair Pwll Gwyngyll, etc., 105
- Llanfihangel-ar-Arth, 149
- Llangattock-juxta-Usk, 191
- Llangelynin, 122
- Llangoed, 185
- Llangollen, 70-72
- Llangollen Bridge, 70
- Llangollen, Ladies of, 70
- Llangollen, the Vale of, 72
- Llangorse Lake, 185
- Llangunnor, 169
- Llangurig, 131, 141
- Llanidloes, 140
- Llanrhaiadr Church, 66
- Llanrwst, 85, 86
- Llanthony Abbey, 175, 211
- Llanvihangel-on-Usk, 191
- Llanwrda, 148, 172
- Llawhaden Castle, 167
- Llawr Lech, 117
- Llewelyn, 58, 85, 155, 184
- Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, 56
- Lleyn Peninsula, 121
- Llwyngwril, 121
- Llyn Bochlwyd, 102
- Llyn Ogwen, 101
- Llyn Padarn, 109
- Llyn Peris, 111
- London Colney, 6
- Longchamps, the, 207
- Long Compton, 286
- Long Mynd, 229, 231
- Lorraine, Robert, 177
- Lovers' Leap, 201, 203
- Lucy, Sir Thomas, 290
- Ludlow, 225-226
- Ludlow, Lawrence de, 228
- Lug, River, 222
- Lutterworth, 24, 25
- Lyfnant Valley, 128
- Lyneham Barrows, 261
- Lysdinam Hall, 183
- Lyswen, 185
- Machynlleth, 125
- Maenan Abbey, 86
- Maenan House, 86
- Magna Charta, 266
- Magna Charta Island, 317
- Maiden Bower, 15
- Maidenhead, 313-314
- Maldulph, 256
- Malmesbury, 256-258
- Malvern, Great, 240, 241
- Malvern Hills, 236
- Mancetter, 27
- Mancetter Manor House, 27
- Mandeville, Sir John, 11
- Mansell Hill, 176
- Mappa Mundi, 178
- Marden Church, 221
- Margaret of Anjou, 114
- Marlborough, Duke of, 282
- Marmions, the, 31
- Martin de Tours, 152
- Mathern, 200
- Matilda, the Empress, 212
- Maud Heath's Causeway, 255
- Mawddach, the, 116, 117, 120
- Maxstoke, Priors of, 302
- Menai Straits, the, 88, 107
- Menai Suspension Bridge, 104
- Merbach Hill, 175
- Merevale Abbey, 30
- Merewald, King of the West Mercians, 222
- Methuen, Lord, 253
- Methuen, Sir Paul, 253
- Meyrick, Sir Samuel, 207
- Mimms, North, 5
- Mimms, South, 5
- Miner's Bridge, the, 84
- Minster Lovell, 277
- Mistletoe, 241
- Mitcheldean, 211
- Moccas Park, 176
- Mochras, Island of, 115
- Moel Arthur, 56
- Moel Fammau, 55, 56, 67, 69
- Moel Feulli, 69
- Moel Habog, 113
- Moel Hebod, 115
- Moel Siabod, 85, 100, 102
- Moel-y-Gaer, 129
- Mold, 53-56
- Mollington, 303
- Monken Hadley, 4
- Monmouth, 203-205
- Monnow, River, 203
- Montfort, Simon de, 264, 297
- Montgomery, Roger de, 226, 235
- Moreton-in-the-Marsh, 262
- Moreton-on-Lug, 220
- Morfa Harlech, 114
- Morfa Rhuddlan, 59
- Morfe, Forest of, 235
- Mortimer, Roger, 81
- Mortimers, the, 39
- Mouse Castle, 174
- Muckley Corner, 35
- Mulock's, Miss, 'John Halifax, Gentleman,' 265
- Myddelton, Richard, 66
- Myddelton, Sir Hugh, 66, 73, 81
- Myddelton, Sir Thomas, 68, 81, 82
- Mynydd Prescelly, 153
- Mytton, General, 59
- Nailsworth, 250
- Nant Ffrancon, 86, 100, 110, 111
- Nant Gwgan, 124
- Nantclwyd, Vale of, 69
- Narberth, 167, 168
- Naseby, Battle of, 194
- Nash, Beau, 252
- Nelson, Lord, 170
- Nequam, Alexander, 11
- Nero, 13
- Nevern, 153
- New River, the, 66, 81
- Newbridge-on-Wye, 183
- Newburgh, Earl Roger de, 292
- Newcastle Emlyn, 150
- Newgate, 164
- Newport, Mon., 196-199
- Norfolk, Dukes of, 298
- Norfolk, Roger Bigod, Earl of, 202
- Northleach, 274
- Nuneaton, 26
- Nuneham Courtney, 309
- Oakengates, 36
- Offa's Dyke, 80, 82, 176, 201
- Offa, King of Mercia, 8, 59, 80, 221
- Ogham Stones, 116
- Ogofan, the, 148
- Ombersley, 236
- Onibury, 227
- Osric, King of Mercia, 213
- Oswald, 238
- Oswestry, 80
- Overton Scar, 42
- Oxford, 306-308
- Painswick, 246-248
- Panorama Walk, 117
- Paris, Matthew, 11
- Parker, Abbot, 214
- Parr, Catherine, 318
- Paxton, Sir William, 170
- Pearson, Bishop, 47
- Peel, Sir Robert, 30
- Pembroke, William, Earl of, 65, 194, 303
- Pen Caer Peninsula, 156
- Pendragon, 195
- Penhow Castle, 199
- Penmachno, 83
- Penmaenpool, 120
- Penrhyn Castle, 94, 95, 99
- Pentre Evan Cromlech, 154
- Pentre Voelas, 83
- Pen-y-Gaer, 83
- Penyard Castle, 210
- Percies, the, 39
- Percy, Henry, 64
- Percy, Lord Algernon, 295
- Periam, Lady Elizabeth, 313
- Pershore, Abbots of, 262
- Picton Castle, 167
- Picton monument, 169
- Piercefield Park, 201
- Pistyll-y-Cain, 136
- Pistyll-y-Llyn, 128
- Pitchcombe, 246, 248
- Plas Mawr, Conway, 92
- Plas Newydd, 70
- Plautius, Aulus, 12
- Plynlimmon, 132, 139, 140
- Pointz Castle, 164
- Poitiers, Battle of, 86
- Pont Erwydd, 131, 132
- Port Dinorwic, 105
- Powis, Princes of, 71
- Precipice Walk, the, 135
- Prehistoric remains, 116, 156, 286
- Prescelly Mountains, 155
- Puesdown Inn, 272
- Puffin Island, 94
- Putney Heath, 319
- Putta, Bishop, 177
- Quatt, 235
- Quendrida, Offa's Queen, 221
- Raglan Castle, 192-194
- Rain, 148
- Ramryge, Abbot, 10
- Reading Priory, 224
- Redbourne, 14
- Redbrook, 203
- Redesdale, Robin of, 303
- Redhill, 36
- Ramsey Island, 161
- Rembrandt's (?) 'Mill,' 256
- Remigius, Bishop, 311
- Rheidol, Falls of the, 132
- Rheidol Valley, 132
- Rhuddlan, 62, 64
- Rhuddlan Church, 59
- Rhyl, 60
- Rhys of Wales, 172
- Richard II., 79
- Richard's Castle, 225
- Richard of Scrop, 225
- Ridge Hill, 5
- Risbury Camp, 222
- Rivals, the, 115
- Robbers' Cave, 132
- Robert, Duke of Normandy, 214
- Robeston Wathen, 167
- Robin Hood's Butts, 220
- Roche Castle, 164
- Rodney, Lord, 225
- Rollright Stones, 286
- Roman roads, 198, 211, 229, 231, 237, 251, 258, 259, 282, 283, 304
- Roman sites, 15, 19, 23, 35, 36, 37, 44, 56, 57, 69, 77, 86, 105, 109, 125, 139, 146, 147, 150, 168, 169, 172, 174, 183, 187, 195, 199, 204, 230, 259, 275, 311
- Roman steps, 115
- Rosamond, Fair, 175, 282
- Ross, 208-210
- Rowton Moor, 43
- Rugby, 24
- Rupert, Prince, 242
- Ruthin, 67-69
- Sai, Picot de, 227
- St. Albans, 5, 6-14, 221, 267
- St. Amphibalus, 10
- St. Arvans, 201
- St. Asaph, 57-58
- St. Bride's Bay, 164
- St. Caradoc, 160
- St. Chad, 32
- St. Clears, 168
- St. David's, 157-161
- St. David's, Bishops of, 167
- St. David's Head, 157
- St. David's, Lord, 165
- St. Dogmael's Priory, 152
- St. Idloes, 140
- St. Thomas à Becket, Chapel of, 160
- St. Tudno's Church, 87
- St. Tyssul, 150
- St. Werburgh, 51
- St. Wolstan, 302
- Salisbury Cathedral, 259
- Salisbury Hall, 5
- Saltney, 53
- Salusbury, Colonel William, 65
- Sandford-on-Thames, 308
- Sandys, Lord, 236
- Sarn Badrig, 115
- Sarn Helen Roman road, 148, 149
- Saxon Architecture, 31
- Scott, Sir Gilbert, 58, 146
- Scott, Sir Walter, 296
- Senny Bridge, 147
- Seoint, River, 107
- Severn, River, 37, 76, 132, 139, 141, 236, 247, 250
- Seymour, Jane, 316
- Shakespeare, Susannah, 288
- Shakespeare, William, 287-290
- Sherborne Park, 275
- Sherbourne, 290
- Shifnal, 36
- Shipstone-on-Stour, 286
- Shipton-under-Wychwood, 260
- Shottery, 290
- Shrewsbury, 37, 39, 76-80
- Shrewsbury, Battle of, 39, 41
- Shrewsbury, Earls of, 42, 206
- Shrewsbury, Roger, Earl of, 79
- Shropshire Union, 35
- Silurian fossils, 226, 231
- Skomer Island, 165
- Skyrrid, Great, 188
- Slate quarries, 99
- Smith, Worthington G., 17
- Smockington, 26
- Snow, Sir Jeremy, 6
- Snowdon, 84, 102, 109, 111, 115
- Snowshill Valley, 262
- Solva, 164
- Sopwell, 14
- Southam, 302
- Speen, 259
- Spencer, Earl, 22
- Stafford, Lord, 170
- Staines, 317
- Staunton, 176
- Stephen, King, 149, 178, 201
- Stivichall Common, 298
- Stoke d'Abernon, 227
- Stokesay Castle, 227-228
- Stoneleigh Abbey, 301
- Stony Stratford, 20
- Stour, River, 236
- Stourport, 236
- Strafford, Earl of, 4
- Strata Florida Abbey, 132
- Stratford, John de, 289
- Stratford-on-Avon, 287-290
- Stratford, Ralph de, 289
- Stretton, Hesba, 230
- Strongbow, Gilbert de, 130
- Stroud, 248-250
- Strumble Head, 156
- Sugar Loaf, the, 186, 188, 191
- Sugar Loaf Hills, 220
- Sutton Walls, 221
- Swift, Dean, 207
- Swift, River, 24
- Swinford Bridge, 279
- Sychnant Pass, 93
- Symond's Yat, 205, 206, 210
- Taff, River, 168
- Teifi, River, 148, 149, 150, 161
- Talgarth, 185
- Taliesin, 129
- Tal-y-Cafn, 86
- Tal-y-llyn, 123, 124
- Tamworth, 31
- Telford, 74, 82
- Teme, River, 226
- Tewkesbury, 264-268
- Tewkesbury Abbey, 267
- Tewkesbury, Battle of, 267
- Thirlwall, Bishop, 161
- Thomas, Sir William ap, 19
- Three Cocks, the, 172
- Throckmorton, John, 250
- Tintern Abbey, 202
- Titterstone Camp, 227
- Torrent Walk, the, 135
- Totternhoe, 15
- Towcester, 20
- Towy, River, 148, 171, 172
- Traeth Mawr, 113
- Trecastle, 147
- Trefnant, 63
- Trefriew, 86
- Tre-Taliesin, 129
- Trothy, River, 203
- Tryfaen, 102
- Tudor, Edmund, 160
- Tudor, Jasper, 65
- Twining, John, 217
- Twll Du, 101
- Tyler, Wat, 12
- Tyttenhanger, 6
- Usk, River, 143, 147, 186, 194, 197
- Valle Crucis Abbey, 71, 118
- Vanbrugh, Sir John, 42, 282
- Van Lead Mines, 140
- Vaughan, Bishop, 160
- Vaughans, the, 116
- Vaughans of Nannau, 135
- Venables family, 43, 183
- Ver, River, 12, 14
- Verdun, John de, 228
- Verulamium, 7, 12, 13
- Victoria, Queen, 317
- Virginia Water, 317
- Wallingford, Abbot, 9
- Warwick, 290-293
- Warwick, Earls of, 187, 292, 295
- Warwick, Guy of, 295
- Warwick, the King-maker, 4
- Waterloo, Battle of, 105, 169
- Watling Street, 14, 15, 20, 23, 25, 28, 35, 36, 44
- Wat's Dyke, 80
- Weedon, 20
- Wellington Church, 221
- Welsh Architecture, 140
- Wem, 41
- Weston Park, 35
- Weston-under-Penyard, 210
- Wheathampstead, Abbot, 9
- Whitchurch, 41, 63, 66, 206
- White Cross, 176
- Whitley Abbey, 301
- Whitney, 175
- Wicklow, Mountains of, 107
- William the Conqueror, 171, 236, 266, 315
- William Rufus, 167
- William III., 23
- William IV., 317
- Williams-Wynn, Bart., Sir H. Watkin, 72
- Willoughby de Broke, Lady, 62
- Wilton Bridge, 207
- Wilton Castle, 207, 210
- Windrush, River, 275, 276
- Windsor, 314-315
- Wistanstow, 229
- Witherley, 27
- Witney, 275, 277-278
- Woburn Park and Abbey, 19
- Wolsey, Cardinal, 318
- Wombridge, Prior of, 36
- Woodstock, 283
- Woofferton, 225
- Worcester, 236-240
- Worcester, Battle of, 6, 35, 240
- Worcester Priory, 238
- Wotton St. Mary, 270
- Wrekin, the, 36, 233
- Wren, Sir Christopher, 33
- Wrexham, 73
- Wrotham Park, 4
- Wroxeter, 37
- Wulfstan, 238
- Wyatville, Sir J., 315
- Wychwood Forest, 259
- Wycliffe, 24, 25
- Wye, River, 132, 133, 140, 172, 176, 181, 183, 203, 205, 206, 210
- Wykeham, William of, 303, 316
- Wynne, Captain, 67
- Wynne family, the, 85
- Wynnstay Park, 72
- Wytham Hill, 279
- Y Garn, 100