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
Architectural
Period. |
Sovereigns. |
Important Events. |
| Saxon or Pre-Norman |
Saxon Kings from
Alfred the Great. |
|
| Alfred, 871 |
Danish invasions |
| Edward the Elder, 901 |
|
| Athelstane, 925 |
|
| Edmund, 941 |
|
| Edred, 946 |
|
| Edwy, 955 |
|
| Edgar, 959 |
|
| Edward the Martyr, 975 |
|
| Ethelred the Unready, 978 |
|
| Edmund Ironside, 1016 |
|
| Danish Kings. |
|
| Cnut, 1017 |
|
| Harold Harefoot, 1036 |
|
| Hardicanute, 1040 |
|
| Saxon Kings. |
|
| Edward the Confessor, 1042 |
|
| Harold II. 1066 |
Norman Conquest
|
| Norman and Transitional, 1066-1190 |
William I., 1066 |
Domesday compilation |
| William II., 1087 |
First Crusade, 1096 |
| Henry I., 1100 |
|
| Stephen, 1135 |
Civil war with Matilda throughout reign |
| Henry II., 1154 |
Murder of Becket, 1170 |
| Early English, 1190-1280 |
Richard I., 1189 |
Third Crusade, 1189 |
| John, 1199 |
The Interdict, 1208
Magna Charta, 1215
Invasion of Louis the Dauphin, 1215 |
| Henry III., 1216 |
Battle of Lewes, 1264
First Parliament, 1265 |
| Decorated, 1280-1360 |
Edward I., 1272 |
War with Scotland |
| Edward II., 1307 |
|
| Edward III., 1327 |
The Black Death, 1349 |
| Perpendicular, 1360-1500 |
Richard II., 1377 |
Wat Tyler's Rebellion |
| Henry IV., 1399 |
|
| Henry V., 1413 |
Battle of Agincourt |
| Henry VI., 1422 |
Wars of the Roses |
| Edward IV., 1461 |
Wars of the Roses
Printing introduced |
| Edward V., 1483 |
Murdered in the Tower |
| Richard III., 1483 |
Killed at Bosworth |
| Tudor, 1500-1600 |
Henry VII., 1485 |
Discovery of America, 1492 |
| Henry VIII., 1509 |
Field of the Cloth of Gold, 1520
Cardinal Wolsey, 1471-1530
Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1536 |
| Edward VI., 1547 |
Copy of the Bible ordered to be placed in every church |
| Mary, 1553 |
Persecution of Protestants |
| Elizabeth, 1558 |
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots, 1587
Spanish Armada, 1588
|
| Jacobean |
James I., 1603 |
Gunpowder Plot, 1605 |
| Charles I., 1625 |
Civil War began, 1642 |
| The Commonwealth, 1649 |
|
| Charles II., 1660 |
The Great Plague, 1665 |
| James II., 1685 |
Monmouth's Rebellion, 1685
Revolution and landing of William of Orange, 1688 |
| Queen Anne |
William and Mary, 1689 |
|
| Anne, 1702 |
Union of England and Scotland |
| Georgian |
George I., 1714 |
South Sea Bubble, 1720 |
| George II., 1727 |
Rebellion of 1745
Taking of Canada, 1759 |
| George III., 1760 |
American War of Independence, 1775
French Revolution, 1789 |
| George IV., 1820 |
|
| William IV., 1830 |
The first railway opened
Reform Act, 1832 |
| Victorian |
Victoria, 1837 |
The Chartists, 1848
Great Exhibition, 1851
Crimean War, 1854
Indian Mutiny, 1857 |
| Edward VII., 1901 |
|
| George V., 1910 |
|
MOTOR-CAR SIGNS
| A |
London |
| AA |
Southampton (C.C.) |
| AB |
Worcestershire |
| AC |
Warwickshire |
| AD |
Gloucestershire |
| AE |
Bristol |
| AF |
Cornwall |
| AH |
Norfolk |
| AI |
Meath |
| AJ |
Yorkshire (N.R.) |
| AK |
Bradford (Yorks) |
| AL |
Nottinghamshire |
| AM |
Wiltshire |
| AN |
West Ham |
| AO |
Cumberland |
| AP |
Sussex, East |
| AR |
Hertfordshire |
| AS |
Nairn |
| AT |
Kingston-on-Hull |
| AU |
Nottingham |
| AW |
Salop |
| AX |
Monmouthshire |
| AY |
Leicestershire |
| B |
Lancashire |
| BA |
Salford |
| BB |
Newcastle-on-Tyne |
| BC |
Leicester |
| BD |
Northamptonshire |
| BE |
Lindsey, Lincs |
| BF |
Dorsetshire |
| BH |
Buckinghamshire |
| BI |
Monaghan |
| BJ |
Suffolk, East |
| BK |
Portsmouth |
| BL |
Berkshire |
| BM |
Bedfordshire |
| BN |
Bolton |
| BO |
Cardiff |
| BP |
Sussex, West |
| BR |
Sunderland |
| BS |
Orkney |
| BT |
Yorkshire (E.R.) |
| BU |
Oldham |
| BW |
Oxfordshire |
| BX |
Carmarthenshire |
| BY |
Croydon |
| C |
Yorkshire (W.R.) |
| CA |
Denbighshire |
| CB |
Blackburn |
| CC |
Carnarvonshire |
| CD |
Brighton |
| CE |
Cambridgeshire |
| CF |
Suffolk, West |
| CH |
Derby |
| CI |
Queen's County |
| CJ |
Herefordshire |
| CK |
Preston |
| CL |
Norwich |
| CM |
Birkenhead |
| CN |
Gateshead |
| CO |
Plymouth |
| CP |
Halifax |
| CR |
Southampton |
| CT |
Kesteven, Lincs |
| CU |
South Shields |
| CW |
Burney |
| CX |
Huddersfield |
| CY |
Swansea |
| D |
Kent |
| DA |
Wolverhampton |
| DB |
Stockport |
| DC |
Middlesbrough |
| DE |
Pembrokeshire |
| DF |
Northampton |
| DH |
Walsall
|
| DI |
Roscommon |
| DJ |
St. Helens |
| DK |
Rochdale |
| DL |
Isle of Wight |
| DM |
Flintshire |
| DN |
York |
| DO |
Holland, Lincs |
| DP |
Reading |
| DR |
Devonport |
| DS |
Peebles |
| DU |
Coventry |
| DW |
Newport (Mon.) |
| DX |
Ipswich |
| DY |
Hastings |
| E |
Staffordshire |
| EA |
West Bromwich |
| EB |
Isle of Ely |
| EC |
Westmorland |
| ED |
Warrington |
| EE |
Grimsby |
| EF |
West Hartlepool |
| EH |
Hanley |
| EI |
Sligo |
| EJ |
Cardiganshire |
| EK |
Wigan |
| EL |
Bournemouth |
| EM |
Bootle |
| EN |
Bury |
| EO |
Barrow-in-Furness |
| EP |
Montgomeryshire |
| ES |
Perth |
| ET |
Rotherham |
| EU |
Breconshire |
| EW |
Huntingdonshire |
| EX |
Great Yarmouth |
| EY |
Anglesea |
| F |
Essex |
| FA |
Burton-on-Trent |
| FB |
Bath |
| FC |
Oxford |
| FD |
Dudley |
| FE |
Lincoln |
| FF |
Merionethshire |
| FH |
Gloucester |
| FI |
Tipperary (N.R.) |
| FJ |
Exeter |
| FK |
Worcester |
| FL |
Peterborough |
| FM |
Chester |
| FN |
Canterbury |
| FO |
Radnorshire |
| FP |
Rutlandshire |
| G |
Glasgow |
| H |
Middlesex |
| HI |
Tipperary |
| HS |
Renfrew |
| IA |
Antrim |
| IB |
Armagh |
| IC |
Carlow |
| ID |
Cavan |
| IE |
Clare |
| IF |
Cork (County) |
| IH |
Donegal |
| IJ |
Down |
| IK |
Dublin |
| IL |
Fermanagh |
| IM |
Galway |
| IN |
Kerry |
| IO |
Kildare |
| IP |
Kilkenny |
| IR |
King's County |
| IT |
Leitrim |
| IU |
Limerick |
| IW |
Londonderry |
| IX |
Longford |
| IY |
Louth |
| IZ |
Mayo |
| J |
Durham |
| JI |
Tyrone |
| JS |
Ross and Cromarty |
| K |
Liverpool |
| KI |
Waterford |
| KS |
Roxburgh |
| L |
Glamorganshire |
| LB |
London |
| LC |
London |
| LI |
West Meath |
| LN |
London |
| LS |
Selkirk |
| M |
Cheshire |
| MI |
Wexford |
| MS |
Stirling
|
| N |
Manchester |
| NI |
Wicklow |
| NS |
Sutherland |
| O |
Birmingham |
| OI |
Belfast |
| OS |
Wigtown |
| P |
Surrey |
| PI |
Cork |
| PS |
Shetland |
| R |
Derbyshire |
| RI |
Dublin |
| RS |
Aberdeen |
| S |
Edinburgh |
| SA |
Aberdeen (County) |
| SB |
Argyll |
| SD |
Ayr |
| SE |
Banff |
| SH |
Berwick |
| SJ |
Bute |
| SK |
Caithness |
| SL |
Clackmannan |
| SM |
Dumfries |
| SN |
Dumbarton |
| SO |
Elgin |
| SP |
Fife |
| SR |
Forfar |
| SS |
Haddington |
| ST |
Inverness |
| SU |
Kincardine |
| SV |
Kinross |
| SW |
Kirkcudbright |
| SX |
Linlithgow |
| SY |
Midlothian |
| T |
Devonshire |
| TI |
Limerick |
| TS |
Dundee |
| U |
Leeds |
| UI |
Londonderry |
| US |
Govan |
| V |
Lanark |
| VS |
Greenock |
| W |
Sheffield |
| WI |
Waterford |
| WS |
Leith |
| X |
Northumberland |
| XS |
Paisley |
| Y |
Somersetshire |
| YS |
Partick |
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