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Country Rambles, and Manchester Walks and Wild Flowers

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A

Abney Hall, 68.

Agden Hall, 65.

Agecroft Clough, 177.

„Valley, The, 182.

„Park, 184.

Alderley Edge, 85, 89.

„Park, 91.

Alton Towers, 118.

Anemone, The Wood, 108, 180.

Anodonta cygnea, 63.

Arden Hall, 100.

Arkwright’s Mill, 132.

Arum, The, 24.

Ashbourne, 120.

Ashley Meadows, The, 14.

Ashurst, 237.

Ashwood Dale, 128, 138.

Ashworth Wood, 161.

Asphodel, The Lancashire, 53.

Astle Hall, 92.

Axe Edge, 120.

B

Baguley Old Hall, 81.

Bakewell, 136.

Bamford Wood, 160.

Banksian Society, The, 169.

Barlow Hall, 82.

Beeston Castle, 93.

Biddulph Grange, 118.

Billinge, 237.

Bill’s–o’–Jack’s, 147.

Bin Green, 147.

Birchen Clough, 149.

Birch–trees, Ancient, 57.

Birds, Manchester, 257.

„Songs of, 29.

Birkdale Sandhills, The, 246.

Birkin, River, 34.

Birtles, 91.

Blackpool, 247.

Blackstone Edge, 164.

Bluebells at Pott Shrigley, 115.

Blythe Hall, 242.

Boggart–hole Clough, 155.

Bollin, River, 20, 34.

Bollington, 113.

Booth Hall, 37.

Botanical Names, 49, 55.

„ Societies, 194.

Botany Bay Wood, 248.

Bottoms–hall Wood, 143.

Bowden Bridge, 141.

Bramhall, 112.

„ Brook, 122.

„ Valley, The, 123.

Broadbottom, 142.

Brown Wardle, 163.

Bucton Castle, 147.

Burleyhurst Wood, 36.

Burnley Valley, The, 165.

Burscough Priory, 243.

Butter–bur, The, 18.

Butts Clough, 23.

Buxton, 128.

Buxton’s “Guide,” 173.

C

Caley, George, 198.

Camden (quoted), 232.

Capesthorne, 92.

Carrington Moss, 47.

Carr–wood, 161.

Castleton, 134.

“Cat and Fiddle,” The, 120.

Chad, St. (i.e., Saint), 129.

Chadkirk, 129.

„ Vale, 130.

Chapel–en–le–Frith, 134.

Charlesworth Coombs, 143.

Chatburn, 229.

Chat Moss, 59, 249.

Chatsworth, 136.

Cheadle (Cheshire), 192.

Cheeryble Brothers, 214.

Cheeseden–water, 161.

Chee Tor, 137.

Chelford, 92.

Cholmondeley Family, 41.

Chunal Clough, 144.

Clegg’s Wood, 164.

Cliffe Hall, 118.

Clitheroe Castle, 229.

Cliviger, 216.

Cloudberry, The, 148.

Cloud–end, 116.

“Clough,” Meaning of the term, 176.

Cobden Edge, 125.

Coltsfoot, The, 17.

Combermere, 93.

Common Things, Value of, 3.

Compstall, 142.

Congleton, 118.

Conifers, 85, 92.

Cotterill Wood, 21.

Cotton Family, 94.

Cotton–sedge, The, 155.

“Cranford,” 37.

Crocus, The Autumn, 189.

Crompton, Samuel, 220.

Crowther, James, 197.

Crinoidea, The, 230.

Crozier, George, 153, 168.

D

Daisy–nook, 151.

Dan–bank Wood, 131.

Dane, River, 119.

Darley Dale, 137.

Darwen, River, 219.

Davenport Family, 92, 112.

Dean Wood, 236.

Delamere Forest, 40.

„ Lord, 41.

Derby Family, 240.

Derpley Hill, 225.

Derwent, River, 145.

Dewhurst, John, 207.

Didsbury, 70.

Disley, 121.

Dobb–wood, 161.

Douglas, River, 236.

Dovedale, 120.

Drayton, Michael (quoted), 35.

Drift, 191.

Droseras, 49.

Dunham Massey, 67.

„Park, 61.

E

Eagley, River, 220.

Eccles Pike, 128.

Eddisbury, 42.

Entwistle, 222.

Equisetum (sylvaticum), The, 178.

Ernocroft Woods, 130.

Ethelfleda, 43.

Etherowe, River, 130, 142.

Evans, Joseph, 208.

F

Flixton, 67.

Flora, The Manchester, 5.

Fo’edge, 215.

Forest, Original Meaning of the word, 41.

Forget–me–not, The, 25.

Frodsham Hills, The, 66.

G

Gaskell, Mrs., 37.

Gatley Carrs, 68.

Gawsworth, 116.

Geology, The Local, 190.

Germander–speedwell, The, 25.

Gibson, Samuel, 166.

Glazebrook, 67.

Glossop, 144.

Goyt, River, 130.

Grant’s Tower, 214.

Greenfield, 147.

H

Haddon Hall, 136.

Hades Hill, 216.

Hale, 254.

Hall–i’th’–Wood, 220.

Halton Castle, 66.

Hanging–banks Wood, 88.

Hardcastle Crags, 165.

Hayfield, 141.

Heather, The, 53.

Healey Dene, 215.

Hebden Bridge, 166.

Helsby, 66.

Herbarium, How to form an, 78.

High Green Wood, 166.

High Legh, 65.

Hill Cliff, 66.

Hodder, River, 231.

Hoghton Bottoms, 217.

„Family, 217.

„Tower, 218.

Holcombe Hill, 214.

Holford Moss, 59.

Hollingworth, 146.

„Lake, 162.

Holyngworthe Family, 146.

Hope Dale, 135.

Horrocks Hill, 238.

Horse–chestnut, The Singleton, 68, 83.

Horsefield, John, 192.

Horsley Bath, 99.

Hurst Clough, 177.

I

Irk, River, 160.

Irwell, River, 181.

„Valley, The, 182.

“Isle of Skye,” 148.

Ivy, Value of, 37.

J

Jack’s Bridge, 155.

Jackson Edge, 124.

Jowkin–wood, 161.

Jumbles, The, 223.

K

Kerridge Hills, The, 113.

Kinder Downfall, 141.

„ Scout, 140.

Knowsley, 244.

Knutsford, 34.

L

Labiatæ, The, 185.

Lady Bridge, 123.

Lady–smock, The, 38.

Lancashire Botanists, The, 194.

Langho, 223.

Larch, The, 26.

Latchford, 66.

Lathom, Earl of, 242.

„House, 239.

„Park, 238.

Lees–hall Dingle, 144.

Lepidoptera, 29.

Lever, Sir Ashton, 152.

Linden–trees, 42, 124, 255.

Lindow Common, 88.

Littleborough, 164.

Ludworth Moor, 143.

Lyme Cage, 123.

„ Hall, 123.

„ Park, 123.

Lymm, 62.

M

Macclesfield, 115.

“Magpie” Architecture, 39.

Mamelons, 163.

Mam Tor, 135.

Marple Aqueduct, 131.

„ Old Hall, 132.

„ Ridge, 125.

„ Wood, 131.

„ Dell, 131.

Martin, John, 211.

Marton, 117.

Melandra Castle, 144.

Mellor, John, 198.

Mere Clough, 175.

Meres, Origin of the Vale Royal, 45.

Mersey, River, 130.

„Origin of the name, 44.

Mickley Hill, 65.

Middlewood, 122.

Miller’s Dale, 136.

Mitton, 226, 228.

Mobberley, 34.

Monsall Dale, 136.

Moors, 59.

Morley Meadows, The, 87.

Mosses, Origin of the Peat, 55.

Mottram–in–Longdendale, 142.

Mow Cop, 118.

N

Newton–le–Willows, 250.

Nightingale, The, 75, 286.

Norcliffe, 85, 120.

Norden–water, 161.

Norreys Family, 253.

“North Britain,” 146.

North Rode, 116.

Northen, 74.

Northwich, 39.

„Salt Mines, 39.

Norton Park, 66.

O

Oakmere, 44.

Oak, The Marton, 117.

Oldknow, Samuel, 132.

Oreopteris, The, 143.

Ormskirk Church, 243.

Otterspool Bridge, 131.

Oughtrington, 65.

Oulton Park, 42.

Oversley, 87.

P

Paulinus, 223.

Peak Cavern, The, 135.

Peat, 56.

Peckforton, 98.

Peel Monument, The, 214.

Pendle, 230.

Peover, 38.

„Church, 39.

Percival, James, 199.

Peveril Castle, 136.

Photographs in Manchester, The first, 110.

Plumbley, 38.

“Pots and Pans,” 147.

Pott Shrigley, 114.

Prestbury, 113.

Prestwich Dells, 177.

Primroses, 27.

Prince Charles Edward, 79.

R

Radnor Mere, 91.

Railways, 9, 127, 186.

Ramsbottom, 214.

Ramsley Clough, 144.

Ravenstone Brow, 150.

Reddish Valley, The, 100.

Reeds Mere, 92.

Reservoirs, Picturesque effects of, 127.

Rhododendrons, 86, 251.

Ribble, River, 226, 228, 231.

Ribblesdale, 231.

Riddings Brook, 64.

Rimmon Clough, 149.

River–terraces, 192.

Rivington Pike, 233.

„ Reservoirs, 234.

Robin Hood Rocks, 164.

Roche, River, 161.

Roman Road, 164.

Romiley, 130.

Rosa villosa, The, 179, 223.

Rossendale, 215.

Rostherne, 51.

„Mere, 52.

Rubus Chamœmorus, The, 148.

„ saxatilis, The, 162.

Rudyard Lake, 118.

Rushton, 118.

S

Salley Abbey, 231.

Scarisbrick Hall, 244.

Seal Bark, 140, 149.

Shire–hill, 144.

Shivering Mountain, The, 135.

Shutlings Low, 116, 118, 120.

Sidebotham, Mr. Joseph, 107.

Simpson Clough, 160.

Smithills Hall, 221.

Solitude, 55.

Southport, 246.

Southshore, 187.

Speke Hall, 252.

Spring–wood, 37.

Spring, Phenomena of, 20.

Staley Brushes, 145, 146.

Stanley Family, 244.

Statham, 65.

Stirrup–benches, 143.

„ Wood, 143.

Stockport, 111, 132.

Stonyhurst, 226.

Strawberry Hill, 133.

Strines Valley, The, 134.

Summerseat, 214.

Sundews, The, 49.

T

Tabley Old Hall, 37.

„ Park, 37.

Tame, River, 101.

Tandle Hill, 160.

Tatton Park, 33.

„ Gardens, 34, 242.

Taxal, 126.

Tegsnose, 113.

Thelwall, 64.

Thieveley Pike, 216.

Throstle Glen, 151.

Thrutch, The, 215.

Tintwistle, 144.

Todmorden Valley, The, 165.

Toft Park, 37.

Townley, Thomas, 172.

Trees, How to learn, 35.

Trentham, 118.

Trulove, The, 36.

Turton Tower, 219.

U

Urmston, 67.

Use, True idea of, 235.

V

Vale Royal, 40.

„Abbey, 41.

„Mere, 42.

W

Warburton Church, 65.

Waterworks, Liverpool, 234.

„Manchester, 145.

Weaver, River, 42.

Werneth Low, 125, 130, 143.

Wessenden Clough, 150.

Whaley Bridge, 126.

Whalley Abbey, 224.

„Church, 223.

„Nab, 225.

Whiteley Dean, 163.

„Nab, 144.

White Moss, 153.

“White Nancy,” 113.

Whittle–le–Woods, 234.

Wigan, 235.

Wild–boar Clough, 120.

Willows, 16.

Wilmslow, 85.

Windybottom Bridge, 133.

Windy–cliff Wood, 161.

Windgates, The, or, “Winnats,” 134.

Winter Hill, 234.

Winwick, 251.

Woodhead, 144.

Wormhill Springs, The, 137.

Worsley, 248.

„Hall, 247.

Wrenbury, 93.

Wren’s Wood, 247.

Wye, River, 128.

Wythenshawe Hall, 79.

Y

Yew–berries, 227.

„ Trees, Old, 35, 66.

Youth and Age, True idea of, 8, 204.

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FOOTNOTES:

On her left breast, A mole, cinque–spotted, like the crimson drops I’ the bottom of a cowslip.

And spent all night in the open field, fires round about them shined, As when about the silver moon, when air is free from wind, And stars shine clear, to whose sweet beams, high prospects, and the brows Of all steep hills and pinnacles, thrust themselves up for shows, And even the lowly valleys joy, to glitter in their sight, When the unmeasured firmament bursts to disclose her light, And all the signs in heaven are seen that glad the shepherd’s heart.

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