INDEX

Akeman Street, 60 Aldhelm, church-builder, 103 Alfriston clergy-house, 180 Alignements, 46 Allington rectory, 180 Almshouses, 181 Altars, 191 Amphitheatre, Roman, 67 Anchoresses, 183 Anchor-hold, 183 Anglo-Saxon villages, 74-89 Archery, 277, 298 Architecture, English, 102-24 Arresting a dead body, 227 Arrow-heads, 20 Art of Husbandry, 255 Astrology, belief in, 222 Aumbry, 192 Avebury cromlech, 46

B

Ball-flower moulding, 118 Barkham in Domesday, 128 Barnack Church, 106 Barrows or tumuli, 23-3 " long and round, 25 " near churchyards, 23 " Saxon, 90-3 " their contents, 24, 29 Basilica, Roman, 66 Beacons, 268 Beating the bounds, 276 Bede, 75 Bell-ringing customs, 250 Bells, 245-53 " christening of, 246 " inscription on, 247-50 Benedict Biscop, 103 Benedictine monks, 161 Bewcastle cross, 98 Bishops, treating of, 229 Black Death, 255 Blood-letting, 167-9 Blowing Stone, 52 Bordarii, 131 Border castles, 140 Brachycephalic race, 21 Brasses, monumental, 212-18 Bridal cup, 207 Brief Book, 226 Brighthampton, pit dwellings at, 33 British Church, 93 " oppida, 34 " roads, 60, 61 " saints and martyrs, 94 Bronze Age, 21, 40 Budworth hermitage, 182 Burial urns, 29, 30 " urns in woollen, 220

C

Caesar’s camps, 50 Camps, 50-52 Carthusian monks, 162 Castles, 135-53 Cave men, 16 Celts, 21, 34, 37, 56 Cemeteries, Saxon, 92 Censers, 205 Chancels, 190 Charles II., adventures of, 267 Chaucer’s satire on monks, 160 Chepstow Castle, 140 Chest, parish, 218-29 Chivalry, 143, 148 Chrismatory, 206 Christmas in olden time, 278 Chun Castle, 51 Church ales, 258 Church bells, 245-53 " house, 258 " plate, 200-8 " yard, 243 Churches, parish, 184 99 Churchwardens’ account books, 223-6 Cistercian monks, 114, 161 Civil War, effects of, 153, 220, 265 Cloister of monastery, 163 Cluny, monks of, 161 Consecration crosses, 239 Conversion of Saxons, 94, 95 Crannogs, 38 Cremation, 28, 29, 92 Cromlechs, 46-9 Crosses, Saxon, 95-101 Cross-legged effigies, 211 Cucking-stool, 280

D

Decay of old sports, 271 Decorated architecture, 117 Desecration of monasteries, 159 Devil’s Highway, 61 Dog-tooth ornament, 116 Dog-whipper, 228 Dolichocephalic race, 19 Dolmen, 49, 50 Domesday Book, 125-34 Donnington Castle, 152 Druids, 48, 50

E

Early English architecture, 115-17 Earthworks, 50-6 Easter sepulchre, 193 Edge Hill, battle of, 264 Edwardian castles, 140 Emblems on brasses, 217 Enstone, menhir at, 45 Eslithic man, 14 Epitaphs, curious, 243 Ermyn Street, 60 “Evil eye,” 291-3

F

Fairford windows, 232 Fairies, 56, 293 Fairs, 261 Feudalism, 141 Field-names, 296-8 Flint implements, discovery of, 11 Flint implements, 15, 20 Fonts, 186 Food in barrows, 24, 25 Football, 277 Force-pump, Roman, 68 Frescoes, 234 Friars, preaching, 161 Future life, belief in, shown by barrows, 24

G

Gambassi, glass-painter, 232 Geburs, 82 Gentleman, accomplishments of a, 149 Geological changes, 11-13 Glaciers in Britain, 12 Glass, stained, 230-3 Glastonbury, pit dwellings at, 37, 41, 42 Green, village, 8, 280 Grims-dike, 54, 55 Grosmont Castle, 141 Guizot on castles, 141

H

Hagioscopes, 194 Hall marks, 208 Harvest homes, 275 Hastings, battle of, 264 Heart burial, 222 Hedsor, pile dwellings at, 37, 38 Hereivard the Wake, 264 Hermits, 181 Hexham church, 104 " crosses, 99 Highwaymen, 283 Hocktide sports, 225, 273 Homes of famous men, 298 Hospitium of monastery, 169 House, evolution of country, 172-7 Hundreds, origin of, 87 Hurstbourne, Hants, pit dwellings at, 34

I

Ice Age, 12, 13 Iknield Street, 60 Ilkley cross, 99 Inigo Jones, 176 Inns, 7, 282-90 Inventories, 201 Iron Age, 21 " work in churches, 233 Itinerary of Antoninus, 59

J

Jervais, glass-painter, 232 Johnson, Dr., on monasteries, 159

K

Keep of Norman castle, 137 Kelvedon rectory, 179 Kenilworth Castle, 151 King’s evil, 228 Knaresborough hermitage, 182 Knighthood, admission to, 145

L

Laindon reclusorium, 183 Lammas lands, 79 Lecterns, 191 Legends, 44, 55, 263 “Lepers’ windows,” 195 Lich-gate, 242 Local Government, 254 Low side windows, 195

M

Manor-house, 172-7 Manors, 79, 133 Man-traps, 289 Markets, 260 May Day, 225, 273 Mediaeval village, 254-70 Menhir, 45 “Merry England,” 256 Milestones, Roman, 61 Miracle plays, 274 Misereres, 191 Monasteries, Saxon, 102 " 154-71 " charity of, 159 Monastic day, 166, 167 " inns, 282 Monks, benefits conferred by, 155 " corruption of, 160 Monstrances, 206 Monumental effigies, 209-12 Mothering Sunday, 273 Mouldings, Decorated, 118, 120 " Early English, 116 " Norman, 112 " Perpendicular, 123 Mural paintings, 234-41

N

Neolithic man, 15, 18, 20, 37 Norman architecture, 109-15 " castles, 135-53 " place-names, 132 " villages, 125-34 Normans, coming of, 125

O

Ockwells manor-house, 173 Ogee arch, 118 Organised condition of society among prehistoric races, 31 Ornaments, Saxon, 91 Osculatorium, 192 Oxford, poor scholar of, 229

P

Pageants, 149-52 Paleolithic man, 14 Palimpsests, 213 Parish chest, 218-29 " registers, 218-23 Paschall money, 225 Pastimes, 271-81 Pavements, Roman, 71, 72 Pax, 192, 206 Perpendicular architecture, 120 Pews, 187 Piers Ploughman, 165, 174, 181 Pile dwellings, 37-43 Pilgrimages, 259 Piscina, 192 Pit dwellings, 33-7 Place-names, 76, 101 Plague, 255-7 Plate, church, 200-8 " " in bishop’s coffin, 202 Ploughman’s lament, 84 Plough Monday, 272 Porch, 185 “Pot-boilers,” 36 Pre-Reformation plate, 202-5 Pulpits, 188 Pytheas of Marseilles, 10 Pyx, 191, 206

Q

Quintain, 277

R

Raglan Castle, 141 Reading Abbey, 171 Reading-pews, 197 Reclusorium, 183 " at Rettenden, 183 Rectories, 177-81 Registers, parish, 218-23 Religion of Saxons, 93 “Restoration,” 199 Rollright Stones, 46, 47 Roman relics, 57-73 " rig, 54 " roads, 58-62 " villas, 70-3 Rood-loft, 188 Royal arms in churches, 190 Rural exodus, 300 Rush-bearing, 276 Ruthwell cross, 97 Ryknield Street, 60

S

Sacring bell, 252 St. Christopher, 238 Salisbury Cathedral, 115 Saltways, 61 Sanctus bell, 252 Saxon architecture, 106-9 " house, 172 " monasteries, 102 " place-names, 76, 77 " relics, 90-101 Saxons, coming of, 74, 75 Screens, 189 Secret chambers, 177 Settle, Victoria Cave at, 17 Shires, origin of, 88 Shrovetide sports, 273 Signs of inns, 284-8 Silchester, 54, 62-70 Slavery under Saxons, 84 Sluggard waker, 228 Smoke farthings, 226 Socmen, 83, 131 Spenser’s description of hermitage, 182 Sports and pastimes, 271-81 Stocks, 280 Stonehenge, 46 Stone monuments, 44-50 Stourbridge Fair, 261 Sudeley Castle, pageant at, 149-51 Sun-worship, relics of, 27 Superstitions, 44, 295 Switzerland, pile dwellings in, 38-41

T

“Terraces,” 19 Tesserae, 65, 71 Thanes, 80 Thane’s house, 81 Thuribles, 205 Tiles, 233 Tournaments, 146-9 Tudor arch, 121 " houses, 175 Tumuli, see Barrows Turf monuments, 53, 54 Twelfth Night, 272 Tympana, Norman, 110

U

Uffington, 52-4 Ufton Court, Berks, 176, 178

V

Vernicle, 201 Vestry, contents of, 196 Vicarages, 177-81 Villas, Roman, 70-3 Villeins, 130, 255

W

Wars, 262-70 Watling Street, 60 Wayland Smith’s Cave, 27, 294 Whalley cross, 96 " reclusorium, 184 White Castle, 141 White Horse Hill, 53 Whittenham Clumps, 52 Wilfrid, St., 96, 104, 108, 230 Witches, 291 " turned into hares, 292 Woollen, burials in, 220 Worlebury, pit dwellings at, 34

Y

Yeomen, 83, 131 Yew tree in churchyard, 241