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On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire

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A.

Abram, 138, 143

Achilleus, 39, 46, 53

Acquitania, 41

Adam's Peak, 117

Adils, 175, et seq.

Agamemnon, 40

Agricola, Julius, 4

Agrimensores, 87

Aix-la-Chapelle, 40

Albinus, St., 20

Alexander, 43, 44

Alfgeirr, 175 et seq. 194

Allectus, 192

Alfred the Great, 44, 63, 77, 81, 168, 173, 175, 194

Ancient Monuments, 44

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 7, 27, 32, 35, 61, 130, 131, 134, 143, 165, 167, 170, 179, 204

Aneurin, 19, 114

Anlaf, 170, et seq.

Annales Cambria, 195

Anselm, 45

Anthony, St., 116

Arbury, 85

Arminius or Herman, 75

Armorica (Brittany), 18, 20, 38

Artemis, 113

Arthur, 6, et seq., 34, 35, 37, 42, 44, 46, 50, 56, 77, 103, 114, 116

Arthur's Sepulchre at Glastonbury, 8

Aruthur (Welsh word), 21

Aryan Myths, 100

Æsthetic Truth, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59

Ashton, Col.-Gen., 161, et seq.

Athelstan, King, 41, 164, et seq.

Augustine, St., 32, 94, 184

B.

Baines, Edward, 62, 66, 73, 74, 77, 90, 92, 99, 136, 148, 153, 157

Baines, Thomas, 62, 207

Bale, John, 185

Bamborough, 62

Bamber Bridge, 198

Bangor-Iscoed, 32, 33, 34

Barbarism and Civilization, 129

Bardney, Lincolnshire, 61, 68

Barham-Down, 34

Baring-Gould, Rev., 107

Barrett, 107

Battle Abbey, 42

Beamont, W., 64, 66, 77, 78, 81

Bede, the Venerable, 15, 18, 19, 56, 61, 68, 71, 87, 92, 95, 105

Beowulf, 88, 101, 105, 113, 187

Bickerton, 207

Billangahoh, 130, et seq.

Blackrod, 22, 30

"Blackburnshire, De Statu,", 144

Blackwell, J. A., 168

Boar, or Hog, Wild, 61, 99, 100, 108, et seq.

Boscowen, W. St. Chad, 45

Bewcastle and Ruthwell monuments, 9

Boece, 25

Bojorix, 112

Bolton Hall, Bolland, 150

Bosworth, Rev. J., 65

Bovium, 34

Bramha, 120

Bravalla, Fight at, 42

Brigantes, 3, 5, 30

Brindle, 196, 205, 208

Brinhildr or Brunhild, 197

Brit-Welsh, 34, 45, 67, 75

British Urns, 4

Brockhall, 137 et seq.

Brocmail, 35

Bruce, Robert, 210, 211

Brunanburh, 164, et seq.

Brut, 7, 11, 25, 27, 67, 73, 94

Brut-y-Tywysogion, 195

Bryn, Brun, and Burne, 73, 74, 97

Brynhild, 39

Budda, 117

Bullasey-ford, 138, 139, 146

Buried Treasure, 192, 193

Bungerley hyppyngstones 146, 149, 158

Burial Mound, Ancient British 208

Bury, Adam de, 157

Bury Castle, Traditionary Siege of, 154, et seq.

Byron, Lord, 53

C.

Cadwalla, or Cadwallon, 26, 27, 63, 67, 72, 93, 94

Caldean Heliopolis, 45

Camden, 93, 189

Cærwent, 14

Cædmon, 125, 187

Caerleon on Usk, 14

Camelot, 14

Cannon-balls, 152

Canute, 181, 188

Cardoile, Carlisle, 14

Carausius, 192

Cartismandua, 4

Castle Field, Manchester, 35

Caster-cliff, near Colne, 4

Castle Hill, 70, 77, 78, 84, 206

Castle Stead, near Bury, 157

Carlyle, Thomas, 51, 161, 213, 219

Catraeth, Fight at, 123

Centwine, 9

Chambers, Robert, 222

Charlemagne, 39, 40, 42, 103

Charles I., King, 150, et seq.

Charles Edward Stuart, Prince, 221

Chester, 32, 33, 34

Chevy-Chase, 31

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 54

Chivalry, 6

Christianity and Paganism, 165, 166, 172

Christopher, St., Legend of, 135

Chronicles of the Princes of Wales, 195

Civilization, Origin of, 116

Clitheroe Castle, 148, et seq.

Clitheroe Castle, Traditional Siege of, 151, 153

Clifford, Lord, 124

Cocboy, 74

Codoy, 65

Coffins, Oak Tree, 10

Coffin, Stone, at Brindle, 208

Coins, Roman, 200, 204

Colgrin, 24, 27, 148

Conybeare, 101

Constantine, King of the Scots, 171, 176

Coote, H. C., 87

Cox, Rev. Sir G. W., 46, 100, 118

Cremation, 80, 82, 84, 87, 88

Crests, or Totems, 109, seq.

Crusades, 40

Cromwell, 43, 99, 151 et seq., 213 et seq.

Cromwell Legends, 217

Croyland, 43

Cuerdale Find, The Great 188, et seq.

Cuerden, 200

D.

Danes' "Pad", 202

Danish Invasions, 133, 165, et seq.

Dasent, Dr. Sir G. W., 15, 108, 127

Darwen, Over, 5, 208

Dawkins, Prof. Boyd, 31, 32, 73

Deira, 35

Denisburn, 93

Derby, Earl of, 150, 155, 212, 220

Dialects, Provincial, 144

Dickens, Charles, 35

Dietrich, 45

Documents, Destruction of, 182, 184, 185, 186

Domesday Book, 89, 196

Douglas, 7, 11, 12, 14, 21, 24, 26, 27, 34, 37, 133, 148

Dragons, 101, 105, 107, 110, 123, 132

Dublin, 203

Durham, Simeon of, 201

E.

Eardulph, King, 130, et seq., 147

Earwaker, Mr., 64

Easter, 106

Edda, 28, 39, 115

Editha, Athelstan's Sister, 170

Edisford, 146, 148, 161

Edmund the Atheling, 176

Edwall Voel, King of Gwynnedd, 169

Edward the Confessor, 182

Edward the Elder, King, 169

Edwin, King of Northumbria, 26, 27, 61, 95, 185

Ecgfrith, 34

Egbert, King, 180

Egil, 173, et seq.

Ella, King, 166, 168

Ellis, Mr. G., 37

Elmet, 33

Elphin, St., 87

Elston, William, 205

Elton, C., 122

England, Making of, 15, 19, 21

Erich, King, 47

Ethelbald, King, 43

Ethelfrith, King, 32, 33

Ethelred, King, 130, 133

Ethrunanwerch, 201

Etymological, 62, et seq.

Exoniensis Codex, 187

Extwistle-moor, Remains on, 4

F.

Fafnir, 100

Fairfax, Gen., 211

Fairy Mythology, 116

Falstaff, Sir John, 13

Farrar, J. A., 129

Fenton, J., 106

Fergusson, Dr. J., 11, 82, 83

Finns, The, 117

Finnesburg, Fight of, 113, 187

Fiske, Mr., 6, 18, 38, 108, 119

Florence of Worcester, 32

Folk-lore, 129

Forster, Gen., 221

Freeman, E. A., 39, 40, 172

Freya, or Friga, 113, 114

Frey's Howe, Upsala, 83

G.

Galahad, Sir, 50

Gargrave, Skirmish near, 215

Gawain, Sir, 37

Gawsworth, 135

Geoffrey of Monmouth, 5, 6, 7, 13, 18, 19, 24, 26, 32, 37, 41, 42

Geological Phenomena, 141

Geraint, 17

Gerards of Bryn, 74

Gervinus, Dr., 55, 58, 59, 128

Giant Stories, 11

Gilbert de Lacy, 196

Gildas, 5, 18, 19, 20, 33, 34, 184

Giles, Dr., 26, 190

Giraldus Cambrensis, 20

Gladstone, W. E., 18

Glendwr, Owen, 123

Gododin, The, 114

Godrun, 168

Golborne, 66, 77, 78

Gothrun, the Dane, 180

Green, J. R., 15, 19, 26, 33, 65, 73, 97, 104, 125, 136, 145, 166

Gregory, St., 184

Grendel, 101

Grimm, J., 22, 118, 122

Gudrekir, 194, 195

Guest, Dr., 15

Guilds, Preston, 210

Ginevra, Queen, 11

Guy of Warwick, Sir, 41, 106

Gwynedd, 33

H.

Hacking Hall, 138

Haigh, Mr. D. H., 7, 11, 15, 20, 24, 27, 60, 88, 101, 134, 136, 148, 184

Hamilton, Duke of, 99, 153, et seq., 213, 214

Hamlet, 38

Hammerton, P. G., 52

Harald Blatand, etc., 28, 41

Harald Hildetand, 41

Harrington, Sir J., 149, 150

Harold, King, 48

Hartlepool, 101

Hartshorne, Mr., 72

Harvest-Blasters, 109, 126

Hasty Knoll, 21

Hawkins, Mr., 188

Hazlit, 105

Heavenfield, 67, 68, 93

Heathfield, 26, 95

"Heathen-men" (Danes), 132

Helmets, 111, 227

Helmet, Anglo-Saxon, 227

Hengist and Horsa, 6, 110

Henry VI., King, 149, 158

Henry of Huntingdon, 183

Heraclids, 6

Heraldry, 109, et seq.

Herodotus, 110, 118

Hildebrand, Herr, 82, 83

Historia Britonum, 18

Historical Documents, Destruction of, 158

Historical Novels, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 57, 59

Historical Pictures, 55

Hodgson, Col., 161, et seq., 214

Hoel, 17

Hollingworth, 15, 30, 66

Homer, 35, 38, 52

Honorius, 15

Horatii and Curiatii, Tombs of, 51

Horse Shoes, Ancient, 23, 24

Howorth, Mr. H. H., 27, 41

Howson, Dean, 62, 68

Hrothgar, 101

Hubbertsty, T., 137, 138, 139, 140

Huntington, Henry of, 12, 25, 195

Hwiccas, or Gewissas, 65

Hygelac, 102

Hyngr, 175, et seq.

I.

Iceland, 28, 42

Iceni, 3

Ida, 16

Idylls of the King, 57

Igerna, 17

Illiad, 35, 38

Inaccuracy of Ancient MSS., 187

Indra, 39, 46, 100

Ingulph, 195

Isdubar, Giant, 45

J.

Jack the Giant-Killer, 47

Johannes, Prior of Hagulstald, 148

Johnson, Rev. H., 66

Joseph of Arimathea, 37

Jylgja, Guardian Spirit, 127

K.

Kabyls, 112

Kains-Jackson, C. P., 44

Kalydonian Hunt, 113

Kay, Sir, 37

Keightley, 116

Kelly, W. K., 108

Kemble, J. M., 65, 135, 187, 198

Kendrick, Dr., 62, 86, 87

King of England, First, 180

Kuerden, Dr., 200, 210

Kyklops, 39

L.

Lake District, 34

Lambert, Major-General, 153, 162

Lancashire Civil War Troops, 153, 163

Lancashire Dialect, 75

Lancashire Militia, 216

Landisfarne, 69

Lancelot, Sir, 35, 37, 50

Langdale, Marquis of, 153, et seq., 213, et seq.

Language, Life and Growth of, 75

Langho, 134, et seq.

Lanscado, Scather of the Land, 122

Lappenberg, 27

Latchford, 74, 75, 86, 193

Leofric, Earl, 145

Lichfield, Bishopric of, 146

Lilburne, Col., 220

Lindeley, John, Abbot of Whalley, 144

Linguistics, 75

Linuis, 11, 21, 23, 35

Littler, T., 62

Lloyd, Howel W., 64

Lombards, 28

Loyalty and Rebellion, 219, 221

Lubbock, Sir John, 116

Luther's Picture of the Devil, 51

Llywarch Hen, 17, 26

Lytton, Lord, 35, 47, 48

M.

Macaulay, T. B., 53

Magic Cudgel, 47

Mallet, M., 57, 117

Malory, Sir Thomas, 14, 50

Malmesbury, William of, 9, 12, 175, 195

Mameceastre, 144

Manchester, 12, 30, 33

Map, Walter, 18, 50

Marcelde, 66, 67

Martin Mere, 23

Maserfeld, Macerfeld, Marcelde, Mackerfield, 61, 62, et seq.

Meldrum, Sir John, 213

Merchant, Guild, 210

Merlin, 17, 37, 114

Mesbury, 64, 72

Metcalfe, Fred, 44, 101, 114, 175, 186

Metempsychosis, 119

Metrical Romances, 57

Milman, Dean, 49, 51

Milton, John, 214

Missionaries, the first, 145

Modred, 34

Moll, Herman, 197

Monsters, Mythical, 113, 115

Morgan, The Rev. R. W., 10, 19, 24

Morley, Prof. H., 6

Morris, 37

Morte, Adam, 212

Morte, D'Arthur, 14, 34

Mote-hill, Warrington, 86

Müller, Max, 41

Myths, 5, 6, 7, 37, 38, 39, 43, 46, 57

Myths, Genesis of, 224

N.

Nennius, 5, 7, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 50, 51, 65, 67, 68, 72, 74, 88, 92, 107, 110, 148, 184

Newbury, William of, 13

Nicholas, St., 117

Nichols, J. G., 149

Nimrod, 45

Northumbria, Southern Boundary of, 143, 145

Nursery Tales, 38

O.

Odin, 38, 44, 47, 101

Odins' Howe, Upsala, 82

Odyssey, 35, 39, 118

Offa, 102

Origins of English History, 122

Ostorious Scapula, 4

Oswald, St., 26, 33, 61, et seq., 133, 224

Oswald's Well, St., 66, 69, 91

Oswestry, 62, 65, 72, 90

Oswy, 68, 73, 96

P.

Palgrave, Sir Francis, 48, 176

Panis, 39

Panizzi, Sig., 6

Paulinus, 89, 94, 144, 185

Pagan Symbols destroyed, 185

Parker, Archbishop, 185

Parkinson, Mr., 140, et seq.

Patten, The Rev. Mr., 218

Penda, 26, 61, 62, 67, 72, 73, 74, 92, 95, 115, 133

Percy, Bishop, 31

Petilius Cerealis, 4, 30

Phene, Dr., 103

Phonetic Laws, 75

Pictish Customs, 103

Pilkington, Sir T., 153

Pitris, or Fathers, 120, 125

Poem, Anglo-Saxon, on the Battle of Brunanburh, 178

Potter's Ford, 143

Prehistoric Battlefields, 3, 30

Preston, Great Battle of, 213, et seq.

Pretender, the Elder, 221

Primitive Culture, 36

Puritan prophetic superstition, 219

R.

Raines, Canon, 137, 138

Ragnar Lodbrock, 166, 168

Rebellion and Loyalty, 147

Red Bank, near Winwick, 99

Ribchester, 12, 151, 210, 211

Ribble-bridge, Battle at, 221

Ribbleton Moor, Fight on, 162

Richard III., 125

Richard Cœur de Lion, 44, 102, 103

Richard of Cirencester, 143

Richmond, Earl of, 126

Roach-Smith, C., 204

Roberts, Askew, 64, 91

Robin Hood, 44, 77, 78

Robson, Dr., 83, 85

Roman Remains at Walton, 218

Roman Wall, 204

Round Table, The, 14, 77

Rosworm, Col., 212

Runes, 184

Russians, 117

S.

Saga, 102, 127, 183

St. George, 100

Salt Hill, Clitheroe, 152

Samson, 45

Sangraal, 37

Saracens, 41, 103

Saxo-Grammaticus, 28, 41, 42, 51

Saxton, C., 197

Scandinavia, 57, 103

Science, Genesis of, 128

Scop, or Gleeman's Tale, 41, 187

Scotch Warriors, Grave of, 217, 218

Scott, Sir Walter, 35, 47, 49, 52

Seaton, Sir John, 212

Serpents, 104, 106

Setantii, Sistuntii, or Segantii, 3, 23

Shakspere, 13, 38, 47, 58, 123, 128

Sharon-Turner, 34, 67, 73, 175, 176, 177, 180

Sherburne, Bishop of, 174

Shuttleworth, Col., 212

Siege of Preston in 1715, 221

Siege of Preston in 1643, 211

Sigurd, 39, 46, 100

Sihtric or Sigtryg, 170

Simeon of Durham, 130, 179, 194, 195

Sibson, Rev. E., 21, 62, 77, 78, 81, 87

Skene, Mr., 15, 19, 68, 189

Solar Myths, 39, 40, 45, 46

Songs resultant from the Stuart Troubles, 222, 223

Spear Heads, Ancient, 85

Spencer, Herbert, 120

Spurs, Ancient, 23, 29

Stephen, Leslie, 48, 50

Stevenson, Mr., 18

Stone Hammers, 85

Stonyhurst, 152, 157, 160

Strachey, Sir Edward, 14, 16, 17

Stubbs and Haddon (Councils of Britain), 19

Superstitious explanations of Natural Phenomena, 147

Surnames, 121

Sweyn, King, 181

Swords, Magic, 47

T.

Tacitus, 114

Talbot, T. and J., 149, 150

Taliesin, 17, 35, 44

Talleyrand, 44

Tarquin, Sir, 35

Taylor, Rev. I., 112

Tempest, Sir John, 149, 150, 162

Tennyson, 37, 60

Thackeray, 35

Theodoric, 45

Theophilus, Story of, 45

Thor, 47

Thorolf, 175, et seq.

Thorpe, B., 101, 102

Tildesley, Sir Thos., 220

Totems, or Crests, 109, et seq.

Traveller's Tale, Poem, 134, 136

Tre, Welsh prefix, 96

Treasure, Buried, 192, 193

Tristan, Sir, 37

Troy, 53

Tumuli, Ancient, 83, 85, 86, 87, 137, et seq., 205, 208

Turketal, the English Chancellor, 176, 177

Turkomans, 118

Turner, J. M. W., 52

Tylor, E. B., 5, 36, 56, 111, 128

U.

Ulster, Annals of, 35

Urien of Rheged, 16, 17, 27

Urns, Ancient, 81, 83, 84

Upsala, 29

Uther Pendragon, 110, 123

V.

Vámbéry, Arminius, 43, 49, 119

Vergil, Polydore, 186

Venutius, 4

Vicinal ways, Roman, 205, 208

Volsung Tale, 120

Vritra, 100

W.

Wada, 130, et seq.

Wada, Weland and Egil, 134

Wade's Boat, 135

Walhalla, 115

Wallace, Mackenzie, 117

Wars of the Roses, 158, 210

Warwick, Earl of, 124

Watkin, W. T., 87

Watling street, 136, 194

Wearden, 199

Weddle, C. A., 190, 199, 209

Well, St. Oswald's, 91, 92

Welsh Tribute, Heavy, 170

Werewolves, 119, 122

West Kent, kingdom of, 145

Weyland's Smithy, 136

Whitney, Professor D., 63, 75

Whitaker, the Rev. Jno., 7, 11, 15, 21, 26, 34, 35, 86, 198

Whitaker, Dr., 136, et seq., 193

White, Dr. A. D., 57

Whittle Springs, 197

Wigan, 12, 22, 30

Wigan Lane, battle of, 220

Wild Huntsman, 45

William, the Norman Conqueror, 182, 189

Wilkinson, T. T., 4, 100

Winwick, 61, et seq.

Winwidfield, 97

Wornum, R., 56

Worsaae, Dr., 188

Worde, Wynkyn de, 10

Worms, Huge, 104, 106

Wright, T., 29, 88

X.

Ximines, Cardinal, 186

Y.

York, 33

Yornzi, 117

Ywain, Sir, 17, 37

Z.

Zumarraga, Archbishop, 186

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