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Acrensis, Thomas, 161

Actors, Company of, 225-228

Ailwin, Childe, 52

Albion Island, 4

Alfred repairs the Walls, 31

Allectus, Emperor, 18, 26

Alleyn, Edward, 271

Arundell, Archbishop, 114, 116

Asclepiodotus, 29

Awdry, Legend of, 15

Bankside, 217

Battersea Fields, 303, 304

Battle of Clapham Common, 18

— on London Bridge, 148-150

Bear Garden Alley, 214

'Below Bridge,' 229

Bermondsey, Religious House, 51

— Spa Gardens, 292

— Hall, 233

Bill of a Feast, 265

Boadicea, Queen, 26

Boleyn, Anne, 122

Bombardment of London, 153

Borough Compter, 249, 272, 278

— Society, 260, 261

Bridge across the River, 12

— at the Barefoot Tavern, 264

— Construction of, 29

— Destroyed and repaired, 44, 45

—, The, 25

— when built, 26

Bridges, Roman Method of Building, 28

Bull and Bear Baiting, 210, 211

Burials and Marriages in St. Mary Overies, 64

Cade's Rebellion, 148

Canal of Cnut, Maitland's Discovery of, 38

Canterbury, Pilgrimages to, 163

— Tales, 168-176

Carausius, History of, 18

Causeway across Southwark Marsh, 6, 7

— the Lie of, 6, 7

Chapel of St. Peter on the Wall, 4

Charles II.'s Restoration, 129

Charlton Fair, 188

Chaucer's Company of Pilgrims, 168-174

Chelsea—'Isle of Shingle,' 6

Christmas at Kennington Palace, 77-79

Clapham Common Battle, 18

— Rise, 5

Clink Prison, 248

Cnut's Canal, Course of, 40, 41

— Siege, 38

— Trench, 38

Commercial Docks, 234, 305

Copt Hall or Vauxhall, 111

Count of the Saxon Shore, 17

Cranmer, Martyrdom of, 65

Cuper's Gardens, 252, 288

Danes defeated, 35

Danish Alliance against London, 32, 33

— Invasion, Second, 36

Debtors' Prisons, 272

Denmark Hill, 311

Deptford, 234-238, 306

'Dog and Duck,' 289-292

Domesday Book compiled, 72

Dover Road, 25

Dry Ground beyond Kennington, 5

Duels in Battersea Fields, 304

Dulwich Fields, 309

Earl Godwine's Invasion, 42

Earliest Maps of South London, 47

Edmund fights Cnut, 38

Edward the Third's Entertainment at Eltham Palace, 96

Effra River, 310

Elizabeth, Queen, at Greenwich, 103, 105, 108

Elizabeth Woodville, 62

Eltham Palace, 69, 74, 75, 89-97

Eltham Palace, Remains of, 94; a Royal visit, 94-96

Embankment, Early Repairs of, 12

— First, of River, 11, 12

Extent of South London, 2; its Islets or Eyots, 2-3

Fabri, Felix, Pilgrimage of, 176

Fairs of London, 179

Falconbridge, Bastard of, 153

Falcon Stream, 3

Falstaff, Sir John, History of, 134-152

Ferries across Marsh, 26

Field, Nathan, 223

Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, 110

Fleet sent against the Danes, 32

Ford of Thorney, 5

Freemantle, History by, 1 [Transcriber's Note: The reference on page 1 is to Freeman not Freemantle.]

Gildable Manor, 48

Gokstad's ship, 33, 40, 41

Goose Green, 311

Great South Marsh, 2

Green Dragon Inn, 262

Greenwich Fair, 188

— Hospital, 109

— Palace, 97-109

Hackney Marsh, 11

— Marshes, 6

Hanger, Colonel, Memoirs of, 275

Harold Harefoot, 71

Hengist and Æsc, 20

Henry III. at Eltham, 90

— VI.'s Coronation, 126-129

Herne Hill, 311

High Street, Borough, 10

— — Southwark, 254

Hope Theatre, Southwark, 221

Horseferry Road, Origin of Name, 5

Horselydown, 231

— Fair, 229

Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, 118

Inns of Southwark, 16, 262, 263

Insignia of Pilgrimage, 157

Islands in the Marsh, 2

Isle of Bramble, 9

— — or Westminster, 4

Juxon, Archbishop, 120

Katharine of Aragon, Marriage of, 129

Katharine of Valois, 56-60

Kennington, Richard II.'s connection with, 81-88

— Palace, 69, 73;

owned by Theodric, 72; Christmas at, 78-80

Kings and Princes connected with Kennington, 81

King's Bench Prison, 272, 274

Lady Fair or Southwark Fair, 179-185

Lambeth Palace, 109

— — visited by Royalty, 114

Langton, Stephen, 118

Legend of Awdry, 15

'Le Loke,' 64

'Liberties' of South London, 48

'Liberty' Prisons, 49

London and Southwark, Difference between, 22

— as a Port, 10

— attacked by Bastard of Falconbridge, 154-156

— Original Site of, 23

— Site of, from the Causeway, 7

— Third Siege of, by Danes, 36, 37

Long Barn, The, 70, 73, 75

Lord Mayor's Pageants, 133

Maitland's Discovery of Cnut's Canal, 38

Manor of Lambeth, 117

Marian Persecution, St. Mary Overies connected with, 199-204

Marriages and Burials in St. Mary Overies, 64

— at St. Mary Overies, 192, 193

Marsh, Great South, 2

— Islands in, 2

Marshalsea, 279

Memories of Greenwich, 98, 99

Mint Street, Southwark, Sanctuary at, 242, 246

Monastic Houses, 50

Montagu Close, Southwark, 242

Monuments in St. Mary Overies, 196-198

Morden College, 239

New Mint Sanctuary, 246

Nonesuch, 77

Norfolk College, 239

— House, 110

Origin of Settlements in South London, 17

Owen Tudor, 56-60

Paris Gardens, 215

— — Baiting at, 212

Parish Clerks, Company of, 210

Parliament at Lambeth Palace, 113

Pax Romana, 17, 43

Payn, John, 147, 151

Peckham Rye, 312

Penge Common, 312

Philanthropic Work, 324

Pilgrimage a Mockery, 165, 166

— Insignia of, 157

Pilgrimages, Choice of, 159, 160

Pilgrims starting from Southwark, 158

Playhouses in Southwark, 220

Pleasure Gardens, 282-288

Poets of South London, 224, 225

Population, Increase in, 316, 317

Priory of St. Mary Overies, 192

Prisons of the Liberties, 49

Processions in Southwark, 124

Punishments ordered by the Church, 68

Puritan Effect on Theatres, 221, 222

Ravensbourne, 2, 3

Red Cross Gardens, 315

— House Tavern, 304

Remains of Eltham Palace, 94

Richard II. at Kennington Palace, 81, 82

River, First Embankment of, 11, 12

— Wall removed, 28

Roger of Wendover's Chronicle, 21

Roman Connection with Causeway, 6

— Method of Building Bridges, 28

— Remains in South London, 14-16

— — at St. Saviour's Grammar School, 15

— Trajectus, 10

Rotherhithe, 305

Royal Houses, 69

— Manor, Valuation of, 72, 73

Royalty at Eltham Palace, 92

Rum, 10

Sanctuaries, Later, 241

Sanctuary at Southwark, 243

— at New Mint, 246

Savoy Dock, 230

Settlements in South London, Origin of, 17

Show Folk of Bankside, 206

Site of London from Causeway, 7

— of Original London, 23

Snorro, Thirlesen, 22

Society in the Borough, 261

South London, Extent of, 2

— — deserted, 20, 21

— — named Southwark by Saxons, 2

— — in Ruins and deserted, 31

— — Earliest Map of, 47

— — of To-day, 301

Southwark, Conditions of Existence, 12, 13

— and London, Difference between, 22

— Fair or Lady Fair, 179-185

— Famous Inns, 16

— without a Wall, 17

Stage Coaches, Start of, 258, 259

St. Mary Overies, 191

— — — Dock, 10

— — — Marriages at, 192, 193

— — — reconstructed, 195, 196

— — — connected with Marian Persecution, 199-204

— — — in Recent Times, 205

St. Peter-on-the-Wall Chapel, 4

St. Saviour's Abbey, 51

St. Thomas's Hospital, 64

— — — Foundation of, 66

— — — Roman Remains in, 15, 16

'Stonegate,' 6

Stubbs, History by, 1

Swegen and Olaf, Alliance of, 33-37

Tabard Inn, 268

Tabard Inn, Chaucer's Company of Pilgrims, 167

Thames Fishermen, 14

Theatre of Southwark Fair, 185

Thorney, Trade of, 8

— Island, Trade of, 4

Tournament at Eltham, 94-96

Trade of Thorney, 8

— Route of South London, 4

Traffic through Southwark, 256, 257

Trench of Cnut, 38

Vauxhall Gardens, 294-299

— — Site of, 113

— or Copt Hall, 111

Walbrook, 8

— Origin of Name, 3

Walls repaired by Alfred, 31

Walworth, the Name, 23

Wandle, River, 2, 3

Westminster, or Isle of Bramble, 4

White Lyon Prison, 280

William the Conqueror enters London by the Bridge, 43

— III.'s Entry into London, 131, 132

Willoughby, Sir John, 105

Wyclyf's trial, 84

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