INDEX

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y.

Abbot’s Ann, 153 Alderbury, 183 Amesbury, 1, 2, 8, 12, 154, 195, 209 Andover, 1, 94, 123, 132-145, 217, 219 Ashe, 124 Automobile Club, 212 Axminster, 2, 9, 296 Bagshot, 3, 18, 69, 89, 96-98, 103 Bagshot Heath, 95-98 Basing House, siege of, 114-120, 123 Basing, Old, 113, 122 Basingstoke, 101, 113, 122 Bedfont, East, 78-80 Bedford Park, 92 Blackwater, 100, 101 Blandford, 2, 7, 9, 12, 242-216, 256-265 ‘Bloody Assize,’ 273-275 Bokerley Dyke, 237 Bredy, Little, 283 Bredy, Long, 283, 284, 286, 289 Brentford, 16, 33, 34, 53, 56-63, 92, 93 Bridehead, 283 Bridport, 2, 94, 220, 280, 290-292, 295 ‘Broad Stone,’ the, 280 Bryanstone, 265 Camberley, 99, 101 Cambridge Town, 99, 101 Charlton Downs, 265 Charmouth, 293-296 Chettle Common, 247 Chideock, 292 Chilcombe, 285 Chiswick High Road, 92 Clerken Green, 124 Coaches— ‘Celerity,’ 12, 195 ‘Comet,’ 15, 18, 25 ‘Defiance,’ 12, 105, 195 Devonport Mail (see ‘Quicksilver’) ‘Diligence,’ 186 ‘Exeter Fly,’ 2, 9, 15, 292 ‘Express,’ 91 ‘Fly Vans,’ 10, 106 ‘Herald,’ 12 ‘Old Times,’ 91 ‘Pilot,’ 12 ‘Post Coach,’ 186 ‘Prince George,’ 12 ‘Quicksilver,’ 3, 8, 11, 12, 22, 25, 27, 30, 33 ‘Regulator,’ 8, 12, 21, 25, 105 ‘Royal Mail,’ 8, 9, 11, 32, 69, 162-165, 186 Short Stages, 33 ‘Sovereign,’ 8, 12 Stage Waggons, 11, 106 ‘Subscription,’ 12, 195 ‘Telegraph,’ 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 30, 33, 69, 195, 309, 310 ‘Traveller,’ 12 Coaching, 2, 7-31, 62, 69, 81, 91, 102-108, 127, 141, 157, 162-165, 184-188, 195, 309 Coaching Notabilities— Mountain, Mrs., 29 Nelson, Mrs., 2 ‘Nimrod,’ 12 Nobbs, Moses James, 31 Ward, Charles, 69, 309 Coombe Bissett, 234, 242 Cranborne Chase, 237, 238, 245-250, 254 Cuckold’s Corner, 285, 286 Dead Drummer, the, 238-242 Deane, 124 Deer-stealers, 246-248 Dickens, Charles, 184-186, 212-215 Dodington, George Bubb, 250-255 Dorchester, 2, 12, 94, 95, 227, 268-279 Eastbury Park, 250-256 Egham, 86, 89-91, 94 Exeter, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 30, 31, 33, 93, 94, 95, 303-314 Fares, 11, 22, 28, 106 Feltham Industrial School, 77 Fenny Bridges, 300 Fordington, 271, 272 Freefolk, 126 Gay, John, 59, 85, 292 Gibbon, Edward, 261 Great Western Railway, 31, 299, 309 Gunnersbury, 92, 93 Hammersmith, 56, 89, 254 Hardy, Thomas, 155, 166, 268, 276 Hartford Bridge, 21, 22, 102-110 Hartford Bridge Flats, 22, 101 Hartley Row, 100, 101, 221, 222 Hatton, 73 Hazlitt, William, 73, 157-162, 186 Highwaymen, 70, 74, 98, 187, 215-232 Biss, 216, 310 Blagden, Isaac, 217 Boulter, Thomas, 217 Boulter, Thomas, junr., 218-228, 310 Caldwell, James, 223-228, 310 Davis, William, 98, 216 Du Vail, Claude, 70, 99 ‘Golden Farmer,’ the (see Davis, William) Peare, William, 228 Turpin, Richard, 70 Whitney, Capt. James, 216 Highwaywoman (Mary Sandall), 228 Holloway College, 90 Honiton, 1, 2, 95, 297-299 Hook, 101, 110 Hounslow, 16, 17, 32, 65, 69, 92 Hounslow Heath, 69-71, 75-78 Hurstbourne Priors, 125, 131 Hurstbourne Tarrant, 132 Hyde Park Corner, 1, 16, 33, 38, 40, 62 Inns (mentioned at length)— ‘Anchor,’ Charmouth, 295 ‘Bell,’ Hounslow, 65 ‘Bells of Ouseley,’ Old Windsor, 87-89 ‘Black Dog,’ East Bedfont, 79 ‘Bull,’ Aldgate, 2 ‘Bull and Mouth,’ St. Martin-le-Grand, 12 ‘Cashmoor,’ 242, 247 ‘Deptford,’ Wilton, 13 ‘Elephant,’ Exeter, 309 ‘Fair Mile,’ 300 ‘George,’ Andover, 136, 142-145 ‘George,’ Axminster, 296 ‘Gloucester Coffee House,’ Piccadilly, 34, 38 ‘Goose and Gridiron,’ St. Paul’s Churchyard, 37 ‘Green Dragon,’ Alderbury, 183 ‘Green Man,’ Hatton, 74 ‘Half Moon,’ Exeter, 2, 310 ‘Hotel Victoria,’ Northumberland Avenue, 91 ‘Jolly Farmer,’ Bagshot, 99 ‘King’s Arms,’ Bagshot, 97, 98 ‘King’s Arms,’ Dorchester, 275, 276 ‘Mermaid,’ Exeter, 310 ‘New London,’ Exeter, 8, 12 ‘Old White Hart,’ Hook, 110 ‘Park House,’ Amesbury, 1, 195 ‘Queen’s Arms,’ Charmouth, 295 ‘Ship,’ Morecomblake, 294 ‘Swan-with-Two-Necks,’ Lad Lane, 8, 11, 12, 62 ‘Thickthorn,’ 242 ‘Thorney Down,’ 242 ‘Traveller’s Rest, 286-289, 290 ‘Wheatsheaf,’ Virginia Water, 91 ‘White Bear,’ Piccadilly, 26 ‘White Hart,’ Hook, 110 ‘White Hart,’ Milborne St. Andrew, 267 ‘White Hart,’ Whitchurch, 127, 123 ‘White Horse Cellars,’ Piccadilly, 26 ‘Winterslow Hut,’ 110, 156-165, 186, 218, 223 ‘Woodyates,’ 94, 234-241, 247 Jeffreys, Judge, 273 Kensington, 53-56, 89 Kilmington, 297 Kingston Russell, 283 Knightsbridge, 48 Laverstoke, 125 Lioness attacks Mail, 162-165 Little Ann, 153 Little Bredy, 283, 289 Little Wallop, 155, 265 Lobcombe Corner, 156 Long Bredy, 283, 284 M’Adam, John Loudon, 17, 29 Mail coaches established, 9 Mapledurwell Hatch, 113 Market-gardens, 73-76 Martin Chuzzlewit, 183-186 Matcham, Jarvis, 241 Mayor of Casterbridge, 146, 155, 271, 276 Middle Wallop, 155 Milborne St. Andrew, 266 Monmouth’s Rebellion, 237, 273, 291, 297 Morecomblake, 95, 292-294 Mullen’s Pond, 1, 195 Nately Scures, 110 Nether Wallop, 154-156 New Sarum, 167, 170 Oakley, 124 Old Basing, 113, 122 Old Sarum, 94, 167-170, 191 Old Windsor, 87 Old-time travellers— Charles II., 291, 293-296 Cobbett, Richard, 75, 89, 90-101, 109, 110, 125, 142-145, 192, 300 Conyngham, Lord Albert, 140 George III., 238, 275 Knighton, Sir William, 10, 187 Monmouth, Duke of, 237, 291, 297 Newman, Cardinal, 127 Payne, George, 141 Pepys, Samuel, 187, 19 Taylor, John (the ‘Water Poet’), 80 Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 26-30 Omnibuses, 34, 40 Overton, 124, 125 Over Wallop, 154-156 Patteson, Dr., 299 Piccadilly, 2 Piddletown, 265, 267 Pimperne, 248, 256 Police, the, 51 Roman Roads, 8, 82-85, 92-95, 279 Russells, the, 283 St. George’s Hospital, 38, 40 St. Mary Bourne, 94 Salisbury, 1, 4, 9, 165-183, 313 Salisbury Plain, 102, 191, 195-199, 203, 209, 212-217, 230-232, 238, 242 Sarum, New, 167, 170 Sarum, Old, 94, 167-170, 191 Shrub’s Hill, 92, 93, 95 Shute Hill, 297 Staines, 1, 17, 72, 81-86, 92 Staines Stone, 82-84 Stevens, Alfred, 262 Stonehenge, 188, 196-212 Sunningdale, 89, 95 Sunninghill, 89 Tarrant Gunville, 248, 256 Tarrant Hinton, 242, 256, 265 Thorney Down, 94, 242 Troy Town, 268 Turnham Green, 56, 92 Turnpike Gates, 44-48, 154, 267, 298 Upper Wallop, 154-156 Virginia Water, 89, 91, 95 Wallops, the, 154-156, 265 Watchmen, the old, 51 Wesley, Rev. Bartholomew, 295 Wesley, John, 265 West Harnham, 234 Weyhill, 1, 94, 154 Weyhill Fair, 133, 142, 145-152 Whitchurch, 1, 32, 124, 127-131, 221 Wilmington, 297 Windsor, Old, 87 Winterborne Abbas, 280 Winterborne Whitchurch, 265, 267 Worting, 115, 123 Yellowham Hill, 268 Yeovil, 1, 12 York Town, 99, 100, 101 Young’s Corner, 92

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