← Table of contents
The Great North Road, the Old Mail Road to Scotland

INDEX.

Reading edition

Aberford 74–76, 82

Alnwick 174, 186

“Andrew Mills’ Stob” 113

Asenby 84

Aycliffe 107

Ayton 208

Bagby Common 59

Bambrough Castle 190, 192

Barkston Ash 68, 71

Barwick-in-Elmete 76

Belford 189

Belhaven 216

Beltonford 216

Berwick-upon-Tweed 191, 196–202

Birdforth 58

Birtley 135

Blagdon 166

Boroughbridge 82

Bramham 79

Bramham Moor 76, 79

Brotherton 66–68, 74

Browney Bridge 116

Brownyside 189

Broxburn 212

Burnmouth 208

Causey Park Bridge 172

Chester-le-Street 133–135

Clifton, Yorks 52

Clifton, Northumberland 167

Coaches—

Edinburgh Mails 55, 68

Edinburgh Express 55, 83

Glasgow and Carlisle Mail 82

“High-flyer,” London, York and Edinburgh 28, 55, 68

Leeds Mail 75

Leeds and York Stage Coach 77

“Rockingham,” Leeds 75

“Union,” Leeds 75

“Wellington,” London and Newcastle 55, 62, 68

Coaching Accident 116

Coaching Notabilities:—

Alderson, Dr. 67

Holtby, Tom 98

“Nimrod” 76–79

Coatham Mundeville 107

Cockburnspath 210–212

“Conundrum” 202

Coxwold 59

Craigentinny 230

Croft 92–95

Cromwell, Oliver 107, 212

Croxdale 115

Cunecaster 133

Cuthbert, Saint 66, 119, 124, 126, 190

Dalton-upon-Tees 92

Darling, Grace 190

Darlington 96–107

Darrington 65

De Quincey, Thomas 104

Dintingdale 69, 70

Dishforth 84

Doncaster 62

Dunbar 212–216

Dunglass Dene 214

Durham 118–131

Easingwold 54–56

East Linton 216

Edinburgh 231–255

Elections 29–32

Fairborn 75

“Farmers’ Folly,” The, Alnwick, 174, 184, 186

Felton 172

Ferrybridge 65–67

Ferryhill 110–112

Fisherrow 228

Flemington 207

Framwellgate, Durham 130

Framwellgate Moor 131

Galtres, Forest of 51, 54

Gateshead 152, 154–156

Gladsmuir 222

Gosforth 166

Grant’s House 209

Great Smeaton 88

Grizzy’s Clump 191

Haddington 219–222

Haggerston Castle 192–195

Halidon Hill 207

Hambleton Hills 58, 59

Harlowgreen Lane 138

Heiferlaw Bank 187

Hell’s Kettles 85

High Butcher Race 115

High Entercommon 88

Highwaymen:—

Boulter, Thomas 22–24

Hazlett, Robert 154

King, Tom 16

Nevison, John 19–22

Tate, Andrew 115

Turpin, Dick 14–19

Holy Island 189–191

Hook Moor 75

Houndwood 208

Inns (mentioned at length):—

“Angel,” Ferrybridge 67

“Angel,” Wetherby 80

“Arabian House,” Aberford 75

“Bay Horse,” Skelton 53

“Bay Horse,” Traveller’s Rest 108

“Black Swan,” York 27, 28, 29

“Blue Bell,” Went Bridge 65

“Comet,” Croft 95

“Crown,” Boroughbridge 83

“Etteridge’s,” York 27

“George,” York 27

“Golden Lion,” Ferrybridge 68

“Golden Lion,” Northallerton 61

“Grant’s House” 210

“Gretna Green Wedding,” “Traveller’s Rest” 107

“Greyhounds,” Boroughbridge 83

“New Inn,” Allerton 82

“New Inn,” Easingwold 55

“Old Fox,” Brotherton 68

“Old Fox,” Wetherby 80

“Plough,” Alnwick 177

“Red House,” near Doncaster 63

“Rose and Crown,” Easingwold 55

“Spa Hotel,” Croft 92

“Spotted Dog,” Thornton-le-Street 59

“Swan,” Aberford 75

“Swan,” Ferrybridge 67

“Walshford Bridge Inn” 82

“Wheatsheaf,” Rushyford Bridge 109

“White Horse,” Edinburgh 234–236

“White House,” nr. Easingwold 55–58

“York Tavern,” York 27

Jock’s Lodge 230

Joppa 228

Kirk Deighton 82

Knavesmire, York 15, 32, 52

Kyloe 191

Lamberton Toll 202–207

“Lambton Worm,” The 132

Levenhall 222

Little Smeaton 89

Lovesome Hill 88

Low Butcher Race 115

Macmerry 222

Malcolm’s Cross 188

Martin, Jonathan 14, 42–51

Merrington 112–114

Metcalf, John 83

Micklefield 75

Morpeth 167–173

Musselburgh 227

Neville’s Cross, Battle of 123

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 154–166

Newsham 84

Newton-on-the-Moor 174

“Nineveh,” or Claro Hill 82

Northallerton 59–62, 84

North Charlton 189

North Otterington 84

Old-Time Travellers:—

Calderwood of Coltness, Mrs. 129

Defoe, Daniel 172

Derwentwater, Earl of 116

Eldon, Earl of 109, 160

Evelyn, John 63

James the First 96

Jeanie Deans 230

Johnson, Dr. 61, 202

Macready, W. J. 207

Montagu, Mrs. 187

Sterne, Rev. Laurence 59

Thoresby, Ralph 84, 116

Old-Time Travelling 77–79, 88–91, 97–103, 155, 199, 232–237

Partinghal 208

Penshaw Monument 131

Percys, the Dukes of Northumberland, 178–186, 138–152

Phantassie 216

Piershill 230

“Pity Me” 132

Plawsworth 132

Portobello 229

Prestonpans, Battle of 222, 224–226

Railways:—

Edinburgh and Berwick 104, 199, 254

Great Northern 104

North British 104, 255

North-Eastern 104, 115, 196

Stockton and Darlington 98–100

Rashelfe 58

Richardson’s Stead 195

Robin Hood’s Well 63

Rob Roy 97

Roderick Random 138–152

Ross 208

Runaway Marriages 203–207

Rushy Cap 172

Rushyford Bridge 109

Sand Hutton 84

Saxton 70, 72

Scott, Sir Walter 97, 123

Scremerston 195

Seaton Burn 166

Shaftholme Junction 104

Shipton 54

Skelton 53

“Sockburn Worm,” The 93

“Sockeld’s Leap” 116

South Otterington 84

Sunderland Bridge 115

Standard, Battle of the 87

Tadcaster 68, 71

Thirkleby Park 59

Thirsk 59

Thormanby 59

Thornton-le-Street 59

Tollerton Cross-Lanes 54

Topcliffe 84

Towton, Battle of 69–74

Tranent 222

Traprain Law 216

“Traveller’s Rest” 107

Turpin, Dick 15–19

Tweedmouth 196

Walshford Bridge 82

Warenford 189

Warrener’s House 172

Went Bridge 65

West Barns 216

West Thirston 172

Wetherby 80, 82

Wide Open 166

Woodham 108

York 1–52

York Bar 62

Explore with AITake your curiosity a little further.

Reading settings