INDEX

Abington. ii. 289

Adlington, i. 340, 346, 347-49

Alvaston, i. 281

Anglezarke Moor, ii. 85

Annan, River, ii. 269, 270, 272

Ardwick Green, i. 352

Arthuret, ii. 212, 214

Ashbourne, i. 76, 87, 306, 308-23

Askham Hall, ii. 172

Bamber Bridge, ii. 89

Bamford, Samuel, i. 51-111

Barnet, i. 56, 111, 119-21

Barnet Fair, i. 116-119

Barrow-on-Soar, i. 248, 253

Bass family (brewers), i. 311

Beattock, ii. 270, 273, 279, 284

Bedford, Dukes of, i. 157-64; ii. 292

Belgrave, i. 246, 251

Blackford, ii. 211

Blackwood, ii. 291

Blore, i. 329

Bollin, River, i. 345

Bollington, i. 345

Bolton, ii. 68-75

Bolton-le-Sands, ii. 132

Bonshaw Tower, ii. 263

Boothby, Penelope, i. 316-18

Boroughbridge, ii. 153-54

Bosley, i. 337

Bothwell, ii. 295

Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, ii. 294

Boughton, i. 198

Boughton Green, i. 198

Brailsford, i. 42, 308

Brandreth, Jeremiah, rebel, i. 89, 291-97

Bright, John, i. 22, 199; ii. 42-5

Brixworth, i. 200-3

Brougham, ii. 163-71

Broughton, near Newport Pagnell, i. 166

Buckstone, The, ii. 133-35

Bullock Smithy (Hazel Grove), i. 83, 350-52

Burton-in-Kendal, ii. 133-37

Calton Moor, i. 329

Carleton, ii. 188

Carlisle, i. 14, ii. 188-207, 214

Carlyle, Thomas, ii. 264-68

Carnforth, ii. 132

Carriers, i. 24, 311

Cavendish Bridge, i. 266, 279

Charles Edward, Prince (see Rebellion of 1745).

Chorley, ii. 83, 86-88

Church Langton, i. 217-20

Churnet, River, i. 335

Clayton Green, ii. 88

Clayton-le-Woods, ii. 88

Clifton (near Manchester), ii. 68

Clifton (near Penrith), ii. 158-63

Clipston, i. 211

Clyde, River, ii. 272, 288, 289, 294, 307, 320

Coaches:—

Beehive, London and Manchester, i. 41

Carlisle Mail, i. 5-14

Carlisle Post Coach, i. 5

Courier, London and Glasgow, i. 29

Defiance, London and Manchester, i. 32, 34, 37, 41, 42, 308; ii. 65

Derby Dilly, Manchester and Derby, i. 309

Derby Fly, Derby and London, i. 290

Dumfries Coach, ii. 253, 255

Dumfries and Edinburgh Mail, ii. 283

Estafette, London and Manchester, i. 38

Flying Coach (1754), London and Manchester, i. 23

Flying Machine, London and Manchester, i. 24

Glasgow Mail, i. 5-21; ii. 149, 200, 268, 270-79, 286-88

Glasgow and Carlisle Diligence, ii. 271

Glasgow and Edinburgh Stage, i. 3

Handforth, Howe, Glanville & Richardson’s Manchester and London Coach, i. 24

Independent, London and Manchester, i. 33

London Flying Machine (1770) Manchester and London, i. 24

London New and Elegant Diligence, Manchester and London, i. 25

Manchester Mail, London and Manchester, i. 25, 116; ii. 65

Manchester and Derby Mail, i. 310

Manchester Telegraph, London and Manchester, i. 33, 37-9, 41; ii. 66

New Diligence, Manchester and London, i. 25

Peveril of the Peak, London and Manchester, i. 22, 41, 42

Plummer’s Glasgow and London Coach, i. 5

Prince Cobourg, London and Manchester, i. 32

Red Rover, London and Manchester, i. 41, 43

Regulator, London and Manchester, i. 33

Royal Defiance, London and Manchester, i. 33

Coaching, i. 2-51, 125, 289, 309; ii. 129-32, 137, 147-53, 199-202, 230, 253, 255, 270-72, 274-79, 283-88, 296-98

Coaching accidents, i. 14, 42; ii. 147, 283, 285-88

Coaching and Carrying Notabilities:—

Ainslie, Jack, ii. 245-47

Anderson, James, ii. 165

Barnes, James, ii. 150

Bass, William, i. 311

Baxendale, Joseph, i. 311

Bird, “Parson,” ii. 149

Bryden, John, ii. 149

Byrns, Jim, i. 50; ii. 150

Campbell, Hugh, ii. 287

Chaplin, William, i. 33, 43

Davies, Tom, i. 47

Douglas, Harry, i. 46

Drydens, the, ii. 149

Eade, George, ii. 155

Goodfellow, John, ii. 283

Hoorn, William, i. 3

Horne, Benjamin Worthy, i. 43

Inns, Samuel, i. 47

Jervis, William, i. 48

Johnson, Isaac, ii. 150

Lacy, H. C., i. 25, 29; ii. 65

MacGeorge, James, ii. 283

Meecher, James, i. 47

Nelson, Robert, i. 41

Nightingale, Robert, ii. 148

Parkin, James, ii. 148

Pickford, Matthew, i. 24, 311

Pooley, John, ii. 151

Ramsay of Barnton, ii. 148

Reed, John, ii. 149

Sherman, Edward, i. 34-38, 43

Skaife, Edward, i. 50

Snow, Bob, i. 46

Teather, John, ii. 147, 199

Telfers, the, ii. 150

Venables, the, i. 49

Walker, John, i. 4.

Wall, Joe, i. 46

Waterhouse, William, i. 33, 34

Cockfosters, i. 121

Compton, i. 309

Convagata, Stanwix, ii. 205

Cook, Thomas (originator of railway excursions), i. 244

Countess Pillar, ii. 169, 171

Crawford, ii. 270, 288

Crompton, Samuel, inventor, ii. 28, 75-83

Cuckoo Bush, i. 266

Dane, River, i. 336, 337

Denighton Bridge, ii. 290

Derby, i. 75, 89, 281, 285-306

Derventio, Derby, i. 285

Derwent, River, i. 285, 304

Devil’s Beef Tub, ii. 272, 282

Dinwoodie Green, ii. 269, 273

Dorfcocker, ii. 84

Douglas Mill, ii. 290

Douglas Water, ii. 290

Dove, River, i. 324, 329

Dunstable, i. 61, 154

Dyrham Park, i. 124

Eakley (or Inckley) Lane, i. 173

Eamont Bridge, ii. 175-79

Eamont River, ii. 171, 175

East Langton, i. 217-20

Ecclefechan, ii. 264-68

Eden, River, ii. 171, 204

Elvanfoot, ii. 269, 272, 273

Elvaston, i. 281-85

End Moor, ii. 137

Ericstane Brae, ii. 269, 271, 273, 284

Esk, River, ii. 210, 214, 217

Evan Water, ii. 273, 284-88

Farleton Knott, ii. 134, 137

Farnworth, ii. 69

Faxton, i. 208-10

Finchley, i. 115

Firwood, ii. 75

Flamstead, i. 153

Flash, i. 342-45

Forton, ii. 107

Foxton Locks, i. 220

Friar’s Wash, i. 152

Galgate, ii. 107

Garstang, ii. 105-7

Gayhurst, i. 170-72

Giant’s Grave, the, ii. 183-85

Glasgow, ii. 296-324

Glen Magna (or Great Glen), i. 222

Gorhambury, i. 151

Goslin Syke, ii. 209

Gotham, i. 262-66

Great Glen (or Glen Magna), i. 222

Gretna Green, i. 14; ii. 210, 218, 222-53

“Gretna Green” Marriages:—

Bourbon, Prince Charles Ferdinand, and Penelope Smyth, ii. 249

Deerhurst, Viscount, ii. 248

Drumlanrig, Viscount, and Caroline Clayton, ii. 249

Dundonald, Earl of, and Katharine Barnes, ii. 248

Erskine, Lord Chief Justice, and Sarah Buck, ii. 247

Ibbetson, Captain, and Lady Adela Villiers, ii. 245

Lovell, Captain Francis, and Lady Rose Somerset, ii. 249

Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, and Ellen Turner, ii. 242-44

Westmoreland, Earl of, and Miss Child, ii. 244

Grindley Marsh, i. 352

Gunpowder Plot, i. 171

Hackleton, i. 177

Hackthorpe, ii. 156

Hadley Green, i. 124

Hall-i’-th’-Wood, ii. 28, 76-83

Hamilton, ii. 292-94

Hamps, River, i. 330

Hanging Bridge, i. 324-26, 329

Hardingstone, i. 178

Hassockwell Burn, ii. 272

Hathern, i. 261

Hazel Grove (Bullock Smithy), i. 83, 349-52

Heaton Chapel, near Stockport, i. 352

Heaton Norris, i. 352

Heaviley, i. 352

Helm Wind, the, ii. 146

Heron Syke, ii. 134

Hest Bank, ii. 120, 122, 129, 132

Highgate, i. 55, 115

High Hesket, ii. 187, 244

Hockliffe, i. 3, 61, 155

Hogstye End, i. 165

Hope Green, i. 349

Hopping Hill, i. 210

Horton, i. 174, 176

Horwich, ii. 84

Hucks Brow, ii. 147, 153

Inckley (or Eakley), Lane, i. 173

Inns (mentioned at length):—

Bay Horse, near Lancaster, ii. 107

Beattock Inn, ii. 270, 298

Bedford Arms, Woburn, i. 109-11, 163

Bell, Derby, i. 290

Black Bull, Glasgow, ii. 302

Black Swan, Mountsorrel, i. 251

Bottom Inn, near Leek, i. 331

Bridgewater Arms, Manchester, i. 25, 26, 29, 33; ii. 65

Bull and Mouth, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, i. 19, 34, 37, 44

Bull’s Head, Eakley Lane, i. 174

Bull’s Head, Loughborough, i. 260

Bull’s Head, Manchester, ii. 64

Bull’s Head, Salford, ii. 24

Bush, Carlisle, i. 5; ii. 200, 245, 246

Crewe and Harpur’s Arms, Swarkestone, i. 278

Crook, Tweedshaws, ii. 284

Crown, Eamont Bridge, ii. 174

Cuckoo Bush, Gotham, i. 266

Fleur-de-lis, St. Albans, i. 127, 128

George and Dragon, Eakley Lane, i. 174

Gloucester Arms, Penrith, ii. 181

Green Man (Bottom Inn), i. 331

Green Man and Black’s Head, Ashbourne, i. 322

Gretna Hall, ii. 229, 240-42, 245, 249, 251

Gretna Hotel, ii. 229

Greyhound, Shap, ii. 151, 155

Horton Inn, i. 174

Horwich Moorgate, ii. 84

Kedleston Inn, i. 306

King’s Head (now Queen’s Head), Springfield, ii. 233, 236, 238, 240

Lathbury Inn, i. 169

Maxwell Arms, Springfield, ii. 233, 235

New Inn, Hackleton, i. 177

Old Black Bull, Moffat, ii. 281

Old Man and Scythe, Bolton, ii. 71-73

Old Rover’s Return, Manchester, ii. 64

Old White Lion, Finchley, i. 116

Plough, Shap Fell, ii. 153

Red Lion, Hazel Grove, i. 351

Royal Hotel and New Bridgewater Arms, Manchester, i. 29; ii. 65

Saracen’s Head, Glasgow, ii. 298-302

Sark Bar, ii. 228

Seven Stars, Manchester, ii. 24-64

Sun (Poet’s Corner), ii. 64

Swan with Two Necks, Lad Lane, i. 25, 32, 33

Tempest Arms, Horwich Moor, ii. 84

Tontine, Glasgow, ii. 298, 303

Two Lions, Penrith, ii. 182

Welcome into Cumberland, Eamont Bridge, ii. 152, 176, 179

White Lion, Stockport, i. 357

White Swan, Mountsorrel, i. 252

Irk, River, ii. 5

Irlam-o’-th’-Height, ii. 68

Irwell, River, ii. 5, 67, 68

Islington, i. 112

Johnstone Bridge, ii. 270

Kearsley, ii. 69

Kedleston Hall, i. 307

Kegworth, i. 89, 91, 261

Kelmarsh, i. 210

Kendal, ii. 138-45

Kent River, ii. 122, 125, 139

Kent’s Bank, ii. 122, 124

Kentigern, Saint, ii. 308-12

Kibworth Beauchamp, i. 221

King Arthur’s Drinking Cup, ii. 174

King Arthur’s Round Table, ii. 173

Kingsthorpe, i. 196

Kingston-on-Soar, i. 262

Kingstown, ii. 209

Kirk Langley, i. 306

Kirkpatrick, ii. 263

Kirtlebridge, ii. 264

Kirtle Water, ii. 263, 264

Lamport, i. 203-7

Lancaster, ii. 108-20

Lancaster Sands, ii. 122-32

Langtons, the, i. 217-20

Larkhall, ii. 291

Lathbury, i. 169

Leek, i. 85, 323, 331-35

Leicester, i. 71, 95, 223-46

Lesmahagow, ii. 272, 291

Levenshulme, i. 352

Lockerbie, ii. 269, 279

Lockington, i. 266

London Colney, i. 125

Longsight, i. 352

Longtown, ii. 211, 212, 213, 253

Lonsdale, The “Bad Lord,” ii. 157

Loughborough, i. 73, 84, 91, 94, 259-61

Low Hesket, ii. 188

Lowther Castle, ii. 156-58

Lowther River, ii. 171-73

Luguvallum, Carlisle, ii. 189, 205

Lune, River, ii. 108, 118

Lyne, River, ii. 210

Macadam, John Loudon, ii. 280

Macaulay, Thomas Babington, i. 246-48

Macclesfield, i. 84, 323, 326, 337-42

Mackworth, i. 306

Maidwell, i. 210

Manchester, ii. 1-68

Mancunium, Manchester, ii. 9

Manifold, River, i. 330

Market Harborough, i. 96, 212-17, 254

Markyate Street, i. 61, 153

Mayfield, i. 326

Meikleholmside, ii. 284

Mein Water, ii. 264

Merkland, ii. 263

Milk, River, ii. 269

Milton Bryant, i. 157

Moffat, ii. 269-71, 273, 274, 279-84

Monken Hadley, i. 120, 122

Moore, Thomas (poet), i. 262, 326-9

Moses Gate, ii. 69

Mountsorrel, i. 73, 95, 248-52

Mungo, Saint, ii. 308-12

Myerscough, ii. 105

Naseby, Battle of, i. 211

Nene, River, i. 185

Nethan, River, ii. 291

Newport Pagnell, i. 61, 109, 166-69

Northampton, i. 66, 96, 175, 184-96

Oadby, i. 223

Old-time Travellers (in general), i. 15-22, 51-111

Bamford, Samuel, i. 51-111

Boswell, James, i. 298, 321-23; ii. 301

Bright, John, i. 22, 199

Brougham, Lord, ii. 164

Eldon, Earl of, ii. 226

Granville, Dr., ii. 154, 164

Gray, Thos., ii. 125, 301

Hawker, Col., i. 9; ii. 235, 274

Hume, David, ii. 201

Johnson, Dr., i. 298; ii. 301

Mandeville, Sir John, i. 148-50

Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, i. 16-19

Wesley, Rev. John, i. 142, 168

Wilson, Professor John, i. 6

Old-time Travelling, i. 3-51, 125; ii. 222-53, 274, 298

Osmaston Manor, i. 308

Ouse, River, i. 109, 173

Over Sands, ii. 122-32

Oxendon, i. 212

Peel Towers, ii. 159

Pendlebury, ii. 68

Pendleton, ii. 68

Pennersaughs, ii. 264

Penrith, i. 14; ii. 179-87

Penwortham, ii. 92

“Peterloo,” i. 53, 326; ii. 39-41

Petterill, River, ii. 187

Pickford & Co., i. 310

Piddington, i. 176

Poynton, i. 349

Prestbury, i. 345-47

Preston, i. 84, 87; ii. 83, 90-105

Prince Charles Edward (see Rebellion of 1745).

Pytchley Hunt, the, i. 199

Quakers, the (origin of the name), i. 289

Quarndon, i. 306

Queen’s Cross, near Northampton, i. 99, 178-84

Quorn Hunt, the, i. 212, 253-57

Quorndon, or Quorn, i. 95, 252-59, 306

Railways, i. 43; ii. 55, 107, 122, 124, 130, 132, 200, 228, 270, 285, 288, 304

Ratæ Coritanorum, Leicester, i. 225-29

Rebellion of 1715, i. 270; ii. 90, 93-97, 104, 112, 196, 319

Rebellion of 1745, i. 169, 270-78, 287, 319, 324, 334; ii. 21, 98, 103, 144, 155, 160-63, 185, 187, 195-98, 260, 319

Redbourne, i. 111, 152

Ribble, River, ii. 90-92

Richard III., i. 238; ii. 180

Ring Cross, i. 112-15

Rivington Pike, ii. 85, 87

Rothley, i. 95, 246

Rothley Temple, i. 246

Rudyard Lake, i. 335

Rushton Marsh, i. 336

Rushton Spencer, i. 336

Russell family, i. 157-64

St. Albans, i. 56-61, 111, 125-50

Salford, ii. 67

Sark River, ii. 214, 217

Sark Bar, ii. 226-29

Scotforth, ii. 107

Shap, ii. 151, 155

Shap Abbey, ii. 156

Shap Fell, i. 54; ii. 146, 150

Shardlow, i. 281

Skerton, ii. 120

“Slash, Captain,” i. 198

Slyne, ii. 120

Soar, River, i. 244, 248, 262

Solway Moss, ii. 214-18

South Mimms, i. 124

Springfield, ii. 210, 214, 218, 226, 227, 234-36

Standish, Miles, ii. 86-88

Stanton-by-Bridge, i. 267

Stanwix, i. 11; ii. 189, 204-9

Stockport, i. 83, 323, 353-58

Stoke Goldington, i. 62, 99

Swarkestone Bridge, i. 267, 270, 273, 276-78

Swinscoe, or Swinecote, i. 329

“Teetotal,” origin of the word, i. 104

Telford, Thomas, i. 2, 10; ii. 263, 268, 271, 277-79

Thiefside, ii. 187, 188

Tolcross, ii. 296

Trent, River, i. 89, 254, 261, 266-70, 278-81

Turnpike Trusts, ii. 273-78

Tyringham, i. 170

Uddingston, ii. 296

Verulamium, St. Albans, i. 130, 150

Voreda, Old Penrith, ii. 187

Waggons (Manchester and London):—

Bass’s, i. 24

Cooper’s, i. 24

Hulse’s, i. 24

Pickford’s Flying Waggons, i. 24, 311

Washington’s, i. 24

Wood’s, i. 24

Walton-le-Dale, ii. 90

Wamphray, ii. 270, 274

Wanlip, i. 246, 251

Waterfall, i. 330

Waterhouses, i. 330

Wavendon, i. 166

West Linton, ii. 211

Whetstone, i. 56

Whittle-le-Woods, ii. 88

“Wise Men of Gotham,” i. 262-66

Woburn, i. 61, 109, 157, 163-65

Woburn Abbey, i. 157-62

Woburn Sands, i. 165

Wolsey, Cardinal, i. 244

Woodhouse Eaves, i. 253

Yanwath Hall, ii. 170

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