INDEX.
Reading edition
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Abbacies, held by William II., at the time of his death, 104 (foot-note).
Abbey, Beaulieu, see Beaulieu.
Abbey Walls, the, or St. Leonard’s Grange, 69.
Acquitaine, Eleanor of, buried at Beaulieu Abbey, 67.
Adages, in the Forest, 180;
see also Proverbs.
Adder’s-tongue Fern, 256.
Alanus de Insulis, on the death of William II., 102.
Alexander I., Pope, bull from, 71 (foot-note.)
Amberwood Corner, barrows near, 208.
Ambrosius Aurelianus, defeated by Cerdic, 118;
his name preserved in the word Amesbury, 119;
in Ambrose Hole and Ampress Farm, 198.
Ancestry, our, 2.
Anderwood Enclosure, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, 215.
America, Old-English character of its provincialisms, 172.
Anselm, foretold by the Abbot of Cluny of the death of William II., 101.
Anses Wood, mound near, 209, 210.
“Apostles, the Twelve,” 83.
Assart lands, granted by James I., 43.
Ash, Mark-, Wood, 17.
Ashley Rails, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, 221.
Attachment, Court of, 87.
Augustine, St., injunctions to his canons, 69.
Aurelianus, Ambrosius, see Ambrosius.
Avon, the, at Castle Hill, 118;
at Ibbesley, 120;
at Winkton, 128;
eel peculiar to, 125, 126.
Avon, Valley of the, 116;
the Flora of, 253.
Avon Tyrrel, 126.
B
Babington, Churchill, synopsis of the birds of Charnwood Forest by, 275.
Baddesley, Preceptory of the Knights Templar formerly at, 156.
Balm, Bastard (Melittis Melyssophyllum), in the Forest, 256.
Bandits, troop of, at Lymington, 169.
Bargery Farm, 71.
Barn, or spicarium, of Beaulieu Abbey, 69, 70.
Barney Barns Hill, 197 (foot-note), 210.
Barrows, named after fairies, 177, 197;
opened by Warner, 198;
in the east part of the Forest, 197 (foot-note), 211;
on Sway Common, 198;
on Bratley Plain, 199-205;
near Ocknell Pond, 205, 206;
near Darrat’s Lane, 206 (foot-note);
on the West Fritham Plain, 207;
near Amberwood, 208;
on Butt’s Plain, 209;
on Langley Heath, 211.
Barton Cliffs, the, 147;
Middle-Eocene beds of the, 4;
atmospheric effects seen from the, 15, 16;
geology of, 239, 240.
Beacon, Burley, 82.
Beaulieu Abbey, its foundation and endowments, 62;
its dedication, 63;
the Countess of Warwick and Perkin Warbeck come to its sanctuary, 64;
its dissolution, 65;
beauty of its situation, 65;
the abbot’s house, cloisters, and chapter-house, 66;
church, 67;
refectory, 67, 68;
the pulpit of the refectory, 68;
barn of, 69;
granges of, 69-71.
Beauty, exists in the beholder’s mind, 18, 19;
God’s love of, 127, 128;
the chief end and aim of Nature, 5.
Becton Bunny, 149;
house burnt down, 170;
geology of, 240.
Beeches, measurements of, in the Forest, 16 (foot-note).
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Bees, folk-lore about, 181.
Bellus Locus, former name of Beaulieu, 62.
Bentley Wood, North, 113.
Beteston Roger, tenure of, at Eyeworth, 114.
Bible, words in the, now provincialisms, 193.
Birds, bones of, discovered amongst the foundations of the Priory Church, Christchurch, 14 (foot-note);
see Ornithology.
Bishop’s Ditch, 79.
Black Bar, large mound at, 210.
Blackheath Meadow, Roman pottery at, 210.
Boghampton, village of, 127.
Boldre, derivation of, 80;
church, 79.
Books, at Beaulieu Abbey, just before the dissolution, 65 (foot-note).
Botany of the Forest, 250-257;
contradictions in the, 251;
characterized by its soil, 251, 252;
bog-plants, 252;
carices abundant, 252;
its position under Watson’s system, 253, 254;
its trees, 254;
its St. John’s Worts, 254, 255;
its ferns, 255, 256;
other plants, 256, 257.
(See Appendix II., 289.)
Bottom, meaning of the word, 187.
Bowles, Caroline, married to Southey at Boldre church, 80.
Bouvery Farm, 69.
Bramble Hill, oaks at, 16;
view from, 111.
Bramshaw, village of, 111.
Bratley Wood, 113.
Bratley Plain, barrows upon, 113, 199-205.
Breamore, village of, 119.
Brinken Wood, 83.
Brockenhurst, derivation of, 75;
tenure at, 76;
church, 77;
scenery round, 78.
Brook Beds, the, 245, 246.
Brook Common, 111.
Buckholt, in Domesday, 51 (foot-note).
Buckland Rings, Roman coins found at, 154;
described, 199.
Burgate, village of, 120.
Burleigh, Lord, his advice to his son, 1, 2.
Burley, 82;
Lodge, 83.
Bustard, last seen in the Forest, 14 (foot-note).
Butt’s Ash Lane, barrows near, 197 (foot-note), 211 (foot-note).
Butt’s Plain, barrows on, 209.
Buzzard, Honey, breeding habits of, 262-265;
weight of the eggs of the, 264 (foot-note);
common, breeding of the, 265, 266.
C
Cadenham Oak, the, 110.
Cadland’s Park, 50.
Calshot Castle, built by Henry VIII., 52;
mentioned by Colonel Hammond, 52 (foot-note);
the Cerdices-ora of the Chronicle, 53;
different forms of the name, 53, 54.
Canterton, held by Chenna, in Domesday, 28.
Canute, Forest laws of, 35;
Charta de Forestâ of, extracts from, 36 (foot-note).
Castle Hill, 118.
Castles, so-called, in the Forest, 32.
Catharine’s, St., Hills, 126.
Cattle, right of turning out, in the Forest, 46.
Cerdices-ford, now Charford, 54, 118.
Cerdices-ora, probably Calshot, 52, 53.
Chapel, chantry, of the Countess of Salisbury, 137, 138;
of Robert Harys, 143;
of John Draper, 143.
Charford, the Cerdices-ford of the Chronicle, 118.
Charles I., his attempt to revive the Forest laws, 42;
gives the New Forest as security to his creditors, 42;
embarks for Carisbrook from Leap, 56;
seized by Colonel Cobbit, 152;
imprisoned in Hurst Castle, 153, 154;
how treated by Colonel Hammond, 153 (foot-note);
by Colonel Cobbit, 154.
Charles II. bestows the young woods of Brockenhurst to the maids of honour, 43;
encloses three hundred acres for oaks, 44.
Charnwood Forest, the birds of, 275.
Chestnuts, formerly common in the Forest, 13 (foot-note).
Chewton Glen, 147, 148.
Chichester, Reginald Pecock, Bishop of, on the legend concerning the man in the moon, 177.
Chough, its increasing scarcity, 275.
Christchurch, 129;
its Old-English names, 131;
Æthelwald at, 131;
in Domesday, 131;
the castle of, 131, 132;
Norman House at, 132;
Chamberlains’ Books of, 135 (foot-note);
Priory Church of, 135, 141-144;
the conventual buildings of, 138, 139;
legend of the Priory Church of, 175.
Chronicle, The, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25, 26;
the great value of its evidence, 23.
Church, its date should be told by its style, 123.
Churches in the Forest mentioned by Domesday, still in part standing, 31.
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Church Green, in Eyeworth Wood, 32 (foot-note).
Church Lytton, at Wootton, 32, 33 (foot-note).
Church Moor, near Mark Ash, 32 (foot-note).
Church Place, at Sloden, 32 (foot-note).
Churchwardens’ Books, at Ellingham,
extracts from, 229-231;
at Fordingbridge, extracts from, 230, 231.
Chydioke, effigy of Sir John, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 142, 176, 177.
Clay Hill, view from, 86.
Cluny, Hugh, Abbot of, foretells the death of William II., 101.
Coleridge, at Mudeford, 145.
Colgrimesmore, the ancient name of Souley Pond, 72.
Commoners, rights of the, in the New Forest, 46.
Coronella lævis, 259 (foot-note).
Corporation Books, extracts from the Christchurch, 135, 136 (foot-note);
from the Lymington, 155 (foot-note).
Court, Moyles, 120, 121.
Crockle, Roman and Romano-British
potteries at, 217-219;
their probable date, 222.
Cross, the Staple, 146;
the, at Bargate, 120.
Cuckoo, sayings concerning the, 180.
Customs, old, in the Forest, 178.
D
Dame Slough, 273.
Dauphin of France, arms of the, formerly in Boldre Church, 80;
embarked at Leap, 55.
Defoe, his plan for colonizing the Forest with the Palatine refugees, 47.
Deer in the Forest, abolished in 1851, 46;
a few left, 113.
Deer-stealing, method of, 171.
Denny Wood, 79;
heronry at, 273.
Dibden, church at, 50, 51 (foot-note).
Diodorus Siculus, quotation from, 57 (foot-note).
Dissolution of the religious houses, its need, 64, 137;
of Beaulieu Abbey, 65;
of Christchurch Priory, 138.
Domesday, analysis and evidence of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31;
churches in the Forest still in part remaining mentioned in, 31;
Eling in, 51 (foot-note);
Redbridge in, 51 (foot-note);
Lyndhurst in, 87 (foot-note);
Fordingbridge in, 117;
Christchurch in, 131;
mills in, rented by a payment of eels, 128, 119 (foot-note);
Ringwood in, 123 (foot-note);
Christchurch in, 131;
Beckley, Baishley, and Milton in, 148 (foot-note);
Lymington in, 155.
Draper, John, the last prior of Christchurch Priory, character of, 137, 138.
Drift, in the Forest, its contents, 236.
Durham, Simon of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (foot-note);
on the death of William II., 95 (foot-note).
E
Eagle, golden, the, 260;
sea, the, 261.
Eaglehurst, 59.
Easter Sepulchre, at Brockenhurst Church, 77.
Ecclesiastica, or the Book of Remembrance, 122 (foot-note).
Edward I. issues writs for the perambulation of the Forest, 41;
possesses the Castle of Christchurch, 132.
Edward III., corbel head of, in Sopley Church, 127.
Edward VI. at Christchurch, 134.
Eel, peculiar to the Avon, an, 125.
Eels, mills rented by a payment of, 119 (foot-note), 128.
Eling, in Domesday, 51 (foot-note);
extract from parish register of, 228.
Ellingham, cross roads at, 120;
Church of, 122, 123;
extract from Churchwardens’ Books of, 229, 230, 231.
England, its peculiar interest to Englishmen, 2;
ignorance of, by Englishmen, 2.
Everton, etymology of, 75.
Exbury, 59;
herons feeding near, 273.
Exe, the river, 69;
derivation of, 163.
F
Fairies in the New Forest, 174, 175.
Falcon, peregrine, 261.
Fawley, village of, 51;
church, 51;
Norman doorway of church, 59.
Ferns in the Forest, 255, 256.
Ferrels, or “Verrels,” meaning of, 82.
Fidley, Wood-, rain, meaning of, 79.
Flambard, hated by the clergy, 102;
builds the Priory Church of Christchurch, 136.
Florence of Worcester, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24;
on the death of William II., 95 (foot-note).
Flowers. See Botany.
Folk-lore, value of, 173; in the New Forest, 174-180.
Font, Norman, at Brockenhurst, 77.
Fordingbridge, 117;
church of, 118;
ancient tenure at, 117 (foot-note);
extracts from Churchwardens’ Books of, 230, 231.
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Forest, meaning of the word, 10 (foot-note);
government of an ancient, 35, 36;
life in an ancient, 36 (foot-note).
Forest-Laws. See Laws.
Forest Rights. See Rights.
Frame Wood, 78, 79.
Fritham, country round, 114.
Fritham Plain, East, 113;
West, 114.
Fulchered and William II., 94, 102.
G
Gemeticensis, Gulielmus, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 23.
Geology, the, of the Forest, 234;
in the Eocene period, 235;
the drift and its contents, 236;
the Middle-Eocene of the Hordle and Barton Cliffs, 237-242;
the Bracklesham Beds in the valley of Canterton, 242-248;
the great aim of, 248.
Gilpin, author of Forest Scenery,
his love for Nature, 15 (foot-note);
buried in Boldre churchyard, 79, 80.
Gipsies, principal families of, in the Forest, 159;
their marriages, 159;
their present mode of life, 159, 160.
Godshill, in Gough’s time, 14 (foot-note).
Goreley Bushes, vast Keltic graveyard near, 207.
Government, duty of, to protect the finest trees in the Forest, 18.
Grange, St. Leonard’s, 69;
barn and chapel at, 70;
Park, 71;
Somerford, 138, 147.
Guest, Dr., on Natan-Leaga, 33 (foot-note);
on Cerdices-ora, 53;
on the “Belgic Ditches,” 130;
on the “Early English Settlements in South Britain,” 163 (foot-note), 166 (foot-note).
Guesten-hall, the, of the Abbot’s House at Beaulieu, 66.
H
Hall, Union of the Families of Lancaster and York, by, quotation from, 151.
Handycross Pond, barrow near, 209.
Harriers, marsh and hen, 268.
Hat, meaning of, in the Forest, 182, 183.
Hatchet Gate, 75.
Hawfinches, in the Forest, 274, 275.
Heather, its one defect, 81.
Hengistbury Head, derivation of, 165.
Hemingburgh, Walter, on the afforestation, 25 (foot-note);
on the death of William II., 95 (foot-note).
Henry III., confirmation of privileges to Beaulieu Abbey, by, 63.
Henry VIII., patriotism of, 151, 152.
Herbert’s Memoirs, 153, 154.
Herons in the Forest, 273, 274.
High Cliff Beds, the, 242.
Hill Top, 59, 61.
Hinchelsea, Bottom and Knoll, 81.
History, our, written on the country, 2, 129;
tradition, value of, in history, 97, 98;
truth in, 106.
Hoadley, Bishop, on the deer in Waltham Chase, 171.
Hob, Fairy, 175 (foot-note).
Hobby, the, 261;
weight of the eggs of, 264 (foot-note).
Holland’s Wood, near Brockenhurst, 78.
Holly, springing up in the Forest, 12 (foot-note).
Holme Bush, explanation of a, 179.
Holmsley, 81, 82.
Honey, the Forest, 184.
Hoopoe, its occurrence, 274.
Hordle, its church, when built, 31 (foot-note);
churchyard, 150;
Freshwater deposits at, 237.
“Horse, the Great,” 126 (foot-note).
House, Burman’s, at Beaulieu, 66.
House, Norman, at Christchurch, 132.
House, the Queen’s, at Lyndhurst, 87.
Hoveden, Roger, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (foot-note);
on the death of William II., 95 (foot-note).
Howard, the philanthropist, lived at Watcombe, 75.
Huntingdon, Henry of, on the afforestation, 25 (foot-note);
on the death of William II., 95 (foot-note).
Hurst, meaning of the word, 35.
Hurst Beach, 151;
Castle, built by Henry VIII., 151;
Charles at, 152-154;
importance of, 152 (foot-note).
Hyde or Hungerford, 120.
Hythe, village of, 50.
I
Ibbesley, view at, 120;
extracts from parish register of, 232, 233.
Ictis, the Isle of Wight, 57, 58.
Idleness, profitable, 90.
Innocent III., grants the right of a sanctuary to Beaulieu Abbey, 63.
Insulis, Alanus de, on the death of William II., 102.
Iron’s Hill Wood, 75.
Iron-works at Souley Pond, 72.
Isabella de Fortibus, her possessions at Christchurch, 132;
at Lymington, 154.
Island Hills, the, 78.
Island Thorn, Roman and Romano-British Potteries at, 220.
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J
James I. grants twenty assart-lands in the Forest, 43.
Jar-bird, meaning of a, 187.
John, King, his oppression of the Cistercian order, 61;
founds Beaulieu Abbey, 62.
K
Kalkesore, old name of Calshot, 54.
Keltic element in the dialect of the New Forest, 163;
in the topography, 164.
Kestrel, eggs of, weight of the, 264.
“Keystone under the hearth,” meaning of the proverb, 170.
King’s Day, the, explanation of, 231.
King’s Rue, 56.
Kitts Hill, 91.
Knives, flint, found at Eyeworth, 297 (foot-note).
Knoll, Black, 78, 84.
Knyghton, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24;
his authority of no value, 95 (foot-note).
Knyghtwood Oak, the, 16.
L
Labourers in the New Forest, average wages of, 47 (foot-note).
Lane, Jane, 121.
Langley Heath, barrows on, opened by the Rev. J. P. Bartlett, 211.
Lappenberg, his account of the afforestation of the New Forest by William I., 21;
on the Ictis of the ancients, 56.
Latchmore Pond, 81, 199.
Lawrence, the sprite, in the Forest, 174.
Law-Courts, last of the Forest, 12, 87.
Laws, Forest-, Canute’s, 35;
made still severer by William I., 38;
Charles I., attempts to revive, 42.
Leap, 55;
the spot where the Dauphin, Louis VIII. of France, embarked, 55;
where Charles I. embarked, 56;
British and Roman road at, 56;
mass of tin found near, 57.
Lease to, meaning of, 193.
Leighton, Mr., fresco in Lyndhurst church by, 88.
Leland on the death of William II., 96 (foot-note).
Lepidoptera, list of the Forest, Appendix IV., 319.
Lewis, Sir George C., on the Ictis of the ancients, 57;
his theory corroborated, 58.
Lichens, used as specifics in the Forest, 176.
Lichmore Pond, 81, 199.
Life, modern, its hurry and confusion, 73.
Liney Hill Wood, 83.
Lisle, Alice, 121.
Loute, to, meaning of, 188.
Lungs of oak (Sticta pulmonaria), used as a specific for consumption, 176.
Lung-wort, narrow-leaved, the, 69, 256.
Lymington, port of, 154;
its history, 155, 156;
extracts from the Corporation Books of, 155 (foot-note).
Lyndhurst, derivation of, 86 (foot-note);
church of, 87;
scenery round, 89, 90;
ancient tenure at, 86, 87;
woods round, 90, 91.
M
Malmesbury, William of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (foot-note);
on the death of William II., 93, 94 (foot-note), 95 (foot-note);
on the physical appearance of William II., 99 (foot-note).
Map, Ordnance, mistake of the, 128 (foot-note).
Mapes, Walter, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24.
Mark Ash Wood, 17.
Mead, made in the New Forest, 184.
Merlin, breeding of the, in the Forest, 267, 268 (foot-note);
weight of supposed egg of, 161, 264.
Middle Marine Bed, the, at Mineway, 237, 238.
Milford, church of, 150, 151.
Millaford Brook, the, 83, 90.
Mills in the New Forest, comparative value of, by Domesday, 29;
rented by a payment of eels, in Domesday, 119 (foot-note).
Milton, words used by, now provincialisms, 191.
Milton, village of, mentioned in Domesday, 148 (foot-note).
Minestead, 92.
Monastery, average library of a, 65 (foot-note);
life in a, 72, 73.
Monmouth’s Ash, 122.
Monmouth, capture of, 122;
writes to James, the Queen Dowager, and the Lord Treasurer, 123.
Moon-Hill Woods, the, 75.
Morefalls, the Lord Treasurer, Southampton, on the evils of granting, 43, 44 (foot-note).
Moyles Court, 120, 121.
Moyne, William le-, tenure of, at Lyndhurst, 87.
Mudeford, 146.
N
Natan-Leaga, the name preserved, 33.
Nation, history of a, how best read, 224;
its æsthetic life, how best determined, 224, 225.
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Nature, beauty the end and aim of, 5;
her care for trees, 10;
the proper spirit with which to see, 19.
Natural history, its value, 235, 276.
Needsore, 54;
derivation of, 165.
Netley Abbey Church, ruins of, 49;
fort, 49, hospital, 50.
New Forest, the; its connection with our history, 3;
scenery of, 4;
trees of, 16, 17;
in the winter, 18;
its boundaries in the reign of Edward I., 20, 21;
its afforestation by William I., 21;
value of land in Domesday, 29;
geology of, 4, 10, 29, 30, 234-249;
botany of, 250, 257 (see also Appendix II., 289);
ornithology of, 258-276 (see also Appendix III., 307);
churches of, 4;
the first and second perambulations of, 40;
character of the second perambulation of, 41, 42;
hills of, 10;
its former woody nature proved by the local nomenclature, 33;
general character of, 11;
in the time of the Normans, 12, 13;
changes in, 12;
granted as security by Charles I. to his creditors, 42;
its neglected state under the Stuarts, 43, 44;
William III. legislates for, 44;
statistics of, 40, 47 (foot-note);
present management of, 47 (foot-note);
assart lands in, granted by James I., 42;
hurricane in, 44;
ethnology of, 160, 161;
smuggling in, 169, 170;
deer-stealing in, 171;
folk-lore of, 173, 180;
poetry of, 176;
love superstitions of, 179;
proverbs of, 179;
local sayings, 179;
provincialisms of, 181, 195 (see, also, Appendix I., 279);
traditions in, 96, 97, 180, 181;
barrows of, 196-213;
Parish Registers and Churchwardens’ Books of, 226-233;
Lepidoptera of, Appendix IV., 319.
New Park, 86.
Nodes, the, 197.
O
Oak, the Cadenham, 110.
Oaks, character of in the Forest, 16;
measurements of, 16 (foot-note);
“bustle-headed,” meaning of, 183.
Ocknell Wood, 113.
Onomatopoieia, its occurrence amongst provincialisms, 186.
Ordnance map, mistake of, 126 (foot-note).
Ore Creek, 54 (foot-note).
Ornithology of the Forest, 260;
white-tailed eagle, 260;
osprey, 261;
hobby, breeding of the, 261;
honey-buzzard, breeding habits of, 261, 263, 265;
common buzzard, breeding habits of, 265;
merlin, nesting of, 267, 268 (foot-note);
harriers, 268;
owls, 269;
raven, breeding of, 270;
winter birds, 271;
woodpeckers, 272;
herons, 273;
hawfinches, 274;
chough, 275;
census of birds, 275 (see also Appendix III., 307).
Ovest, meaning of, 183.
Oxenford and Oxford, true derivation of, 80.
P
Paris, Matthew, on William II.’s death, 94 (foot-note), 95 (foot-note).
Parish Registers. See Registers.
Park Grange, 71.
Park, New, 86.
Pennington, the village of, 153.
Perambulation of the New Forest, the first, 40;
the second, 40, 41;
character of the second, 41, 42.
Pignel Wood, 272, 273.
Pigs, right of turning out, in the Forest, 46;
breed of in the Forest, peculiar, 259.
Pitt’s Enclosure, Roman and Romano-British potteries, at, 220.
Pliny on the Isle of Wight, 57 (foot-note).
Poetry of the New Forest, character of, 175, 176 (foot-note).
Ponies, Forest, 259.
Potteries, Roman and Romano-British, 214;
at Crockle, first discovered by the Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, 215;
at Anderwood, 215;
at Oakley, 215;
at Sloden, 216;
at the Lower Hat, 217;
at Crockle, description of, 218, 219;
at Island Thorn, 220;
at Pitt’s Enclosure, 220;
at Ashley Rails, 221;
at Black Heath, 221.
Provincialisms, Keltic element in the New Forest, 163;
the real character of, 173;
in the New Forest, 181-195.
(See also Appendix I., 279).
Proverbs in the Forest, 179.
Puck, the fairy, in the Forest, 174;
names of fields, and woods, and barrows, derived from him, 175.
Puckpit’s Wood, 112, 113.
Pulpit, the, of Beaulieu Refectory, 68.
Purkess, family of, 97.
Q
Quarr Abbey, 155.
Queen’s Bower Wood, the, 83.
Queen’s Mead, the, 83.
Queen’s North, 11, 113, 114.
R
Raven, its breeding in the Forest, 270.
Reachmore Barrow, 113.
Redbridge, in Domesday, 51 (foot-note).
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Redstart, Black, its periodical occurrence in the Forest, 274.
Refectory of Beaulieu Abbey, now the parish church, 67;
pulpit of, 68.
Registers, Parish, at Eling, extract from, 227, 228;
at Ibbesley, extracts from, 233, 234;
at Christchurch, 234;
date of registers in the Forest, 227 (foot-note).
Reredos, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 140, 141;
in St. Mary’s Overie, 141 (foot-note).
Rere-mouse, meaning of, 192.
Rhinefield, nursery at, 47.
Rich and poor, difference between, 5.
Rights, Forest-, their origin, 36 (foot-note), 46 (foot-note).
Ringwood, 123;
fine brass at, 124.
Rodford, derivation of, 166.
Romans, why they chose the New Forest for their potteries, 224;
their influence on the district, 225.
See also Potteries and Buckland Rings.
Rood-screen in Ellingham Church, 122;
at Christchurch, 140.
Rose, the Red King by, 33 (foot-note);
Gundimore, extract from his, 146, 147 (foot-note).
Ross, John, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (foot-note).
Rue Copse, 56.
Rue, King’s, 56.
S
Salisbury Chapel, the, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 141.
Salisbury, Countess of, her execution, 141, 142.
Salisbury, John of, on the character of William II., 99 (foot-note);
on William II.’s death, 106.
Sanctuary of Beaulieu, the right of, given by Innocent III., 63;
the Countess of Warwick flies to the, 64;
Perkin Warbeck, flies to, 64.
Sandyballs, 118.
Screen, Rood-, in Ellingham Church, 122;
in the Priory Church of Christchurch, 140.
Sepulchre, Easter, in Brockenhurst Church, 77.
Serlo and William II., 93, 94.
Setthornes, 81.
Shade, meaning of the word in the Forest, 181, 182.
Shakspeare, words used by, now provincialisms, 189.
Sheets-axe, meaning of the word, 183.
Shepherd’s Gutter Beds, the, 244, 245.
Shrewsbury, Fulchered, Abbot of St. Peter’s at, prophetic words spoken by, 94 (foot-note), 102.
Sloden, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, 216.
Sloden Hole, plan of, 217 (foot-note).
Smoke Silver, 178 (foot-note);
explanation of, 232.
Smuggling, formerly carried on in the Forest, 169, 170.
Snow-storm, great, in the Forest, 180, 181.
Solent, traditions concerning the former depth of, 58.
Somerford Grange, 147.
Songs of the New Forest, 175, 176 (foot-note).
Sopley, derivation of, 127;
church of, 127.
Southey, married his second wife at Boldre Church, 80;
at Burton, 146.
Southampton, the Lord Treasurer, on the evils of granting moorefalls, 43, 44 (foot-note).
Southampton, Sir Bevis of, 3;
ships built by Henry V. at, 4.
Souley Pond, 72;
iron-works at, 72.
Spelman, Peter, tenure at Brockenhurst held by, 76.
Spotswood, blunder of, 24 (foot-note).
Squoyles, meaning of the word, 183.
St. John’s Worts in the Forest, 254, 255.
Staneswood, in Domesday, 51 (foot-note).
Staple Cross, the, 145.
Stone, Rufus’s, 96, 97.
Stoney-Cross, views from, 110, 112.
Streams, character of the Forest, 14;
the best guide, 17;
beauty of, 83, 84.
Sunsets in the Forest, 15, 113;
from the Barton Cliffs, 149, 150.
Swanimote, Court of, 35.
Sway Common, 80, 81;
barrows on, 198, 199.
T
Thorougham, now Fritham, the Truham of Domesday, 96 (foot-note).
Tiril, Walter, William II. gives him two arrows, 93;
according to the Chroniclers shoots the King, 94;
his declaration to Suger, 106;
his implication in the murder, 106;
the cause of his supposed flight, 106;
his friendship with Anselm, 102.
Towns, historical interest in English, 129, 130;
their history, the history of the day, 130.
Tradition, its value in history, 97, 98.
Traditions in the Forest, 96, 97, 180, 181.
Trail of oak, the, meaning of, 183.
Travelling, modern, style of, 2.
Tree-forms, loveliness of, 9.
336
Trees, their comparative value as standing and cut, 18;
in the Forest, 254.
Truth, involuntarily perverted, 22.
Tweonea, the ancient name of Christchurch, 131.
Tyrrel’s Ford, 97, 126.
U
Urns found in Bratley barrow, 201, 202;
in Hilly Accombs barrow, 206 (foot-note);
in various other barrows, 211 (foot-note);
pieces of, in different barrows, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208.
Usnea barbata, its abundance in the Forest, 91 (foot-note).
V
Valley of the Avon, its character, 116.
Van-winged hawk, the, of the Forest, 261.
“Vineyards, the,” at Beaulieu Abbey, 67.
Vinney, meaning of the word, 190.
Vinney Ridge, 82, 83;
heronry at, 273.
Vitalis on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24;
on William II.’s death, 94, 95.
W
Wages, average, of labourers in the New Forest, 47 (foot-note).
Walking, advantages of, over driving, 6.
Warbeck, Perkin, takes refuge at Beaulieu Abbey, 64.
Warwick, Countess of, takes refuge at Beaulieu Abbey, 64.
Wendover, Roger, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (foot-note).
West-Saxons, superstitious character of, still observable, 160, 161;
love of sport, 162;
peculiarity of dress, 162;
verbal characteristics of, 167.
Westminster, Matthew of, on the death of William II., 95 (foot-note).
Whitebeams at Sloden, 114;
at Castle Malwood, 254.
Whiteshoot, square barrow near, 207.
Wight, Isle of, atmospheric effects on the, 15;
the Ictis of the ancients, 57, 58;
Pliny on, 57 (foot-note), 236.
William I., his character, 21, 22;
his right to make a forest, 23;
possessions in the Forest, 23 (foot-note);
his love for the chase, 34;
his cruelty and oppression, 22, 38.
William II., his dream, as recorded, on the night before his death, 92, 93;
his speech to the monk from Gloucester, 94;
his death, 94;
his body brought to Winchester Cathedral, 95;
his brother and nephew killed in the Forest, 98;
his character, 99 (foot-note);
the events of his reign, 100 (foot-note);
the cause of his death, 101, 102, 103;
hated by his clergy, 104;
plots against his life, 104, 105;
his death read by his life, 108.
William III., his legislation for the Forest, 44;
not attended to, 45.
Wilverley Plantations, 81.
Wood, how sold for fuel in the Forest, 46.
Woodcocks, their breeding in the Forest, 269.
Woodmote, Court of, 87.
Woodpecker, great black, breeding of the, 272.
Woods, their beauty, 8;
as dwelt upon by our English poets, 9 (foot-note);
how valued in Domesday, 11, 12 (foot-note);
round Lyndhurst, 89, 90.
Woollen, affidavits of burials in, 232, 233.
Wootton plantations, 81;
woodcocks breed in, 269, 270.
Worcester, Florence of. See Florence.
Y
Yaffingale, local name for the green woodpecker, 272.
Yarranton, his report upon making the Avon navigable, 134;
on the ironstone of the coast, 151.
“Yellow as a kite’s claw, as,” a Forest proverb, 179.
Yews, measurements of various, 78 (foot-note), at Sloden, 114.
Ytene, the district of, 33, 163.
Yvery, Roger de, leads the Midland barons, 105;
possessed land at Lymington, 155.