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
Abbey Dore, 142
Abbot’s Worthy, 15
Aberdovey, 104
Abergavenny, 153;
streets, historical associations of castle, former industries, St. Mary’s Church, 154
Aberglaslyn, Pass of, 204
Abergorlech, 179
Aberystwith:
Devil’s Bridge, Castle, and University College, 190, 192
Abington, 344
Adur, The, 10, 11
Afon, The, 155
Afon Cych, The, 187
Ailsa Craig, 329
Airds Moss and the death of Richard Cameron, 332
Alexanders, The, Seat of, 334
Alfred the Great and the baptism of Guthrum, 68;
his retreat from the Danes, 68, 69;
and the monastery in the Isle of Athelney, 70;
his fleet at Caerleon, 156
Allen, The, tributary of the Stour, 23
Allen, The (Cornwall), 63
Alresford Pond, 14
Alyn, The:
Scenery, and junction with the Dee, Richard Wilson, Eaton Hall, 237
Amberley, 11
Ambleside, 291
Amesbury, 22
Anglesea, Isle of, 206
Annan, The:
Meaning of name, and allusion of Allan Cunningham, 317;
ballad of “Annan Water,” 318;
Annandale and Bruce, Ecclefechan and Carlyle, Annantown and Edward Irving, 318
Annbank, 335
Anton River, The, 19
Aran Benllyn, 229
Aran Mowddwy, 195
Ardmore, 368
Argyll, Duke of, Mansion at Roseneath of, 368
Arle, The (or the Titchfield):
Source and scenery, 12;
Wickham and William of Wykeham, Warton the poet, Funtley Abbey, and Titchfield House, 13
Armathwaite:
The Castle, 304;
Benedictine monastery, 305;
John Skelton, 305, 306
Armstrong, Johnnie, hanged by order of James V., 315
Armstrong, William (“Kinmont Willie”), his imprisonment at Carlisle and rescue, 310, 311
Arnside, 286, 288
Arthur, King:
Legends at Caerleon, 156;
Knights of the Round Table, 160, 161;
Merlin’s Grotto, 179;
battle at Camlan, 195;
association with the Dee, 228, 229
“Arthur’s Chair,” 151
Arun, The:
Its surroundings, Arundel, angling, Pulborough, Amberley, Swanbourne Mill, Arundel Castle, and Littlehampton, 11
Arundel:
Scenery, Castle, and Roman Catholic Church, 11
Ashdown Forest, 10
Ashford and the Stour, 3
Atcham, 96
Athelney, Isle of, 69, 70
Attery stream, The, 55
Auchencruive, 337
Auchendrane, 339, 340
Avenham Park, 278
Avon, The Devon, 49
Avon, The Hants:
Confluence with the Stour, tributaries, Christchurch, and Amesbury, 22;
Salisbury and its cathedral, 22, 23
Avon, The Lower:
Source at Estcourt Park, 71:
Malmesbury and the abbey, 72;
view near Christian Malford, Bradenstoke Priory, Chippenham, 73;
Melksham, Bradford and its cloth industry, Freshfield, Limpley Stoke, Claverton, 74;
tributary of the Frome, 74, 75;
Priory of
Hinton, 75;
Bath, its history, abbey, and views of the river and bridges, 75–78;
Bristol, birthplace of Cabot, Southey, and Chatterton, St. Mary Redcliffe, 78;
Bristol Cathedral, “The Chasm,” Clifton Suspension Bridge, 79;
the lower reaches, site of the Roman station Abona, 79, 80;
Avonmouth, 81
Avon, The Upper or Warwickshire:
Source, Naseby, 107;
Rugby, the Swift, Lutterworth and Wiclif, Coventry, Stoneleigh Abbey, Kenilworth, Leamington, 108;
Warwick Castle and Church, 110;
Stratford and Shakespeare, 110–114;
Evesham and its abbey, death of Simon de Montfort, 114, 115;
Pershore Church, 115;
Tewkesbury Church, 115, 117;
battle of Tewkesbury, 117, 118
Avonmouth, 81
Axe, The Devonshire, 27
Axe, The Somersetshire, 71
Aymer de Valence, and the defence of Clydesdale, 354
Ayr, The, 330;
in the poetry of Burns, 331;
Priesthill and Muirkirk, 332;
scenery at Sorn, 333;
Sorn Castle, 333;
Catrine House and village, Ballochmyle, Mossgiel, Mauchline, Barskimming Bridge and House, 334;
the Castle o’ Montgomerie and “Highland Mary,” Stair, Enterkin, Gadsgirth, Coylton, 335;
Auchencruive and Craigie, 337;
Laiglan, 337, 338;
Ayr town, 338, 339
Ayr town:
Viewed from Laiglan, 338;
the two bridges, 338;
remnant of ancient buildings, modern buildings, and suburbs, 339
Ayrshire, The rivers and scenery of, General features of, 328–331
Bacon, Francis, and Liverpool, 267
Badgworthy Water, The, 35
Baillie, Joanna, Birthplace of, 355
Bala Lake, 230
Baldwin, Archbishop, at Rhuddlan, 226
Baliol, John, 319
Baliols, The, Castle of, 340
Balliol College, Oxford, and the mother of John Baliol, 319
Ballochmyle, 334
Bampton, 30
Bangor-on-Dee, 236
Barle, The, 29
Barmouth, 202, 203
Barnstaple, 36, 46, 47
Barrow, 288
Barrow, Bishop, 227
Barskimming House, 334
Barton aqueduct and locks, 254
Basingwerk Abbey, 240
Bass Rock, 345
Bath:
Names given to it, 74;
beauty of approach from the east, Beau Nash, growth, bridges over the Avon, 75;
the Skew Bridge, Abbey Church, 76;
Twerton and Fielding, 76, 77;
Kelston Round Hill, views of the Avon, 77
Batherm, The, 30
Battle, 7
Beacons, The, 150, 152, 159–161
Beaulieu Abbey, 20
Beaulieu river, The, 20
Beckford collection at Hamilton Palace, 353
Beddgelert, 204
Bekesbourne, 6
Ben Cruachan, 369
Ben Lomond, 367
Ben Vorlich, 369
Benbow, Admiral, Birthplace of, 91
Benbow, Captain, and the capture of Shrewsbury, 91
Benglog, Falls of, 207, 208
Benson, Archbishop, and Truro Cathedral, 64
Benthall, 99
Benthall Edge, 98
Berkeley Castle, 122, 123
Berthon boats, 19, 20
Berwyn hills, 232
Bethesda, 208, 209
Bettws-y-Coed, 212, 213
Beult, The, 3
Bewdley, 102
Bickleigh Bridge, 31
Bickleigh Vale, 50
Bideford, its antiquity, bridge, and the Grenvilles, 48, 49
Biggar, Plain of, 345
Birchington, 6
“Bird Rock” on the Dysynni, 197
Birkenhead:
Railway to Liverpool, 266;
landing-stages and Docks, 267;
shipbuilding yards, progress during the century, population, Parliamentary representation, tramways, Priory, 268
Bishop’s Sutton, 14
Bishop’s Tawton, 46
Bishopsbourne Church and Bishop Hooker, 6
Biss, The, 74
Bizzyberry, 345
Black Mountains, The, and the rise of the Usk, 149
Black Prince and Rhuddlan Castle, 226
Black Rock, 65
Blackstone-edge Reservoirs, 244
Bladenoch, The:
Wigtown martyrs, 325, 326
Blaenau Festiniog, 214
Blaenhafren, 84
Blantyre Priory, 354, 355
Blantyre Town, 355
Bleasdale Moor, 279
Blundell, Peter, Grammar School of, 30
Bodinnoc Ferry, 62
Bolton-le-Sands, 286
Bonhill, 367
Bonnington House, 350
Bonnington Linn, 347, 348
Bothwell, visited by Mary Queen of Scots at Hermitage Castle, 314
Bothwell Bridge, 353, 354
Bothwell Castle, 354
Bovey, The, 39
Bowdler, Dr. Thomas, Burialplace of, 176
Bowland Forest, 274, 279
Bowling, 366
Boxbrook, The, 75
Boyd, Dr. Zachary, and the Laigh Barony Church, Glasgow, 359
Brackenbank, 306
Bradenstoke Priory, 73
Bradford-on-Avon:
Woollen industry, Church, and bridges, 74
Bramber, 11
Bran, The, 178
Brantwood and its associations, 294
Brathay, The, 291
Braxfield, 350
Bray, The, 29
Brecknock Beacons, 150, 152, 159–161
Brecon:
Picturesque situation and Churchyard’s verses, 150;
history of the castle, birthplace of Mrs. Siddons, Church of St. John, 151
Brede, The, 7
Breidden Hills, The, 87
Brendon Water, The, 35
Bridgnorth, 99, 100
Bridgwater:
Manufacture of bath brick, 70, 71;
Admiral Blake, St. Mary’s Church, 71
Brighton, 11
Bristol:
Birthplace of Cabot, Southey, and Chatterton, commerce, first bridge over the Avon, St. Mary Redcliffe, 78;
Chatterton’s forgeries and monument, 78, 79;
Castle, Cathedral, and busts of Joseph Butler, Southey, and Mary Carpenter, floating harbour, “The Chasm,” Clifton Suspension Bridge, 79
Broadstairs, 6
Broseley, 99
Broughton Gifiord brook, 74
Brown Willy, 60
Brownsholm Hall and the Seal of the Commonwealth, 274
Bruce, Robert, and Annandale, 318;
his dispute with the Red Cumyn, 319
Brue, The, 71
Brydges, Sir Egerton, 6
Buchanan House, 367
Buckfastleigh, 41, 42
Buckland Abbey, 46
Buildwas Abbey, 98, 99
Builth, 130
Burgh-on-the-Sands, 310
Burnham, 71
Burnley, 276
Burns, Robert, at Dumfries, 319;
and Lincluden Abbey, 319;
incident of his last days, and monument in St. Michael’s Churchyard, 319;
and the Glencairn family, 321;
and the rivers and scenery of Ayrshire, 330, 331, 334, 335, 337;
birthplace and relics, 339
Bute, Marquess of, and the Cardiff Docks, 166
Buttermere, 299
Buxted, and the manufacture of the first cannon, 10
Cabot, Sebastian, Birthplace of, 78
Cadbury Castle, 31
Cade, Jack, 3
Cader Idris, 197, 200, 203
Cadzow Castle, 353, 354
Caerlaverock Castle and the Maxwell family, 320, 321
Caerleon, its splendour in Roman times, Arthurian legends, university and bishopric, 155, 156
Caersws fortress in Roman times, 86
Cain, The, 202
Cairntable, 332
Calder, The (Lancashire), 279
Caldew, The, 307
Cale, The, 23
Caledonian Forest, Remains of, 353
Calstock, 56
Cambuslang, 357
Cambusnethan, 353
Camel, The, 54
Camlan, The, 202
Camlan, Farmhouse of, 195
Canford Hall, 23
Canonbie, 314, 315
Canterbury and its associations, 3, 4
Capel Curig, 210
Caradoc Hills, 94
Cardiff:
Water-supply, 162;
Castle, mansion of the Marquis of Bute, 166;
docks, streets, and exhibition, 166, 167
Cardigan, 188
Carew, Bampfylde Moore, the “King of the Beggars,” 31
Carew Castle, its historical associations and present condition, 182, 183
Carew family, The, 182, 183
Carlisle: 307;
incursions by the Northmen, the Castle, 308;
lines by Mrs. Sigourney, 309;
Edward I. and the oath enjoined on the Prince of Wales, 309, 310;
“Kinmont Willie” and Buccleuch, 310, 311;
execution of Jacobites, 311;
Cathedral, 312
Carlyle, Thomas, Birthplace of, 319
Carmarthen, 79, 80
Carmyle, 357
Carnarvon, Town and Castle of, 206, 219
Carnforth, 285
Carrick Road estuary, 65
Carron, The, 318
Carstairs, 345
Cartland Crags, 350
Cartmel Peninsula, 288
Cartsdyke, 367
Cassilis and the Kennedys, 340
Castell Coch, 164
Castle Head (or Alterpite Castle), 288
Castlerigg Top, View of Lakeland from, 299
Caton, The Vale of, The poet Gray on, 282
Catrine, 332, 334;
and the visit of Burns to Dugald Stewart, 334
Cefn Carnedd, British earthwork, 85
Ceiriog, The, 234
Cenarth, 187
Cessnock, The, 334
Ceunant Mawr, 205, 206
Chagford, 38
Charlecote and Sir Thomas Lucy, 111
Chartists, Attack on Newport of, 158
Chatterton, his birthplace, forgeries, and monument, 78, 79
Chepstow, 146, 147
Cheriton, Defeat of the Royalists at, 15
Chester:
Antiquity, “Rows,” walls, Cathedrals, 238, 239
Chetham, Humphrey, and Chetham College, 251
Chillingham cattle, 274
Chippenham, 73
Chirk Castle, 234, 235
Chow, The, 78
Christchurch:
Salmon-fishing, church, and Shelley memorial, 22
Chudleigh, 38
Churchyard, the poet, on the situation of Brecon, 150;
on the Vale of Clwyd, 223;
and Valle Crucis Abbey, 233;
on the waters of the Dee, 233;
and Offa’s Dyke, 235
Chweffru, The, 130
Cilhepste Fall, The, 170
Claerwen, The, 127
“Clam” Bridge over the Wallabrook, 38
Clapdale Ravine, 282
Clare, Richard, Earl of, Murder of, 153
Cleghorn, Roman bridge at, 351
Cletwrs, The two, 187
Clifford Castle and Rosamond, 132, 133
Clough, Memorial stone to, 289
Clun Gwyn Falls, 170
Clwyd, The:
Rhyl, Rhuddlan, 223–226;
junction with the Elwy, 226
Clyde, The:
Its importance, the population and wealth within its basin, and variety of scenes on its banks, 342;
source and some of its tributaries, 342, 343;
the “sea of hills” of Clydesdale, 343, 344;
the trees on the banks, 344;
smoky industries of the Upper Ward at Leadhills and Wanlockhead, 344;
its course past Tower Lindsay, the churchyard of St. Constantine, or Kirkton, the woods and lawns of Abington, and the fragment of Lamington Tower, 344;
Tinto Hill—“Hill of Fire”—and the prospects it commands, 344, 345;
its meandering through haughs and holmlands, by Covington, Carstairs, and Hyndford Bridge, 345;
scenes of Wallace’s exploits, 345;
Douglas Water, 345, 347;
the Church of St. Bride of Douglas and the struggle between the “good Sir James” and St. John de Walton, 345, 346;
Douglas Castle, 345, 347;
Falls at Bonnington Linn, 347, 348;
Corra Linn Falls—“Clyde’s most majestic daughter,” 348–350;
meeting the Douglas Water, 347;
“Wallace’s Tower” and “Wallace Chair,” 350;
Braxfield, Lanark, “Trough of the Clyde,” 350;
Mouse Water and Cartland Crags, 351;
Roman bridge at Cleghorn and site of Watling Street, 351;
Stonebyres Linn, the Nethan, Craignethan Castle and Mary Stuart, 351;
“Orchard of Scotland,” 351;
Hamilton, 353;
Hamilton Palace and the Beckford collection, 353;
Cadzow Castle, 353, 354;
remains of the Caledonian Forest, 353;
Bothwell Castle, 354, 355;
Blantyre, 355;
Uddington, Dalbowie, Carmyle, Cambuslang, 357;
Rutherglen, 358, 361;
Glasgow, 358–365;
St. Mungo, 358, 364;
the early days of steamships, 364;
widening and deepening the channel, 364;
Partick, Whiteinch, Govan, shipbuilding yards, 365;
the opening of an “ampler mirror,” 366;
Renfrew, valley of the White Cart, Inchinnan, Yoker, Clydebank, Dalmuir and its purification works, Erskine House, Castle of Dunglass, and Hill of Dumbuck, 366;
Dumbarton Castle and town, 366;
prospects from Dumbarton Rock, 367;
Greenock, Gourock, Fort Matilda, Whin Hill, the Clock Light, the “Tail of the Bank,” Ardmore, Roseneath, and the Duke of Argyll’s mansion, 368;
Gare Loch, 368, 369;
Craigendoran Pier, Helensburgh, Row, and Shandon, 369;
view of the peaks of Ben Lomond, Ben Vorlich, The Cobbler, “Argyll’s Bowling Green,” and Ben Cruachan, 369;
seaside residences and watering-places, 369
Clydebank, 366
Clydesdale, The hills of, 343
Coalbrook Dale, 99
Cobbler Peak, The, 369
Cobden, Richard:
Statue at Stockport, 245
Coccium, Roman station of, 278
Cocker, The:
Crummock Water, scenery, cataracts, Vale of Lorton, Cockermouth, Workington, 299, 300
Cockermouth, 299, 300
Codale Tarn, 288
Coelbren, 177
Coilsfield House (Castle o’ Montgomerie) and “Highland Mary,” 335
Coldwell Rocks, 138, 140, 141
Coleridge, Birthplace of, 27
Coleridge, Hartley, Burialplace of, 289
Condover, 98
Coniston Water, 294
Conway, 206, 220
Conway, The:
Bettws and Llanrwst, 217, 218;
Gwydir Castle, Llanbedr and ancient British post, Trefriw, 218;
Castle, 219, 220;
Conway town, 220;
Deganwy, pearl-fishery and Castle, 221, 222;
Llandudno, 222
Conway Castle, 219, 220
Corby Castle, 307
Cornbrook, The, 246
Corra Linn, 348, 349
Corwen and associations of Owen Glendower, 230, 231
Cotehele House, 58
Cotehill, 306
Cothi, 179
Countess Weir, 34
Courtfield and Henry V., 138
Courthose, Robert, eldest son of the Conqueror, tomb in Gloucester Cathedral, 122
Coventry, 108
Covington, 345
Coyle, The, 335
Craig-y-Nos and Madame Patti, 177, 178
Craigendoran, 369
Craigenputtock, 318
Craigie, 337
Craignethan Castle, 351
Craigs of Kyle, 335
Crake, The, 293;
and Coniston Water, Brantwood and Gerald Massey, 294
Cranbrook, 38
Cranmer and his palace at Bekesbourne, 6
Cranmere Pool, 37, 41, 45
Crawford, 343, 344
Crawford Moor, 344
“Cray,” Drayton’s, 150
Cree, The:
Scenery near Newton Stewart and bridge, 323;
the “Cruives of Cree,” 323, 324
Creedy, The, 31
Crewkerne, 67
Crickhowell, 153
Crockett, Mr., Scenes of some of the stories by, 341
Cromwell, Oliver, and the siege of Pembroke Castle, 183;
statue at Manchester, 250;
Greystoke Castle, 307;
at Ayr, 339
Cromwell, Sir Richard, and Neath Abbey, 172
Crosthwaite, 299
Crow Castle, 234
Crummock Water, 299, 300
Cuckfield, 10
Cuckmere, The:
Alfriston and its church and cross, 9;
Lullington Church, 10
Culm, The, 31
Cumyn, The Red, and Robert Bruce in the Greyfriars’ Monastery, 319
Cunningham, Allan, his allusions to the Annan, 317
Cunsey Beck and Esthwaite Water, 292
Cutler Fell, 345
Cwm Porth, The, 170
Cynicht, The, “the Matterhorn of Wales,” 204
Daer Water, The, 322
Dalbowie, 357
Dale, David, and his mills at New Lanark, 350, 355
Dalmuir, 366
Dalserf, 353
Dalziel, 353
Dart, The:
Mingling of waters of East and West Dart, 40;
features of the upper waters, Buckland Beacon, and Holne, 41;
Buckfastleigh, 41, 42;
Dean Prior and Herrick, Staverton and Dartington Hall, 42;
Totnes, its claim to antiquity and general features, 42, 43;
the “English Rhine,” 43;
Sharpham House, Sandridge House and John Davis, Greenway and Sir Humphrey Gilbert, 44;
Kingswear, Dartmouth and its associations, 44, 45
Dartington Hall, 42
Dartmoor, 26, 27, 37
Dartmouth, 44, 45
Darwin, Charles, Birthplace of, 91
Davis, John, Birthplace of, 44
Dean Prior and Herrick, 42
Dee, The:
Source and length, 82, 228, 229;
Bala Lake, 229, 230;
Llanuwchllyn, 229;
reputed sacred character, 230;
Llandderfel and the Vale of Edeyrnion, 230;
Corwen and the mark of Owen Glendower’s dagger, 230, 231;
encampment of Owen Gwynedd, 231;
Vale of Llangollen, 232, 234;
Valle Crucis Abbey, 232, 233;
Bridge of Llangollen, 233;
Llangollen town and derivation of name, 234;
Dinas Bran, Eglwyseg Rocks, Crow Castle, viaduct and Telford’s aqueduct, junction with the Ceiriog, Chirk Castle, and Wynnstay, 234;
Offa’s Dyke and Watt’s Dyke, 235, 236;
Overton Churchyard, Bangor-on-Dee, 236;
junction with the Alyn, Eccleston, 237;
Chester and its history, 238, 239;
swing railway bridge, Hawarden, Castle of Flint, 239;
Castle of Mostyn, Basingwerk Abbey, Fountain of Holywell, “The Sands of Dee,” 240, 241
Dee, The (Kirkendbrightshire):
Its rise, meaning of name, confluence with the water of Ken, scenery at Douglas Tongueland, 322;
Threave Castle, 322, 323
Deerhurst, 119
Deganwy, 218;
ancient pearl-fishery and castle, 221, 222
Denbigh and its castle, 227, 228
Dering family, The, 3
Derry Ormond column and its romance, 187
Derwent, The, also known as the Grange, its rise and course, 299
Derwentwater, 299
Devon, Earl of, Seat of, 34
Devonport, 51, 53
Devorgilla, mother of John Baliol, and the bridge over the Nith at Dumfries, 319;
her endowment of Balliol College, Oxford, 319;
and Sweetheart Abbey, 322
Dewi Fawr, The, 180
Dihouw, The, 130
Dinas Bran, 234
Dinas Castle and the daughter of Alfred the Great, 153
Dinas Mowddwy, 195
Docks at Liverpool, 263, 264, 266
Doethiau, The, 178
Dolbadarn Castle, 205, 206
Dolbury Hill, 31
Dolgelley, 200, 201
Dolwyddelen Castle, 214
Donnerdale and Wordsworth’s sonnets, 294
Doon, The, 330;
in the poems of Burns, 331;
its attraction, 339;
Auchendrane, 339, 340;
Cassilis, Dalmellington, Loch Doon, Castle of the Baliols, hills of Galloway, 340;
sources, 341
Dorchester, 24
Dore, The, 142
Douglas, Countess of, and the siege of Threave Castle, 323
Douglas, House of, Story of the, 345, 347
Douglas, William, eighth Earl of, and the murder of Maclellan, 322;
his death, 323
Douglas, Sir William, his imprisonment of Sir Alexander Ramsay, 313;
slain by the Earl of Douglas, 313, 314
Douglas Castle, 347
Douglas Tongueland, 322
Douglas Water, 345, 347
Douglases, The Black, 354
Dovey (or Dyfi), The:
Aberdovey, and source, 194;
estuary, angling, Dinas Mowddwy, Aran Mowddwy, church at Mallwyd, farmhouse of Camlan, farmhouse of Mathafarn, 195;
Machynlleth, 195, 196;
the Dulas, 196
Dowlais Steel and Iron Works, 163
Drake, Sir Francis, 50, 51
Drayton, Lines on the Mersey by, 268
Dringarth, The, 168, 169
Drumclog, 354
Drumlanrig Castle, 319, 320
Dryslwyn Castle, 179
Duddon, The:
Its rise, Donnerdale, Seathwaite, Wordsworth’s allusions, 294;
the most picturesque approach, likened to the Thames, 295
Dulas, The, 124, 196
Dumbarton, 358, 366;
Rock and Castle of, 366, 367;
prospects from the Rock, 367;
shipbuilding industry and manufactories, 366
Dumbuck, Hill of, 366
Dumfries:
Its memories of Robert Burns, 319;
Lincluden Abbey, St. Michael’s Churchyard, Devorgilla’s Bridge, Bruce’s dispute with the Red Cumyn, 319
Dunglass, Ancient Castle of, 366
Dunglass, Lord, heir of the Douglas line, 345
Dunsford Bridge, 38
Dyer the poet, and Golden Grove, 179
Dynevor Castle, 179
Dysynni, The:
Source, scenery, Bird Rock, manor-house, and Prince Llewelyn, 197;
mansion of Ynys-y-Maengwyn, Towyn, and St. Cadfan’s Church, 198
Eamont, The, 303
Easedale Tarn, 288
East and West Dean, 9
Eastham Locks, 258
Eastwell Park, 3
Eaton Hall, 237
Ebbw, The, 158
Ecclefechan and Thomas Carlyle, 318
Eccleston, 237
Eden, The:
Length, source, junction with the Eamont, Eden Hall, 303;
Armathwaite and John Skelton, 304, 305;
Wetheral, Cotehill, Brackenbank, Corby Castle, 306, 307;
Carlisle, 307–312
Eden Hall and the Musgrave family, 303, 304;
and the story of the fairies’ goblet, 303, 304
Edeyrnion, Vale of, 230
Edw, The, 130
Edward I.:
Carnarvon Castle, 206;
Conway Castle, 220;
takes Rhuddlan Castle, 226;
his last Scots expedition and the oath enjoined on the Prince of Wales, 309, 310
Edward II.:
Memorial in Gloucester Cathedral, 122;
at Neath Abbey, 173;
and Corby Castle, 307
Egbert, King, and Minster nunnery, 6
Eggesford, 46
Eglwys Newydd, 190
Eglwyseg Rocks, 232, 234
Egremont, 298
Ehen, The, 298
Elan, The, 127, 128
Elizabeth, Queen, visit to Bristol, 78;
and Buccleuch’s rescue of “Kinmont Willie,” 311
Ellesmere Canal, Aqueduct of, 234
Elvan, The, 343
Elwy, The:
Junction with the Clwyd, 226;
St. Asaph, Denbigh and its castle, 227, 228;
Ruthin and its castle, 228
Ennerdale Water, 297, 298
Enterkin, 318, 335
Erme, The, 49
Erskine House, 366
Esk, The (Cumberland):
Source, 295;
Scafell, Wastdale, Langdale, and Borrowdale, Esk Falls, Cam Spout Cataract, Hardknott, Baker Force and Stanley Gill Waterfalls, 296
Esk, The (Solway):
Scenery, angling, the Tarras tributary, 314;
Gilnockie Tower, Hollows Tower and Johnnie Armstrong, 315;
the romance of Lochinvar, 315, 316
Eskdale, Upper, 295
Esthwaite Water, 292
Ethelbert, Murder of, 134
Etherow, The, 243, 244
Evesham, its Abbey and the death of Simon de Montfort, 114, 115
Exbridge, 29
Exe, The:
Source and length, 28;
characteristics, and confluence with the Barle, 29;
Bampton, Tiverton, and Twy-ford-town, 30;
Bickleigh Bridge, Bickleigh Court and the Carews, 31;
Cadbury Castle, Dolbury Hill, and the seats of the Aclands and the Earls of Iddesleigh, 31;
Exeter, 31–34;
Countess Weir, canal to Topsham, Powderham Castle, Starcross, Lympstone, and Exmouth, 34
Exeter:
Situation, 31;
meaning of name, 32;
Castle of Rougemont, 33;
Cathedral, 33, 34;
Guildhall, canal communication with the sea, 34
Exmoor, 26, 27, 35, 37
Exmouth, 34
Fail, The, 335
Failford, 334
Fair Maid of Galloway, The, 323
Fairfax, General, his rout of the Royalist forces near Taunton, 68;
and the river Parret, 71
Fairfield, 285
Fal, The:
Its rise in Tregoss Moor, Treviscoe, length of course, Grampound, view about Tregothnan and Queen Victoria’s visit, the Kenwyn and Allen, 63;
Truro and its cathedral, scenery between King Harry’s Passage and Roseland, 64;
grounds of Trelissick, view from Malpas Road, Carrick Road, Black Rock and the claim of Truro, 65;
Falmouth and its harbour, 65, 66;
the Lords of Arwenack, the creeks of Falmouth Harbour, 66
Falls of Clyde, 347–349, 351
Falls of the Hepste, 170
Falmouth and its harbour, 65, 66;
and the Lords of Arwenack, 66
Fareham, 12
Feni, The, 180
Fingle Bridge, 38
Fishbourne Creek, 22
Fitzalan, William, Priory founded by, 95
Fleetwood, 279, 280
Fleming of Redhall and Helen, The romance of, 316, 317
Fletching Common, the burialplace of Gibbon, 10
Flint, Town and Castle of, 239, 240
Fordwich, 4;
its former name, and Izaak Walton’s allusions, 5
Forest of Brecon, 150
Forest of Dean, 123, 138
Fowey, The:
Its rise, also called the Dranes, 60;
St. Neot, features of scenery, seat of Lord Vivian, Lanhydrock House, 61;
Restormel Castle, Lostwithiel, Colonel Titus and the silver oar, Bodinnoc Ferry, 62;
Fowey Harbour, 62, 63;
seat of the Treffry family, and French assault on Place House, 63
Fowey Harbour, 62, 63
Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, and Pendle Hill, 276
Frampton Court, 24
Frome, The:
Branches, Dorchester, Frampton Court, the Black Downs, Roman and British remains, Maiden Castle, and Wareham, 24;
tributary of the Avon, 74, 75
Funtley Abbey, 13
Furness Peninsula, 288
Gadsgirth, 335
Gaer, The, Roman camp, 150
Galloway, 321, 340
Gannel, The, 55
Gare Loch, 368, 369
Gaunt’s House, 23
Gerald de Windsor and Carew Castle, 182
Gibbon, Burialplace of, 10
Giggleswick, 273
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, Birthplace of, 44
Gilnockie Tower and Johnnie Armstrong, 315
Gilpin, The, 288
Gilpin, Bernard, Birthplace of, 286
Gisburne Hall, 274
Gladstone, Mr., and the swing railway bridge over the Dee, 239;
Hawarden Park, 239;
his connection with Liverpool, 267
Glasgow:
Its chief armorial device, 342;
population at the period of the Reformation, 358;
legend of St. Kentigern, 359;
its extent in the seventeenth century, 358;
the Cathedral, Cross, and other ancient buildings, 358, 359;
Laigh Barony Church, 359;
St. Roche’s Chapel, 359;
streets and bridges, 360;
the Green, 361;
population at the beginning of the nineteenth century, 362;
George Square and the monuments, 362, 363;
the Municipal buildings, and population in 1891, 363;
shipbuilding industry and drainage, 363, 364;
sunsets seen from the harbour, docks, and quays, 364;
adjoining places, 364–366
Glaslyn, The, 204
Glencairn family, The, 321
Glenderamakin, The, 298
Glendower, Owen, his stronghold on Plinlimmon, 125, 126;
at Hay, 130;
defeat at Usk, 155;
and Aberdovey, 194;
his Parliament at Machynlleth, 196;
Parliament House at Dolgelley, 200;
tight with Howell Selé, 202;
and Corwen Churchyard, 231
Gloucester:
The Cathedral, 119–122;
a Roman station, 119;
monastery, 119;
during the Civil War, 120
Goat Fell, 345
Golden Grove, 179
Golden Valley, The, 142
Goodrich Castle, 138
Gourock Bay and Castle, 368
Govan, 364, 365
Govan Point, 364
Gowy, The, 258
Goyt, The, 243, 244
Grampound, 63
Grasmere:
Wordsworth’s cottage, the Church, graves of Wordsworth, Hartley Coleridge, and memorial to Clough, 289;
length of Lake and its beautiful surroundings, 290
Gray, The poet, on the Vale of Caton, 282;
on Grasmere, 290
Graygarth, 282
Great Gable Mountain, 297
Greenock, 367, 368
Grenville, Richard, and Bideford, 48
Greta, The:
Source, 298;
Keswick, 298, 299;
Crosthwaite, view from Castlerigg Top, 299
Greta, The (Lancashire), 282
Gretna Green, 312
Grey, Sir Patrick, and the Earl of Douglas, 322, 323
Greystoke Castle, 307
Grongar Hill, 179
Grove Ferry, 5
Guild of St. George at Barmouth, 203
Guild-Merchants’ Festival at Preston, 278, 279
Gunnislake, 55
Gwbert-on-the-Sea, 189
Gwedderig, The, 178
Gwryney, The, 153
Gwydir Castle, 218
Gwynedd, Owen, 231
Gwynne, Nell, Birthplace of, 135
Gynin, The 180
Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, and the country round Burnley, 278
Hamilton and Hamilton Palace, 353
Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, 353
Hamoaze, The, 58, 59
Hardham, 11
Harewood Forest, 19
Harlech, Castle of, 203
Harold Godwinson and Rhuddlan fortress, 226
Hastings, 8
Haughmond Hill, 94, 95
Haverfordwest, past and present, 186
Haverigg Point, 295
Hawarden Park, 239
Hawes Tarn, 286
Hawkeshead, 292
Hay, its castle and legends, 130–132
Hayle, The, 55
Hel, The, 55
Helensburgh, 369
Hellifield, Peel-house at, 273, 274
Helm Crag, 289
Helvellyn, 285
Hemans, Mrs.:
Monument in the Cathedral of St. Asaph, 227;
crossing the Ulverston sands, 286
Henfield, 11
Henry IV. and Hotspur at the battle of Shrewsbury, 91, 95
Henry VII. and Carew Castle, 183;
at Milford Haven, 185;
at Mathafarm, 195
Henry VIII. and his Welsh pedigree, 233
Henwen, The, 149
Hepste The, 170
Herbert of Coldbrook, Sir Richard, 154, 155
Herberts of Cherbury, The, 86, 87
Hereford:
Offa’s Palace, Llewelyn’s raid, 133;
murder of Ethelbert, the Cathedral, the “Mappa Mundi,” 134, 135;
Nell Gwynne, 135
Hermitage Castle and its historical associations, 313, 314
Heslock Towers, 286
Hestbank, 286
Heysham, 286
High Blantyre, 357
Highbridge and the Glastonbury Canal, 71
Hobbes, Birthplace of, 72
Holker Hall, 288
Hollows Tower and Johnnie Armstrong, 315
Holme Island, 286, 288
Holne and Charles Kingsley, 41
Holy Loch, 369
Holywell, Fountain of, 240
Home, Earl of, Estate of, 347
Honddu, The, 142, 150
Honiton, 27
Hooker, Bishop, 6
Hornby Castle, 282
Horton Priory, 3
Horton-in-Ribblesdale, 272
Howgill, Fairy glens at, 281
Hyndford Bridge, 345
Hythe, 7
Iddesleigh, Earls of, Seat of, 31;
statue to the first Earl, 33
Idwal, The, 207
Ill Hell, 292
Ingleborough Cave, 282
Ingleborough Heights, 272, 282
Ingleton, 282
Irk, The, 246
Irlam, 245, 254, 255
Ironbridge, 99
Irt, The:
Outlet of Wastwater, 296, 297
Irving, Edward, Birthplace of, 318
Irwell, The:
Confluence with the Mersey, 246;
rise, course, and tributary streams, 246;
bridges, 252, 254
Isle, The, 68
Isle of Oxney, 8
Isle of Thanet, 3, 4, 6
Isle of Wight:
Lack of running water and woods, 22;
the Medina, 22
Itchen, The, 12;
source, 13, 14;
salmon-fishing, 14, 15;
Alresford Pond, 14;
tributaries, Cheriton and the defeat of the Royalists, Tichborne and “the Claimant,” 15;
Nun’s Walk, Winchester and Izaak Walton, 16;
Hospital of St. Cross, 17;
St. Catherine’s Hill, 18;
Southampton, its docks, piers, etc., 19
Ithon, The, 128, 129
Jacobites, Execution at Carlisle of, 311
James V. and Johnnie Armstrong, 315
Jedburgh, Abbey of, 355
Jesuits, The, and Stonyhurst College, 274
John, King, at Deganwy Castle, 222;
and Liverpool, 259, 261
John of Gaunt and Lancaster Castle, 282–284
Johnson, Dr., at Plymouth with Sir Joshua Reynolds, 53
Kemsey, 104
Kendal, 286–288
Kenilworth Castle, 108
Kenmuir, 357
Kennedys, The, Seat of, 340
Kent, The:
Kentmere village and Kentmere Hall, 286;
Kendal, 286–288
Kentmere, 286
Kenwyn, The, 63
Keswick, 298, 299
Kidderminster, 102
Kilgerran Castle, 188
Kilpeck Church, 142
King’s Road Estuary, 65
King’s Worthy, 15
Kingsley, Charles, Birthplace of, 41;
his description of the Dee estuary, 240
Kingswear, 44, 45
Kinnaston, “The Wonder” of, 135
Kirkby Lonsdale, 281
Kirkconnel and the romance of Helen and her lover, 316, 317
Kirkgate, 300
Kirtle Water and the romance of Helen and her lover, 316, 317
Kit Hill, 58
Kyrle, John, “The Man of Ross,” 137, 138
Laiglan, 337, 338
Laira Bridge, 51
Laird, Mr. John, 268
Lamington Tower, 344
Lanark, 350
Lancaster:
Former prosperity as a port, 282;
associations of John of Gaunt, 282–284;
a Roman settlement, ancient fisheries, and first charter, 283;
the castle, 283, 284;
monastic establishments, proclamation of the Pretender, 283;
birthplace of Whewell, Grammar School, 284
Lancaster Bay, 286
Landing-stage at Liverpool, 265, 266
Landor, Walter Savage, and Llanthony, 142, 143
Langdale, Great and Little, 291
Langport, 68
Lansdowne and the defeat of Sir William Waller, 75
Latchford, 255, 256, 257
Lauries, The, The Seat of, 321
Leadhills, 344
Leamington, 108
Lee Priory, 6
Lemon, The, 39
Lenham, The, 3
Lerrin Creek, The, 62
Leven, The, 293
Lewes, Battle of, 10
Liddel, The:
Hermitage Castle and its associations, 313, 314
Lid, The, 46
Lincluden Abbey, 319
Lind, Jenny, and Manchester Infirmary, 252
Lindfield, 10
Linton the engraver and Brantwood, 294
Listers, The, Family seat of, 274
Littlebourne, 6
Littlehampton, 11
Liverpool:
Early history and variations in name, 259;
castles, and feuds between the Molineux and Stanley families, 260;
King John and Toxteth Park, Parliamentary representation, 261;
during the Civil Wars, 262;
allusion by Camden, and population, 262;
tonnage of ships entering the port, 263;
New Brighton Lighthouse, 263;
docks, 263, 264;
landing-stage, 265, 266;
electric overhead railway, 266;
railway to Birkenhead, view of the city from Birkenhead, Lime Street Station, St. George’s Hall, etc., 266;
Town Hall, Royal Exchange, University College, Infirmary, Sefton Park, water-supply, 88, 267;
bishopric, eminent men, 267
Livesey, Joseph, and the first total abstinence pledge, 278
Livingstone, David, Birthplace of, 355
Liza, The and the Great Gable, 297, 298
Llanbedr and its ancient fortifications, 218
Llanberis, and the Pass, 205
Llandaff Cathedral, 165;
village and Bishop’s palace, 166
Llandderfel, 230
Llanddewi Brefi, 187
Llandilo, 179
Llandingat, Vicar of, Story of the, 179
Llandogo, 144
Llandovery, 178, 179
Llandrindod and its wells, 129
Llandudno, 222
Llanegwad, 179
Llangadock, 179
Llangattoc Park, 153
Llangollen, Vale of, 232;
bridge of, 233;
town of, and derivation of name, 234
Llangurig, 126
Llangwryney, 153
Llanidloes, 84, 85
Llanrwst, 217, 218
Llanspyddid, 150
Llanthony and its priory, 142;
and Walter Savage Landor, 142, 143
Llanuwchllyn, 229
Llanymddyfri, 178
Lledr, The, 213, 214
Llewelyn, Last stand and burialplace of, 128, 129;
ride to Builth, 130;
at Hereford, 133;
and the Dysynni, 197;
birthplace of, 214;
and Deganwy Castle, 222;
at Rhuddlan, 226
Llewelyn, David Llwyd ap, 195
Llia, The, 168, 169
Llugwy, The:
At Capel Curig, turbulent course and scenery, 210;
Swallow Falls, 210, 211;
Moel Siabod, 210, 211;
Bettws-y-Coed, 211–213
Llyffnant, The, 124
Llyn-Gwyn Lake, The, 127
Loch Doon, 340
Loch Enoch, 341
Loch Lomond, 367, 369
Loch Long, 369
Lochinvar, The romance of, 315, 316
Lochmaben, the supposed birthplace of Robert Bruce, 318
Lodore, Falls of, 299
“Logan” stone, in Teign valley, 38
Loman, The, 30
Long Mountain, The, 87
Longridge Fell, 279
Looe, The, 55
Lostwithiel, 62
Love, The, 55
Loweswater, 299, 300
Ludlow, its castle and church, 104
Lug, The, 135
Lugar, The, 334
Lundy, 47
Lune, The:
Spencer’s allusion, its rise, uplands, highlands, valleys, fairy glens, Howgill, Kirkby Lonsdale, 281;
the Greta and the Wenning, Vale of Caton, Morecambe Bay and Little Fylde, 212;
Lancaster, 282–284;
Drayton’s lines, 284
Lutterworth and Wiclif, 108
Lydney, 123
Lyminge Church, 3
Lymington river, The, 20
Lympstone, 34
Lyn, The (also called the East Lyn):
Source, length, general features, places and scenes described in “Lorna Doone,” 35;
its beauty between Malmsmead and Watersmeet, 35, 36;
Lynton and Lynmouth, 36
Lynher, The, 59
Lynmouth, 36
Lynton, 36, 47
Machno, The:
Scenery, Pandy Mill, Falls of the Conway, 215;
Fairy Glen, 217
Machynlleth, 195, 196
Madoc, Prince, Tales of, 204, 220
Madoc ap Gruffydd Maelor, 234
Maiden Newton, 24
Mallwyd Church, 195
Malmesbury, ruins of the abbey, William of Malmesbury, and Hobbes, 72
Malpas Road estuary, 65
Manchester:
Water-supply, 244;
earliest industries, in Tudor times, and population, 246;
progress of manufacture and trade, 247;
Ship-Canal, 247, 248, 250, 254, 255;
during the Civil Wars, Peterloo massacre, Parliamentary representation, Free Trade Hall, incorporation, 250;
Cathedral, 250, 251;
Chetham College, Grammar School, Owens College, Victoria University, Free Libraries, 251;
Albert Memorial, Town Hall, Infirmary and other buildings, 252;
the Irwell, 246, 252, 253;
Salford docks, 254
“Mappa Mundi,” 134
Maresfield and the remains of iron-smelting industry, 10
Margate, 6
Marias, The, 180
Marlan, The, 73
Marteg, The, 127
Martyr’s Worthy, 15
Mary Queen of Scots, her landing at Workington, 300;
visit to Bothwell, 314;
at Craignethan Castle, 351;
at Cadzow, 353
Massey, Gerald, and Brantwood, 294
Mauchline, 334
Maud de Saint Wallery and the Castle of Hay, 131
Mauldslie Castle, 353
Mawddach, The, 198;
Ganllwyd Glen, 201;
the Falls, 201, 202;
Barmouth and Wordsworth, Penmaenpool, Abbey of St. Mary, 202;
antiquity and appearance of Barmouth, Guild of St. George, hill of Craig Abermaw, 203
Maxwell family, The, and Caerlaverock Castle, 320, 321
Maxwelltown, 321
Meavy, The, 50
Medina river, The, 22
Medlock, The, 246
Melksham, 74
Mellte, The, 169–171
Menai Strait, 206
Meonware, 12
Merlin’s Grotto, 179
Mersey, The:
A modern river, 242;
derivations of name, 242, 243;
origin, 243, 244;
Blackstone-edge reservoirs and the Manchester water-supply, 244;
Stockport, 244, 245;
Northenden, Stretford, 245;
the Irwell, 245, 246;
Manchester and Salford, 246, 247, 250–252, 254, 255, 257;
the Ship-Canal, 247, 248, 250;
Ordsall, Eccles, Barton, Warburton, Irlam, 254;
Warrington, 255, 256;
Latchford, 256, 257;
Runcorn and Widnes, 257, 258;
the Weaver, Saltport, Eastham Locks, Ellesmere Port, 258;
entrance to estuary and Wirral Peninsula, 258, 259;
Liverpool, 259–268;
Birkenhead, 266, 268;
New Brighton, Perch Rock Lighthouse, sandbanks, length, lines of Drayton, 268
Merthyr, Manufactories of, 162, 163
Midford, The, 75
Milford, Old and New, 183–186
Milford Haven, 182–186
Minnick Water, The, 318
Minster, 6
Minsterworth, 123
Mint, The, 2–6
Moel Famman, 228
Moel Siabod, 210, 211, 214, 217
Moel Wyn, 204
Mold, 237
Molineux family, The, and Liverpool, 260
Monkton Priory, 183
Monmouth in olden time, 141;
St. Mary’s Church, St. Thomas’s Chapel, Benedictine Priory, the “Monmouth Cap,” 142
Monmouth, Earl of, his defeat of the Covenanters at Bothwell Bridge, 354
Monnow, The, 141, 142
“Mons Meg” gun, The, 323
Monteith, John, and the Blantyre mills, 355
Montgomery, its castle and the Herberts of Cherbury, 86;
the church and its monuments, 87
Mordiford and the legend of a serpent, 135
Morecambe Bay, 282, 284, 285, 286
Morgan, Bishop, 227
Morley, Earls of, Seat of, 51
Morriston, 175, 176
Morton, Bishop, at Brecon Castle, 151
Morwell Rocks, 55, 56
Morwellham, 56
Moselle, The, its resemblance to the Wye, 140
Mossgiel, 334
Mostyn, Castle of, 240
Motherwell, 353
Mouse Water, The, 350, 351
Much Wenlock, 98
Muchelney Abbey, 68
Muir, James, “The Grey Man,” 340
Muirkirk, 332
Mumbles, The, 175
Murray, John, and Mrs. Randell’s “Domestic Cookery,” 175
Musgrave family, Seat of the, 303, 304
Myddleton, Sir Hugh, and Chirk Castle, 234
Nadder, The, 22
Nailbourne, 6
Nant Francon, Vale of, 206, 208
Naseby, Battle of, 107
Neath, The, 159, 160;
its rise, 168;
the Stone of Llia, scenery near Ystradfellte, 169;
the Mellte, 169, 170;
the Little Neath, the Hepste, and the Sychnant, 169–171;
the Cwm Porth, 170;
waterfalls, 170, 171;
Pont Neath Vaughan, 171;
Neath and its abbey, 171–173
Neath town, 160, 171;
Abbey, 172, 173
Nelson monument near Carmarthen, 179
New Brighton, 268
New Forest, its streams, 20
New Lanark, 350
Newcastle Emlyn, 187
Newgale Bridge, 181
Newmarch, Bernard, Church at Brecon founded by, 151
Newnham, 123
Newport:
Trade, docks, and castle, 157;
Church of St. Woollos, 158
Newton Abbot, 39
Newton Stewart, 323
Newtown, 86
Nith, The:
Its rise, course, and tributaries, 318;
Dumfries, 319;
Drumlanrig Castle, 319, 320;
Caerlaverock Castle, 320, 321;
the Cairn, Maxwelltown, 321;
Sweetheart Abbey, 322
North, Christopher, on Troutbeck village, 292
North Foreland, 6
North Tamerton, 55
Northenden, 245
Offa, Palace at Hereford of, 133;
his murder of Ethelbert and founding of Hereford Cathedral, 134;
battle with the Welsh at Rhuddlan, 225
Offa’s Dyke, 235, 236
Ogwen, The:
Length, Falls of Benglog, 207;
Vale of Nant Francon, Bethesda slate quarries, cascades, 208, 209;
Penmaenmawr, Penrhyn Castle, 209
Old Man of Coniston, 294
Old Sarum, 22, 23
Oldham, Bishop, and Manchester Grammar School, 251
Olwey, The, 155
Ordericus, Birthplace of, 96
Ordsall, 254
Otter, The:
Honiton, Ottery St. Mary, and Coleridge’s reminiscences of his birthplace, 27, 28
Ottery St. Mary, 27
Ouse, The Sussex:
Course, Fletching Common, Maresfield and its remains of iron-smelting industry, battle of Lewes, 10
Overton Churchyard, 236
Owen, Sir Richard, and Lancaster Grammar School, 284
Owen, Robert, Birthplace of, 86;
his mills at New Lanark, 350
Owens, John, and Owens College, 251
Oxenbridge Ogre, The, 7
Oxenhams, The, Tradition relating to, 46
Paisley, 366
Paley and the Grammar School at Giggleswick, 273
Parr, Catherine, Birthplace of, 287
Parret, The:
Source, and view at Crewkerne, 67;
Church of St. Bartholomew, ruins of Muchelney Abbey, Langport, historical associations, the Tone and Taunton, 68;
Athelney Island and Alfred the Great, 69, 70;
Sedgemoor, 70;
Bridgwater and its trade, Burnham, Highbridge, Wookey Hole, 70, 71
Partick, 363, 365
Patrixbourne, 6
Patti, Madame, and Craig-y-Nos, 177, 178
Paxton, Sir Joseph, 268
Pearl-fishery at Deganwy, 221
Peden the Covenanter, 334
Peel Castle, 286
Pegwell Bay, 6
Pembroke, Old and New, 183, 184
Pembroke Castle, 183
Pendle Hill, 276
Penmaenmawr, 209
Penmaenpool, 198, 202
Penrhyn Castle, 209
Pentillie Castle, 58
Perddyn, The, 171
Peterloo massacre, 250
Petteril, The, and Greystoke Castle, 307
Pillar Mountain, 297
Plinlimmon, source of five rivers, 82, 124;
legendary associations, 125, 126
Plym, The:
Rise and outlet, 49;
Cadaford Bridge, Shaugh Prior, the Dewerstone, the Meavy, Sheepstor, Bickleigh Vale, Plympton Priory, 50;
Plympton, Earl, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, Laira Bridge, and Saltram, 51;
Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse, 52, 53
Plymouth, 50–53
Plympton Earl and Sir Joshua Reynolds, 51
Plympton St. Mary, 50
Pont Neath Vaughan, 171
Pontypridd and its bridge, 163, 164
Portmadoc, 203, 204
Portsmouth, Earl of, Seat of, 46
Postling and the southern branch of the Canterbury Stour, 3
Potrail, The, 343
Poulton-le-Fylde, 280
Powderham Castle, 34
Powys Castle, 87
Prehistoric animals, Remains of, 273
Preston:
Antiquity, Anglo-Saxon remains, rout of the Royalists, buildings, 278;
port and docks, 279
Prestonbury, 38
Pretenders, The, at Lancaster, 283
Priesthill and the shooting of John Brown, 332
Prior Matthew, Birthplace of, 23
Pulborough, 11
“Q.,” Old, 320
Quatford, 102
Queensberry, First Duke of, and Drumlanrig Castle, 319
Quicksands of Morecambe Bay, 285, 286
Quothquan, 345
Raglan Castle and its siege, 155
Ramsgate, 6
Red Scar, 278
Red Screes, 285
Redbridge, 20
Renfrew, 366, 367
Restormel Castle, 61, 62
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, and his birthplace, 51;
at Plymouth with Dr. Johnson, 53
Rhayader Gwy, 126, 127
Rheidol, The, 189, 190
Rhuddlan, 223;
Castle and historical associations, 225, 226
Rhyl, 223
Rhys ap Thomas, Sir and Carew Castle, 182
Ribble, The:
Source, 271, 272;
Settle, formation of the railway and diversion of the river, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, 272;
legendary giants, Giggleswick, cascades near Stainforth, whortleberry and mushroom produce, 273;
peel-house at Hellifield, 273, 274;
Gisburne Hall, wild cattle, Bowland Forest, the Hodder, Whitewell Chapel, Brownsholm Hall, and the Seal of the Commonwealth, 274;
Stonyhurst College and the Sherburne family, 274–276;
the Calder, Burnley, Pendle Hill, and a story of Fox, 276;
Towneley Hall and the ruins of Whalley Abbey, 276, 278;
allusions of Philip Gilbert Hamerton, 278;
Preston, 278, 279
Richard II., landing at Milford Haven on his return from Ireland, 185;
at Conway Castle, 220;
a captive at Rhuddlan Castle, 226;
at Flint Castle, 239
Richborough Castle, 6
Rivington Pike, 279
Robartes, Lord, Cornish home of, 61
Robertsbridge and the Cistercian Abbey, 8
Roch, The, 246
Romsey:
Salmon-fishing, and the abbey, 19
Ropley Dean, and the source of the Itchen, 14
Roseneath, 368
Ross Town and the “Man of Ross,” 136–138
Rothay (or Rotha), The:
Its feeders, Codale Tarn, Easedale, 288;
Helm Crag, Wordsworth’s allusion, Grasmere, the Church, aspect of the country in former times, 289;
Wordsworth’s Cottage, 289, 290;
hills and other scenery round Grasmere, 290;
Rydal, Rydal Water and Forest, 290, 291;
Ambleside, junction with the Brathay, fall into Windermere, 291
Rother, The Eastern, and Bodiam Castle, 7, 8;
source, Robertsbridge and its abbey, tributaries, scenery, Isle of Oxney, and Winchelsea, 8
Row, 369
Royal Military Canal, 7
Rugby, 108
Runcorn, 255, 257, 258
Rupert, Prince, and the siege of Liverpool, 262
Ruskin, Mr.:
Guild of St. George at Barmouth, 203;
allusion to scenery in the Vale of Llangollen, 232;
and Brantwood, 294
Rutherglen, 358, 361
Rydal Water, 290, 291
Rye, 7, 8
Saddleback, 298
St. Asaph and its cathedral, 227
St. Augustine, Arrival of, 4;
and Littlebourne, 6
St. Austell, The, 55
St. Bride of Douglas, Church of, and the Douglas family, 347
St. Cadoc creek, The, 62
St. Constantine, Churchyard of, 344
St. Finbarrus, first Bishop of Cork, Church dedicated to, 63
St. Giles’s Park, 24
St. John’s Beck, The, 298
St. Kentigern, Legendary story of, 358
St. Leonard’s Forest, 10, 11
St. Michael’s, Lancashire, 280
St. Mungo, 358
St. Neot, 61
St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Ford at, 6
St. Patrick, Birthplace of, 366
St. Wilfrid and the South Saxons, 13
Salford, 246, 248, 254.
(See also Manchester)
Salisbury and the Avon, 22;
Cathedral, 23
Saltash, 55, 59
Saltport, 258
Sandwich, 6, 7
Sark, The, 312
Sarr, 5, 6
Sawddy, The, 178
Scafell, 295
Scorhill Down and the “Clam” Bridge, 37, 38
Scott, Sir Walter, at Wordsworth’s cottage when an Inn, 290;
his visit to the Church of St. Bride of Douglas, 347;
and “Old Mortality,” 351, 354
Seaford, 8, 10
Seal of the Commonwealth, The, at Brownsholm Hall, 274
Seaton, The, 55
Sedgemoor, 70
Sefton Park, 267
Seiont, The:
Length, Pass of Llanberis, 205;
Dolbadarn Castle and Ceunant Mawr, 205, 206;
view of Snowdon, Carnarvon Castle, Carnarvon, Conway, and the Isle of Anglesea, 206
Serpent of the Wye, The, Legend of, 135
Settle, 272
“Seven Wonders of Wales,” 232, 233, 236
Severn, The:
Source, 82;
length, 82 and note; and the course of the Dee, 83;
scenery near source, 83;
its ancient names, 84;
Llanidloes, 84, 85;
Blaenhafren, 84;
Cefn Carnedd, 85, 86;
Caersws fortress, Newtown and Robert Owen, 86;
Montgomery, its castle and the Herberts of Cherbury, 86, 87;
Welshpool, Powys Castle, Roman entrenchments, the Long Mountain, the Breidden Hills, 87;
Vyrnwy tributary, Liverpool water-supply, 88;
views from the hills, 87;
Shrewsbury, 90–94;
Haughmond Hill, 94, 95;
Augustinian Priory, 95;
Atcham, Wroxeter Church, site of Uriconium, 96;
relics of Roman times, 97;
Condover, the Wrekin, Benthall Edge, Much Wenlock, Buildwas Abbey, 98;
Coalbrook Dale, Ironbridge, Broseley, Benthall, 99;
Bridgnorth, 99, 100;
Quatford, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Stourport and the canal, 102;
Worcester, 102–104;
the Teme, Ludlow Castle and Church, 104;
Kemsey and Upton, 104;
Tewkesbury, 106;
Deerhurst, 119;
Gloucester, its cathedral and historical associations, 119–122;
Telford’s bridge, 122;
tidal wave, 122;
Minsterworth, Westbury, Newnham, Berkeley, Lydney, Sharpness Bridge, tunnel, the estuary, 123
Shaftesbury, Earls of, and St. Giles’s Park, 23
Shakespeare, his associations with Stratford-on-Avon, 111–114;
his allusions to Kendal, 288
Shandon, 369
Sharpness, 123
Sheffield, Earl of, Seat of, 10
Shelley and Tremadoc, 204
Sherburne family, The, and Stonyhurst College, 274, 275
Ship-Canal, Manchester, 247, 248, 250, 254, 255, 257
Shoreham, 11
Shottery and Anne Hathaway, 111
Shrewsbury:
Situation and history, 90;
attacks on the fortress, bridges over the Severn, birthplace of Admiral Benbow and Charles Darwin, school, 91;
black-timbered houses, Ireland’s Mansion, 92;
churches, 94;
museum, 97
Sid, The, 27
Siddons, Mrs., Birthplace of, 151
Sigourney, Lydia, Lines on Carlisle by, 309
Silverdale, 285, 286
Simon de Montfort, Death of, 115
Simonsbath, 28
Skelton, John, Lampoons of, 305;
in sanctuary at Westminster, and story of his student days, 306
Skiddaw, 298, 307
Smeaton and the Eddystone, 52
Smollett, The home of, 367
Snowdon, 204, 205, 210
Solway Firth, 301, 302, 312
Sorn, 332;
the castle, 333;
the village and the memories of Burns, 333, 334
South Molton, 46
South Tawton, 46
Southampton, 13, 14;
docks, piers, suburbs, etc., 19
Southampton Water, 1
Southey, Birthplace of, 78;
his allusion to the Vale of St. John’s, 298;
burialplace, 299
Southwick, 13
Spencer:
Allusions to the Dee, 229, 237;
allusions to the Lune, 281, 284
Sprint, The, 286
Stainforth, 273
Stair House, 335
Stanley, Mr. H. M., Birthplace of, 228
Stanley family, The, and Liverpool, 260
Starcross, 34
Staverton, 42
Steele, Sir Richard, and Carmarthen, 179, 180
Stephen, King, and his siege of Shrewsbury, 90, 91
Stevenson, R. L., his character of the Lord Justice Clerk in “Weir of Hermiston,” 350
Stewart, Dugald, entertains Robert Burns at Catrine House, 334
Steyning, 11
Stockbridge, 19
Stockport:
A railway centre, 244;
antiquity, historical associations and trade, 245
Stonebyres Linn, 351
Stonehouse, 51, 53
Stoneleigh Abbey, 108
Stonyhurst College, 274–276
Stour, The (Canterbury):
Peculiarities, 2;
branches, length of course and valley, 3;
angling, 3, 5;
Ashford, Lenham, Postling, Lyminge, and Wye, 3;
Canterbury, 4;
Fordwich, 4, 5;
Grove Ferry and Sarr, 5, 6;
Isle of Thanet, 6;
Pegwell Bay, 6
Stour, The (Dorsetshire):
Source, and confluence with the Avon, 23;
Canford Hall, Gaunt’s House, St. Giles’s Park, Wimborne and
Matthew Prior, 23
Stour, The Lesser:
Source and course, Bishopsbourne Church and Bishop Hooker, Cranmer’s Palace at Bekesbourne, and general features of the watershed, 6;
Sandwich, 7
Stourhead, 23
Stourmouth, 6
Stourport, 102
Strata Florida Abbey, 186
Stratford-on-Avon:
The town, 110;
Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway, and Sir Thomas Lucy, 111;
the church, the poet’s burialplace, and monument, 113, 114
Stretford, 245
Sundrum, 335
Swallow Falls, 210, 211
Swanbourne Mill, 11
Swansea:
Origin of name, industrial history, 174;
Morriston Castle, the Mumbles, literary associations, 175
Sweetheart Abbey, 322
Swift, The, 108
Sychnant, The, 170, 171
Symond’s Yat, View from, 140, 141
Taf, The, 180
Taff, The, 159, 160;
sources, 161;
water-supply of Cardiff, 163;
Merthyr and its factories, Dowlais Steel and Iron Works, scenery of affluents, 163;
Pontypridd, 163, 164;
Castell Coch and its wines, 164;
Llandaff, its cathedral and village, 165, 166;
Cardiff, 166–168
Tal-y-Llyn, 197
Talsarn Mountain, 149
Tamar, The, 46;
its rise, course, scenery on upper waters, cascade at Weir Head, 55;
Morwell Rocks, 55, 56;
Morwellham, Harewood, and Calstock, 56;
Cotehele House, Kit Hill, Danescombe Valley, Pentillie Castle, Cargreen, St. Budeaux Church, Trematon Castle, and junction with the Tavy, 58;
width at Saltash, characteristics of Saltash, the Hamoaze, 59
Tame, The, 243
Tarbolton, 335
Tarel, The, 150
Tarras, The, 314
Taunton, 68–70
Tavistock and Drake, 45
Tavy, The:
Course and richness of scenery, 45;
Tavistock and Drake, 45;
Buckland Abbey, tributaries, and confluence with the Tamar, 46, 58
Taw, The:
Length, general features, South Tawton and the Oxenhams, Eggesford, Chulmleigh, view from Coddon Hill, Bishop’s Tawton, and Tawstock Park, 46;
Barnstaple, its history and antiquity, 47;
Lundy, Hartland Point, and Baggy Point, 47
Tawe, The, 159, 160;
Swansea, 174–176;
Mumbles, 175;
length, Morriston, 176;
the Twrch affluent, 176;
Craig-y-Nos and Madame Patti, 177, 178;
source, 178
Teifi (or Tivy), The:
Source, Great Monastery, the “Westminster of Wales,” 186;
Tregaron, Llanddewi Brefi, Derry Ormond column and its romance, Newcastle, Cenarth, 187;
Kilgerran Castle, Cardigan, 188;
Gwbert-on-the-Sea, 189
Teign, The:
Source and tributaries, 37;
the “Clam” bridge near Scorhill, 37, 38;
Leigh Bridge, Chagford, “logan” stone, view of gorge from Fingle Bridge, Prestonbury, Cranbrook, Dunsford Bridge, Heltor,
Blackstone, Chudleigh and its limestone, 38;
waters of the Bovey, Newton Abbot and the Prince of Orange’s proclamation, 39;
Teignmouth, 40
Teignmouth, 40
Teme, The, 104
Tennyson at Freshwater, 20;
allusions to the Wye, 144;
and Llanberis, 205;
allusion to Bala Lake, 230
Tern, The, 96
Test, The, 12;
source, 13;
characteristics, length, tributaries, Stockbridge, angling at Romsey, 19
Tewkesbury, 106;
Abbey Church and timbered houses, 115, 116;
the last battle between Lancaster and York, 117, 118
Thirlmere, 298
Threave Castle and its history, 322, 323
Tichborne, 15
Tintern Abbey, 145, 146
Tinto Hill, 344;
prospect from, 345
Titchfield, The, 12
Titus, Colonel Silas, 62
Tiverton:
Former name, Church of St. Peter, Castle, the Grammar School and Peter Blundell, 30
Tomb, Miraculous, at Christchurch, 157
Tone, The, 68
Tong, The, 246
Topsham, 34
Torridge, The, 37, 46;
its rise and circuitous course, 47;
features of the valley, 47;
Torrington and its church, 47, 48;
Bideford and its historical associations, 48, 49;
Hubbastone, Instow, and Appledore, 49
Torrington and its church, 47, 48
Tortington, 11
Totnes, 42, 43
Tower Lindsay, 344
Towneley Hall and the Towneley family, 276, 278
Towy, The:
Source, scenery, absence of pollution, affluents, Ystradffin and the story of Twm Shon Catti, Llandovery, 178;
bridges, Llandilo, Dynevor Castle, Golden Grove, Dryslwyn Castle, Nelson monument, the Cothi, Llanegwad, 179;
Carmarthen, 79, 80
Towyn, 198
Traeth Bach, The, 204
Train, George Francis, 268
Trecastle, 150
Treffry family, The, Seat of, 63
Trefriw, 218
Tregaron, 187
Tregony, 63
Tregothman, 63, 64
Tremadoc and Shelley, 204
Trothey, The, 143
“Trough of the Clyde,” The, 350, 351
Troutbeck, The:
Troutbeck village, Ill Bell, 292
Truro, 63, 64;
and the jurisdiction over Falmouth, 65;
rivalry with Falmouth, 66
Truro River, 63
Twy-ford-town. (See Tiverton)
Uddington, 357
Ulleswater, 303
Ulverston Sands, 286
University College, Liverpool, 267
Upavon, 22
Upton, 104
Urieoninm, Site of, 96, 97
Usk, The:
Its rise, the Henwen brook, 149;
Trecastle and earthworks of Bernard Newmarch’s Castle, Drayton’s “Cray,” Forest of Brecon and its outlaws, the Yscir, remains of Roman camp, view from Llanspyddid, 150;
Brecon, 150, 151;
“Arthur’s Chair,” 151;
the Beacons, 150, 152;
Bwlch, 152;
Dinas Castle and Alfred the Great’s daughter, Crickhowell and the Well of St. Cenan, Llangattock Park and its cave,
Llangwryney, junction with the Gwryney, 153;
Abergavenny, 153, 154;
Raglan Castle, salmon and trout fishing, Usk and its castle, Caerleon and Roman relics, centre of one of the ancient British kingdoms, 156;
miraculous tomb, Newport, Earl of Gloucester’s Castle, 157;
tower of St. Woollos’ Church, 158
Usk town, a Roman station, castle, and scene of defeat of Owen Glendower, 155
Vale of St. John, 298
Valle Crucis Abbey, 232, 233
Victoria University, 251
Vivian, Lord, Seat of, 61
Vyrnwy, The, and the Liverpool water-supply, 88
Wallabrook, The, 37, 38
Wallace, William, Legends of, 337;
scenes of his exploits in Clydesdale, 345;
his “Tower” and “Chair,” 350;
and Marion Bradfute, 350;
and the “Castle of the Quaw,” 351;
at Blantyre Priory, 355
Walney Island, 294
Walton, Izaak, his allusions to Fordwich, 5;
grave and memorial at Winchester, 16
Wanlockhead, 344
Wantsum, The, 6
War of the Roses and the town of Shrewsbury, 91;
battle of Tewkesbury, 117
Warburton, 254, 255
Wareham, 24
Warre, Thomas de la, and Manchester Cathedral, 250
Warrington, 255, 256
Warton the poet, and Wickham, 13
Warwick and its church and castle, 110
Warwick, Guy, Earl of, and Guy’s Cliff, 108
Wastwater, 296, 297
Water of Ken, The, 322
Watling Street, Clydesdale, 351
Watt, James, and Glasgow Green, 361;
birthplace of, 368
Watt’s Dyke, 235, 236
Waugh, the Lancashire poet, and a stranger’s description of
Wordsworth, 296
Wear Gifford, 48
Wear Water, The, 26
Weaver, The, 258
Weld, Cardinal, and Stonyhurst College, 275
Well of St. Cenau, 153
Welshpool, 87
Wenning, The, 282
Werrington stream, The, 55
West Lynn, The, 29
West Okement, The, 37, 47
Westbury-on-Severn, 123
Westminster, Duke of, and Eaton Hall, 237
Weston-Zoyland, 70
Wetheral, The “Safeguards” and the priory at, 306
Wethercoats Cave, Waterfall of, 282
Whaddon streamlet, The, 74
Whalley Abbey, 276, 278
Wharton Crags, 286
Whernside Heights, 272
Wherwell, 19
Whewell, Dr., Birthplace of, 284
Whitchurch, 19
White Cart, Valley of the, 366
Whiteinch, 365, 366
Whitewell Chapel, 274
Wickham, birthplace of William Wykeham, and residence of Warton the poet, 13
Wickham Breaux, 6
Wiclif and Lutterworth, 108
Widnes, 257
Wigtown martyrs, 325, 326
Wiley, The, 22
William III., his portrait at Drumlanrig Castle stabbed by Highlanders, 320
William Rufus and Armathwaite, 305
William of Wykeham, 13
Wilson, Professor, on the neighbourhood of Windermere, 291
Wilson, Richard, Burialplace of, 237
Wimborne, 23
Winchelsea, 7, 8
Winchester, 15;
memorial to Izaak Walton, 16
Windermere:
Dimensions, islets, and feeders, 291, 292;
depth, angling for char, beauties of the southern end, 293
Winster, The, 288
Wirral Peninsula, 259, 268
Wnion, The:
Troutfishing, the Torrent Walk, 198;
cataract, 199;
Dolgelley, 200, 201
Wookey Hole, 71
Wootton river, The, 22
Worcester:
History, 102, 103;
Cathedral, 103, 104
Wordsworth, his lines on the Wye, 144;
and the estuary of the Mawddach, 202;
and Mrs. Hemans crossing the Ulverston Sands, 286;
allusion to Kendal, 288;
and Easedale Tarn, 288, 289;
his cottage and burialplace, 289, 290;
on the river Duddon, 294;
sonnets on Donnerdale, 294, 295;
described by a local gossip, 297;
birthplace, 300;
on the Eden river, 303;
on the scenery of the Clyde, 349, 350
Workington, 300
Wrekin, The, 94, 98
Wrexham Church, 236
Wroxeter, 96
Wrynose Fell, 294
Wye, The:
Source, 82, 124;
Llangurig, Rhayader Gwy, 126, 127;
the Llyn-Gwyn, 127;
the Elan tributary, Nantgwillt and Shelley, scenery on the Elan, the Yrfon and Wolf’s Leap, 128;
burialplace of Llewelyn, 129;
Llandrindod and its wells, 129;
Builth and Llewelyn’s ride, Hay and its castle and legends, 130–132;
Clifford Castle and Rosamond, 132, 133;
Hereford, Offa, Llewelyn, 133;
murder of Ethelbert and origin of the cathedral, 134;
“Mappa Mundi,” 134, 135;
Wye Bridge, Mordiford and the legend of a serpent, “The Wonder,” 135;
Ross and the “Man of Ross,” 136–138;
Goodrich Castle, Forest of Dean, Courtfield, 138;
Coldwell Rocks, 138, 140;
resemblance to the Moselle, 140;
view from Symond’s Yat, 141;
Monmouth, 141, 142;
Golden Valley, Abbey Dore, Norman church of Kilpeck, tributaries, 142;
Llanthony and W. S. Landor, 142, 143;
Wordsworth’s and Tennyson’s lines, 144;
Tintern Abbey, 145, 146;
view from Wyndcliff, 146;
Chepstow, 146, 147;
junction with the Severn, 148
Wye racecourse, 3
Wyndcliff, View of nine counties from, 146
Wynn, Sir John, 218
Wynn, Sir Richard, 221
Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, Seat of, 234
Wynnstay, 234, 235
Wyre, The:
Source, Fleetwood, the fells, 279;
St. Michael’s, Poulton-le-Fylde, 280
Wyre Water, 280
Yar, The, rising at Freshwater, 22
Yar, The eastern, 22
Yarmouth, 20
Yealm, The, 49
Yeo, The, or Ivel, 68
Yoker, 366
Yrfon, The, 128
Yscir, The, 150
Ystradfellte, 169
Ystradffin and the story of Twm Shon Catti, 178
Ystradgynlais, 176
Ystwith, The:
Rise and length, 189;
Eglwys Newydd and mountain scenery, 190;
Aberystwith, 190, 192
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