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
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;
Armstrong, Johnnie, hanged by order of James V., 315
Armstrong, William (“Kinmont Willie”), his imprisonment at Carlisle and rescue, 310, 311
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
Attery stream, The, 55
Auchencruive, 337
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;
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;
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
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;
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
Benson, Archbishop, and Truro Cathedral, 64
Benthall, 99
Benthall Edge, 98
Berwyn hills, 232
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:
Blaenau Festiniog, 214
Blaenhafren, 84
Blantyre Town, 355
Bleasdale Moor, 279
Blundell, Peter, Grammar School of, 30
Bodinnoc Ferry, 62
Bolton-le-Sands, 286
Bonhill, 367
Bonnington House, 350
Bothwell, visited by Mary Queen of Scots at Hermitage Castle, 314
Bothwell Castle, 354
Bovey, The, 39
Bowdler, Dr. Thomas, Burialplace of, 176
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
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
Buckland Abbey, 46
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
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
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
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
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
and the visit of Burns to Dugald Stewart, 334
Cefn Carnedd, British earthwork, 85
Ceiriog, The, 234
Cenarth, 187
Cessnock, The, 334
Chagford, 38
Charlecote and Sir Thomas Lucy, 111
Chartists, Attack on Newport of, 158
Chatterton, his birthplace, forgeries, and monument, 78, 79
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
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:
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;
the Church of St. Bride of Douglas and the struggle between the “good Sir James” and St. John de Walton, 345, 346;
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;
remains of the Caledonian Forest, 353;
Blantyre, 355;
Uddington, Dalbowie, Carmyle, Cambuslang, 357;
the early days of steamships, 364;
widening and deepening the channel, 364;
Partick, Whiteinch, Govan, shipbuilding yards, 365;