Monmouth, Earl of, his defeat of the Covenanters at Bothwell Bridge, 354
“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
Morton, Bishop, at Brecon Castle, 151
Morwellham, 56
Moselle, The, its resemblance to the Wye, 140
Mossgiel, 334
Mostyn, Castle of, 240
Motherwell, 353
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
its rise, 168;
the Stone of Llia, scenery near Ystradfellte, 169;
the Little Neath, the Hepste, and the Sychnant, 169–171;
the Cwm Porth, 170;
Pont Neath Vaughan, 171;
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;
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
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
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
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
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
Plympton Earl and Sir Joshua Reynolds, 51
Plympton St. Mary, 50
Pont Neath Vaughan, 171
Pontypridd and its bridge, 163, 164
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
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, and his birthplace, 51;
at Plymouth with Dr. Johnson, 53
Rhuddlan, 223;
Castle and historical associations, 225, 226
Rhyl, 223
Rhys ap Thomas, Sir and Carew Castle, 182
Ribble, The:
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;
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
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
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. 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
(See also Manchester)
Salisbury and the Avon, 22;
Cathedral, 23
Saltport, 258
Sark, The, 312
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;
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;
Blaenhafren, 84;
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;
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;
Quatford, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Stourport and the canal, 102;
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
Simon de Montfort, Death of, 115
Simonsbath, 28
Skelton, John, Lampoons of, 305;
in sanctuary at Westminster, and story of his student days, 306
Smeaton and the Eddystone, 52
Smollett, The home of, 367
Sorn, 332;
the castle, 333;
the village and the memories of Burns, 333, 334
South Molton, 46
South Tawton, 46
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
Stoneleigh Abbey, 108
Stour, The (Canterbury):
Peculiarities, 2;
branches, length of course and valley, 3;
Ashford, Lenham, Postling, Lyminge, and Wye, 3;
Canterbury, 4;
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;