Paull, Mr., Duel between Sir Francis Bur- dett and, II. 486, 493.
Peacocks, Yew-trees in the shape of, Bed- font, I. 195
Peckham, Archbishop, II. 149, 159, 163 Peek, Sir Henry W., II. 308, 485
Peel, Sir Robert, a distinguished Harro- vian, I. 268
Pelham, Mr. Henry, brother of Duke of Newcastle, II. 286, 287, 291; Latin inscription to, 292
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, II. 353 354 355
Penge, Kent; population, II. 98; the "Crooked Billet" inn; railway stations; the Croydon Canal; churches; the Waterman's and Lighterman's Asylum, 99; King William IV.'s Naval Asylum,
Pengelly House, Cheshunt, I. 384, 389, 390 Pennant, Sir Samuel, I. 395, II. 225 Penn's Place, Manor of, Middlesex, I. 309 Penn, William, the Quaker, I. 129, 453, 482, 483, II. 15, 16; his father, 482 Pennywell, Middlesex, I. 297
Pepys, Samuel, I. 33, 38, 322, 323, 345, 469, 476, 534, 535, 536, 539, 542, II. 9, 15, 20, 44, 214, 215, 237, 244, 247, 248, 251, 259, 263, 264, 460, 461 Pepys family, Tomb of the, I. 333 Perceval, Right Hon. Spencer, I. 269; House of, Ealing, 23
Percy, Algernon, Sion House repaired and renovated by, I. 53
Percy family, Some account of the fortunes of the, I. 53
Perivale, Middlesex; situation of the vil- lage, I. 220; early history of the parish; the parish church; its brasses and monu- ments, 221
Perkins, Mr. Henry, I. 70 Perrott, Sir George, I. 183 Perry, the editor, II. 487 Perryn House, Twickenham, afterwards the Economic Museum, I. 77 Petersham, Surrey; its situation; the manor, II. 324; the church; its monu- ments, 325; distinguished persons buried here, 326; the Misses Berry and Horace Walpole, 326, 327; Gay's Summer- house, 327, 328; Petersham Lodge and Catherine Hyde, Duchess of Queens- berry, 328; anecdotes of the duchess; other owners of the property; Sud- brooke; Bute House; Douglas House; Charles Dickens, 329 Petersham, Lord; his coat, II. 325 Petersham Lodge; its residents, II. 328; the Duchess of Queensberry, 328, 329 Petersham Park, II. 353
Peto, Sir Samuel Morton, I. 243 Philipott, the Kentish historian, II. 60,
Phillips, Prof., on the geology of Brent- ford, I. 32
Phillips, Sir Richard, II. 458, 459
Phillips, the painter, II. 486
'Physic Well," The, Barnet; Samuel Pepys, I. 323
Pie Powder, Court of, I. 352 Pin, The river, I. 250 Pinner, Middlesex; the village; popula- tion, I. 249; Miss Howard's charity; market and fairs; the parish church; memorials, 250; centenarians; a bar- barous custom; schools and cemetery; Pinner Hill; Pinner Wood House; Pin- ner Place; Pinner Grove; Pinner Park; Pinner Green and Wood Hall; Wood- ring; Mrs. Horatia Ward; the Com- mercial Travellers' Society's schools, 251; Headstone, or the Manor Farm,
'Piper's Green," Edgware, I. 285
Pit Place, Epsom, and Lord Lyttelton's ghost, II. 253-255
Pitt diamond, The, I. 39, 40
Pitt, George Morton, a resident at Orleans House, Twickenham, I. 87
Pitt, Thomas, Governor of Madras, I. 39; the Pitt Diamond, 39, 40
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, II. 392 Pitt, William, I. 533. II. 105, 107, 108, 357, 484; his residence, Keston, 112, 113, 114, 487, 488; his duel with George Tierney, 490, 492, 493; at Wimbledon, 484
Place House, Little Ealing, I. 21 Plague, Visitation of the, I. 33, 35 Plaistow, Essex; its flat and unattractive appearance, I. 509; its sources of wealth; the Metropolitan main drainage works; population, 510; railway stations; churches and chapels; hospitals; works and manufactories; the Victoria Docks, 511; vegetable fossil remains; the Royal Victoria and Albert Docks; railway stations, 512; North Woolwich; the gardens; St. John's Church; eminent residents, 513
Plaistow, Kent, II. 83, 94
Plashet House, East Ham; Mrs. Fry, I. 515
Plumer, Sir Thomas, Vice-chancellor, I. 295
Plum Lane, Plumstead, II. 34 Plumstead, Kent, II. 8; its situation and extent; census returns, 34; Domes- day" records; descent of the manor; Burrage Town; Borstall, or Bostal; Suffolk Place Farm, 35; soil and cli- mate; Plumstead Common, 36; the old Artillery practice-butt; the Slade; Bram- ble Briers, or Bramblebury House; brick-kilns and sand-pits; the cemetery, 37; the old parish church, 38; extracts from the parish registers; St. Marga- ret's new parish church; other churches and chapels; Brookhill School; Wool- wich Union; the railway station; geo- logical formation of the district; Plum- stead Marshes; the Main Drainage Works at Crossness Point, 39 Plumstead Common, II. 36, 37, 38 Podger, the gate-keeper of Bushey Park, I. 131; his death, 134 Pollock, Chief Baron, I. 70 Ponder's End, I. 349, 350, 351, 367 Pope, I. 5, 21, 39, 40, 85, 86, 93, 95, 195, 201, 202, 291, 292, 293; 316, II. 322, 323, 350, 373, 383, 384, 388, 397; anecdotes of him, 87; his poetical de- scription of the Duke of Wharton, 91; his parentage and early life, 95, 96; his early translations; Miss Martha Blount; his translation of the "Iliad," 96; the "Odyssey"; an almost fatal accident, 97; publication of the Miscellanies," "Martinus Scriblerus," "Dunciad, "and other works, 97, 98; his death and burial; his skull; his character and temperament, 98; his love of solitude; his personal appearance; lampooned in verse; his alleged horse-whipping, 99; his friendship at one time with Lady Mary Montagu; his friends; Swift's activity in promoting the subscription for the Iliad"; his popularity; Vol- taire's visit, roo; his reply to Frederick, Prince of Wales; Warburton's acquaint- ance with Pope; Spence's anecdotes of Pope, 101; Pope's fondness for animals, 101, 102; his love of economy; Swift's apostrophe to Pope, 102; his rank as a poet; Dr. Johnson's opinion of his merits, 103; Thackeray's opinion, 103, 104; Rev. T. Thomson on Pope, 104; his last illness and death, 104, 105; his lines about himself; his will, 105; his
villa at Twickenham, 105, 106; his garden; the willow-tree in his garden, 106; his grotto, 106, 107; the poet's description of his grotto, 107, 108; his apostrophe to the pilgrim visitor; his love of his "Tusculum"; "the cave of Pope," 108; sale of the mansion to Sir William Stanhope; the property passes to Right Hon. Welbore Ellis (after- wards Lord Mendip), 109; its succes- sive owners, 110; Pope's villa razed to the ground, and a new mansion erected by Baroness Howe; description of the spot by a foreigner, 110; subsequent history of the property, 110, III Poplar, I. 548
Porter, Misses Jane and Anna Maria, II. 286, 287
Porter, Sir R. Ker, painter, II. 287 Porter, Mrs., the actress, I. 284 Porters Estate, Middlesex, I. 312, 313 Portland, Earl of, Marriage of, II. 464 Portland, Duchess of, I. 235 Potter, Archbishop. II. 154, 156 Potter's Bar, Middlesex, 310, 368, 394, 395 St. John's Church; Dyrham Park, 317; Wrotham Park; its destruction by fire, 318; Hadley Common; Christ Church, 319
Pound, the astronomer; his long tele- scope, and Pennant's lines thereon; his nephew Bradley, I. 482
Poussin, Nicholas, the painter, I. 165 Powder-mills, The Government, Waltham, I. 399; the manufacture of gunpowder, 400-403
Powell, William, the "Harmonious Black- smith," and Handel, I. 284, 296 Poyle Park, Colnbrook, Middlesex, I. 195 Prescott family, The, I. 383, 387
Prince Imperial, The, II. 71, 72, 74, 80 Prince Rupert's Tower, Woolwich, II. 16 Princess Frederica's Convalescent Home, Hampton, I. 134, 164
Princess Helena College, Ealing, I. 22 Prior, the poet, I. 34, 94, 372, 565, II. 205, 215, 384
Pritchard, Mrs., actress, I. 83, 86 Prizes and scholarships at Harrow School, I. 261
Probert, the murderer, I. 303, 311
Proby, Rev. Charles, vicar of Twicken- ham, I. 76, 98
Proctor, Dr., rector of Hadley, I. 328, 329 Prolific families, II. 305
Proof butts, Woolwich Arsenal, II. 27, 28 Prospect Hall, Woodford, I. 464 Pudding-stone, where found, I. 304 Pugets, the family of the, I. 333, 334 Puritan rectors of Acton, I. 10 Purley, Surrey; its history; Purley House; the Diversions of Purley," II. 141; John Horne Tooke; a remarkable libel case, 142; the eligibility of the clergy, 143, 144; Horne Tooke's epitaph,
Quaggy, The stream of the, II. 97 Quakers, The, at Uxbridge, I. 236 Quare, Daniel, the horologist, I. 165 Queen Elizabeth's Dairy, Barn Elms, II.458 Queen Elizabeth's Lodge, Epping Forest, I. 430, 437, 439, 440, 441, 442 Queen Elizabeth's Tree, Nonsuch Park, II. 238, 239
Queen Elizabeth's Walk, Waddon, II. 183 Queen Henrietta Maria, II. 474, 475 Queen Victoria, II. 285, 295 Queen Victoria's Wood, High Beach, I. 430, 436, 437
Queen's Gallery, or Tapestry Gallery,
Hampton Court Palace, pictures in the, I. 166
"Queen's Head," Pinner, I. 249 "Queen's River, "Bedfont, Middlesex, I. 195 Queen's Staircase, Hampton Court Palace, I. 168
Queen's Town, Willesden, I. 224 Queensberry, Duke of, II. 384; Duchess of, II. 317, 323, 328, 329, 383 Quick, the actor, II. 360
Quin, the actor, II. 367, 385, 386
Radcliffe, Dr., II. 203, 204, 205, 244 Radlett, Middlesex, I. 308, 312; Christ Church, 310; Gill's Hill; the murder of William Weare; Medburn; New- berries Park, 311 Raffaelle's cartoons, Hampton Court Palace, I. 166, 167, II. 436 Raffles, Sir Stamford, I. 283
Ragman's Castle, Twickenham, I. 86; its successive owners, 86, 87
Raikes, Mr., Anecdotes by, II. 284 Raleigh, Sir Walter, I., 14, 348, 360, II. 189, 190, 197, 528
Ramohun Roy, the Oriental philosopher, I. 90
Rangers of Richmond Park, II. 351, 352, 353, 357
Ravenscroft Park, Barnet, I. 323 Ravenscroft, Thomas, benefactor of Barnet, I. 321, 322
Ravensbourne, The river, II. 83, 89, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 105, 108, 111; sketch of its course, 97
Ravis, Bishop, II. 512
Rawlinson, Sir William; tomb of, in
Hendon Church, I. 279, 280 Ray House, Woodford, I. 460 Ray, Miss; tomb of, I. 303 Raynton, Sir Nicholas, Lord Mayor, I. 355, 357, 359
"Red Lion" inn-yard, Brentford; murder of Edmund Ironside at, I. 32 "Red Lion" inn, Hillingdon; Charles I. resting there, I. 230
Redding, Cyrus, I. 30, 65, 66, II. 406,
407, 490; his recollections of Pitt, 484 Reed, Rev. Dr. Andrew, II. 147, 206 Reedham Asylum, Surrey, II. 147 Registrar-General, Returns of the, I. 2 "Rehearsal," The Duke of Buckingham's play of the, I. 33, 34 Rembrandt, the painter, II. 340 Rendall, Matthew, curate of Teddington, suspended in 1635 for preaching long sermons, I. 129 Rendlesham, Lord, I. 308, 309 Reynardson, Mr., of Cedar House, Cow- ley, Middlesex, I. 227, 229 Reynolds, Archbishop, II. 163, 173 Reynolds, Sir Joshua, I. 99, 116, 138,
II. 110, 320, 381, 400, 401, 403, 404 Rich, the actor, I. 227, 229 Richardson, Sir John, the lawyer, II. 487 Richmond, Surrey, II. 330; its former
name, Shene or Sheen; its'situation; its boundaries and extent; beauty of its scenery, 331; opinions of the Vicomte d'Arlington, Charles Dickens, and another writer, 331, 332; Thomson, the poet's descriptive lines, 332; Richmond Hill; the manor of Shene; the death of Edward III., and first mention of the palace, 333; Edward IV.'s interview with the Earl of Warwick here, 333, 334; Camden's account of the palace; its vicissitudes; a royal hoard discovered here on King Henry's death, 334; visit of the Emperor Charles V.; Anne of Cleves at Richmond; the Princess Elizabeth entertained here by Queen Mary, 335 Queen Elizabeth at Rich- mond, 336; her death, 337, 338; her
habits, 338. 339; her burial at West- minster; Prince Henry a resident at Richmond; Queen Henrietta Maria, 339; survey of the palace by order of Par- liament; Hollar's etchings of the palace; its demolition; fragments of the palace; Asgill House, 340; anecdote of George III. and the gamekeeper; the monastery of Sheen, 341; the head of James IV. of Scotland; the convent of Observant Friars, 343; earliest record of a park at Richmond; the Lodge in the Little Park; it becomes a royal resi- dence; leased to the Duke of Ormonde, but soon forfeited; then sold to the Prince of Wales; how the Prince of Wales received the news of his father's death, 344; Queen Caroline's fondness for Richmond; George II.'s partiality for punch; the king and the gardener ; the Lodge settled on Queen Charlotte; the gardens and ornamental buildings, 345; descriptions of Merlin's Cave, 346; the character of Merlin, 347; Stephen Duck appointed keeper of the grotto and library, 348; the Hermitage; Clarence House, 350; the New or Great Park; its size; its enclosure in 1637; the park seized by the Commoners and given to the citizens of London, 351; given to the Hyde family at the Restora- tion; a lawsuit on the right of way through the park; the Rangership, 352; extent and general appearance of the park, 353; its natural history, 353, 354; Pembroke Lodge, 354; Lord John Russell, 355, 356; Thatched House Lodge, 356; White Lodge, 357; Sir Richard Owen, 358; railway accommo- dation; population; the Green; the Free Public Library, 359; number of readers, 360; the theatre, 360-363; eminent tragedians at the Richmond theatre, 360-62; remains of the old palace, 363; Fitzwilliam House, 363, 364; Sir Matthew Dekker, 364; John James Heidegger; Abbotsdene, 365; the parish church; monuments, 366; Thomson's monument, 367; eminent persons buried at Richmond Church, 368; extracts from the parish register; other churches and chapels, 369; the cemetery; the Wesleyan Theological Institution, 369, 370; almshouses; the Hospital; societies and public institu- tions, 370; drainage and water supply; Richmond Bridge, 371-373; regattas, 373; hotels; Devonshire Cottage; the Vineyards, 374: Richmond Hill; the Terrace; the Wick; the Duke of Buc- cleuch's House, 375; the Lass of Rich- mond Hill, 376, 377; the "Star and Garter, "377-380; hostelries; Sir Joshua Reynolds's retreat; George III. and the card-maker; Duppa's almshouses; An- caster House; Cardigan House; the delicacy, Maids of Honour," 381; institution of maids of honour, 382; eminent residents; Sir Robert Dudley; the Duke of Clarence; the Duchess of Queensberry; Gay, the poet, 383; the Duke of Queensberry, 384; James Thom- son, the poet, 384-387; Rosedale House; Pagoda House, 387; the Sel- wyn family; the Herveys; Bishop Duppa's almshouses; other residents, 388 Richmond, the painter, II. 357 Richmond Wells, Richmond; perform- ances here, II. 363 Rickmansworth, Herts, I. 237, 243, 244 249, 308
Riddles Down, Surrey, II. 147, 197 Ridge, Middlesex, I. 312; St. Margaret's parish church; monuments, 316 Ridgeway, Enfield, I. 358
Rifle, History of the, I. 396; various im- provements in the condition of the, 397;
the Government Small-arms Factory, 398, 399 (see Volunteer)
Rifle Ordnance Factory, Woolwich, II.25 Rights of way through Bushey Park, L
132; through Richmond Park, II. 352, 356
Ripon, Lord, I. 262, 268 Ripple Side, Barking, I. 527 "Rising Sun," Walthamstow, I. 465 Rivers, Lord, Anecdote of, II. 476 Robertson, Canon, II. 71, 75, 80, 81
Robin Hood" inn, High Beech Hill, I. 434
Robinson, Dr., the historian of Enfield, I. 353, 355, 360, 374, 375 Robinson, H. Crabb, I. 66, 345, 351, 358 Robinson, John, anecdote of George IIL and, I. 39
Rochester, Bishops of, Former palace of, Bromley, II. 83, 89
Rockingham, Lord, II. 466, 487, 488 Roding or Roden, The river, I. 423, 442, 458, 472, 473, 489. 496, 497, 501,507,516 "Rodings" or "Roothings," The, I. 497 Roebuck inn, Loughton, I. 434, 443,
Roehampton situation and general appearance of the parish; population; Putney or Mortlake Park; the Earl of Portland, Lord Treasurer, II. 464; Christian, Countess of Devonshire, 464, 465 Roehampton Grove; Mrs. Lyne- Stephens (née Mademoiselle Duvernay); the Roman Catholic convent; Lord Ellenborough, 465; the parish church; Roehampton House; Parkstead; the Earl of Bessborough ; Manresa House; a Jesuit Community; Lord Rocking ham, 466; Lord Gifford; Lord Lang- dale, 467; Sir James Knight-Bruce, 467, 468; Royal School for Daughters of Military Officers; Mount Clare, 468; Downshire House; Dover House; Roe- hampton Gate, 469
Roehampton Gate, II. 356, 467, 469 Roehampton House, II. 466 Rolls Park, Chigwell, I. 451
Roman remains near Woolwich, II. 8 Romano, Giulio, the painter, I. 165 Roots, Dr., antiquarian, II. 299, 313, 316, 495
Rosebery, Lord, II. 259
Rotch, Benjamin, M. P., I. 259 Rothschild family, I. 18, 225 Rotunda, The, Woolwich; curiosities in, II. 31, 32
Rous, Provost, a resident at Acton in Commonwealth times, I. 11, 15 Rowlandson, the caricaturist, II. 497, 498 Roxeth, Harrow, Middlesex, I. 254, 273 Royal Alfred Institution for Aged Mer-
chant Seaman, Belvedere, Kent, II. 46 Royal Arsenal, Woolwich; its early history, II. 14-16; convict labour, 16, 17; establishment of a foundry here, 17; evidences of an earlier antiquity, 17- 21; removal of the laboratory thither, 19; growth of the Arsenal, 19, 20; description of the several buildings, 21-28
Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich, II. 31
Royal Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows, Norbiton, II. 315 "Royal Forest Hotel, Chingford, I.
Rubens, the painter, I. 165, 167, 359, II. 237, 436
Ruckholt House, Leyton, I. 485 Ruckholts, Leyton, I. 484, 489 Ruislip; boundaries and population, I. 240; outlying hamlets; agricultural produce, &c.; extract from the "Domes- day" survey; Ruislip priory, 241; the manor; the vicarage; the parish church; monuments; the parish records, 242; primitive condition of the inhabitants; Ruislip Common; Ruislip Park; East- cote; High Grove House, 243 Runnymede, and the signing of Magna Charta, I. 191
Rushey Green, Kent, II. 95
Ruskin, John, Abode of, II. 66, 372 Russell, Earl, II. 355, 356
Russell, Lady Rachel, 1. 284, 333 Russell, Major-General Richard, grandson of Oliver Cromwell, I. 229 Russell, Mr. Scott, engineer, II. 98 Ruxley, Kent, II. 59; Ruxley Heath, 60; the old church, 62
Ruxley Lodge, Thames Ditton, II. 279 Ruysdael, the painter, II. 340 Rysbach, the sculptor, I. 279, II. 202 Ryves, Dr. Bruno, vicar of Acton and Stanwell, I. 10, 15, 195
Sancroft, Archbishop, II. 164 Sala, Geo. A., II. 490
Salis, Count de, I. 227
Salisbury Hall, Walthamstow, I. 466 Salisbury, Marquis of, holder of an ad- vowson, I. 332
Salmon, the antiquary, I. 385, 386, 391, 484, II. 197, 313
Salter, Mr., the angler, II. 278 Salters' Company almshouses, Watford,
Sambrooke Park, Southgate, I. 347 Sanatorium, Harrow School, I. 262 Sanderstead, Surrey; its situation and position, II. 139; the manor; All Saints Church; its monuments; Sanderstead Court and Queen Elizabeth, 140 Sandon Farm, Esher, II. 285 Sandown, Esher, Surrey, I. 175
Sandown races, II. 286
Sandwich, Lord, I. 135, 141 Savage, the poet, I. 104
Savery's Weir, Roman coins found near Staines, I. 186
Saville House, Twickenham, residence of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, I. 92 Saville, Sir George, Richardson's "Sir Charles Grandison," I. 92 Scadbury, Kent, 70, 71; its early history; descent of the manor, 80, 81; the manor- house, 82
Scawen, Sir William, II. 198, 202, 203 Schalch, Andrew, of the Arsenal, Wool- wich, II. 11, 17, 21
Scharf, Mr. George; his account of Little- berries, Hendon, I. 282, 283 Schomberg, Duke of, I. 33
Scott, Sir Gilbert, architect, I. 21, 228, 235, 236, 242, 256, 262, 273, 305, 345, 346, 410, 505, II. 107, 154, 315, 481 Scott, Sir Walter, I. 311, 352, 367 Scott, the Quaker poet, I. 561, 562 "Scribleriad," Cambridge's poem of the, I. 82
Scrope, Archbishop, Martyrdom of, I. 61 Seaford, Lord, II. 293
Sedley, Sir Charles, I. 245, II. 247, 251 Seething Wells, Kingston, 297, 303 Selwyn family, The, II. 387, 388 Severndroog Castle, Shooter's Hill, II. 33 Sewage, Utilisation of, I. 5 Sewardstone, Epping Forest, I. 423; its situation and boundaries, 435 Shadwell, Sir Lancelot, I. 218, II. 443, 463
Shakespeare, I. 244, 245, II. 285, 380 Sheen or Shene manor, I. 44, 45. II. 317, 333; death of Edward III., 333; the palace, 334; the monastery of Sheen, 341, 343
Sheldon, Archbishop, II. 154, 156, 164 Shelley, the poet, I. 39, II. 410 Shenley, Middlesex; extent and popula- tion, I. 312; descent of the manor; Shenley Hall, or Salisbury; Newberries; Old Organ Hall; Porters; Holmes, otherwise High Canons, 313; the village of Shenley; the chapel-of-ease; St. Bo- tolph's parish church; an old parish clerk, 314
Shenstone, the poet, I. 34, II. 367 Shepperton, Middlesex; its situation; Cæsar's crossing-place; population; the manor and its history; the parish church, I. 177; its rectors; angling in the Thames; Shepperton Green; anti- quarian discoveries at Shepperton, 178; antiquarian remains of the locality; the Wall Closes; the Coway stakes, 179; opinions of antiquarians thereon, 180, 181
Sherbrooke, Lord, II. 148, 181 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, I. 59, 261, 268 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, I. 465, 467 Sherrick Green, I. 225
Shirley, Surrey; general characteristics of the village; broom-making industry; the parish church; Shirley House, II. 136 Shirley Common, II. 124 Shooter's Hill, Woolwich, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 53, 58, 83 Shortlands, Kent; Grote, the historian of Greece, II. 104
Shovel, Sir Cloudesley, II. 58, 59 Shower, Sir Bartholomew, of Pinner Hill, I. 250, 251
Shrewsbury, Earl of, killed in a duel by the Duke of Buckingham, II. 461 Shrewsbury Place, Isleworth, I. 58 Sidcup, Kent; its situation and popula- tion; St. John's Church, II. 54; Ursula Lodge; Blendon Hall; Hall Place, 55; the family of At-Hall; Bourne Place, 56 Siddons, Mrs., actress, II. 360 Sidmouth, Lord, II. 353, 357, 428 Silk stream, The, Kingsbury, I. 274, 278 Silver Hall, Isleworth, I. 59 Silver Town, Plaistow, I. 510
Sion House, seat of the Duke of North- umberland, I. 44; the original religious house, and Shakespeare's allusion to it; dimensions of the premises; foundation of the monastery; its income at the dis- solution of the monasteries; its founda- tion customary at the period; number of persons in the monastery, 45; rule of St. Bridget the rule of the monastery; sketch of Sion House; early history of the house, 46; duties of the abbess, chamberess, &c.; wardrobes of the "daughters of Sion," 47; duties of the cellaress, 48; the sisters' meals, 48, 50; the monastery the property of the sove- reign at the Dissolution; subsequent history of Sion House, 50; relics in the monastery, 51; visitation under Lord Cromwell, 51, 52; granted to the Pro- tector Somerset; afterwards reverted to the Duke of Northumberland; the house of Percy condemned for supposed com- plicity in the gunpowder plot to pay a fine of £30,000, 52; the fine liquidated by the king's acceptance of Sion House; renovation of the building; Charles II. at Sion House; temporary residence of Queen Anne; royal visits since, 53; description of the building, 53, 54; pic- tures; the lion from Northumberland House, 54; the gardens, 55; the late Dowager Duchess of Northumberland a distinguished botanist, 56 Sion House Academy, Brentford, I. 39
Sipson hamlet, Harmondsworth, Middle- sex, I. 204
Skelton, the poet, II. 212
Skippon, Major-General, I. 11, 15 Slade, The, Plumstead, II. 37 Sladen family, The, Bushey, I. 307 Smallbury Green, Heston, Middlesex, I. 44 Smee, Mr., his account of Beddington Park gardens, II. 185, 188; his experi- mental garden, 195, 196, 221 Smiles, Dr., Quotation from, I. 25, 530 Smith, Mr. J. T., I. 38, 155, 167, 347, 361, 567, II. 484
Smith, Sydney, I. 464 Snaresbrook; general appearance of the locality; the rights of commoners; the "Eagle" inn, I. 472; the Eagle pond; the Infant Orphan Asylum; the Mer- chant Seaman's Orphan Asylum; Christ Church; the Weavers' Almshouses, 473 Somerville, Mrs., Quotation from, II. 76 South Acton; its church, I. 15 Southall, Middlesex, I. 23, 215; the church; the manor-house, 216; the "southern holt," or wood; its grounds; the manor; the Metropolitan Workhouse School, 217; the former weekly market,
Southall Park, I. 218 Southall Green, I. 216 Southam, Middlesex, I. 320
South End, Bromley, II. 96, 97; "Jack Cade's Island," 96
South-Eastern Railway, The, II. 51, 54, 70, 82, 83, 136 Southey, the poet, II. 350 Southgate, Middlesex; the "Cherry Tree" inn; the church; Arnold's Court, the seat of the Welds, I. 345; Arno's Grove; Minchenden House; Bromefield Park; Bowes Manor; Bowes Park; Culland's Grove; Palmer's Green; Winchmore Hill; St. Paul's Church, 346; Bush Hill Park; Sir Hugh Myddelton and the New River; Edmonton; the Firs, 347 South Mimms, Middlesex; census returns; general appearance of the village; the old North road, I. 316; the manor of South Mimms; St. Giles's Church; tombs and brasses; the almshouses, 317 Spa, The mineral, South Acton, I. 16 Speech-room, The new, Harrow School, I. 261, 262
Speed, the historian, I. 191, 410, 521 Spelman, the antiquary, II. 343 Spelthorne Sanatorium, The, Bedfont, I. 196
Spencer, Earl, of the Reform Bill era, I. 269 Spencer, Viscount, lord of the manor of Wimbledon, II. 476, 477
Spenser, the poet, II. 328
Sports and diversions of Brentford; cu-
rious entries of the account-books, I. 40 Spottiswoode, Mr. William, I. 269 Spring Grove, Isleworth; Honnor's Home, I. 60
Spring Park, Shirley, II. 136
St. Albans, Duke of, his house at Hans- worth, I. 70, 299
St. Anne's Hill, Chertsey, I. 182, 184 St. James's Street, Walthamstow, I. 465,
St. Leonards, Lord, II. 275-277 St. Margaret's, Isleworth, I. 59; the Royal Naval School, 59, 77
St. Mary Cray, Kent, II. 56, 70; the church; the railway station, 63; the manor; the market house, 64
St. Paul's Cray, Kent, II. 56, 63, 70; the church, 63, 64
Stafford, Archbishop, II., 159, 160, 163 Staines; situation of the town; the river Colne; Roman coins found here, I. 186 Roman origin of Staines; the City boundary stone; the Court of Conser- vancy of the Thames, 187; Domesday survey of Staines; its early history; its
distance from London by water; the parish church and its precursors, 188; tombs; curious entries in the church books; the town and its streets; the Society of Friends; the railway station, 189; the market; population; its inns; royal passages through the town; the Vine" Inn; curious anecdote; its water supply; the Thames at Staines; Staines bridge, 190
Staines Moor, Middlesex, I. 191, 195 Staines, Sir William, Lord Mayor of Lon- don, Anecdote of, I. 237
Stamford Brook Green, Turnham Green, I. 7
Stanhope, Sir William, the purchaser of
Pope's house, I. 106, 109
"Standing houses," Use of, by former Archbishops of Canterbury, II. 158,159 Stanmore, I. 270, 297
Stanmore Common, I. 299, 305 Stanmore Heath, I. 304, 307 Stanmore Park, I. 299
Stanwell, Middlesex; its situation; early history, I. 192; descent of Stanwell manor, Lord Windsor, 193, 194; situa- tion of the village; population; St. Mary's parish church; the Easter Sepulchre," its former monumental brasses, 194; Dr. Bruno Ryves, its vicar, 195
Stanwell Moor, Middlesex, I. 195 Stanwell Place, Middlesex, I. 194 Staple Hill, Loughton; the lake, I. 442, 448
"Star and Garter " Hotel, Richmond, II. 359, 374, 377-380, 381; eminent per- sonages who have resided here, 380 Star Chamber, an apartment in Straw- berry Hill, I. 114
State apartments, Hampton Court Palace, I. 165, 166; the portraits, 165 Steele, Sir Richard, I. 141, 163, 171 Steinman, the Croydon historian, II. 153, 155, 157, 170
Stephenson, Sir William, I. 238 Stepney Marsh, I. 537
Stevens, G. A., lecturer, II. 312
Steyne, The, Acton, I. 13, 15 Stillingfleet, Bishop, I. 93 Stockmar, Baron, II. 293
Stone, Andrew, preceptor to George III.,
Stone Causeway, Harrow Weald Com- mon, I. 272
Stone, Nicholas, sculptor, I. 298, 299, 329, 357, 467
Stonebridge Park, Middlesex. I. 223, 225 Stow, the chronicler, I. 29, 81, 409, 538, II. 9, 15, 152, 163, 166, 290, 359, 459, 473
Strafford, Earl of, I. 318, 351 Strand-on-the-Green, Acton, I. 7, 16, 17, 35. II. 410
Stratford, Essex; its former condition; the Abbey of Stratford-Langthorne, 506; pumping-station of the Metropoli- tan Drainage Works; St. John's, Christ Church, and St. Paul's Churches; the Town Hall; Stratford New Town, 507; the vegetable market; Old Ford; Bow Bridge, 508; Roman roads, 508, 509 Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, I. 71, 78; Horace Walpole's description of the pro- perty at the time of his purchase (1746), III, 112; he enlarges the building, 112; description of the building, 112; its principal contents, 113-116; catalogue of its contents; the building shown to few persons, 116; the chapel in the garden, 116, 117; Maurice's eulogium of the whole; the Earl of Bath's pane- gyric; the building suffers from the Hounslow powder-mills explosion, 117; some account of Horace Walpole, 117, 118; his contributions to literature; his love of letter-writing; the poet Chatter-
ton; his select circle of friends, 118; his gallantry, and what nearly came of it; becomes Earl of Orford; he dislikes his new honours, 119; bequest of Straw- berry Hill; Mrs. Damer becomes the owner; list of her works in sculpture; resigns the property to the Waldegrave family; sold by auction; Eliot War- burton's remarks on the fate of Straw- berry Hill, 120; Lord Jeffery's account of the sale; Lady Waldegrave's réunions at Strawberry Hill, 121; death of Lady Waldegrave; the property unsold in 1882, 122
Strawberry Hill Shot, I. 111
Strawberry Vale, Twickenham, I. 75 Street, Mr. G. E., architect, I. 317, 328, 464
Strong, the mason, I. 288
Strype, the historian and antiquary, I. 487, 488, 534. 536, 538, 548, II. 165, 169, 340 Stud-house, The, Hampton Court Palace, I. 170
Stukeley, the antiquarian, I. 7, 179, 181, 182, 187, 275, 297, 484, 508, 514, II. 496
Successful jockeys, Anecdotes of, II. 269,
Sudbrooke, Petersham; its various owners; now a hydropathic establishment, II. 329, 353
Sudbury, Harrow; the common; St. John the Baptist's Church; Sudbury Hall, I. 273
Sudbury, Archbishop de, II. 163 Sudbury Hall, Middlesex, I. 273 Sudden accession to fortune, I. 57 Suffolk Place Farm, Plumstead, II. 35 Suffolks, the manor of, Enfield, I. 374 Sumner, Archbishop, II. 132, 135 Sumner, Dr., head-master of Harrow School, I. 266
Sunbury, Middlesex; its various names; history of the manor; the manor-house; the old manor of Chenetone, and its history, I. 173, 174; Kempton Park; Kempton House, 175; the parish church; other chapels and churches; Sun- bury Place; Sunbury Deeps; Dickens's reminiscences, 176
Sunbury Common, I. 175 Sundridge Park, Bromley, Kent, II. 94, 95 Surbiton, Kingston, II. 303, 310, 314; its churches, 314, 315 Surbiton Common, II. 299
'Surplice," The race-horse, II. 262, 265 Surrey, the "South Rie" of our fore- fathers, I. 2, 125, II. 130, 509 Sutton, Surrey; its situation and boun- daries; shepherds' crowns; chalk pits; irregular growth of the town; Sutton Common; Bonnell Common; census returns, II. 207; descent of the manor, 208; local improvements; the parish church; monuments, 209; rectors, 210; Benhilton, 210, 211; the "Cock" and Greyhound inns, 211, 212; Jackson, the pugilist; Mr. Solly's resi- dence; the South Metropolitan District Schools, 212; Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum; "Little Hell," 212; rise of the Wandle river, 479 Sutton Court, Chiswick, I. 7 Sutton Lane, Chiswick, I. 7 Swakeleys, Middlesex; history of the descent of the estate; Sir Robert Viner; Pepys' visit here; the house passes into the Clarke family, 239 Swanley, Kent, I. 64
"Swan and Bottle" inn, Uxbridge, I. 233 Swannery, A, I. 131
Swan-upping," I. 130
Swift, I. 83, 86, 97, 100, 102, 106, 197, 202, 287, 290, 292, II. 284, 323, 350, 432 Sydenham, II. 89
Sydenham waters, The, II. 98 Sydney, Lord. II. 72, 80, 82
Syon Hill, Isleworth, I. 60 Syon vista, Kew Gardens. I. 60
"Tabard" inn, The, Turnham Green, I. 8 Tabley, Lord de, Family of, I. 200 Tait, Archbishop, II. 132, 135, 161, 466 Talfourd, Judge, I. 281
Talworth, Surrey, II. 272; the church; Talworth Court, 273
Tankerville, Earls of, I. 200
Tanner, Bishop, antiquarian, I. 29, 203, 254 Tapestry Gallery, The, Hampton Court Palace, I. 166
Tattenham Corner, Epsom, II. 261 Taylor, Sir Robert, architect, II. 53, 340 Tea. Use of, in Queen Anne's time, I. 156 Teck, Duke of, II. 353, 357, 380, 405 Teddington; growth of the village, I. 123; its situation; angling in the Thames; the Queen's barge; derivation of "* Ted- dington;" uncertain nature of its foun- dation, 124; Teddington a "tithing" in the Hundred of Spelthorne, 124, 125; descent of the manor, 125, 126; the last court-leet; Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Box," 126; St. Mary's Church, 127; its monuments, 128, 129; its in- cumbents; church of St. Peter and Paul; rapid growth of Teddington; eminent inhabitants of Teddington, 129; the lady and the groom; Teddington Lock; the "intake of the London water companies; swan-upping, 130 Teddington Lock, The "intake of the
London water companies at, I. 130 Temple, Sir William, I. 197, II. 431, 432 Temple, Dr., now Bishop of Exeter, I. 95 Tenison's, Archbishop, chapel, Hounslow,
I. 64; Archbishop Tenison, II. 164, 177 Tennis Court Lane, Hampton Court Palace, I. 164
Tennyson, the poet, II. 302, 303, 317, 318, 338, 353, 376, 389, 410, 413, 519 Tenterden, Lord Chief Justice, I. 279 Terrick, Bishop, I. 76
Thackeray, the novelist; his grandfather, I. 329
Thames, The river; the Thames as a politi- cal boundary, and as a boundary of coun- ties, I. 568; tributary rivers, 567, 568; breadth of the river; its general aspect and character of scenery, 569; the em- bankments, 570; shoals and floods. 570, 571; tides, 571, 572; the Thames as the common highway of London; anecdote of Cardinal Wolsey, 572; Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth; abdication of James II.; funeral of Lord Nelson; water traffic in the time of Richard II., 573, 574; the conservancy of the Thames, 574; boating on the Thames, 574-576; the Pool, II. 1; the commerce of London, 2; Execution Dock; the Thames gibbets; the War spite, Arethusa, and Chichester, training ships; the Dreadnought; a floating small-pox hospital; Bugsby's Reach; Woolwich Reach, and Gallion's Reach; Plumstead and Erith Marshes; sewage outfall of the Metropolitan Main Drain- age Works; Dagenham; Erith; the Darent and the Cray; Long Reach; Purfleet; powder magazines; the Corn- wall reformatory ship; Greenhithe and Northfleet; Stone Church; Ingress Abbey, 3; the training ship Worcester; West Thurrock, Gray's Thurrock, and Little Thurrock; Belmont Castle; South Hope Reach; discovery of fossils and remains of animals; "Cunobelin's Gold Mines," or "Dane-Holes"; Gravesend; Tilbury Fort, 4; West Tilbury; Tilbury docks; Hope Reach; East Tilbury; Thames Haven; Canvey Island; Had-
leigh Castle; Leigh; Yanlet Creek; the boundary marks of the Thames Con- servancy; Southend, 5 Thames Angling Preservation Society, I. 135, 176, II. 278, 314 Thames Conservancy, The, II. 314 Thames Ditton, Surrey, II. 273, 274; its situation and boundaries; railway com- munication; population; the parish church; its brasses, 274; prolific off- springs monuments; William and Mary Howitt; ancient weapons found here; its occupants, 275; the Dandies' Fête, 276; Lord St. Leonards, 276, 277; Ditton House, 277; the "Swan" tavern; Thames Angling Preservation Society; a famous angler; lines composed by Theodore Hook in a punt off Thames Ditton, 278; early history of the manor of Thames Ditton; Claygate, 279; Imber Court; the river Mole; the poets on this river, 280; its course, 281 Thames Street, Hampton, I. 136 Thames Valley Railway, I. 175, 178 Thatched House Lodge, Richmond Park; its residents, II. 356 Theatre, The, Richmond, II. 360-363 Thelusson family, The, I. 308, II. 94 Theobalds, Middlesex, I. 347, 348, 351,
353, 358; James I. at, 364, 365; its situation, and history of the manor; the estate purchased by Sir William Cecil, afterwards Lord Burleigh, 376; Queen Elizabeth's visits to Theobalds; Lord Burleigh at Theobalds, 377; Sir Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury; King James's reception, 378, 379; the King desires to exchange Theobalds with Hatfield; James entertains Christian IV. of Den- mark here; the King's narrow escape; behaviour of King James, 380; his death, 381; description of the palace and gardens, 381, 382; demolition of the palace; present condition of the estate, 383, 384
Thetford, Viscount, and Earl of Arlington, I. 201
Theydon Bois, the old manor-house, I. 449
Thomson, the poet, I. 34, 71, 82, 323, II. 291, 323, 332, 354, 367, 370, 373, 375, 384-387, 407; opinions of Thomson's character, 385, 386; his house now a hospital, 387
Thornhill, Sir James, the painter, I. 288, 346, II. 136, 137, 466 Thorneycroft, Messrs., manufactory of, Chiswick, I. 5
Thorney Broad and its trout-fishing, West Drayton, I. 208
Thornton Heath, Surrey, II. 180, 181 Thorpe, the Kentish antiquary, II. 51,
Thrale, the brewer, II. 177
Thurtell, the murderer, I. 303, 311 Tibhurst Manor, Aldenham, Middlesex,
1. 309 Tickell, Richard, the poet's grandson, I. 134; suicide of, ib. Tierney, George, Duel between Mr. Pitt and, II. 490, 492, 493 Tillotson, Archbishop, I. 498, II. 164 Tite, Sir William, architect, I. 281 Titian, the painter, I. 477 Tittenhanger, I. 315, 316 Tobacco, Sir Walter Raleigh and the use of, I. 14
Toland, Dr., on Epsom, II. 244, 245, 249, 261
Tollemache, General, II. 321
Tollemache, Sir Lionel; his wife, after- wards Duchess of Lauderdale, II. 320 Tollemaches, The, Earls of Dysart Tonson, Jacob, the bookseller, II. 458, 459 Tooke, John Horne, I. 20, 35; the
Diversions of Purley," II. 141, 142; his prosecution for libel, and the eligi-
bility of a clergyman for a seat in Par- liament, 142-145; his epitaph, 145; his life at Wimbledon, 484 Tooting; its etymology; the river Graveny, II. 530; doubtful parish boundary lines; Tooting-Bec mon; early history of the manor, 531, 532; encroachments on the manor; the Maynard family; Sir Paul Wich- cote; Sir James Bateman; the parish church; the new church, 533; sepulchral monuments, 534; the village of Tooting; the Jewish Convalescent Home, 536; Daniel Defoe, 536, 537; Summer's Town; St. Mary Mag- dalene's Church; Tooting Common, 538 Totteridge, Middlesex, I. 320, 335; its etymology; descent of the manor; census returns; condition of the roads ; St. Audrey's Church, 332; tombs; yew-trees in the churchyard; the Priory; Pointer's Grove, 333; Copped Hall; Totteridge Park; Wykeham Rise; Baron Bunsen a resident, 334 "Toy "inn, Hampton, I. 135 Tramway, The first iron, II. 174, 175 Trapp, Dr. Joseph, rector of Harlington; lines on his monument, I. 200 Trent Park, or Cock Fosters, I. 351, 352, 366, 367; its various owners, 368 Trevor, Thomas, ancestor of the Vis- counts Hampden, I. 358 Trimmer, Mrs., I. 40
Trinder, Rev. D., on Teddington, I. 124, 125
Trollope, Anthony, I. 329, 388 Trollope, Mrs., novelist, I. 329 Trumbell, Sir William, I. 23, 96, 102 Trumpeters' House, Richmond Palace,
Truro, Lord Chancellor, I. 346 Tubbendens, Farnborough, II. 117 "Tumble-down Dick hostelry, Brent- ford, I. 35; songs and ballads on, ib. Tumbling Bay, Hampton, I. 136 Tupper, Mr. M. F., II. 213, 214, 217, 220, 221, 239, 245, 270, 271, 274, 275, 283, 287, 294, 297, 394, 418, 515, 517, 520 Turner, the painter, II. 372 Turnham Green, I. 7, 32; former condition of, 7
Turpin, Dick, the highwayman, I. 336, 341, 369, 567, II. 33; his "Cave," High Beech Hill, 436 Tweeddale, Marchioness of, I. 93 Twickenham, I. 30, 70; its situation, 70, 71; Hofman's description of the locality; various spellings of the name, 71; poems descriptive of Twickenham by Walpole, Pope, Dodsley, Thomson, and others, 71, 72; situation of the town; extent; climate, 72; the original manor, 72, 74; Eel-pie Island; Pope's description of the river-side approaches; the parish church, 74, 75; the new church; Sir Godfrey Kneller, 75; Pope's monument to his parents and himself; other tombs and monuments, 76; churches and charitable institutions, 76, 77; the town hall; Perryn House, afterwards the Economic Museum; its destruction by fire, 77; extracts from the parish registers, 78; curious entries, 78, 79; anecdote of Sir James Delaval and the Duke of Somerset ; residents at Twickenham, 80; various accounts of Twickenham, 81; Twickenham Park and its history, 81, 82; Cambridge House, 82; literary tastes of its owner; Meadowbank, Mr. Bishop's residence, 83; Marble Hill, 83, 85, 86; the witty Bishop Corbett, 86; Ragman's Castle, 86, 87; Orleans House and its several owners, 87, 88; the Orleans Club, 88; York House and its owners, 89, 90; the Grove and the Duke of Wharton, 91,
92; Lady Mary Montagu; Twicken- ham House, 92; Lord Ferrers' house; Fielding, 93; a few noted residents, 93, 94: Kneller Hall and Sir Godfrey Kneller, 94, 95; Alexander Pope (q.v.); Strawberry Hill (q.v.)
Twickenham Park; its earlier history, I. 81; more recent particulars; its different owners, 82
Twickenham Common, I. 93 Twickenham House, residence of Sir John Hawkins, I. 92, 93
Twyford, or West Twyford, Middlesex; population of the small parish; Twyford Abbey; the manor, I. 221; descent of the manor; the chapel, 222 Tylney, Earl (see Wanstead Manor House) Tyrconnell, Earl of, II. 293
Umbrella, Invention of the, I. 26 University Boat-race, The; the crowds of spectators brought together to witness the race; the "blue" fever, II. 439; interest to Londoners occasioned by the University boat-race, 430; scenes on the river; the "Press boat and the umpire's steamer; by rail to the scene of the race, 442; Putney and Mortlake on boat-race day; description of the race; past history of rowing as an old English amusement, 443; the race for Doggett's coat and badge, 444; a Lon- don regatta, 445; the first students' race upon the Thames; the earliest race be- tween the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 446; accounts of subse- quent races, 447-450; table showing the results of the race from its institu- tion, 450
Unwin's suburban guides, Quotations from, II. 94, 104, 116, 117, 123, 124, 183, 186, 197, 207, 223, 239, 455 Uphall, Essex; Roman encampment here, I. 498, 524, 525
Upper Halliford, Middlesex, I. 177 Upton Park, Essex, I. 504; the Gurney family, 504, 505.
Ursula Lodge, Sidcup, II. 55 Uvedale, Dr. Robert, I. 355 Uxbridge, Middlesex, I. 208, 226; its etymology, 230; its antiquity; meeting of the Royalists and Roundheads, 231, 232; public reception of the treaty; the Treaty House; inns of the town, 232; the High Bridge; the "Swan and Bot- tle inn; early fortifications; Roman roads; population; the " 'Chequers inn; the corn and flour trade; fairs, 233; the market-house; the great Oxford road; the parish church, 234; nave, oak roof, and chancel; the curfew; the parish registers; the Rev. John Light- foot; anecdote of the Duchess of Port- land, 235; new churches; the Noncon- formists; Hillingdon House; Uxbridge Common; Mr. Harris, of Covent Garden Theatre, 236; burnings at Uxbridge; some anecdotes; Sir William Staines, Lord Mayor; the river Colne; fisheries near Uxbridge; Denham village, 237 Uxbridge Moor, I. 236, 237
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