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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,

100

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,

64, 95

Phillips, Prof., on the geology of Brent-
ford, I. 32

Phillips, Sir Richard, II. 458, 459

Phillips, the painter, II. 486

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'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,

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GENERAL INDEX.

'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

Platten, Mr., I. 32

Plumer, Sir Thomas, Vice-chancellor, I.
295

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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

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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,

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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

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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,

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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.

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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

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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,

1. 307

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

GENERAL INDEX.

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

8, 10, 32, 33,

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,

218

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,

470

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

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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.,

I. 93

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,

270

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

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'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

T

"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

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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,

52, 107

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

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Diversions of Purley," II. 141, 142;
his prosecution for libel, and the eligi-

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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,

II. 340

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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

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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.

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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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