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Clive, Lord, II. 285, 292, 293, 295
Clive, Mrs. Catherine, actress, 1. 76, 78,
122, 139

Clocks, Remarkable, in Hampton Court
Palace, I. 160, 161, 165
Clock-tower Court, Hampton Court Palace
I. 160, 161

Close. Rev. F., Dean of Carlisle, I. 224
Coaches, Number of, formerly passing
through Hounslow, I. 62
Cobbett, the historian of the Reformation,
I. 242

Cobbett, Rev. R. S., the historian of
Twickenham, I. 74, 81, 83, 93, 97, 98,
111; on the illness and death of Pope,

104

Cobbin Brook, Waltham, I. 417, 418, 421
Cobden Hill, Radlett, I. 310
Cobham, the actor, II. 361

Cock Fosters, Middlesex, I. 328, 351, 365,
368; its etymology, 368
Coghills, The family of the, I. 309
Cold Harbour, Hayes, Middlesex, I. 210
Coleridge, Lord, II. 218

Colham Garden, Hillingdon, I. 207
Colham Green, Middlesex, I. 228
Colham Manor, Middlesex; history and
descent of the manor, I. 227, 228
Coller, the historian of Essex, I. 419, 424,
448, 506, 513, 530

Collier's Water, Croydon, II. 178, 229
Collier's Wood, Merton, II. 181

Collins, Anthony, deistical writer, I. 44
Collins, the poet, II. 374

Colman, the dramatist, I. 196, II. 362, 363
Colnbrook, Middlesex, I. 205, 228
Colne, The river, I. 44, 186, 195, 203, 205,
226, 230, 233, 237, 244, 248, 250, 304. |
307. 315; Cowper's translation of Mil-
ton's lines on the, 237

Colney Hatch, Middlesex; the County

Lunatic Asylum; its situation and ety-
mology, I. 342; its erection, 343; some
description of the building; St. Paul's
Church; the New River pumping-
works; Wood Green and the Alexandra
Palace Nightingale Hall, 344; the
Printers' Almshouses; Clock and Watch
Makers' Asylum; the Great Northern
cemetery, 345

Colston, Edward, the Bristol philanthro-
pist, II. 429

Colton, Rev. Caleb, the gamester, II. 325,
406, 407

Commercial Travellers' Schools, Pinner, I.
249, 250, 251; liberality of Mr. James
Hughes and Mr. George Moore, 251.
Comte de Paris, I. 90, 91

Coney Hall Hill, Hayes Common, Kent,
II. 127, 129

Conference between the Royalists and
Roundheads, Uxbridge, I. 232
Congreve, the dramatist, I. 96, 100
Connaught, Duke of, Ranger of Epping
Forest, I. 430, 442

Connaught Water, Epping Forest, I. 441,

442

Conolly, Dr., and Hanwell Lunatic Asy-
lum, I. 27, 28

Constable, the painter, II. 106, 139
Convalescent Homes: Hampton. I. 134;
Snaresbrook, I. 461; Woodford, I.
459, 461

Conway, Field-Marshal, Walpole's cousin,
I. 89, 111, 112, 117, 120
Conyers family, The, Walthamstow, I. 418
Cook, Miss Eliza, II. 488
Looke's "Topography," Quotations from,
61, II. 98, III

Coombe Hill, Archæological discoveries
at, II. 300

Coombe House, Kingston; its residents,

II. 315
Coombe Springs, Kingston, II. 316
Coom' e Warren, Kingston; its distin-
guished residents; view from, II. 316
Coombe Wood, Kingston; its springs, I.

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170, II. 297; the Duke of Cambridge,
II. 315; duel fought here, 493
Cooper's Hill, Egham, I. 191

Copley, the painter, father of Lord Lynd-
hurst, II. 154

Copped Hall, Epping, I. 407, 417, 424;
history of the old hall; its owners, 418
Copped Hall, Totteridge; eminent resi-
dents, I. 334

Copse Hill, Wimbledon, II. 488

Copt Hall, Hendon, residence of the Nicoll
family, I. 280

Corbett, Bishop, the wit, I. 86
Corney, Bolton, antiquarian critic, II. 455
Corney House, Chiswick, I. 5; Corney
Reach, II. 455

Cornwallis, Archbishop, II. 165
Coronation-stone, The, Kingston, II. 297,
307; list of monarchs crowned here, 308
Costard, Rev. Geo., vicar of Twickenham,
I. 76, 93.

Cosway, the artist, I. 285
Cotman's Town, Hayes, Middlesex, I. 210
Cottenham, Lord, Lord Chancellor, I.
269, 333, 488; his house now a con-
valescent hospital, 488

Coulsdon, Surrey, II. 208, 220; descent
of the manor, 221

Countryman in London, Anecdote of a,

I. 30

Courtenay, Archbishop, II. 163

Court of Conservancy of the Thames, The,
I. 187

Cotesworth, Dr. Caleb, physician, Large
fortune left by, I. 57

Coventry, Lady, I. 93, 166

Coway Stakes, Shepperton, I. 31,179, 275;
opinions of antiquarians on their origin,
180, 181

Cowley, the poet, II. 460

Cowley, I. 208; its situation and bounda-
ries; Cowley Peachey; the parish church;
population; Cowley Grove, 226; Cedar
House and its associations, 227
Cowley Brook, Middlesex, I. 226
Cowley House, Middlesex, I. 226
Cowley Grove, and General Van Cort-
landt, Middlesex, I. 226
Cowper, the poet, I. 34, 437, II. 267
Cowper, Mr. B. H., I. 448; discovery of an
ancient earthwork by, 447; on the Isle
of Dogs, 534-539, 542; on the history
of Millwall, 536-547, 538, 548

Cox, Mr. Serjeant, Recorder of Ports-
mouth, I. 284

Coxe, Rev. A. C., on Hampton Court
Palace, I. 158

Crab, Robert, the English hermit, I. 240
Crack-nut Sunday, II. 305

Cran, or Crane, The river, I. 44,195,196, 197
Cranbrook Park, Ilford, I. 497
Crane, Sir Francis, II. 436, 437
Cranford, Middlesex; the bridge; the
manor-house and the Berkeley family;
population, I. 196; descent of the
manor; Cranford House; the parish
church; monuments and tablets;
famous rectors, 197

Cranmer, Archbishop, II. 164; his alleged
descendants, 526, 527
Cranstoun, Lord, I. 191

Cranworth, Lord, II. 112, 116
Crawford, Charles, the poet, II. 375
Cray, The river, II. 50, 51, 56, 63, 65
Crays, The, Kent, II. 51; origin of the
name, 56; Hughson's reference to Cray-
ford; great battle between Saxons and
Britons; Roman remains, 57; descent
of Earde manor; Howbury; Sir Cloudes-
ley Shovel; manufactories, 58; popula-
tion; Church of St. Paulinus; tomb-
stones; North Cray, 59; Vale Mascal ;
the Marquis of Londonderry, 60, 61;
St. James's parish church; the parish
registers; Ruxley; Foot's Cray; Hugh-
son's account of, 62; St. Paul's Cray;
St. Mary Cray; the church; the railway

station, 63; restoration of the church;
Orpington, 64; its early history; the
parish church; the hop gardens, 67;
hop picking, 68; a group of hop pickers,
69, 70

Crewe, Sir Clipesby, I. 60
Cricklewood, Middlesex, I. 225

Crisp, an historian of Richmond, II. 364,
369, 378

Crispe, Sir Nicholas, II. 461
Crofton Hamlet, Orpington, Kent, II.
66

Croker, Right Hon. J. W., II. 282
Cromwell, Oliv. r. I. 14, 33, 153, 154, 388,
389, 390, 391, II. 471, 472, 473; his
supposed residence at Burroughs, West
Drayton, I. 207

Cross House, Ealing, I. 22

Crossness Point, Il. 35, 39, 40; the main
drainage outfall, 39

Crowley, Sir Ambrose, alderman, II. 527
Crown" inn, Uxbridge, I. 232

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Croydon, Surrey; its situation; extent of
the parish; history of the manor, II. 149;
etymology of name, 151; discovery of
coins, 151, 152; historical associations,
152; the old and new churches of St.
John the Baptist; destruction and re-
building, 153; monuments and epitaphs,
154, 155; mural painting in the church,
155; the parish registers, 156; storms;
Dr. Cleiver and the highwayman, 157:
present condition of the Archbishop's
palace; "standing houses" of the Arch-
bishops of Canterbury in former times,
158 early history of Croydon Palace;
its situation and extent; fish-ponds,
&c.; the great hall, 159, 160; the guard-
chamber, 160, 161; the chapel, 161;
biographical sketches of successive Arch-
bishops of Canterbury who resided at
Croydon, 161, 163 165; Whitgift's
Hospital, 165; its foundation in Eliza-
beth's reign; curious discovery on the
site; sum expended in building the
hospital, 166; Whitgift's instructions
concerning the charity; description of
the building, 167; biographical sketch
of Whitgift, 168, 169; present adminis-
tration of the charity, 169, 170; Whit-
gift's schools; the "Swan and
Crown Hotels; Davy's almshouses;
Smith's, or the little almshouses;
Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution;
Croydon General Hospital, 170; charita-
ble bequests to the poor; colliers, or
charcoal-burners, 171; the "saucy col
lier of Croydon and the devil "; refer.
ences to the colliers of Croydon by early
playwrights; description of Croydon in
the reign of Elizabeth; its present ap-
pearance; an ancient mill, 172; the
Bourne brook; the town becomes in-
corporated; markets and fairs; census
returns, 173; railway communication;
the first iron tramway, 174, 175; sanitary
condition of Croydon, 175, 176; the
Town Hall; the market-house; public
hall, &c.; breweries and manufactories;
Croydon Union; the barracks; churches
and chapels, 176; the cemetery; schools;
coursing meetings; a souvenir of the old
coaching times, 177; inns; noted resi-
dents; subordinate manors of Croydon,
178, 179, 180
Croydon Palace; its present condition and
early history, II. 158-161; Archbishops
of Canterbury who lived there, 161–165
Crystal Palace, The, II, 98
Cucking-stool, Use of the, II. 300, 302
Cuddington, Cheam; Nonsuch Palace
erected here, II. 230, 511
Cumberland, Duke of, the

170

butcher," I.

Cumberland, Duke of, son of George III.;
attempt to assassinate him, II. 407, 408;
his son, the blind king, 408

Cumberland, the actor; his son Richard,

I. 134

Curtis, Alderman Sir William, I. 346
Cussans, Mr., the historian, I. 308, 309,
310, 312, 395, 560, 563

D

Dagenham, Essex, I. 496; its extent and
boundaries; population; the village;
the parish church; monuments and
brasses, 527; Parslowes; Valence; the
"Chequers" inn; Dagenham Breach,
528; repair of the breach, 527; dis-
covery of a "moorlog," 530; the river
walls of the Thames, 530, 531; Dagen-
ham Lake; proposed conversion into a
dock; failure of the scheme, 532; origin
of the Ministerial whitebait dinner, 532,
533; remains of submerged trees, II. 39
Dalhousie, Lord, I. 262, 269
Damer, Hon. Mrs., the sculptress, I. 89,

90, 114; Strawberry Hill her abode for
several years; list of her sculptures, 120
Dance, James, the actor, II. 360
Dancer, Daniel, the miser of Harrow

Weald, I. 271, 272; some account of,
272, 273

Dancer's Hill, South Mimms, I. 317
Danes, Defeat of the, at Brentford, by
Edmund Ironside, I. 32
Daniel, the poet, I. 86

Danson Park, Welling, Kent, Hughson's
description, II. 53

Dartford Heath, Kent, ii. 51
Darwin, Charles, the philosopher, II. 113,

119-121

Dawley Court, Harlington, Middlesex;
its successive owners; Lord Boling-
broke's ownership, I. 201, 227; Voltaire
and Pope's visits here; Disraeli's ac-
count of Bolingbroke, 202; the place
now a brick-field, 203, 227

Dawley village, Middlesex; its other
names, I. 199

Day, Daniel, and the Fairlop Oak, I. 492
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Dead Man's Bottom," Hadley, Middle-
sex, I. 328

"Dead Men's Graves," Brentford, I. 33
Deaf, Colleges for teaching the, Ealing,
I. 22

Deanery, A layman holding a, I. 58
Debden Hall, Loughton, I. 449

De Bohuns, The family of the, I. 351, 352,
364

Decker, Sir Matthew, II. 364

Dee, Dr., the astrologer, I. 118, Il. 336,
428, 433-436

De Foe, Daniel, I. 292, II. 529, 536, 537
Delaval, Sir James, how he obtained pre-

cedency before the Duke of Somerset, I. 80
Demainbray, Dr. Stephen, astronomer,
I. 218

Denham, near Uxbridge, I. 237, 244, 247
Denham, Sir John, the poet, I. 191, II.

332, 373, 375; his father and Pope, 191
Dennies, The, of Waltham, I. 410, 411,
412, 413, 414

Denton, Sir Alexander, the judge, I. 22
Depôt Barracks, Woolwich, II. 30
De Quincey on highwaymen, I. 67, 68
Derby, Present Earl of, II. 113; General
Burgoyne's marriage to the daughter of
a former earl, 218, 219; Lord Derby
acquires the fee-simple of "The Oaks";
Charles Greville's description of the
Earl, 220

Derby, Countess Dowager of, temp. Eliza-
beth, I. 244, 245

Derby, Countess of, Milton's friend, I. 248
Derby Stakes, Institution of the, II. 264,265
Derby, Winning horses of the, II. 265;
anecdotes of the Derby, 265-267
Desmond, Earl of, and Osterley Park, I.

42

Devonshire, Christian, Countess of, II.
464, 465

Devonshire Cottage, Richmond; its resi-
dents, II. 374

Devonshire, Duke of, I. 5, 7

Dial Square, Woolwich Arsenal, II. 22
Diamond, Dr. Hugh, I. 93

Diana's Dyke, Ewell, II. 238, 242
Dibdin, Charles, the sea-poet, I. 21, 138
Dickens, Charles, I. 34, 56, 93, 94, 176,
322, 328, 449, 451, 453-457, II. 260,
329, 332

Disraeli, Benjamin, I. 468, II. 282
Disraeli, Isaac, I. 348, 362
Ditton Marsh, Esher, II. 285
Docks, The; river pirates on the Thames,
I. 556-559; number of vessels entering
the port of London in a week in 1883, 556
Dodd, Dr., I. 22

Doddridge, Judge, I. 191

Dodsley, the bookseller, I. 71, 82, 108
Doggett's coat and badge, Race for, II. 445
Dogs, Isle of; origin of the name of, I. 534;
Mr. Cowper on the, 535-538; acreage
of the Isle of Dogs, 538; geology of, 538,
539; early history of, 539; ferries across
the Thames to the Isle of Dogs, 541,
542; Pepys' difficulty, 541
Dogs, Pope's fondness for, I. 101, 102
Dollis Hill House, Willesden, I. 225
Donne, Dr., the poet, I. 93, II. 528
Dorman's or Domer's Well, Southall, I. 218
Downe, Kent, II. 118; Darwin, the natu-
ralist, 119-121; Downe Hall, his resi-
dence; manor of Downe Court, 121; Sir
John Lubbock, 122; Cudham, or Cood-
ham; the church; the route from Keston,
123

Drake, Sir Francis, II. 287

Draper, William, son-in-law of John Evelyn;
Addiscombe House rebuilt by, II.136, 137
Drayton Green, Ealing, I. 205
Drayton, Michael, author of the "Polyol-
bion," I. 86, 363, 559, 560, II. 280
Drinking-fountain at Brentford, I. 37
Drummond, The family of, I. 299
Drury, Rev. Dr., head master of Harrow
School, I. 263, 267, 268

Dryden, the poet, I. 94, 104, II. 528
Du Cane, Sir Edmund, II. 316
Ducarel, Dr., the historian of Croydon,
II. 151, 158, 159, 163, 170

Ducie, Lady, Menagerie of, at Osterley
Park, I. 43

Duck, Rev. Stephen, librarian to Queen
Caroline, II. 346, 348, 350, 405, 406
Dudding Hill railway station, Middlesex,
I. 223

Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and Queen Eli-
zabeth, I. 474, 475.

Dudley, Sir Robert, II. 383

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Duke of Northumberland's River," Bed-
font, Middlesex, I. 195

Dunciad," Publication of the, I. 97, 98
Duncroft House, Staines, I. 191, 216
Duneira Cottage, Wimbledon, II. 488
Dunton House, Isleworth, I. 59
Duppa, Bishop; his almshouses, II.370,388
Duppas Hill, Croydon, II. 169, 182
Durants manor-house, Enfield; its history,
I. 373, 374

Durdans, Epsom, II. 243, 248, 249, 252,
257; its successive owners, 259
Durham, Earl of, II. 488
Duval, Claud, the highwayman, I. 67
Dyer, the poet, II. 182, 214
Dyrham Park, South Mimms; its owners,

I. 317

Dysart, Elizabeth, Countess of, II. 317 (see
Duchess of Lauderdale)

Dysart family, The, II. 320, 323, 329
Dyson, Jeremiah, clerk to the House of Com-
mons, I. 280

E

"Eagle" inn, Snaresbrook, I. 444, 472

Eagle Pond, Snaresbrook, I. 472, 473
Ealing; its various spellings; early history
of the manor; the parish church; its
vicars, 20; distinguished persons buried
in it; other churches and chapels, 21;
distinguished residents in the parish, 21,
22; the Great School, 22; Ealing Com-
mon; Fordhook House; its celebrated
residents; the "Old Hat" tavern, 23
Ealing Dean, I. 20, 21

Ealing Great School; celebrated persons
educated there, I. 22

Ealing House; its successive owners, I. 21
Ealing Grove, I. 21

East Barnet, Middlesex, I. 320, 329:
Lyonsdown; population; St. Mary's
Church, 330; the Boys' Farm Home,
331; the Clock House; Cat's Hill, 331;
Oak Hill Park; Belmont, 332

East Bedfont, Middlesex, I. 195
Eastbury House, Barking, I. 524, 527
Eastcote, or Ascot, Ruislip, Middlesex,
I. 243

East End, Finchley, I. 338, 339
Easter sepulchres, I. 200, 224
East Ham, Essex; descent of the manor;
a curious custom, I. 513; railway sta-
tions; extent and population: St. Mary
Magdalen's Church; monuments; other
churches; charitable bequests, 514; Pla-
shet House; Green-street House, or
"Anne Boleyn's Castle"; its present
uses; the Metropolitan Northern High
Level Sewer; East Ham Level; the
Beckton gas-works, 515

East India Docks, The, I. 554, 555; their
amalgamation with the West India
Docks, 554

East Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, II. 27
East Lodge, Enfield; its owners; Lord
Chatham and the miller, I. 368
East London Cemetery, I. 511
East London Waterworks Company, I. 470,
566; quantity supplied annually, 566
East Molesey, Surrey; its population; the
parish church; its monumental tablets,
II. 281; descent of the manor, 282; the
Spa"; Kemp's Eyot, or Ait, 283
East Wickham, Kent; descent of the
manor; the church; a curious fresco
painting, II. 40

"Eclipse,"The race-horse, I. 294.295. II.264
Economic Museum, Twickenham; de-
stroyed by fire, I. 77

Eden Farm, Beckenham; Lord Auck-
land, II. 105

Eden, Mr. William, afterwards Lord
Auckland; some account of, II. 105
Eden Park, Beckenham, II. 124
Edgware, I. 277, 297; situation and
boundaries; general appearance; the

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Chandos Arms," 284; etymology of
Edgware; descent of the manor; the
market; curious local customs; the
parish church, 285; monuments and
brasses; almshouses; railway station;
population; Edgware races; Little Stan-
more, or Whitchurch; acreage and popu-
lation; early history of the manor:
Canons, 286; the family of the Lakes;
James Brydges, afterwards Duke of
Chandos (see Canons, Chandos); the
race-horse Eclipse," 295; Whitchurch
parish church; tomb of the "Harmonious
Blacksmith"; almshouses, 296
Edgware Bois, manor of, I. 285
Edmonton, Middlesex; Johnny Gilpin's
ride, I. 347

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Edward VI. at Enfield, I. 353; at Hamp-
ton Court, I. 149, 164
Edwards, the actor, II. 361

Eel-pie Island, Twickenham; the Eel-pie
House, I. 75

Egerton, Lord Keeper, I. 244, 245, 247
Egham, Cooper's Hill; Sir John Denham,
the poet; the Indian Civil Engineering
College, I. 191

Egmont, Earl of, II. 217
Eldridge, Henry, the painter, I. 306
Elections for Middlesex, I. 37, 38, 39

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Electric telegraph, Early days of the, I. 28
Elephantine remains at Ilford, I. 499-501
Elgin, Lord, the ambassador, I. 269
Elizabeth, Queen, and Sir Thomas Gres-
ham, I. 41; her dislike of Lady Mary
Grey, 42; her visits to Hanworth Park,
69, 70; her promise to Henry Carey,
150; her residence at Hampton Court;
her Maids of Honour; her style of living
at Hampton, 152; portrait of, 167;
supposed verses by, 168; her visits to
Harefield, 244, 245; her visits to Enfield,
351, 353, 354; her palace at Enfield,
353, 354, 358, 360; her love of hunting,
364; at Theobalds, 377; at Epping,
433; at Scadbury, II. 81, 82; at Croy-
don, 149, 160, 164, 183, 236; her visits
to the Carews at Beddington, 189, 190,
197, 236; at Nonsuch, 229, 234, 235,
236, 237, 238, 298; at Richmond, 335;
her residence there, 336; her closing
days; her death, 337; Essex's ring, 338;
her habits at Richmond, 338, 339; her
burial; discovery of some of her dresses,
339; the queen and Dr. Dee, 435; at
Barn Elms, 459; at Wimbledon, 473;
at Mitcham, 528
Ellenborough, Earl of, II. 465

Ellis, Alderman, Lord Mayor of London,
I. 428

Ellis, Dr., superintendent of Hanwell
Lunatic Asylum, I. 27

Ellis, Hon. Mrs., monument to, II. 287
Ellis, Welbore (afterwards Lord Mendip),

I. 109

Elm Grove, Ealing, I. 23
Elmer's End, Beckenham, II. 100
Elstree, Middlesex, I. 284, 286, 297, 302,
303, 312; situation of the village, 302;
etymology of Elstree; the manor and
manor - house of Elstree Hall; St.
Nicholas' parish church; burial-places of
Martha Ray and William Weare; the
Female Orphans' Home, 303; Elstree
Hill House; Elstree reservoir; water-
courses; pudding-stone, 304
Elsynge Hall, Enfield, I. 352, 359; its
early history, 359, 360, 361
Elsynge manor, Enfield, I. 375
Eltham, Kent, II. 7, 8, 32, 34, 51
Elwes, John, the famous miser, I. 271, 449
Emfield Lodge, Southall, I. 216
Enfield, Middlesex; general description
of the parish, I. 347, 348; situation and
boundaries, 348 parochial divisions,
349; the town and principal streets;
Enfield Court; the New River; Enfield
Highway; Enfield Wash, 350; railway
stations; census returns; historical remi-
niscences; the barony of Enfield; ety-
mology; descent of the manor, 351;
fairs and markets; site of the old manor-
house; Camlet Moat; Oldbury, 352;
Edward VI. at Enfield; the palace, 353,
354; Dr. Uvedale; the market-place,
355; St. Andrew's Church; its monu-
ments, 356; brasses and epitaphs; the
vicarage; the Free Grammar School;
Schools of Industry; John Keats' school-
days; charitable institutions, 357; Old
Park; Chase Park; Chase Side House;
Enfield Green; Little Park; Beycullah
Park; Enfield races; churches and
chapels, 358; other churches; the ceme-
tery; Forty Hall; Elsynge Hall, 359;
Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth,
360; Anne, Countess of Pembroke ;
Myddelton House, 361; Gough Park;
distinguished residents; beautiful women
of Enfield, 363

Enfield Chase, I. 328, 347, 349; general
description of a chase, 363; form and
extent of Enfield Chase, 363. 364; its

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early history; the last of the Staffords,
Dukes of Buckingham; description of
Enfield Chase in 1779; the Princess
Elizabeth as a hunter; James I. at En-
fid Chase, 364; a portion of the Chase
aaded to Theobalds; seizure of the
Chase by the Commonwealth; sale of
portions of it; Macaulay's account of
Enfield Chase; Evelyn's visit; the Chase
re-stocked with deer by Charles II. ; the
Chase used as a sheep-walk, 365; punish-
ment for cutting down and destroying
trees in the Chase; its final enclosure,
366; officers belonging to the Chase;
Camlet Moat, the supposed seat of the
Chief Forester's Lodge; Trent Park,
367; Beech Hill Park; the East Lodge;
Chase Lodge, Hill Lodge, and Clays-
more; the Roman road; Cock Fosters,
368; dangers of the roads in former
times; White Webbs House; the Gun-
powder Plot, 369; the "King and the
Tinker," 370, 371

Enfield Court; Colonel Somerset, I. 350
Enfield Green, I. 358

Enfield Highway, I. 349, 350, 351; posi-
tion and extent; population; the Lower
North Road, 371; Mr. Spencer and his
bride; Matthew Prior and John Morley;
St. James's Church; Ponder's End; St.
Matthew's Church; Lincoln House, 372;
Durants; Sir Thomas Wrothe, 373;
the Manor of Suffolks; Enfield Wash,
374; the story of Elizabeth Canning,
"Mother Wells," and the gipsy Squires;
Roselands; Elsynge Manor; the River
Lea, 375; Bull's Cross; Capels, 376
Enfield House, I. 353

Enfield Small-arms Factory, I. 351, 371;
history of the rifle, 395; situation of the
Small-arms Factory, 396; particulars of
its establishment, 397, 398; extent of
the buildings; perfection of the ma-
chinery, 399

Enfield Wash, I. 349, 350, 351, 359, 374
Epitaphs, Curious, I. 76, 248, 280, 357,
II. 59, 107, 154, 155, 192, 202, 226, 251,
304, 404

Epping, Parish and town of, I. 422, 423
Epping Forest, I. 349; primeval_con-

dition of the forest, as the Great Forest
of Essex, 423, 424; gradual diminution
of the forest; forest charters of King
John and Henry III., 424; laws for the
regulation of the forest; a quaint oath ;
Lord Warden, Steward, and other
officers of the forest; the Swainmote
Court and Court of Justice Seat, 425;
extent of the forest in the Middle Ages,
426; present form of the forest; dis-
posal of the Crown rights in the forest;
encroachments by lords of manors; the
popular forest champions, 428; battle
of the commoners with the lords of
manors; Parliamentary scheme for the
preservation of the forest; the matter
taken up by the Corporation of London,
429; the case settled by arbitration;
dedication of Epping Forest to the
"free use of the people, 430; the
science of forestry; the deer of the
forest, 431, 432; present condition and
general appearance of the forest, 433,
434; situation and boundaries of Seward-
stone; High Beech Green; St. Paul's
Church, 435; Fairmead Lodge; Sotheby
and Tennyson; residents at High Beech;
Fairmead House; John Clare, the poet;
High Beech Hill; the Robin Hood
and
King's Oak"; Harold's Oak,"
436; Queen Victoria's Wood; Lappitt's
Hill; Bury Wood and Hawk Wood;
Chingford, 437; its etymology; extent
and boundaries; manor of Chingford
St. Paul, 438; manor of Chingford
Earls; Friday Hill; Buckrills; a sin-
gular tenure, 439; census returns ;

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Chingford old church; the Ordnance
Survey obelisk; Queen Elizabeth's lodge,
440; the "Royal Forest Hotel"; Con-
naught Water; recent improvements in
the forest, 441; Connaught Water and
other lakes; Buckhurst Hill; its ety-
mology; census returns; the railway
station; St. John's Church; the Con-
gregational church; Langford Place;
Essex Naturalists' and Field Club, 442;
the Epping Hunt, 443-446; the "Bald-
faced Stag," 446; the Roebuck";
Loughton; its situation; census
turns; descent of the manor; the Hall;
St. Nicholas' Church; brasses, 447;
St. John's Church; Staple Hill; the
'lopping process; discovery of an
ancient earthwork; Loughton Camp,
448; Debden Hall; Theydon Bois, 449
Epping Hunt, The, I. 432, 435, 436, 495;
account of the hunt of 1826, 443-445;
adventures of a Mr. Huggins, 445, 446
Epsom, Surrey; situation of the town;
railway communication; etymology of
its name; Ebba, a Saxon queen, II.
242; mention of the parish in Domes-
day Book"; descent of the manor; the
manors of Horton and Bretgrave; the
medicinal spring of Epsom; Epsom
salts; the town becomes a fashionable
resort; postal communication in the
seventeenth century, 243; improvement
at the Wells; public breakfasts and
amusements, 244; Epsom society at
the beginning of the last century, 244,
245; watering-places in and near Lon-
don in the seventeenth century, 246;
discovery of the mineral waters at Ep-
som; the properties of the waters; the
rise of Epsom from an obscure village to
a fashionable watering-place, 247; Ep-
som in the time of Charles II. ; a royal
visit; Lady Castlemaine, 248; Epsom
in the reign of Queen Anne; decline of
Epsom's popularity; the saline waters,
249; Mrs. Mapp, the bone-setter; de-
scription of the town of Epsom, 250;
the inns and hotels; the court-house
and other public buildings; the assembly
rooms; the parish church; its monu-
ments, 251; other churches and chapels;
almshouses; Royal Medical Benevolent
College, 252; Pit Place, 253; Lord
Lyttelton's ghost, 253-255; Horton
Place, 255, 256; Woodcote House, 256;
Woodcote Park; Ashtead, 257; Dur-
dans, 257, 259

Epsom races; the popularity of the
"Derby"; a description of Mr. Frith's
picture of 'Derby Day," 260; the
Grand Stand; the company on the
Downs; the race, 261; scenes and
humours of the course and the road
between London and Epsom, 261, 262;
origin of the term "Blue Riband" of
the turf, 262; early history of horse-
racing; introduction of racing on Ban-
stead Downs, 263; popularity of racing,
264; institution of the "Derby" and

Oaks" stakes, 264, 265; the races
patronised by royalty; list of winning
horses since 1830; Derby anecdotes,
265, 266; Count La Grange and Gladia-
teur; Bend Or; Eclipse; Charles Gre-
ville's character of Epsom races, 266;
silence of English poets with respect to
horse-racing, 267; retrospective view of
the Derby, 267, 268; plunging; the
races and electric telegraphy, 268; suc-
cessful jockeys, 269; Martin F. Tupper
on Epsom Downs, 270, 271
Epsom salts, II. 243, 246, 247
Erith, Kent; its situation, and derivation
of its name; descent of the manor; a
Saxon law-suit, II. 41; St. John's
Church; its monuments, 42, 43; the
town, 43; census returns; chapels and

schools; Erith formerly a maritime
port; historical incidents; the pier and
public gardens, 44; discoveries of geo-
logical remains; Erith marshes; powder
magazines; explosion of a magazine
Belvedere, 45; owners of the mansion ;
the Royal Alfred Institution for Aged
Merchant Seamen; the village of Belve-
dere, 46; All Saints' Church; Abbey
Wood; Lesnes Abbey, 47; some ac-
count of the abbey, 48, 49; Bostall
Heath, 50

Erith Marshes, II. 45

Ermine Street, Roman road, Enfield, I.
368, 371, 385, II. 152
Esher, Surrey; its situation and etymology;
the railway station, II. 285; the manor
of Sandon, now called Sandown ; San-
don Hospital or Priory; Sandown race-
course; the Travellers' Rest"; Anna
Maria and Jane Porter, 286; the old
parish church; Christ Church; Esher
Place; Wolsey's Tower, 287; its his-
torical associations, 288; the fall of
Wolsey, 289, 290; descent of the manor
of Esher; the Right Hon. Henry Pel-
ham; demolition of the mansion and
its re-erection, 291

Esher Place, Surrey, II. 287, 288, 291, 292
Essex, Earl of, II. 236, 237, 321, 452
Essex Field and Naturalists' Club, I. 442,
448

Etloe House, Leyton, I. 485

Evans, Dr., an historian of Richmond, II.
363, 376, 380, 384

Ewell, Surrey; situation and boundaries

of the parish; the " Spring" inn; the
Hog's-Mill, or Ewell River; the road
from Cheam to Ewell; description of
the village; sheep fair, II. 239; railway
stations; population; manufactories;
roads in the neighbourhood; Roman
remains; descent of the manor, 240;
the parish church; monuments and
brasses, 241; extract from the parish
register; Ewell Castle; Diana's Dyke ;
eminent residents, 242
Exe, The river, I. 177, 185

F

Fairfax, General, robbed by a highway-
woman, I. 65

Fairfax House, Chiswick; relics of Hogarth,
I. 5

Fairfield, Kingston, II. 312, 314
Fairlop Fair,
492, 494, 495

Fairlop Oak, The, I. 433, 492-495;
Daniel Day, 492-494; objects made
from it, 494; its size, 495.

Fairmead Plain, Epping Forest; William
Sotheby, poet; Fairmead House; John
Clare, poet, I. 436, 437, 442

Fairy Hill, Mottingham, Kent; singular
incident, II. 95

Farley, or Farleigh, Surrey; its etymology,
II. 146; the manor; the church; Far-
ley Court, 147

Farmer, the historian, I. 404, 406, 407
Farnaby family, The, II. 124, 125.
Farnborough, Kent; its situation, II. 116;
etymology; vegetable productions; the
"Woodman tavern; early history;
Farnborough Hall; Tubbendens, 118;
descent of the property; St. Giles'
Church; tablets; population; Green-
street Green and Knockholt Beeches, 118
Farnborough, Lord, II. 88, 93, 94, 117
Fellowes, Sir John, II. 202, 203.
Feltham; population of the parish; the

early manor; the parish church, I. 172;
Ryland, the engraver; Miss Kelly, the
actress; the Middlesex Industrial School
or Reformatory; the convalescent home;
the nunnery, 173
Fenton, the poet, I. 97

Ferrers, Earl, I. 93; his coach, 14
Field, George, art critic, I. 60
Fielding, Beau, II. 237

Fielding, Henry, the novelist, reminis-
cence of, I. 23, 139, 140, his Twicken-
ham residence; spelling of his ame,
93

Finchley, Middlesex, I. 280; situation and
extent; descent of the manor; the old
manor-house; noted residents; Church
End; population, I. 338; races; St.
Mary's Church; monuments and brasses;
rectors; Major Cartwright, political re-
former; Christ's College; East End
hamlet; churches and chapels, 339; the
"Old White Lion" public-house or
"Dirt House"; Marylebone, St. Pan-
cras, and Islington cemeteries; churches
and chapels; Finchley Common; its
extent; encampments and reviews, 340;
highwaymen; "Turpin's Oak"; the
"Green Man" tavern; capture of Jack
Sheppard; the life of a highwayman, 341
Firs, The, Woodford, I. 464
Fitzhardinge-Berkeley, Hon. Thos. More-
ton, I. 197

Fitzwilliam House, Richmond, II. 363;
Sir Matthew Decker; Lord Fitzwilliam,
364

Flambards manor-house, Harrow, Mid-
dlesex, I. 254

Flaxman, the sculptor, I. 279, 485, II.
154, 251, 287

Flora of Epping Forest, I. 431, 432

Flower, Alderman Sir Charles, I. 281
Flowerpot Gate, Hampton Court Palace,
I. 168

Foley, the sculptor, I. 358

Football, Playing of, on Shrove Tuesday,
at Twickenham, I. 79

Foote, the comedian, I. 139, 141
Foot's Cray, Kent, II. 54, 55, 56, 82, 101;
All Saints' Church; brasses and monu-
ments; Foot's Cray Place; the Vansit-
tart family, 62; origin of the name, 63
Ford Hall, Ealing, I. 21

Ford, Mr., the historian of Enfield, I. 346,
349, 351, 352, 353, 358, 360, 362, 363,
365, 369, 370, 372
Fordhook House, Ealing, I. 23
Forest Gate; taverns and tea-gardens;
churches, I. 505

Forest of Surrey, Former great, II. 153
Forrest, Mr., designer of garden improve-
ments at Sion House and Frogmore, I.
55, 56

Fortescue House, Twickenham, I. 77, 80
Forty Hall, Enfield; the manor-house of
Worcesters, I. 349, 359, 360, 361
Forty Hill, Enfield, I. 349, 350. 351, 359,361
Fountain Court, The, Hampton Court
Palace, I. 164

44

Four Swans Inn," The, Waltham Cross,
I. 393

Fox, Charles James, I. 184, II. 488
Fox Grove, Beckenham, II. 101, 106
Fox Hall, Enfield, I. 350
Frayswater, The River, I. 233
Freake, Sir Charles, I. 77

Free Grammar School, Kingston; early
history of St. Mary's Chapel, II. 310, 311;
eminent persons educated here, 311, 312
Freeman, the historian, II. 149
Frere, John Hookham, II. 215
Frere, Sir Bartle, II. 489

Friar's (or Prior's) Place Farm, Acton, I.
9, 14, 16
Friern Barnet, Middlesex, I. 329,330,335,
337. 342; the manor; its descent, 336;
St. James's Church, 337; almshouses;
the new church, 338
Frith, the artist, II. 260
Frognal Manor, Chislehurst, II. 80, 81, 82
Frowkyes, The family of the, I. 317, 338
Fuller, Dr. Thomas, the historian, I. 197,
329, 373, 403, 406, 410, 412, 413. II. 152,
168, 178, 199, 245, 246, 334, 335.430, 478

Fust, Sir Herbert Jenner. II. 80
Fynes-Clinton, Mr. H., story of his great-
great-grandfather, 1. 237

G

Gade, The river, I. 233

Gainsborough, the painter, I. 458. II.

400--404

Gale, the antiquarian, I. 275, II. 152, 495
Galley Hill, Waltham, I. 417
Galley Wood, Waltham, I. 417
Gardens, The, Hampton Court Palace, L
168; the vine, 170

Garrick, David, actor, I. 36, 137, 278, II.

360, 361, 363; his early career and mar-
riage. I. 137; the jubilee of Shakespeare;
his death, 138; anecdotes of, 138--140;
his widow, 137, 138, 140; lines by Gar-
rick, 137-139; his nephew, 134
Garrick's Villa, Hampton, I. 136; its
preservation intact, 140, 141

Garrow, Dr., the historian of Surrey, IL
153. 178

Garth, the physician, I. 96, 97, II. 292
Garth family, The, II. 513, 514

Gay, the poet, I. 34, 97, 100, II. 267, 302,

317, 323, 373, 383, 384

Gay's Summer-house, Ham; Dr. Charles
Mackay on, II. 327, 328

Gaynesford family, The, II. 202, 203
George I., I. 156, 168

George II., I. 14, 156; his fondness for
Kew and Brentford, 32; anecdotes of,
II. 344. 345, 390, 391

George III., Anecdotes of, I. 17, 39, 135.

168, II. 341, 393, 394, 400, 404, 405;
his early seclusion, II. 391; death of
his grandfather, 392; his long residence
at Kew, 392; his insanity, 393
George IV., Education of, II. 398
'George" inn, Wanstead, I. 480; the
cherry pie, 481

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George" inn, Uxbridge, I. 232
George Lane, Woodford, I. 459

Geraldine, "The fair," I. 149, 150, 162, 167
Gibbets, The, on Hounslow Heath, L.65,66
Gibbon, the historian, II. 105, 312
Gibbons, Grinling, the sculptor, I. 479.

498, II. 257

Gibbs, Sir Vicary, II. 107, 110

Gibbs, Mr., of Aldenham House, Middle-
sex, I. 303, 309, 310
Gibbons, Sir John, I. 194

Gifford, William, the editor, II. 487
Gifford, Lord, II. 467

Gill's Hill, Radlett, I. 303. 311
Gilpin, the author of
Forest Scenery,"

I. 495. 498, II. 229. 433
Gilpin's (John) ride, I. 347, 384
Gilray, the caricaturist, II. 498
Gipsies, Queen of the, II. 10I
Girtin, the artist, II. 9, 10
Gladsmore Heath, I. 325; the battle of
Barnet, 328

Glyn, The family of, I. 299
Godolphin, Mrs. Margaret, I. 93
Goff's Lane, Cheshunt, I. 386

Goff's Oak, I. 386, 393, 394; the "Green
Man" inn. 394

Golder's Green, Hendon, Middlesex; the
"White Swan," I. 280

Golding's Hill, Loughton, I. 447

Goldsmid, Mr. Abraham, financier, II

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Graham, Sir Robert, Exchequer Baron,
II. 306

Grammar School, Barnet; its history, I.
321, 322; Charles Dickens on, 322
Grammont, Count de, II. 461
Grand Junction Canai, I. 24, 29, 36, 206,
208, 215, 217, 230, 233, 243, 244, 248
Grand Stand, Epsom, 11. 260, 261
Gray, the poet, II. 250

Grays, The family of the, Wembley, Mid-
dlesex, I. 274

"Great Eastern" steam-ship, The, I. 544
-546

Great Eastern Railway, I. 351, 371, 384,
404. 442, 447. 459, 485, 488, 507, 508
Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace, I. 154,
161-164; theatrical entertainments held :
in, 163, 164

Great Ilford, I. 496

Great Northern Cemetery, 1. 345
Great Northern Railway, 1. 286, 316, 320,
329, 335, 346, 351, 358, 394 395
Great Stanmore, Middlesex; Brockley
Hill, the supposed Roman Sulloniaca;
discovery of Roman antiquities; the
great forest of Middlesex; "Domesday"
notices of Stanmore, I. 297; descent of
the manor; the village; Stanmore Hill;
population; the Bernays Memorial In-
stitute; St. John the Evangelist's Church,
298; tablets and memorials; Stanmore
Park; its different owners; Bentley
Priory, 299; its subsequent history, 300;
Lord Abercorn owns the priory; then
the property of the Marquis of Aber-
corn; then leased by Queen Adelaide ;
then purchased by Sir John Kelk, 301;
Stanmore Hall and other residences;
the Bowling Green, 302
Green, Matthew, the poet, II. 350
Greenfield Common, Laleham; supposed
Roman camp near, I. 182
Greenford, Middlesex; various names given
to the place, I. 218; its etymology; the
old manor; the parish church; the chan-
cel, 219; monuments and inscriptions;
its rectors; Greenford Green, 220
Greenford Magna, I. 218, 219, 220
Greenford Parva, I. 218, 220, 221
Greenhill, Middlesex, I. 271

Gresham, Sir Thomas, and Osterley Park,

1. 41
Grey, Lady Mary, sister of Lady Jane, I.
42; her imprisonment in Osterley Park, ib.
Grime's Dyke, Harrow Weald, I. 270
Grindal, Archbishop, II. 154, 165
Grote, the historian of Greece, II. 104
Grottoes, Addison on, I. 107
Grove House, Chiswick, I. 5
Grove House, Woodford, I. 464
Grove Park, Chiswick, I. 7, 16
Guard Chamber, Hampton Court Palace,
I. 165

Guido, the painter, I. 477
Guilford, Countess of, II. 485
Gumley House, Isleworth, I. 58
Gumley, the glass manufacturer of Isle-
worth; marriage of his daughter to the
Earl of Bath, I. 58

Gunnersbury, I. 7, 17, 20; its former resi-
dents, 17; geological excavations made
at, 32

Gunnersbury Park, I. 17; its distinguished
residents, 17, 18; pictures in, 18
Gunning, General; the "Gunning beau-
ties," I. 93

Gunnings, The Miss, I. 93, 166
Gunpowder mills, Hounslow; explosions
of the, I. 68

Gustavus IV. of Sweden at Hampton
Court, I. 157

Gwydir, Lord, II. 100, 101, 104, 106, 181

H

Hacket, Bishop of Lincoln, formerly rector
of Cheam, II. 222, 225, 227

GENERAL INDEX.

Hackman, Rev. James, I. 303
Hadley, Middlesex, I. 320; etymology;
descent of the manor, 327; Hadley
Green; the village and common; Hadley
Wood; Gladsmore Heath, or Monken
Mead; Dead Man's Bottom; St. Mary's
Church, Hadley, 328; two historic trees;
the Priory; almshouses; noted residents;
population, 329

Hadley Common, Barnet, I. 349, 366; the
Battle of Barnet, 319

Hadley Green, Middlesex, I. 316, 327, 328
Hainault Forest, I. 349, 423, 424, 426, 427,
433, 450, 457; its situation, boundaries,
and extent, 489; etymology; its owner-
ship by the Abbey of Barking; it passes
to the Crown; its subsequent disposal;
disafforested; the hamlet of Barking
Side; census returns, 490; Holy Trinity
Church; Dr. Barnardo's Homes for
Friendless Children; the "
Maypole"

inn. 491; the Fairlop Oak and Fairlop
Fair, 491, 492, 493. 494, 495
Hale End, Walthamstow, I. 465
Hale, Sir Matthew, I. 11, 12, 13, 15
Hales, Dr. Stephen, incumbent of Ted-

dington, Pope's friendship for, I. 128
Halfway Street, Bexley, II. 50, 51, 54
Haling, Croydon, II. 152, 173, 179; dis-
tinguished residents at Haling House,

179

Hall, Mr. S. C., the author, II. 286
Hall Place, Bexley, II. 51, 56
Ha'l, The, Loughton, I. 447
Hall Ville, Plaistow, I. 510
Hallam, Henry, the historian, II. 110
Hallam, Mrs. Anne, actress, II. 528
Hallet, the cabinet-maker, and purchaser
of Canons estate, I. 294
Halliday, Sir Andrew, physician, I. 141
Halliford, Middlesex, I. 176
Ham, Surrey; situation, II. 316; boun-
daries of Ham-with-Hatch; etymology;
descent of the manor; Anne of Cleves;
John Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale, and
Lady Dysart; Ham House; Leigh Hunt's
description, 317; the avenue of elms;
Tennyson's lines, 318; situation of the
house; Sir Thomas Vavasour, its buil-
der, 319; its successive owners; Lady
Dysart, afterwards Duchess of Lauder-
dale; the "Cabal" Ministry, 320; in-
terior of the house, 320, 321; members
of the Cabal, 321; death of the
Duchess of Lauderdale; the Duke of
Argyll and Greenwich; the gardens and
grounds; Horace Walpole's description
of a visit, 322; Queen Charlotte's im-
pression of the mansion; Lady Dysart,
Bishop Blomfield, and the Duke of
Clarence; Ham Walks, 323; the village
and church; Ham Common and the
National Orphan Home, 324

Ham House, II. 317; the avenue of elms;
the red-brick mansion, 318; said to be
built for Henry, Prince of Wales, 319;
its successive owners, 320; interior of
the mansion, 320, 321; Queen Charlotte's
impressions of the house, 323
Hamilton, Duchess of, I. 93. 166
Hamilton, Lady, and Lord Nelson, II.
519-524

Hammersmith Suspension Bridge, II. 457
Hammersmith turnpike trust, Value of the,
1. 29
Hampton, I. 132; early mention of the
place; Cardinal Wolsey's lease of the
place for Hampton Court; extent of the
manor; the parish church, 133; eminent
persons buried here; its parochial chari-
ties, 134; its inns and tavern signs, 134,
135; Hampton races; bridge across the
Thames; incident of a royal visit; the
Thames Angling Preservation Society,
135; the water supply from the Thames,
136; quantity taken from the river daily;
New Hampton; its churches; vicars of

Hampton; Garrick's villa; Hampton
House, 136; Angelo on Garrick's villa;
early days of Garrick, 137; his wife, 137,
138; a Shakespearian jubilee ; death of
Garrick; epigrams on him, 138; anec-
dotes of Garrick, 138-140; his widow;
present state of Garrick's villa, 140; Sir
Christopher Wren; other residents at
Hampton; Sir Richard Steele, 141;
Hampton Wick; Edward Wortley Mo.-
tagu, 142

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Hampton Court Palace; Cardinal Wo!-
sey's choice of a residence at, I. 142;
original copy of his lease, 142, 143; re-
building the manor-house; little of Wol-
sey's building now remains, 143; the
ancient building; curious items of the
wages of the workmen employed;
number of persons kept at Hampton by
Wolsey, 144; some account of Wolsey,
144, 145; his rapid advancement, 145;
his pomp and style of living; Dr. John-
son's character of Wolsey; the young
Lord Percy and Anne Boleyn, 146;
Anne Boleyn's dislike of Wolsey; Hamp-
ton Court presented to the king;
incident of Wolsey's wealth; Wolsey's
occasional residence at Hampton Court,
147; account of his feast here to the
French ambassadors, 147-149; Mr.
Howitt on Wolsey; Henry VIII.'s resi-
dence at Hampton Court for the rest of
his life; Edward VI.'s residence here,
149; the
'fair Geraldine," 149, 150;
Henry Carey and a woman's promise,
150, 151; Mary and Philip reside here;
the Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of
Savoy, 151; Mary's death, 151, 152;
Queen Elizabeth keeps Christmas at
Hampton; her Maids of Honour";
her style of living at Hampton Court,
152; James I. at home here, 153; re-
markable events transacted here; Charles
I.'s residence here, 153; Oliver Crom-
well's behaviour here, 153, 154; Charles
II. and Catharine of Braganza, 154,
155 James II. at Hampton Court;
William III. and Queen Mary's resi-
dence; the king's death, 155; Queen
Anne's occupation of the palace; George
I. and II. dislike the palace, 156; Miss
Chudleigh; Dr. Johnson's request for a
residence at Hampton Court; the Prince
of Orange's abode here; other residents
at the palace, 157; early reminiscences
of the palace, 158; description of the
building; the principal entrance; Wol-
sey's courts, 159; the Clock Tower
Court, 160; a curious time-piece, 160,
161; the Great Hall, 161-163; the
tapestry, 163; theatrical entertainments
given in the hall, 163, 164; the With-
drawing room; the Kitchen Court; the
Fountain Court, 164; the chapel, 164,
165; the State apartments, 165; the

Beauty" Room; the Tapestry Gallery,
166; the cartoons of Raffaele, 167; the
gardens, 168; the vine; the Wilderness
and maze; the Home Park; the Royal
Stud-house, 170; narrow escape of the
palace, 171

Hampton Court and East Moulsey, Bridge
connecting incident of a stag-hunt at,
I. 135; the railway station, II. 281
Hampton Green, I. 141
Hampton House, afterwards Garrick's
villa, I. 136; its preservation, 140, 141;
statue of Shakespeare in the garden,
137, 140

Hampton race-course, I. 135

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Hampton Wick, I. 142, 170; the parish
church, 142
Handel, the composer, and the Har-
monious Blacksmith," I. 284, 285.
296

Hanger Lane, Ealing, I. 21
Hanger Vale, Ealing, I. 21

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