Chapter LIX

If a grand and awe-inspiring finish to the Holyhead Road be sought, let the pilgrim, instead of making for the town, ascend the misty steeps of Holyhead Mountain, and make his rugged and circuitous way to the South Stack. The road runs past some peculiarly depressing outskirts, and by a long row of empty and forlorn cottages offered to be let at fourpence a week, and not finding tenants even at that modest sum. These desolate dwellings were built for the use of the men employed on the Holyhead Harbour Works, and have not been occupied since the Harbour was completed.

The South Stack, at the rocky edge of Holy Island, cannot be gained under four miles of wandering by winding roads across the heathery uplands: the way traced by whitewashed stones placed at intervals to mark the track in foggy weather. Long before the traveller gains the cliff’s edge, he will perhaps be suddenly overtaken by one of the sea fogs, and at last come to the place unawares. Then he may be grateful indeed for the strong breast-wall of masonry that saves the strayed visitor from walking over the precipices into the sea some five hundred feet below.

A sea-fog is a ghastly and chilling phenomenon, but in no other circumstances does the South Stack rock appear so impressive, or the fog-horn of its lighthouse seem so uncanny. As a light wind springs up and gradually clears away the fog, like clouds of white smoke, the first object looming in ghostly fashion out of the absolute void is the lighthouse lantern, apparently detached and swimming in air; while the strange bellowing, like that of a dyspeptic cow, that has been coming at half-minute intervals from some unknown quarter, is located from it. The distant wail, throbbing in a higher key across the invisible water, is the fog-horn on the Skerries.

As the fog gradually dies away, the lighthouse becomes revealed with the island rock it stands upon. This is the South Stack: a great mass of seamed and crannied rock torn off from the cliffs and standing as an island, itself rising to a height of 212 feet above high water, and looked down upon by sheer granite cliffs three hundred feet taller. In the narrow chasm below the sea dashes savagely in and out of the gloomy caverns, with a sound like muffled thunder. The grandeur and scale of this terrific scene—a fitting climax to all the varied scenery of the Holyhead Road—are not fully realised when looking down upon it. There, on the island rock, stands the white lighthouse, with whitewashed stone walls zigzagging along the verge of its cliffs, and forming a little compound where the store-houses and the cottages of the staff are situated; and the whole looks so neat and toy-like that its dimensions are not at first grasped. But when the slow and winding descent to it down the face of the cliff by 381 rude rocky steps has been cautiously accomplished, the awful savagery of the spot is realised. There may possibly be a few places on these coasts to approach the grimly bristling rocks of the South Stack in their wild beauty, but none can surpass them.

At the foot of the long descent, but still perched high above the fearful waves that even in calm weather run and recede, hissing and foaming, for a distance of thirty or forty feet up and down the face of the cliffs, is the entrance to a suspension-bridge hung from side to side of the channel. Before this was built, the only means of access was by a line and basket, followed at a little later period by a rope bridge; but the risk was so great that the present one, a miniature reproduction of the Menai Bridge was constructed.

Perhaps as remarkable a feature of this strange place as anything else to be seen is the vast concourse of sea-birds inhabiting the rocks—shags, penguins, guillemots, cormorants, sea-gulls, puffins, razor-bills, and even peregrine falcons, screaming and chattering loud enough to drown even the sound of the waves. The lighthouse-keepers and other observers tell how the gulls all migrate to other and warmer climes on or about every 12th of August, returning in a body about February 10th. The keepers state that in midst of the February night they are advised of the birds’ arrival by a great noise, as though it were a mutual greeting and cheering. These feathered inhabitants of the South Stack are under the protection of the Government, and are as useful to the Trinity House as any of the lighthouses, buoys, beacons, or fog-horns on the coast; their incredible numbers and deafening noise warning mariners just as effectually as any mechanical devices. As no sportsmen (so-called) are allowed to disturb the birds, they are wonderfully tame, and present an odd sight, row upon row of them perched upon the ledges like some vast and patient audience. The cliffs for long distances are populous with them, and one particularly noisy and turbulent place near the North Stack has acquired the name of the “Parliament House.”

Here, then, where the sea-birds scream and fly, on the rocky ramparts of this wild land, overlooking that broad belt of water known by choice either as St. George’s Channel or the Irish Sea, shall the Holyhead Road most fittingly end. From this outlook one may watch the great liners coming by, bound for America, or within an hour of ending their voyage at Liverpool, and may see the packets set forth or come in from Ireland. Whether Ireland itself, or that other Mona, known better by its modern name of the Isle of Man, can be seen, lying afar off, like cloudbanks upon the horizon, is a matter for the most favourable weather, the keenest eyesight, and the most robust faith to decide in the affirmative, or for scepticism to deny.

INDEX

Allesley, i. 301

Anglesey, Isle of, i. 20; ii. 288, 292–295, 320

—— Marquis of, i. 165; ii. 295–297, 313

Ashby St. Ledgers, i. 241–243, 251

Atcham, ii. 89–91

Atherstone, i. 210–217

Baddesley Ensor, i. 217

Bangor, i. 20, 22, 219; ii. 112, 265, 273

Barnet, i. 27, 34, 38, 65, 66–79, 96

—— Fair, i. 69–72

Battlesden, i. 156, 162

_Beneventa_, i. 232

Berwyn, ii. 209

Bethesda, ii. 260–262

Bettws-y-Coed, ii. 87, 112, 218, 232–245

Bickenhill, i. 307–311

Bicton, ii. 145

Bilston, ii. 36–38

Birmingham, i. 4, 10, 11, 15, 24, 27, 188, 277, 307, 312–314; ii. 1–27,
109

Bodedern, ii. 320

Bodffordd, ii. 320

Boningale, ii. 64

Bordesley, i. 313

Boscobel, i. 225–227

Braint, ii. 318

Braunston, i. 182, 240

—— Hill, i. 239

Breidden Hills, ii. 88, 145–147, 151

Bridgetown, i. 221

Britannia Bridge, The, ii. 298–302

Brownhills, i. 5, 220

Brown’s Wells, i. 58

Brunsford Bridge, i. 208

Burcot, ii. 78

Caer Ceiliog, ii. 305–307

Caldecote, i. 213, 215

Capel Curig, ii. 108, 112, 249–253, 271

Catesby, Robert, i. 243, 252

Catthorpe, i. 205, 207

Cave’s Inn, i. 205, 207

Ceint, ii. 318

Cernioge, ii. 225–230

Cerrig-y-Druidion, ii. 223–225

Chirk, i. 2; ii. 162, 171–175

Churchbridge, i. 221

Coaches:—
“Accommodation,” St. Albans, i. 121
“Albion,” Birmingham, i. 37
“Balloon,” Birmingham Post Coach, i. 28
Birmingham Mail, i. 157; ii. 12
Birmingham and Lichfield Flying Coach, i. 291
—— Stage, ii. 12
Birmingham and Shrewsbury Mail, i. 16, 31; ii. 112, 129
—— and Holyhead Mail, i. 16, 40
“Caravan,” the, London and Shrewsbury, ii. 104
Chester and Holyhead Mail, i. 16, 81, 102, 157, 162; ii. 113
—— Stage, i. 3, 6, 12, 291
—— and Shrewsbury Stage, i. 5
“Coburg,” Manchester, i. 85
“Coventry Flying Machine,” i. 291
—— Stage, i. 205; ii. 101
“Defiance,” Worcester and Shrewsbury, ii. 110
Diligence, Shrewsbury Stage, i. 32; ii. 107
“Eclipse,” Birmingham, i. 261–263, 291
“Economist,” Birmingham, i. 27, 32
“Emerald,” Birmingham, i. 31; ii. 16, 118
“Gee-ho,” Shrewsbury stage waggon, i. 32; ii. 102
“Greyhound,” Birmingham and Shrewsbury coach, i. 27, 32, 37, 152,
157; ii. 39
“Hero,” Manchester and Coventry, i. 292
“Highflyer,” Shrewsbury and Chester, ii. 120
Holyhead stage, i. 15
—— Mail (see “New Holyhead Mail”)
—— Post Coaches, ii. 113
“Hope,” Halifax, i. 156
“Independent Tally-ho,” Birmingham, i. 24, 28, 29; ii. 14
“Little Wonder,” Coventry and Birmingham, i. 292
Liverpool Mail, i. 311
Manchester Mail, i. 193
New Holyhead Mail, i. 16, 22, 31, 81, 87, 102, 152, 157, 193; ii.
14–16, 98, 112, 113, 210, 223, 246, 267–270, 281
“New Shrewsbury Flying Machine,” or “London and Shrewsbury New Fly,”
ii. 105
“Nimrod,” Shrewsbury, i. 27, 30; ii. 116–118, 133
“No Wonder,” Birmingham, i. 27
“Old Times,” St. Albans, i. 119
“Original London and Salop Machine,” ii. 106
“Original Tally-ho,” Birmingham, i. 24, 29
“Oxonian Express,” Holyhead, ii. 113
“Patent Tally-ho,” Birmingham, ii. 14
“Peeping Tom,” Manchester and Coventry, i. 292
“Prince of Wales,” or “Prince Regent,” Holyhead, i. 32; ii. 53, 113
“Real Tally-ho,” Birmingham, i. 24; ii. 14
“Shrewsbury Flying Machine,” ii. 105
—— —— Stage-waggon, ii. 103
—— Long Coach, ii. 104, 107
—— Machine, ii. 105
—— Stage, ii. 104, 107
“Stag,” Shrewsbury, i. 27; ii. 117
“Tally-ho,” Birmingham, i. 23, 24, 28, 44, 155, 192; ii. 12, 19
“Union,” Shrewsbury, i. 30; ii. 113
“Wolverhampton and Birmingham Flying stage,” i. 6
“Wonder,” Shrewsbury, i. 24, 27, 32; ii. 64, 74, 75, 91, 97–100,
114–119, 122, 155, 223
—— St. Albans i. 116–119

Coaching, i. 2–6, 12–18, 23–37, 43, 81–91, 98–102, 116–119, 121,
156–162, 192–194, 261–263, 291–298, 311; ii. 11–26, 39, 46, 91,
99–122, 152–155, 210, 223, 267–270, 280–282, 318

—— Accidents, i. 30–32, 81–88, 156, 192–194; ii. 39

—— Notabilities:—
Chaplin, William, i. 82, 169
Clarke, Thomas, i. 293
Evans, Richard, ii. 46–49
Harper, Charles, ii. 267–269
Hassall, Robert, i. 263
Hayward, Sam, ii. 91, 97–100
Horne, B. W., i. 24, 29, 37; ii. 116
Jobson, John, ii. 116, 133
Kenyon, Hon. Thos., ii. 121, 150–155, 164, 223
Lawrence, Robert, i. 15; ii. 105, 108–113
Lee, Harry, ii. 16
Lloyd, Mrs. Sarah, ii. 19
Mountain, Mrs., i. 23; ii. 19
Peck, Tom, i. 263, 293
Pinner, Tom, i. 249–292
Rothwell, Nicholas, ii. 12
Rumney, P.J., i. 119
Sherman, Edward, i. 37; ii. 16
Taylor, Isaac, ii. 75, 114, 117, 133, 155
Tresslove, Harry, ii. 14
Vickers, Dick, ii. 223
Waddell, William, ii. 12, 20
Williams, Jack, ii. 268–270, 314
Williams, William, ii. 120–122

Corwen, i. 15, 18, 20; ii. 109, 211–218

Cosford, ii. 65

Coventry, i. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 15, 29, 34, 210, 214, 266–301, 307; ii.
109.

Cox, David, ii. 234–239, 243

Crackley Bank, i. 228

Crick, i. 205; ii. 224

Cross-in-Hand, i. 208

Cycling, Historical sketch of, i. 278–291

Cycling Notabilities:—
Drais, Baron von, i. 281
Dunlop, J. B., i. 287
Johnson, Dennis, i. 281
Lallemont, P., i. 282
Lawson, Harry, i. 286
Macmillan, Kirkpatrick, i. 282
Marriott, Jas., i. 280
Mayall, John, junr., i. 282
Niepce, M., i. 281
Spencer, C., i. 282
Starley, J. K., i. 286
Turner, R. B. i. 282

Cyfyng Falls, ii. 249

Dancer’s Hill, i. 81

Daventry, i. 29, 182, 188, 193, 210, 229, 232–239, 244, 245, 249

Denbigh Hall, i. 36, 169–171

Deodand, Law of, i. 86–88

Deritend, i. 313; ii. 236

Digbeth, i. 313

Dinas Hill, i. 18; ii. 231

Dirt House Hill, i. 193

Dodford, i. 230–232

Dordon, i. 217

Dove Bridge, i. 205

Dudley, ii. 9, 29, 37

Dunchurch, i. 188, 249–259; ii. 14

Dunsmore, i. 250, 251, 254, 259–263

Dunstable, i. 6, 101, 136, 139, 140–146, 204

—— Downs, i. 146–150

_Durocobrivæ_, i. 142, 204

Dyrham Park, i. 79

East Finchley, i. 58

Easton Neston, i. 185

Elmdon, i. 312

_Etocetum_, i. 218, 221

Fawkes, Guy, i. 250

Fazeley, i. 217

Fenny Stratford, i. 167–169

Finchley Common, i. 8, 58, 61–63

Flamstead, i. 134

_Forum Dianæ_, i. 204

Foster’s Booth, i. 194

Frankwell, ii. 142

Friar’s Wash, i. 133

Gaerwen, ii. 304

Gailey, i. 221, 224

Gibbet, i. 208

Glanyrafon, ii. 319

Glasfryn, ii. 225

Glyndwr, Owain, ii. 144, 172, 214–216, 271

Glyndyffws, ii. 221

Glyndyfrdwy, ii. 210

Gobowen, ii. 156, 169

Godiva, i. 270–273

Great Wyrley, i. 221

Gunpowder Plot, i. 241–243, 250–253

Gwalchmai, ii. 305

Gwyndû, ii. 319

Hadley Green, i. 79

Hammerwich, i. 219

Handsworth, ii. 27

Hatherton, i. 221, 246

Havencote Houses, i. 184

Hay Mills, i. 313

High Cross, i. 209–213

Highgate, i. 44–59

—— Archway, i. 44–54

Highwaymen, i. 5, 61–64, 93–96, 124–127, 137–140, 142, 223, 261; ii. 28

—— : ——
Cady, William, i. 61
Garrett, Tom, i. 125
Simms, Harry, i. 137–140
Simpson, Jonathan, i. 261
Whitney, Captain James, i. 96

Hilltop, ii. 30

Hints, i. 217

Hockley, ii. 27

Hockliffe, i. 27, 28, 29, 102, 139, 140, 151–162

Holloway Bank, ii. 30

Holyhead, i. 10, 11, 18, 19, 20, 37, 38; ii. 273, 307–317, 321

Holyhead Mountain, ii. 306, 317, 320–326

Holywell Hill, i. 111, 115–117

Horsebrook, i. 224.

Inns (mentioned at length):—
“Angel,” Islington, i. 27, 38–40
“Berwyn Arms,” Glyndyfrdwy, ii. 210
“Blue Ball,” Potterspury, i. 183
“—— Boar,” Dunsmore, i. 261
“Bull,” Weedon Beck, i. 199
“Bull and Mouth,” St. Martin’s-le-Grand, i. 24; ii. 114, 117, 119
“Bull’s Head,” Meriden, i. 303–305
“Cambria,” Menai Village, ii. 281
“Cave’s Inn,” i. 207
“Cock,” Stony Stratford, i. 172
“Craven Arms,” Coventry, i. 292
“Cross Foxes,” Oswestry, ii. 165
“Crown,” Holloway Road, i. 24
“Denbigh Hall,” i. 36, 169–171
“Druid’s Head,” ii. 219
“Dun Cow,” Dunchurch, i. 253, 254
“Fighting Cocks,” St. Albans, i. 122–124
“Four Crosses,” Hatherton, i. 221, 246
—— —— Willoughby, i. 244–247
“Gatehouse Tavern,” Highgate, i. 57
“George,” Bangor Ferry, ii. 280
“George,” Little Brickhill, i. 165
—— St. Albans, i. 120, 127
“Globe,” Weedon Beck, i. 198, 229
“Goat,” Maes Mawr, ii. 219
“Green Man,” Barnet, i. 78
“Haygate Inn” (“Falcon”), i. 30; ii. 74–76
“Hand,” Llangollen, ii. 194, 196, 205
“Hen and Chickens,” Birmingham, ii. 18–23, 99
“Hollybush,” Wellington, ii. 75
“Jerningham Arms,” Shiffnal, ii. 69
“King’s Head,” Coventry, i. 268, 272
—— —— Llangollen, ii. 106
“Lion,” Dunchurch, i. 253
—— Shrewsbury, ii. 41, 46–49, 75, 98–100, 103, 104, 107–109, 111,
114, 123–133, 155, 223
—— Wolverhampton, ii. 46–49
“—— and Pheasant,” Shrewsbury, ii. 102, 134
“Mad Tom,” Redbourne, i. 131–133
“Mitre,” Barnet, i. 73
“Mona,” ii. 304
“New” Weedon Beck, i. 198
“—— Royal,” Birmingham, ii. 24
“Old Royal,” Birmingham, ii. 8, 23
“—— Salisbury,” Barnet, i. 78
“—— White Lion,” Finchley, i. 58
“Owen Glendower,” Corwen, ii. 217, 267
“Peacock,” Islington, i. 43, 44
—— Sandhill, i. 31, 163
—— Wolverhampton, ii. 40
“Peahen,” St. Albans, i. 82, 116, 119
“Penrhyn Arms,” Bangor, ii. 265–267
“Pomfret Arms,” Towcester, i. 188–191
“Prince Llewelyn,” Cernioge, ii. 225–230
“Queen’s Head,” ii. 156, 159
“Raven and Bell,” Shrewsbury, ii. 100, 104, 108, 109, 134
“Red Lion,” Barnet, i. 74–78
“Royal,” Capel Curig, ii. 251
—— Llangollen, ii. 106
“—— Oak,” Bettws-y-Coed, ii. 235–239, 243
“Saracen’s Head,” Daventry, i. 239
—— —— Towcester, i. 188–191
“Spread Eagle,” Gailey, i. 224
“Star,” Shiffnal, ii. 69
“—— and Garter,” Wolverhampton, ii. 50
“Stonebridge Hotel,” i. 307
“Stork,” Birmingham, ii. 24
“Struggler,” Moxley, ii. 36
“Sun,” Glyndyfrdwy, ii. 210
—— Markyate, i. 136
“Swan,” Birmingham, ii. 12, 20, 23
—— Wolverhampton, ii. 45, 49
“—— and Peacock,” Wolverhampton, ii. 40
“—— with-Two-Necks,” Lad Lane, i. 82
“Talbot,” Atcham, ii. 90
—— Shrewsbury, ii. 116, 133
—— Towcester, i. 187
“Up and Down Post,” Meriden Heath, i. 306
“Verulam Arms,” St. Albans, i. 122
“Voelas Arms,” Pentre Voelas, ii. 230
“Wheatsheaf,” Daventry, i. 233
“White Horse,” Hockliffe, i. 152–156
“—— Lion,” Allesley, i. 301
“Woodman,” Finchley, i. 54
“Wynnstay Arms,” Oswestry, ii. 165

_Isannavaria_, i. 233

Islington, i. 39–44; ii. 173

Ivetsey Bank, i. 225, 227; ii. 103

Kensworth, i. 137

Ketley, i. 204, 228; ii. 72

Kitt’s End, i. 81

Knightlow Cross, i. 263–266

_Lactodorum_, i. 186, 204

Lilbourne, i. 205–207

Little Brickhill, i. 31, 164–167

Llandegai, ii. 264

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerchwyrndrobwlltysiliogogogoch, ii. 295–302

Llangefni, ii. 308, 319

Llangollen, i. 15, 18; ii. 108, 109, 162, 180–209, 215

—— Ladies of, ii. 191, 193–206

Llangristiolus, ii. 304

Llanyngenedl, ii. 320

Llyn Ogwen, i. 19, 20; ii. 254–257

Llynfaes, ii. 320

London Colney, i. 29, 95, 98–102, 125

Lonisaf, ii. 264

Maerdy, i. 18; ii. 220

Maes Mawr, ii. 219

_Magiovintum_, i. 204

Mancetter, i. 215

_Manduessedum_, i. 215

Markyate i. 136

Menai Bridge, i. 22; ii. 269, 282–288, 291, 318, 324

—— Straits, i. 20, 271, 280–289, 298, 302, 319

—— Village, ii. 288, 290, 295, 297

Merevale, i. 217

Meriden, i. 6, 302–306

Mimms Wash, i. 81, 85, 96

Mona, ii. 304

Monmore Green, ii. 39

Montford Bridge, ii. 145

Morland, George, i. 65

Moxley, ii. 36

Muckley Corner, i. 219

Mytton, John, ii. 123–125, 157–161

Nant Ffrancon, i. 20; ii. 257–260

Nesscliff, ii. 147

North Finchley, i. 64

Norton, ii. 88

Oakengates, i. 204, 228; ii. 72

Offa’s Dyke, ii. 162, 175

Ogwen Falls, ii. 257

—— Pool, i. 19, 20; ii. 254–257

Old Stratford, i. 182

Old-time Travellers:—
Borrow, George, ii. 218, 219, 221, 225, 226, 251, 307, 315
Cobbett, Richard, i. 133
De Quincey, Thomas, ii. 14–19, 125–131, 272
Disraeli, Benjamin, ii. 93
Dugdale, Sir William, i. 5, 12, 205; ii. 11, 101
Evans, Rev., ii. 217
Fiennes, Celia, i. 151
George IV., ii. 297, 312–314
Johnson, Dr., ii. 272, 274–277
Leland, John, i. 197, 313
Marlborough, Duke of, i. 95
Monk, General, i. 74
O’Connell, Daniel, ii. 50, 206
Ogilby, John, i. 7, 10, 146, 151, 186, 198, 250, 278, 308
Pennant, Thos., i. 2, 6, 61, 152, 194, 218, 230, 259, 302, 303; ii.
102, 257
Swift, Dean, i. 8, 12, 188, 221, 245–247, 267, 274, 280; ii. 308–310
Victoria, Princess, i. 122; ii. 164, 206, 267
Warner, Rev. Richard, ii. 205, 277
Wesley, Rev. John, ii. 310
Wigstead, Henry, i. 314; ii. 168, 181, 216, 278
Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, ii. 166–168

Oswestry, ii. 14, 149, 157, 162–169

Overley Hill, i. 30; ii. 79

Owain Glyndwr, ii. 144, 172, 211–216, 271

Packington Park, i. 311

Pain’s Lane, i. 228.

Paulerspury, i. 182

Penmaenmawr, ii. 273–279

Penmynydd, ii. 293, 318

_Pennocrucium_, i. 224

Penrhyn Castle, ii. 263–265

Pentre Berw, ii. 304

—— Voelas, ii. 112, 230

_Pickwick Papers_, i. 188–191, 297; ii. 8, 23

Plumb Park Hill, i. 31, 184

Pont-y-Glyn, i. 18; ii. 220–222

—— —— Pair, ii. 244

Potterspury, i. 182

Prickler’s Hill, i. 66

Prior’s Lee, ii. 71

Queen’s Head, ii. 156

—— Oak, i. 175, 184

Railways:—
Grand Junction, i. 37; ii. 25
Great Central, i. 207, 244
London and Birmingham, i. 34–38, 169–171; ii. 24–26, 118, 155
—— and North Western, i. 38, 169, 196

Rain’s Bridge, i. 249

Redbourne, i. 29, 85, 131, 135, 138

Ridge Hill, i. 97–101

Ripley, James, i. 75–78

Royal Oak, i. 227

Ruyton-of-the-Eleven-Towns, ii. 148

Ryton-upon-Dunsmore. i. 259, 264, 266

St. Albans, i. 81, 82, 101, 102, 105–131, 138, 176, 204

St. George’s, i. 228

St. Michael’s, i. 128–131

Sandhill, i. 163

Sheep Lane, i. 163

Shelton Oak, ii. 144

Shenley, i. 29

Shiffnal, ii. 66–70, 75

Shrewsbury, i. 2, 4, 5, 15, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27; ii. 14, 62–64, 75, 82,
88, 91–143, 149, 155, 212, 214

Small Heath, i. 313

Snedshill, ii. 71

Soho, ii. 27

South Mimms, i. 44, 79, 87, 91–96

South Stack Rock, ii. 317, 321–326

Steam Carriages, i. 33

Stonebridge, i. 2, 306, 311

Stony Delph, i. 217

—— Stratford, i. 28, 163, 169, 172–175, 178, 180, 204

Stowe Hill, i. 194, 196

—— Nine Churches, i. 194–196

Stretton, i. 224

—— -upon-Dunsmore, i. 264,; ii. 14

Swallow Falls, ii. 235, 246–249

Tally-ho Corner, i. 65

Tan-y-Bwlch, ii. 250

Telford, Thomas, i. 18–21, 127, 151, 184, 194, 224, 230, 240; ii. 30,
73, 79, 112, 145, 148, 169, 209, 220, 232, 250, 253, 257, 282–287,
293, 305, 317

Tettenhall, i. 303, 312; ii. 43, 58–60

Tilsworth, i. 150

_Tom Brown’s Schooldays_, i. 44, 155, 191, 254

Trifaen Mountain, ii. 254

_Tripontium_, i. 205, 206

Turnpike Trusts, i. 9; ii. 303

—— Gates and Tolls, i. 33–47, 65, 69, 90, 137, 223, 248, 293, 301; ii.
27, 39, 58, 78, 91, 143, 144, 149, 159, 164, 170, 174, 175, 210,
219, 225, 230, 242, 250, 254, 264, 287, 302–307

Tynant, ii. 222

Tyn-y-Maes, ii. 260

Upper Bangor, ii. 270

_Uriconium_, ii. 83–87

_Uxaconium_, i. 228

Valley, ii. 307

_Vennonæ_, i. 211–213

_Verulamium_, i. 100, 112–115, 204

Vron Cysylltan, ii. 175, 179, 180.

Wall, i. 218, 219

Watford Gap, i. 204

Watling Street, i. 5, 111, 119, 197, 201–229; 232, ii. 73, 81, 84, 87,
289

Wednesbury, ii. 30–37

Weedon Beck, i. 194, 196–204, 229, 231

Weeford, i. 218

Welford, i. 204

Wellington, i. 5, 204; ii. 74, 76–78, 82

Wells Green, i. 312

Wergs, The, ii. 60

West Bromwich, ii. 28

West Felton, ii. 150, 155

Weston-under-Lizard, i. 228

Whetstone, i. 44, 05

Whiston Cross, ii. 64

Whitley Common, i. 266

Wibtoft, i. 209, 213

Willenhall, i. 31, 266

Willey Crossing, i. 208

Willoughby, i. 244–248

Wilnecote, i. 217

Witherley, i. 215

Wolverhampton, i. 15, 31, 32, 219, 312; ii. 40–58, 65, 109

Woolscot, i. 248

Wrekin, The, ii. 73, 76, 78, 80

Wroxeter, ii. 81, 83–87

Wyrley Bank, i. 221

Yardley, i. 312

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WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

=The Brighton Road=: Old Times and New on a Classic Highway.

=The Portsmouth Road=: and its Tributaries, To-day and in Days of Old.

=The Dover Road=: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike.

=The Bath Road=: History, Fashion, and Frivolity on an old Highway.

=The Exeter Road=: The Story of the West of England Highway.

=The Great North Road=: The Old Mail Road to Scotland. 2 Vols.

=The Norwich Road=: An East Anglian Highway.

=The Oxford Gloucester, and Milford Haven Road.=

[_In the Press._

=Cycle Rides Round London.=

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Moved advertisement from the second page to the end. 2. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 3. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 4. Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers. 5. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 6. Enclosed bold font in =equals=. 7. Superscripts are denoted by a caret before a single superscript character or a series of superscripted characters enclosed in curly braces, e.g. M^r. or M^{ister}.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Holyhead Road, Vol 2, by Charles G. Harper