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Chapter III: The Clwyd and the Dee (7)

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Dee, The:
Source and length, 82, 228, 229;
Bala Lake, 229, 230;
Llanuwchllyn, 229;
reputed sacred character, 230;
Llandderfel and the Vale of Edeyrnion, 230;
Corwen and the mark of Owen Glendower's dagger, 230, 231;
encampment of Owen Gwynedd, 231;
Vale of Llangollen, 232, 234;
Valle Crucis Abbey, 232, 233;
Bridge of Llangollen, 233;
Llangollen town and derivation of name, 234;
Dinas Bran, Eglwyseg Rocks, Crow Castle, viaduct and Telford's
aqueduct, junction with the Ceiriog, Chirk Castle, and Wynnstay,
234;
Offa's Dyke and Watt's Dyke, 235, 236;
Overton Churchyard, Bangor-on-Dee, 236;
junction with the Alyn, Eccleston, 237;
Chester and its history, 238, 239;
swing railway bridge, Hawarden, Castle of Flint, 239;
Castle of Mostyn, Basingwerk Abbey, Fountain of Holywell, "The
Sands of Dee," 240, 241

Dee, The (Kirkendbrightshire):
Its rise, meaning of name, confluence with the water of Ken,
scenery at Douglas Tongueland, 322;
Threave Castle, 322, 323

Deerhurst, 119

Deganwy, 218;
ancient pearl-fishery and castle, 221, 222

Denbigh and its castle, 227, 228

Dering family, The, 3

Derry Ormond column and its romance, 187

Derwent, The, also known as the Grange, its rise and course, 299

Derwentwater, 299

Devon, Earl of, Seat of, 34

Devonport, 51, 53

Devorgilla, mother of John Baliol, and the bridge over the Nith at
Dumfries, 319;
her endowment of Balliol College, Oxford, 319;
and Sweetheart Abbey, 322

Dewi Fawr, The, 180

Dihouw, The, 130

Dinas Bran, 234

Dinas Castle and the daughter of Alfred the Great, 153

Dinas Mowddwy, 195

Docks at Liverpool, 263, 264, 266

Doethiau, The, 178

Dolbadarn Castle, 205, 206

Dolbury Hill, 31

Dolgelley, 200, 201

Dolwyddelen Castle, 214

Donnerdale and Wordsworth's sonnets, 294

Doon, The, 330;
in the poems of Burns, 331;
its attraction, 339;
Auchendrane, 339, 340;
Cassilis, Dalmellington, Loch Doon, Castle of the Baliols, hills
of Galloway, 340;
sources, 341

Dorchester, 24

Dore, The, 142

Douglas, Countess of, and the siege of Threave Castle, 323

Douglas, House of, Story of the, 345, 347

Douglas, William, eighth Earl of, and the murder of Maclellan, 322;
his death, 323

Douglas, Sir William, his imprisonment of Sir Alexander Ramsay, 313;
slain by the Earl of Douglas, 313, 314

Douglas Castle, 347

Douglas Tongueland, 322

Douglas Water, 345, 347

Douglases, The Black, 354

Dovey (or Dyfi), The:
Aberdovey, and source, 194;
estuary, angling, Dinas Mowddwy, Aran Mowddwy, church at Mallwyd,
farmhouse of Camlan, farmhouse of Mathafarn, 195;
Machynlleth, 195, 196;
the Dulas, 196

Dowlais Steel and Iron Works, 163

Drake, Sir Francis, 50, 51

Drayton, Lines on the Mersey by, 268

Dringarth, The, 168, 169

Drumclog, 354

Drumlanrig Castle, 319, 320

Dryslwyn Castle, 179

Duddon, The:
Its rise, Donnerdale, Seathwaite, Wordsworth's allusions, 294;
the most picturesque approach, likened to the Thames, 295

Dulas, The, 124, 196

Dumbarton, 358, 366;
Rock and Castle of, 366, 367;
prospects from the Rock, 367;
shipbuilding industry and manufactories, 366

Dumbuck, Hill of, 366

Dumfries:
Its memories of Robert Burns, 319;
Lincluden Abbey, St. Michael's Churchyard, Devorgilla's Bridge,
Bruce's dispute with the Red Cumyn, 319

Dunglass, Ancient Castle of, 366

Dunglass, Lord, heir of the Douglas line, 345

Dunsford Bridge, 38

Dyer the poet, and Golden Grove, 179

Dynevor Castle, 179

Dysynni, The:
Source, scenery, Bird Rock, manor-house, and Prince Llewelyn, 197;
mansion of Ynys-y-Maengwyn, Towyn, and St. Cadfan's Church, 198

Eamont, The, 303

Easedale Tarn, 288

East and West Dean, 9

Eastham Locks, 258

Eastwell Park, 3

Eaton Hall, 237

Ebbw, The, 158

Ecclefechan and Thomas Carlyle, 318

Eccleston, 237

Eden, The:
Length, source, junction with the Eamont, Eden Hall, 303;
Armathwaite and John Skelton, 304, 305;
Wetheral, Cotehill, Brackenbank, Corby Castle, 306, 307;
Carlisle, 307-312

Eden Hall and the Musgrave family, 303, 304;
and the story of the fairies' goblet, 303, 304

Edeyrnion, Vale of, 230

Edw, The, 130

Edward I.:
Carnarvon Castle, 206;
Conway Castle, 220;
takes Rhuddlan Castle, 226;
his last Scots expedition and the oath enjoined on the Prince of
Wales, 309, 310

Edward II.:
Memorial in Gloucester Cathedral, 122;
at Neath Abbey, 173;
and Corby Castle, 307

Egbert, King, and Minster nunnery, 6

Eggesford, 46

Eglwys Newydd, 190

Eglwyseg Rocks, 232, 234

Egremont, 298

Ehen, The, 298

Elan, The, 127, 128

Elizabeth, Queen, visit to Bristol, 78;
and Buccleuch's rescue of "Kinmont Willie," 311

Ellesmere Canal, Aqueduct of, 234

Elvan, The, 343

Elwy, The:
Junction with the Clwyd, 226;
St. Asaph, Denbigh and its castle, 227, 228;
Ruthin and its castle, 228

Ennerdale Water, 297, 298

Enterkin, 318, 335

Erme, The, 49

Erskine House, 366

Esk, The (Cumberland):
Source, 295;
Scafell, Wastdale, Langdale, and Borrowdale, Esk Falls, Cam Spout
Cataract, Hardknott, Baker Force and Stanley Gill Waterfalls, 296

Esk, The (Solway):
Scenery, angling, the Tarras tributary, 314;
Gilnockie Tower, Hollows Tower and Johnnie Armstrong, 315;
the romance of Lochinvar, 315, 316

Eskdale, Upper, 295

Esthwaite Water, 292

Ethelbert, Murder of, 134

Etherow, The, 243, 244

Evesham, its Abbey and the death of Simon de Montfort, 114, 115

Exbridge, 29

Exe, The:
Source and length, 28;
characteristics, and confluence with the Barle, 29;
Bampton, Tiverton, and Twy-ford-town, 30;
Bickleigh Bridge, Bickleigh Court and the Carews, 31;
Cadbury Castle, Dolbury Hill, and the seats of the Aclands and
the Earls of Iddesleigh, 31;
Exeter, 31-34;
Countess Weir, canal to Topsham, Powderham Castle, Starcross,
Lympstone, and Exmouth, 34

Exeter:
Situation, 31;
meaning of name, 32;
Castle of Rougemont, 33;
Cathedral, 33, 34;
Guildhall, canal communication with the sea, 34

Exmoor, 26, 27, 35, 37

Exmouth, 34

Fail, The, 335

Failford, 334

Fair Maid of Galloway, The, 323

Fairfax, General, his rout of the Royalist forces near Taunton, 68;
and the river Parret, 71

Fairfield, 285

Fal, The:
Its rise in Tregoss Moor, Treviscoe, length of course, Grampound,
view about Tregothnan and Queen Victoria's visit, the Kenwyn and
Allen, 63;
Truro and its cathedral, scenery between King Harry's Passage and
Roseland, 64;
grounds of Trelissick, view from Malpas Road, Carrick Road, Black
Rock and the claim of Truro, 65;
Falmouth and its harbour, 65, 66;
the Lords of Arwenack, the creeks of Falmouth Harbour, 66

Falls of Clyde, 347-349, 351

Falls of the Hepste, 170

Falmouth and its harbour, 65, 66;
and the Lords of Arwenack, 66

Fareham, 12

Feni, The, 180

Fingle Bridge, 38

Fishbourne Creek, 22

Fitzalan, William, Priory founded by, 95

Fleetwood, 279, 280

Fleming of Redhall and Helen, The romance of, 316, 317

Fletching Common, the burialplace of Gibbon, 10

Flint, Town and Castle of, 239, 240

Fordwich, 4;
its former name, and Izaak Walton's allusions, 5

Forest of Brecon, 150

Forest of Dean, 123, 138

Fowey, The:
Its rise, also called the Dranes, 60;
St. Neot, features of scenery, seat of Lord Vivian, Lanhydrock
House, 61;
Restormel Castle, Lostwithiel, Colonel Titus and the silver oar,
Bodinnoc Ferry, 62;
Fowey Harbour, 62, 63;
seat of the Treffry family, and French assault on Place House, 63

Fowey Harbour, 62, 63

Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, and Pendle Hill, 276

Frampton Court, 24

Frome, The:
Branches, Dorchester, Frampton Court, the Black Downs, Roman and
British remains, Maiden Castle, and Wareham, 24;
tributary of the Avon, 74, 75

Funtley Abbey, 13

Furness Peninsula, 288

Gadsgirth, 335

Gaer, The, Roman camp, 150

Galloway, 321, 340

Gannel, The, 55

Gare Loch, 368, 369

Gaunt's House, 23

Gerald de Windsor and Carew Castle, 182

Gibbon, Burialplace of, 10

Giggleswick, 273

Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, Birthplace of, 44

Gilnockie Tower and Johnnie Armstrong, 315

Gilpin, The, 288

Gilpin, Bernard, Birthplace of, 286

Gisburne Hall, 274

Gladstone, Mr., and the swing railway bridge over the Dee, 239;
Hawarden Park, 239;
his connection with Liverpool, 267

Glasgow:
Its chief armorial device, 342;
population at the period of the Reformation, 358;
legend of St. Kentigern, 359;
its extent in the seventeenth century, 358;
the Cathedral, Cross, and other ancient buildings, 358, 359;
Laigh Barony Church, 359;
St. Roche's Chapel, 359;
streets and bridges, 360;
the Green, 361;
population at the beginning of the nineteenth century, 362;
George Square and the monuments, 362, 363;
the Municipal buildings, and population in 1891, 363;
shipbuilding industry and drainage, 363, 364;
sunsets seen from the harbour, docks, and quays, 364;
adjoining places, 364-366

Glaslyn, The, 204

Glencairn family, The, 321

Glenderamakin, The, 298

Glendower, Owen, his stronghold on Plinlimmon, 125, 126;
at Hay, 130;
defeat at Usk, 155;
and Aberdovey, 194;
his Parliament at Machynlleth, 196;
Parliament House at Dolgelley, 200;
tight with Howell Selé, 202;
and Corwen Churchyard, 231

Gloucester:
The Cathedral, 119-122;
a Roman station, 119;
monastery, 119;
during the Civil War, 120

Goat Fell, 345

Golden Grove, 179

Golden Valley, The, 142

Goodrich Castle, 138

Gourock Bay and Castle, 368

Govan, 364, 365

Govan Point, 364

Gowy, The, 258

Goyt, The, 243, 244

Grampound, 63

Grasmere:
Wordsworth's cottage, the Church, graves of Wordsworth, Hartley
Coleridge, and memorial to Clough, 289;
length of Lake and its beautiful surroundings, 290

Gray, The poet, on the Vale of Caton, 282;
on Grasmere, 290

Graygarth, 282

Great Gable Mountain, 297

Greenock, 367, 368

Grenville, Richard, and Bideford, 48

Greta, The:
Source, 298;
Keswick, 298, 299;
Crosthwaite, view from Castlerigg Top, 299

Greta, The (Lancashire), 282

Gretna Green, 312

Grey, Sir Patrick, and the Earl of Douglas, 322, 323

Greystoke Castle, 307

Grongar Hill, 179

Grove Ferry, 5

Guild of St. George at Barmouth, 203

Guild-Merchants' Festival at Preston, 278, 279

Gunnislake, 55

Gwbert-on-the-Sea, 189

Gwedderig, The, 178

Gwryney, The, 153

Gwydir Castle, 218

Gwynedd, Owen, 231

Gwynne, Nell, Birthplace of, 135

Gynin, The 180

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, and the country round Burnley, 278

Hamilton and Hamilton Palace, 353

Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, 353

Hamoaze, The, 58, 59

Hardham, 11

Harewood Forest, 19

Harlech, Castle of, 203

Harold Godwinson and Rhuddlan fortress, 226

Hastings, 8

Haughmond Hill, 94, 95

Haverfordwest, past and present, 186

Haverigg Point, 295

Hawarden Park, 239

Hawes Tarn, 286

Hawkeshead, 292

Hay, its castle and legends, 130-132

Hayle, The, 55

Hel, The, 55

Helensburgh, 369

Hellifield, Peel-house at, 273, 274

Helm Crag, 289

Helvellyn, 285

Hemans, Mrs.:
Monument in the Cathedral of St. Asaph, 227;
crossing the Ulverston sands, 286

Henfield, 11

Henry IV. and Hotspur at the battle of Shrewsbury, 91, 95

Henry VII. and Carew Castle, 183;
at Milford Haven, 185;
at Mathafarm, 195

Henry VIII. and his Welsh pedigree, 233

Henwen, The, 149

Hepste The, 170

Herbert of Coldbrook, Sir Richard, 154, 155

Herberts of Cherbury, The, 86, 87

Hereford:
Offa's Palace, Llewelyn's raid, 133;
murder of Ethelbert, the Cathedral, the "Mappa Mundi," 134, 135;
Nell Gwynne, 135

Hermitage Castle and its historical associations, 313, 314

Heslock Towers, 286

Hestbank, 286

Heysham, 286

High Blantyre, 357

Highbridge and the Glastonbury Canal, 71

Hobbes, Birthplace of, 72

Holker Hall, 288

Hollows Tower and Johnnie Armstrong, 315

Holme Island, 286, 288

Holne and Charles Kingsley, 41

Holy Loch, 369

Holywell, Fountain of, 240

Home, Earl of, Estate of, 347

Honddu, The, 142, 150

Honiton, 27

Hooker, Bishop, 6

Hornby Castle, 282

Horton Priory, 3

Horton-in-Ribblesdale, 272

Howgill, Fairy glens at, 281

Hyndford Bridge, 345

Hythe, 7

Iddesleigh, Earls of, Seat of, 31;
statue to the first Earl, 33

Idwal, The, 207

Ill Hell, 292

Ingleborough Cave, 282

Ingleborough Heights, 272, 282

Ingleton, 282

Irk, The, 246

Irlam, 245, 254, 255

Ironbridge, 99

Irt, The:
Outlet of Wastwater, 296, 297

Irving, Edward, Birthplace of, 318

Irwell, The:
Confluence with the Mersey, 246;
rise, course, and tributary streams, 246;
bridges, 252, 254

Isle, The, 68

Isle of Oxney, 8

Isle of Thanet, 3, 4, 6

Isle of Wight:
Lack of running water and woods, 22;
the Medina, 22

Itchen, The, 12;
source, 13, 14;
salmon-fishing, 14, 15;
Alresford Pond, 14;
tributaries, Cheriton and the defeat of the Royalists, Tichborne
and "the Claimant," 15;
Nun's Walk, Winchester and Izaak Walton, 16;
Hospital of St. Cross, 17;
St. Catherine's Hill, 18;
Southampton, its docks, piers, etc., 19

Ithon, The, 128, 129

Jacobites, Execution at Carlisle of, 311

James V. and Johnnie Armstrong, 315

Jedburgh, Abbey of, 355

Jesuits, The, and Stonyhurst College, 274

John, King, at Deganwy Castle, 222;
and Liverpool, 259, 261

John of Gaunt and Lancaster Castle, 282-284

Johnson, Dr., at Plymouth with Sir Joshua Reynolds, 53

Kemsey, 104

Kendal, 286-288

Kenilworth Castle, 108

Kenmuir, 357

Kennedys, The, Seat of, 340

Kent, The:
Kentmere village and Kentmere Hall, 286;
Kendal, 286-288

Kentmere, 286

Kenwyn, The, 63

Keswick, 298, 299

Kidderminster, 102

Kilgerran Castle, 188

Kilpeck Church, 142

King's Road Estuary, 65

King's Worthy, 15

Kingsley, Charles, Birthplace of, 41;
his description of the Dee estuary, 240

Kingswear, 44, 45

Kinnaston, "The Wonder" of, 135

Kirkby Lonsdale, 281

Kirkconnel and the romance of Helen and her lover, 316, 317

Kirkgate, 300

Kirtle Water and the romance of Helen and her lover, 316, 317

Kit Hill, 58

Kyrle, John, "The Man of Ross," 137, 138

Laiglan, 337, 338

Laira Bridge, 51

Laird, Mr. John, 268

Lamington Tower, 344

Lanark, 350

Lancaster:
Former prosperity as a port, 282;
associations of John of Gaunt, 282-284;
a Roman settlement, ancient fisheries, and first charter, 283;
the castle, 283, 284;
monastic establishments, proclamation of the Pretender, 283;
birthplace of Whewell, Grammar School, 284

Lancaster Bay, 286

Landing-stage at Liverpool, 265, 266

Landor, Walter Savage, and Llanthony, 142, 143

Langdale, Great and Little, 291

Langport, 68

Lansdowne and the defeat of Sir William Waller, 75

Latchford, 255, 256, 257

Lauries, The, The Seat of, 321

Leadhills, 344

Leamington, 108

Lee Priory, 6

Lemon, The, 39

Lenham, The, 3

Lerrin Creek, The, 62

Leven, The, 293

Lewes, Battle of, 10

Liddel, The:
Hermitage Castle and its associations, 313, 314

Lid, The, 46

Lincluden Abbey, 319

Lind, Jenny, and Manchester Infirmary, 252

Lindfield, 10

Linton the engraver and Brantwood, 294

Listers, The, Family seat of, 274

Littlebourne, 6

Littlehampton, 11

Liverpool:
Early history and variations in name, 259;
castles, and feuds between the Molineux and Stanley families, 260;
King John and Toxteth Park, Parliamentary representation, 261;
during the Civil Wars, 262;
allusion by Camden, and population, 262;
tonnage of ships entering the port, 263;
New Brighton Lighthouse, 263;
docks, 263, 264;
landing-stage, 265, 266;
electric overhead railway, 266;
railway to Birkenhead, view of the city from Birkenhead, Lime
Street Station, St. George's Hall, etc., 266;
Town Hall, Royal Exchange, University College, Infirmary, Sefton
Park, water-supply, 88, 267;
bishopric, eminent men, 267

Livesey, Joseph, and the first total abstinence pledge, 278

Livingstone, David, Birthplace of, 355

Liza, The and the Great Gable, 297, 298

Llanbedr and its ancient fortifications, 218

Llanberis, and the Pass, 205

Llandaff Cathedral, 165;
village and Bishop's palace, 166

Llandderfel, 230

Llanddewi Brefi, 187

Llandilo, 179

Llandingat, Vicar of, Story of the, 179

Llandogo, 144

Llandovery, 178, 179

Llandrindod and its wells, 129

Llandudno, 222

Llanegwad, 179

Llangadock, 179

Llangattoc Park, 153

Llangollen, Vale of, 232;
bridge of, 233;
town of, and derivation of name, 234

Llangurig, 126

Llangwryney, 153

Llanidloes, 84, 85

Llanrwst, 217, 218

Llanspyddid, 150

Llanthony and its priory, 142;
and Walter Savage Landor, 142, 143

Llanuwchllyn, 229

Llanymddyfri, 178

Lledr, The, 213, 214

Llewelyn, Last stand and burialplace of, 128, 129;
ride to Builth, 130;
at Hereford, 133;
and the Dysynni, 197;
birthplace of, 214;
and Deganwy Castle, 222;
at Rhuddlan, 226

Llewelyn, David Llwyd ap, 195

Llia, The, 168, 169

Llugwy, The:
At Capel Curig, turbulent course and scenery, 210;
Swallow Falls, 210, 211;
Moel Siabod, 210, 211;
Bettws-y-Coed, 211-213

Llyffnant, The, 124

Llyn-Gwyn Lake, The, 127

Loch Doon, 340

Loch Enoch, 341

Loch Lomond, 367, 369

Loch Long, 369

Lochinvar, The romance of, 315, 316

Lochmaben, the supposed birthplace of Robert Bruce, 318

Lodore, Falls of, 299

"Logan" stone, in Teign valley, 38

Loman, The, 30

Long Mountain, The, 87

Longridge Fell, 279

Looe, The, 55

Lostwithiel, 62

Love, The, 55

Loweswater, 299, 300

Ludlow, its castle and church, 104

Lug, The, 135

Lugar, The, 334

Lundy, 47

Lune, The:
Spencer's allusion, its rise, uplands, highlands, valleys, fairy
glens, Howgill, Kirkby Lonsdale, 281;
the Greta and the Wenning, Vale of Caton, Morecambe Bay and Little
Fylde, 212;
Lancaster, 282-284;
Drayton's lines, 284

Lutterworth and Wiclif, 108

Lydney, 123

Lyminge Church, 3

Lymington river, The, 20

Lympstone, 34

Lyn, The (also called the East Lyn):
Source, length, general features, places and scenes described in
"Lorna Doone," 35;
its beauty between Malmsmead and Watersmeet, 35, 36;
Lynton and Lynmouth, 36

Lynher, The, 59

Lynmouth, 36

Lynton, 36, 47

Machno, The:
Scenery, Pandy Mill, Falls of the Conway, 215;
Fairy Glen, 217

Machynlleth, 195, 196

Madoc, Prince, Tales of, 204, 220

Madoc ap Gruffydd Maelor, 234

Maiden Newton, 24

Mallwyd Church, 195

Malmesbury, ruins of the abbey, William of Malmesbury, and Hobbes,
72

Malpas Road estuary, 65

Manchester:
Water-supply, 244;
earliest industries, in Tudor times, and population, 246;
progress of manufacture and trade, 247;
Ship-Canal, 247, 248, 250, 254, 255;
during the Civil Wars, Peterloo massacre, Parliamentary
representation, Free Trade Hall, incorporation, 250;
Cathedral, 250, 251;
Chetham College, Grammar School, Owens College, Victoria
University, Free Libraries, 251;
Albert Memorial, Town Hall, Infirmary and other buildings, 252;
the Irwell, 246, 252, 253;
Salford docks, 254

"Mappa Mundi," 134

Maresfield and the remains of iron-smelting industry, 10

Margate, 6

Marias, The, 180

Marlan, The, 73

Marteg, The, 127

Martyr's Worthy, 15

Mary Queen of Scots, her landing at Workington, 300;
visit to Bothwell, 314;
at Craignethan Castle, 351;
at Cadzow, 353

Massey, Gerald, and Brantwood, 294

Mauchline, 334

Maud de Saint Wallery and the Castle of Hay, 131

Mauldslie Castle, 353

Mawddach, The, 198;
Ganllwyd Glen, 201;
the Falls, 201, 202;
Barmouth and Wordsworth, Penmaenpool, Abbey of St. Mary, 202;
antiquity and appearance of Barmouth, Guild of St. George, hill
of Craig Abermaw, 203

Maxwell family, The, and Caerlaverock Castle, 320, 321

Maxwelltown, 321

Meavy, The, 50

Medina river, The, 22

Medlock, The, 246

Melksham, 74

Mellte, The, 169-171

Menai Strait, 206

Meonware, 12

Merlin's Grotto, 179

Mersey, The:
A modern river, 242;
derivations of name, 242, 243;
origin, 243, 244;
Blackstone-edge reservoirs and the Manchester water-supply, 244;
Stockport, 244, 245;
Northenden, Stretford, 245;
the Irwell, 245, 246;
Manchester and Salford, 246, 247, 250-252, 254, 255, 257;
the Ship-Canal, 247, 248, 250;
Ordsall, Eccles, Barton, Warburton, Irlam, 254;
Warrington, 255, 256;
Latchford, 256, 257;
Runcorn and Widnes, 257, 258;
the Weaver, Saltport, Eastham Locks, Ellesmere Port, 258;
entrance to estuary and Wirral Peninsula, 258, 259;
Liverpool, 259-268;
Birkenhead, 266, 268;
New Brighton, Perch Rock Lighthouse, sandbanks, length, lines of
Drayton, 268

Merthyr, Manufactories of, 162, 163

Midford, The, 75

Milford, Old and New, 183-186

Milford Haven, 182-186

Minnick Water, The, 318

Minster, 6

Minsterworth, 123

Mint, The, 2-6

Moel Famman, 228

Moel Siabod, 210, 211, 214, 217

Moel Wyn, 204

Mold, 237

Molineux family, The, and Liverpool, 260

Monkton Priory, 183

Monmouth in olden time, 141;
St. Mary's Church, St. Thomas's Chapel, Benedictine Priory, the
"Monmouth Cap," 142

Monmouth, Earl of, his defeat of the Covenanters at Bothwell
Bridge, 354

Monnow, The, 141, 142

"Mons Meg" gun, The, 323

Monteith, John, and the Blantyre mills, 355

Montgomery, its castle and the Herberts of Cherbury, 86;
the church and its monuments, 87

Mordiford and the legend of a serpent, 135

Morecambe Bay, 282, 284, 285, 286

Morgan, Bishop, 227

Morley, Earls of, Seat of, 51

Morriston, 175, 176

Morton, Bishop, at Brecon Castle, 151

Morwell Rocks, 55, 56

Morwellham, 56

Moselle, The, its resemblance to the Wye, 140

Mossgiel, 334

Mostyn, Castle of, 240

Motherwell, 353

Mouse Water, The, 350, 351

Much Wenlock, 98

Muchelney Abbey, 68

Muir, James, "The Grey Man," 340

Muirkirk, 332

Mumbles, The, 175

Murray, John, and Mrs. Randell's "Domestic Cookery," 175

Musgrave family, Seat of the, 303, 304

Myddleton, Sir Hugh, and Chirk Castle, 234

Nadder, The, 22

Nailbourne, 6

Nant Francon, Vale of, 206, 208

Naseby, Battle of, 107

Neath, The, 159, 160;
its rise, 168;
the Stone of Llia, scenery near Ystradfellte, 169;
the Mellte, 169, 170;
the Little Neath, the Hepste, and the Sychnant, 169-171;
the Cwm Porth, 170;
waterfalls, 170, 171;
Pont Neath Vaughan, 171;
Neath and its abbey, 171-173

Neath town, 160, 171;
Abbey, 172, 173

Nelson monument near Carmarthen, 179

New Brighton, 268

New Forest, its streams, 20

New Lanark, 350

Newcastle Emlyn, 187

Newgale Bridge, 181

Newmarch, Bernard, Church at Brecon founded by, 151

Newnham, 123

Newport:
Trade, docks, and castle, 157;
Church of St. Woollos, 158

Newton Abbot, 39

Newton Stewart, 323

Newtown, 86

Nith, The:
Its rise, course, and tributaries, 318;
Dumfries, 319;
Drumlanrig Castle, 319, 320;
Caerlaverock Castle, 320, 321;
the Cairn, Maxwelltown, 321;
Sweetheart Abbey, 322

North, Christopher, on Troutbeck village, 292

North Foreland, 6

North Tamerton, 55

Northenden, 245

Offa, Palace at Hereford of, 133;
his murder of Ethelbert and founding of Hereford Cathedral, 134;
battle with the Welsh at Rhuddlan, 225

Offa's Dyke, 235, 236

Ogwen, The:
Length, Falls of Benglog, 207;
Vale of Nant Francon, Bethesda slate quarries, cascades, 208, 209;
Penmaenmawr, Penrhyn Castle, 209

Old Man of Coniston, 294

Old Sarum, 22, 23

Oldham, Bishop, and Manchester Grammar School, 251

Olwey, The, 155

Ordericus, Birthplace of, 96

Ordsall, 254

Otter, The:
Honiton, Ottery St. Mary, and Coleridge's reminiscences of his
birthplace, 27, 28

Ottery St. Mary, 27

Ouse, The Sussex:
Course, Fletching Common, Maresfield and its remains of
iron-smelting industry, battle of Lewes, 10

Overton Churchyard, 236

Owen, Sir Richard, and Lancaster Grammar School, 284

Owen, Robert, Birthplace of, 86;
his mills at New Lanark, 350

Owens, John, and Owens College, 251

Oxenbridge Ogre, The, 7

Oxenhams, The, Tradition relating to, 46

Paisley, 366

Paley and the Grammar School at Giggleswick, 273

Parr, Catherine, Birthplace of, 287

Parret, The:
Source, and view at Crewkerne, 67;
Church of St. Bartholomew, ruins of Muchelney Abbey, Langport,
historical associations, the Tone and Taunton, 68;
Athelney Island and Alfred the Great, 69, 70;
Sedgemoor, 70;
Bridgwater and its trade, Burnham, Highbridge, Wookey Hole, 70, 71

Partick, 363, 365

Patrixbourne, 6

Patti, Madame, and Craig-y-Nos, 177, 178

Paxton, Sir Joseph, 268

Pearl-fishery at Deganwy, 221

Peden the Covenanter, 334

Peel Castle, 286

Pegwell Bay, 6

Pembroke, Old and New, 183, 184

Pembroke Castle, 183

Pendle Hill, 276

Penmaenmawr, 209

Penmaenpool, 198, 202

Penrhyn Castle, 209

Pentillie Castle, 58

Perddyn, The, 171

Peterloo massacre, 250

Petteril, The, and Greystoke Castle, 307

Pillar Mountain, 297

Plinlimmon, source of five rivers, 82, 124;
legendary associations, 125, 126

Plym, The:
Rise and outlet, 49;
Cadaford Bridge, Shaugh Prior, the Dewerstone, the Meavy,
Sheepstor, Bickleigh Vale, Plympton Priory, 50;
Plympton, Earl, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, Laira Bridge, and
Saltram, 51;
Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse, 52, 53

Plymouth, 50-53

Plympton Earl and Sir Joshua Reynolds, 51

Plympton St. Mary, 50

Pont Neath Vaughan, 171

Pontypridd and its bridge, 163, 164

Portmadoc, 203, 204

Portsmouth, Earl of, Seat of, 46

Postling and the southern branch of the Canterbury Stour, 3

Potrail, The, 343

Poulton-le-Fylde, 280

Powderham Castle, 34

Powys Castle, 87

Prehistoric animals, Remains of, 273

Preston:
Antiquity, Anglo-Saxon remains, rout of the Royalists, buildings,
278;
port and docks, 279

Prestonbury, 38

Pretenders, The, at Lancaster, 283

Priesthill and the shooting of John Brown, 332

Prior Matthew, Birthplace of, 23

Pulborough, 11

"Q.," Old, 320

Quatford, 102

Queensberry, First Duke of, and Drumlanrig Castle, 319

Quicksands of Morecambe Bay, 285, 286

Quothquan, 345

Raglan Castle and its siege, 155

Ramsgate, 6

Red Scar, 278

Red Screes, 285

Redbridge, 20

Renfrew, 366, 367

Restormel Castle, 61, 62

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, and his birthplace, 51;
at Plymouth with Dr. Johnson, 53

Rhayader Gwy, 126, 127

Rheidol, The, 189, 190

Rhuddlan, 223;
Castle and historical associations, 225, 226

Rhyl, 223

Rhys ap Thomas, Sir and Carew Castle, 182

Ribble, The:
Source, 271, 272;
Settle, formation of the railway and diversion of the river,
Horton-in-Ribblesdale, 272;
legendary giants, Giggleswick, cascades near Stainforth,
whortleberry and mushroom produce, 273;
peel-house at Hellifield, 273, 274;
Gisburne Hall, wild cattle, Bowland Forest, the Hodder, Whitewell
Chapel, Brownsholm Hall, and the Seal of the Commonwealth, 274;
Stonyhurst College and the Sherburne family, 274-276;
the Calder, Burnley, Pendle Hill, and a story of Fox, 276;
Towneley Hall and the ruins of Whalley Abbey, 276, 278;
allusions of Philip Gilbert Hamerton, 278;
Preston, 278, 279

Richard II., landing at Milford Haven on his return from Ireland,
185;
at Conway Castle, 220;
a captive at Rhuddlan Castle, 226;
at Flint Castle, 239

Richborough Castle, 6

Rivington Pike, 279

Robartes, Lord, Cornish home of, 61

Robertsbridge and the Cistercian Abbey, 8

Roch, The, 246

Romsey:
Salmon-fishing, and the abbey, 19

Ropley Dean, and the source of the Itchen, 14

Roseneath, 368

Ross Town and the "Man of Ross," 136-138

Rothay (or Rotha), The:
Its feeders, Codale Tarn, Easedale, 288;
Helm Crag, Wordsworth's allusion, Grasmere, the Church, aspect of
the country in former times, 289;
Wordsworth's Cottage, 289, 290;
hills and other scenery round Grasmere, 290;
Rydal, Rydal Water and Forest, 290, 291;
Ambleside, junction with the Brathay, fall into Windermere, 291

Rother, The Eastern, and Bodiam Castle, 7, 8;
source, Robertsbridge and its abbey, tributaries, scenery, Isle
of Oxney, and Winchelsea, 8

Row, 369

Royal Military Canal, 7

Rugby, 108

Runcorn, 255, 257, 258

Rupert, Prince, and the siege of Liverpool, 262

Ruskin, Mr.:
Guild of St. George at Barmouth, 203;
allusion to scenery in the Vale of Llangollen, 232;
and Brantwood, 294

Rutherglen, 358, 361

Rydal Water, 290, 291

Rye, 7, 8

Saddleback, 298

St. Asaph and its cathedral, 227

St. Augustine, Arrival of, 4;
and Littlebourne, 6

St. Austell, The, 55

St. Bride of Douglas, Church of, and the Douglas family, 347

St. Cadoc creek, The, 62

St. Constantine, Churchyard of, 344

St. Finbarrus, first Bishop of Cork, Church dedicated to, 63

St. Giles's Park, 24

St. John's Beck, The, 298

St. Kentigern, Legendary story of, 358

St. Leonard's Forest, 10, 11

St. Michael's, Lancashire, 280

St. Mungo, 358

St. Neot, 61

St. Nicholas-at-Wade, Ford at, 6

St. Patrick, Birthplace of, 366

St. Wilfrid and the South Saxons, 13

Salford, 246, 248, 254.
(_See also_ Manchester)

Salisbury and the Avon, 22;
Cathedral, 23

Saltash, 55, 59

Saltport, 258

Sandwich, 6, 7

Sark, The, 312

Sarr, 5, 6

Sawddy, The, 178

Scafell, 295

Scorhill Down and the "Clam" Bridge, 37, 38

Scott, Sir Walter, at Wordsworth's cottage when an Inn, 290;
his visit to the Church of St. Bride of Douglas, 347;
and "Old Mortality," 351, 354

Seaford, 8, 10

Seal of the Commonwealth, The, at Brownsholm Hall, 274

Seaton, The, 55

Sedgemoor, 70

Sefton Park, 267

Seiont, The:
Length, Pass of Llanberis, 205;
Dolbadarn Castle and Ceunant Mawr, 205, 206;
view of Snowdon, Carnarvon Castle, Carnarvon, Conway, and the
Isle of Anglesea, 206

Serpent of the Wye, The, Legend of, 135

Settle, 272

"Seven Wonders of Wales," 232, 233, 236

Severn, The:
Source, 82;
length, 82 and _note_;
and the course of the Dee, 83;
scenery near source, 83;
its ancient names, 84;
Llanidloes, 84, 85;
Blaenhafren, 84;
Cefn Carnedd, 85, 86;
Caersws fortress, Newtown and Robert Owen, 86;
Montgomery, its castle and the Herberts of Cherbury, 86, 87;
Welshpool, Powys Castle, Roman entrenchments, the Long Mountain,
the Breidden Hills, 87;
Vyrnwy tributary, Liverpool water-supply, 88;
views from the hills, 87;
Shrewsbury, 90-94;
Haughmond Hill, 94, 95;
Augustinian Priory, 95;
Atcham, Wroxeter Church, site of Uriconium, 96;
relics of Roman times, 97;
Condover, the Wrekin, Benthall Edge, Much Wenlock, Buildwas
Abbey, 98;
Coalbrook Dale, Ironbridge, Broseley, Benthall, 99;
Bridgnorth, 99, 100;
Quatford, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Stourport and the canal, 102;
Worcester, 102-104;
the Teme, Ludlow Castle and Church, 104;
Kemsey and Upton, 104;
Tewkesbury, 106;
Deerhurst, 119;
Gloucester, its cathedral and historical associations, 119-122;
Telford's bridge, 122;
tidal wave, 122;
Minsterworth, Westbury, Newnham, Berkeley, Lydney, Sharpness
Bridge, tunnel, the estuary, 123

Shaftesbury, Earls of, and St. Giles's Park, 23

Shakespeare, his associations with Stratford-on-Avon, 111-114;
his allusions to Kendal, 288

Shandon, 369

Sharpness, 123

Sheffield, Earl of, Seat of, 10

Shelley and Tremadoc, 204

Sherburne family, The, and Stonyhurst College, 274, 275

Ship-Canal, Manchester, 247, 248, 250, 254, 255, 257

Shoreham, 11

Shottery and Anne Hathaway, 111

Shrewsbury:
Situation and history, 90;
attacks on the fortress, bridges over the Severn, birthplace of
Admiral Benbow and Charles Darwin, school, 91;
black-timbered houses, Ireland's Mansion, 92;
churches, 94;
museum, 97

Sid, The, 27

Siddons, Mrs., Birthplace of, 151

Sigourney, Lydia, Lines on Carlisle by, 309

Silverdale, 285, 286

Simon de Montfort, Death of, 115

Simonsbath, 28

Skelton, John, Lampoons of, 305;
in sanctuary at Westminster, and story of his student days, 306

Skiddaw, 298, 307

Smeaton and the Eddystone, 52

Smollett, The home of, 367

Snowdon, 204, 205, 210

Solway Firth, 301, 302, 312

Sorn, 332;
the castle, 333;
the village and the memories of Burns, 333, 334

South Molton, 46

South Tawton, 46

Southampton, 13, 14;
docks, piers, suburbs, etc., 19

Southampton Water, 1

Southey, Birthplace of, 78;
his allusion to the Vale of St. John's, 298;
burialplace, 299

Southwick, 13

Spencer:
Allusions to the Dee, 229, 237;
allusions to the Lune, 281, 284

Sprint, The, 286

Stainforth, 273

Stair House, 335

Stanley, Mr. H. M., Birthplace of, 228

Stanley family, The, and Liverpool, 260

Starcross, 34

Staverton, 42

Steele, Sir Richard, and Carmarthen, 179, 180

Stephen, King, and his siege of Shrewsbury, 90, 91

Stevenson, R. L., his character of the Lord Justice Clerk in "Weir
of Hermiston," 350

Stewart, Dugald, entertains Robert Burns at Catrine House, 334

Steyning, 11

Stockbridge, 19

Stockport:
A railway centre, 244;
antiquity, historical associations and trade, 245

Stonebyres Linn, 351

Stonehouse, 51, 53

Stoneleigh Abbey, 108

Stonyhurst College, 274-276

Stour, The (Canterbury):
Peculiarities, 2;
branches, length of course and valley, 3;
angling, 3, 5;
Ashford, Lenham, Postling, Lyminge, and Wye, 3;
Canterbury, 4;
Fordwich, 4, 5;
Grove Ferry and Sarr, 5, 6;
Isle of Thanet, 6;
Pegwell Bay, 6

Stour, The (Dorsetshire):
Source, and confluence with the Avon, 23;
Canford Hall, Gaunt's House, St. Giles's Park, Wimborne and
Matthew Prior, 23

Stour, The Lesser:
Source and course, Bishopsbourne Church and Bishop Hooker,
Cranmer's Palace at Bekesbourne, and general features of the
watershed, 6;
Sandwich, 7

Stourhead, 23

Stourmouth, 6

Stourport, 102

Strata Florida Abbey, 186

Stratford-on-Avon:
The town, 110;
Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway, and Sir Thomas Lucy, 111;
the church, the poet's burialplace, and monument, 113, 114

Stretford, 245

Sundrum, 335

Swallow Falls, 210, 211

Swanbourne Mill, 11

Swansea:
Origin of name, industrial history, 174;
Morriston Castle, the Mumbles, literary associations, 175

Sweetheart Abbey, 322

Swift, The, 108

Sychnant, The, 170, 171

Symond's Yat, View from, 140, 141

Taf, The, 180

Taff, The, 159, 160;
sources, 161;
water-supply of Cardiff, 163;
Merthyr and its factories, Dowlais Steel and Iron Works, scenery
of affluents, 163;
Pontypridd, 163, 164;
Castell Coch and its wines, 164;
Llandaff, its cathedral and village, 165, 166;
Cardiff, 166-168

Tal-y-Llyn, 197

Talsarn Mountain, 149

Tamar, The, 46;
its rise, course, scenery on upper waters, cascade at Weir Head,
55;
Morwell Rocks, 55, 56;
Morwellham, Harewood, and Calstock, 56;
Cotehele House, Kit Hill, Danescombe Valley, Pentillie Castle,
Cargreen, St. Budeaux Church, Trematon Castle, and junction with
the Tavy, 58;
width at Saltash, characteristics of Saltash, the Hamoaze, 59

Tame, The, 243

Tarbolton, 335

Tarel, The, 150

Tarras, The, 314

Taunton, 68-70

Tavistock and Drake, 45

Tavy, The:
Course and richness of scenery, 45;
Tavistock and Drake, 45;
Buckland Abbey, tributaries, and confluence with the Tamar, 46, 58

Taw, The:
Length, general features, South Tawton and the Oxenhams,
Eggesford, Chulmleigh, view from Coddon Hill, Bishop's Tawton,
and Tawstock Park, 46;
Barnstaple, its history and antiquity, 47;
Lundy, Hartland Point, and Baggy Point, 47

Tawe, The, 159, 160;
Swansea, 174-176;
Mumbles, 175;
length, Morriston, 176;
the Twrch affluent, 176;
Craig-y-Nos and Madame Patti, 177, 178;
source, 178

Teifi (or Tivy), The:
Source, Great Monastery, the "Westminster of Wales," 186;
Tregaron, Llanddewi Brefi, Derry Ormond column and its romance,
Newcastle, Cenarth, 187;
Kilgerran Castle, Cardigan, 188;
Gwbert-on-the-Sea, 189

Teign, The:
Source and tributaries, 37;
the "Clam" bridge near Scorhill, 37, 38;
Leigh Bridge, Chagford, "logan" stone, view of gorge from Fingle
Bridge, Prestonbury, Cranbrook, Dunsford Bridge, Heltor,
Blackstone, Chudleigh and its limestone, 38;
waters of the Bovey, Newton Abbot and the Prince of Orange's
proclamation, 39;
Teignmouth, 40

Teignmouth, 40

Teme, The, 104

Tennyson at Freshwater, 20;
allusions to the Wye, 144;
and Llanberis, 205;
allusion to Bala Lake, 230

Tern, The, 96

Test, The, 12;
source, 13;
characteristics, length, tributaries, Stockbridge, angling at
Romsey, 19

Tewkesbury, 106;
Abbey Church and timbered houses, 115, 116;
the last battle between Lancaster and York, 117, 118

Thirlmere, 298

Threave Castle and its history, 322, 323

Tichborne, 15

Tintern Abbey, 145, 146

Tinto Hill, 344;
prospect from, 345

Titchfield, The, 12

Titus, Colonel Silas, 62

Tiverton:
Former name, Church of St. Peter, Castle, the Grammar School and
Peter Blundell, 30

Tomb, Miraculous, at Christchurch, 157

Tone, The, 68

Tong, The, 246

Topsham, 34

Torridge, The, 37, 46;
its rise and circuitous course, 47;
features of the valley, 47;
Torrington and its church, 47, 48;
Bideford and its historical associations, 48, 49;
Hubbastone, Instow, and Appledore, 49

Torrington and its church, 47, 48

Tortington, 11

Totnes, 42, 43

Tower Lindsay, 344

Towneley Hall and the Towneley family, 276, 278

Towy, The:
Source, scenery, absence of pollution, affluents, Ystradffin and
the story of Twm Shon Catti, Llandovery, 178;
bridges, Llandilo, Dynevor Castle, Golden Grove, Dryslwyn Castle,
Nelson monument, the Cothi, Llanegwad, 179;
Carmarthen, 79, 80

Towyn, 198

Traeth Bach, The, 204

Train, George Francis, 268

Trecastle, 150

Treffry family, The, Seat of, 63

Trefriw, 218

Tregaron, 187

Tregony, 63

Tregothman, 63, 64

Tremadoc and Shelley, 204

Trothey, The, 143

"Trough of the Clyde," The, 350, 351

Troutbeck, The:
Troutbeck village, Ill Bell, 292

Truro, 63, 64;
and the jurisdiction over Falmouth, 65;
rivalry with Falmouth, 66

Truro River, 63

Twy-ford-town. (_See_ Tiverton)

Uddington, 357

Ulleswater, 303

Ulverston Sands, 286

University College, Liverpool, 267

Upavon, 22

Upton, 104

Urieoninm, Site of, 96, 97

Usk, The:
Its rise, the Henwen brook, 149;
Trecastle and earthworks of Bernard Newmarch's Castle, Drayton's
"Cray," Forest of Brecon and its outlaws, the Yscir, remains of
Roman camp, view from Llanspyddid, 150;
Brecon, 150, 151;
"Arthur's Chair," 151;
the Beacons, 150, 152;
Bwlch, 152;
Dinas Castle and Alfred the Great's daughter, Crickhowell and
the Well of St. Cenan, Llangattock Park and its cave,
Llangwryney, junction with the Gwryney, 153;
Abergavenny, 153, 154;
Raglan Castle, salmon and trout fishing, Usk and its castle,
Caerleon and Roman relics, centre of one of the ancient British
kingdoms, 156;
miraculous tomb, Newport, Earl of Gloucester's Castle, 157;
tower of St. Woollos' Church, 158

Usk town, a Roman station, castle, and scene of defeat of Owen
Glendower, 155

Vale of St. John, 298

Valle Crucis Abbey, 232, 233

Victoria University, 251

Vivian, Lord, Seat of, 61

Vyrnwy, The, and the Liverpool water-supply, 88

Wallabrook, The, 37, 38

Wallace, William, Legends of, 337;
scenes of his exploits in Clydesdale, 345;
his "Tower" and "Chair," 350;
and Marion Bradfute, 350;
and the "Castle of the Quaw," 351;
at Blantyre Priory, 355

Walney Island, 294

Walton, Izaak, his allusions to Fordwich, 5;
grave and memorial at Winchester, 16

Wanlockhead, 344

Wantsum, The, 6

War of the Roses and the town of Shrewsbury, 91;
battle of Tewkesbury, 117

Warburton, 254, 255

Wareham, 24

Warre, Thomas de la, and Manchester Cathedral, 250

Warrington, 255, 256

Warton the poet, and Wickham, 13

Warwick and its church and castle, 110

Warwick, Guy, Earl of, and Guy's Cliff, 108

Wastwater, 296, 297

Water of Ken, The, 322

Watling Street, Clydesdale, 351

Watt, James, and Glasgow Green, 361;
birthplace of, 368

Watt's Dyke, 235, 236

Waugh, the Lancashire poet, and a stranger's description of
Wordsworth, 296

Wear Gifford, 48

Wear Water, The, 26

Weaver, The, 258

Weld, Cardinal, and Stonyhurst College, 275

Well of St. Cenau, 153

Welshpool, 87

Wenning, The, 282

Werrington stream, The, 55

West Lynn, The, 29

West Okement, The, 37, 47

Westbury-on-Severn, 123

Westminster, Duke of, and Eaton Hall, 237

Weston-Zoyland, 70

Wetheral, The "Safeguards" and the priory at, 306

Wethercoats Cave, Waterfall of, 282

Whaddon streamlet, The, 74

Whalley Abbey, 276, 278

Wharton Crags, 286

Whernside Heights, 272

Wherwell, 19

Whewell, Dr., Birthplace of, 284

Whitchurch, 19

White Cart, Valley of the, 366

Whiteinch, 365, 366

Whitewell Chapel, 274

Wickham, birthplace of William Wykeham, and residence of Warton the
poet, 13

Wickham Breaux, 6

Wiclif and Lutterworth, 108

Widnes, 257

Wigtown martyrs, 325, 326

Wiley, The, 22

William III., his portrait at Drumlanrig Castle stabbed by
Highlanders, 320

William Rufus and Armathwaite, 305

William of Wykeham, 13

Wilson, Professor, on the neighbourhood of Windermere, 291

Wilson, Richard, Burialplace of, 237

Wimborne, 23

Winchelsea, 7, 8

Winchester, 15;
memorial to Izaak Walton, 16

Windermere:
Dimensions, islets, and feeders, 291, 292;
depth, angling for char, beauties of the southern end, 293

Winster, The, 288

Wirral Peninsula, 259, 268

Wnion, The:
Troutfishing, the Torrent Walk, 198;
cataract, 199;
Dolgelley, 200, 201

Wookey Hole, 71

Wootton river, The, 22

Worcester:
History, 102, 103;
Cathedral, 103, 104

Wordsworth, his lines on the Wye, 144;
and the estuary of the Mawddach, 202;
and Mrs. Hemans crossing the Ulverston Sands, 286;
allusion to Kendal, 288;
and Easedale Tarn, 288, 289;
his cottage and burialplace, 289, 290;
on the river Duddon, 294;
sonnets on Donnerdale, 294, 295;
described by a local gossip, 297;
birthplace, 300;
on the Eden river, 303;
on the scenery of the Clyde, 349, 350

Workington, 300

Wrekin, The, 94, 98

Wrexham Church, 236

Wroxeter, 96

Wrynose Fell, 294

Wye, The:
Source, 82, 124;
Llangurig, Rhayader Gwy, 126, 127;
the Llyn-Gwyn, 127;
the Elan tributary, Nantgwillt and Shelley, scenery on the Elan,
the Yrfon and Wolf's Leap, 128;
burialplace of Llewelyn, 129;
Llandrindod and its wells, 129;
Builth and Llewelyn's ride, Hay and its castle and legends,
130-132;
Clifford Castle and Rosamond, 132, 133;
Hereford, Offa, Llewelyn, 133;
murder of Ethelbert and origin of the cathedral, 134;
"Mappa Mundi," 134, 135;
Wye Bridge, Mordiford and the legend of a serpent, "The Wonder,"
135;
Ross and the "Man of Ross," 136-138;
Goodrich Castle, Forest of Dean, Courtfield, 138;
Coldwell Rocks, 138, 140;
resemblance to the Moselle, 140;
view from Symond's Yat, 141;
Monmouth, 141, 142;
Golden Valley, Abbey Dore, Norman church of Kilpeck, tributaries,
142;
Llanthony and W. S. Landor, 142, 143;
Wordsworth's and Tennyson's lines, 144;
Tintern Abbey, 145, 146;
view from Wyndcliff, 146;
Chepstow, 146, 147;
junction with the Severn, 148

Wye racecourse, 3

Wyndcliff, View of nine counties from, 146

Wynn, Sir John, 218

Wynn, Sir Richard, 221

Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, Seat of, 234

Wynnstay, 234, 235

Wyre, The:
Source, Fleetwood, the fells, 279;
St. Michael's, Poulton-le-Fylde, 280

Wyre Water, 280

Yar, The, rising at Freshwater, 22

Yar, The eastern, 22

Yarmouth, 20

Yealm, The, 49

Yeo, The, or Ivel, 68

Yoker, 366

Yrfon, The, 128

Yscir, The, 150

Ystradfellte, 169

Ystradffin and the story of Twm Shon Catti, 178

Ystradgynlais, 176

Ystwith, The:
Rise and length, 189;
Eglwys Newydd and mountain scenery, 190;
Aberystwith, 190, 192

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London, E. C./

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: The Severn is about 200 miles in length, the Thames being about 250. The Dee is hardly more than 90 miles.]

[Footnote 2: "Our Own Country," Vol. V., p. 160.]

[Footnote 3: "Our Own Country," Vol. V., p. 169.]

[Footnote 4: "Our Own Country." Vol. V., p. 183.]

[Footnote 5: "Our Own Country." Vol. V. p. 186.]

[Footnote 6: Dean Spence in "Cathedrals, Abbeys and Churches," p. 774.]

[Footnote 7: Green. "Short History of the English People," ch. iii.]

[Footnote 8: Quoted in "The Wye and its Associations," by Leitch Ritchie.]

[Footnote 9: For Map of the Usk _see ante_, p. 127.]

[Footnote 10: "Our Own Country," Vol. V.]

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