INDEX.
Ainsworth, W. Harrison, [209-222]
Albourne, [248]
Ansty Cross, [93], [222]
Aram, Eugene, [172]
“Autopsy,” Steam Carriage, [37], [63], [88]
Banks, Sir Edward, [136]
Banstead Downs, [159-161]
Barrymore, The, [6], [192], [267]
Belmont, [159]
Benhilton, [156]
Bicycles, [64-71], [74-79], [85-91]
Bird, Lieutenant Edward, murderer, [169-172]
Bolney, [200], [243], [246]
“Boneshakers”, [65]
Brighton, [2], [12], [37], [255-272]
Railway opened, [42]
Road Records tabulated, [88-91]
Routes to, [1-4]
Brixton, [92], [97-100]
Hill, [68], [93], [98], [105]
Broad Green, [108], [129]
Burgess Hill, [223]
Burgh Heath, [159-161]
Carriers, The, [11-14]
Charles II., [270]
Charlwood, [175]
Chipstead, [135-138]
Clayton, [93], [102], [231], [250]
Hill, [25], [229], [231-232]
Tunnel, [229-231]
Coaches:—
Accommodation, [26]
Age, [29], [30], [35]
1852-1862, [42], [45], [47]
1875-1880, 1882-3, [46]
Alert, [33], [34]
Coburg, [30]
Comet, [33]
1887-1899, 1900, [46], [49], [55]
Coronet, [33]
Criterion, [41], [64], [74], [88]
Dart, [33]
Defiance, [28], [46]
1880, —
Duke of Beaufort, [31]
“Flying Machine,” coach, [18-22]
Life-Preserver, [30]
Magnet, [33]
Mails, The, [23], [26], [28], [33], [34], [42]
Old Times, 1866, [45]
1888, [49-51]
Quicksilver, [38]
Red Rover, [41], [63], [88]
Regent, [33]
Sovereign, [33]
Times, [33]
Union, [33]
Venture (A. G. Vanderbilt), [61]
Victoria, [42]
Vigilant, 1900-05, —
Wonder, [38]
Coaching, [5], [11-14], [18-34], [37-49], [228]
Coaching Notabilities:—
Angel, B. J., [45], [46]
Armytage, Col., [45]
Batchelor, Jas., [14]
Beaufort, Duke of, [45], [46]
Beckett, Capt. H. L., [46]
Blyth, Capt., [46]
Bradford, “Miller”, [26]
Clark, George, [45]
Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, [29], [45]
Fitzgerald, Mr., [45]
Fownes, Edwin, [46]
Freeman, Stewart, [46], [49]
Gwynne, Sackville Frederick, [29]
Harbour, Charles, [41], [64]
Haworth, Capt., [45], [46]
Jerningham, Hon. Fred., [29]
Lawrie, Capt., [45]
Londesborough, Earl of, [46]
McCalmont, Hugh, [46]
Meek, George, [46]
Pole, E. S. Chandos, [45], [46]
Pole-Gell, Mr., [46]
Sandys, Hon. H., [49]
Selby, Jas., [41], [49], [64], [73], [74], [75], [89]
Stevenson, Henry, [29], [30]
Stracey-Clitherow, Col., [46]
Thynne, Lord H., [45]
Tiffany, Mr., [46]
Vanderbilt, Alfred Gwynne, [61]
Wemyss, Randolph, [49]
Wiltshire, Earl of, [46]
Worcester, Marquis of, [29], [38]
Coaching Records, [41], [64], [73], [74], [88], [89]
Cold Blow, [159]
Colliers’ Water, [108]
Colliers of Croydon, [108]
Coulsdon, [131], [133]
County Oak, [178]
Covert, Family of, [238-244]
Crawley, [93], [173], [182-195]
Crawley Downs, [191-193]
Croydon, [106-123]
Cuckfield, [30], [202-209]
Place, [209-222], [242]
Cycling, [64-71], [74-79], [85-91]
Cycling Notabilities:—
Edge, Selwyn Francis, [75], [76], [89]
Holbein, M. A., [74]
Mayall, John, Junior, [66-69], [70], [88]
Shorland, F. W., [74], [89]
Smith, C. A., [75], [76], [77], [89]
Turner, Rowley B., [66], [67], [69]
Cycling Records, [68-79], [85-91]
Dale, [93], [248], [250]
Dance, Sir Charles, [37], [39]
Ditchling, [224]
Driving Records, [63], [73], [194]
Earlswood Common, [93], [146], [148]
Fauntleroy, Henry, [196]
Foxley Hatch, [93], [126]
Frenches, [93], [145]
Friar’s Oak, [226]
Gatton, [141-145], [164]
Gatwick, [155]
George IV., Prince Regent and King, [3], [6], [8-11], [24], [62], [88], [132], [191-194], [256-262], [266]
Hancock, Walter, [34], [88]
Hand Cross, [24], [93], [195], [198-201]
Hill, [61]
Hassall, Phœbe, [268]
Hassocks, [226]
Hayward’s Heath, [205]
Hickstead, [200], [245]
“Hobby-horses”, [65]
Holmesdale, [172]
Hooley, [136]
Horley, [93], [149], [151-155], [173]
Ifield, [175], [178-182], [188]
“Infant,” Steam Carriage, [37]
Inns (mentioned at length):—
Black Swan, Pease Pottage, [195]
Chequers, Horley, [152]
Cock, Sutton, [159]
Friar’s Oak, [24], [226]
George, Borough, [12-14]
Crawley, [114], [187], [189]
Golden Cross, Charing Cross, [20], [33]
Green Cross, Ansty Cross, [222]
Greyhound, Croydon, [114]
Sutton, [159]
Hatchett’s (see [White Horse Cellar]).
Old King’s Head, Croydon, [115]
Old Ship, Brighton, [12]
Red Lion, Hand Cross, [200]
Six Bells, Horley, [153]
Surrey Oaks, Parkgate, [179]
Tabard, Borough (see [Talbot]).
Talbot, Borough, [12-14], [17]
Talbot, Cuckfield, [206]
Tangier, Banstead Downs, [160]
White Horse Cellar, Piccadilly, [34]
Jacob’s Post, [224]
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, [102-105], [257]
Kennersley, [173]
Kennington, [92-96]
Kimberham Bridge, [173]
Kingswood, [162]
Lade, Sir John, [267]
Lemon, Mark, [190]
Little Hell, [159]
Lowfield Heath, [173-175], [182]
Merstham, [93], [134], [138-141]
Milestones, [126-130], [159], [163]
Mitcham, [155]
Mole, River, [149], [152], [173-175], [196]
Motor-cars, [50], [53], [54], [57-61], [63]
Motor-car Day, Nov. 14th, 1896, [53-60]
Motor-omnibus, Accident to, [60]
Newdigate, [176]
Newtimber, [247], [248]
Norbury, [195]
Old-time Travellers:—
Burton, Dr. John, [16]
Cobbett, William, [161], [165], [168], [178]
George IV., Prince Regent and King (see [“George the Fourth.”])
Walpole, Horace, [16-18]
Pangdean, [253]
Patcham, [25], [93], [250], [251-255]
Pavilion, The, [256-261], [268]
Pease Pottage, [195], [197]
Pedestrian Records, [64], [69], [72], [75], [79-91]
Pilgrims’ Way, The, [164]
Povey Cross, [155], [173], [175]
Preston, [93], [250], [255]
Prize-fighting, [5], [191], [248-250]
Pugilistic Notabilities:—
Cribb, Tom, [190]
Fewterel, [132]
Hickman, “The Gas-Light Man”, [192]
Jackson, “Gentleman”, [132], [159]
Martin, “Master of the Rolls”, [5], [192]
Randall, Jack, “the Nonpareil”, [5], [192]
Sayers, Tom, [248]
Purley, [93], [121-125], [130], [176]
Pyecombe, [200], [249], [250]
Railway to Brighton opened, [42], [131]
“Records”, [61-91]
(See severally, [Coaching], [Cycling], [Driving], [Pedestrian], and [Riding]).
Tabulated, [88-91]
Redhill, [93], [145]
Reigate, [27], [93], [164-172]
Hill, [162-164]
Riding Records, [62], [88]
Roman Roads, [102]
“Rookwood”, [209-222]
Routes to Brighton, [1-4]
Rowlandson, Thomas, [157], [185], [187], [203], [263]
Ruskin, John, [106], [115]
Russell of Killowen, Baron, [161]
Russell (or Russel), Dr. Richard, [262]
St. John’s Common, [103], [223]
St. Leonard’s Forest, [196], [199]
Salfords, [93], [149], [173]
Sayers Common, [248]
Sidlow Bridge, [173]
Slaugham, [238-246]
Place, [240-242]
Slough Green, [93]
Smitham Bottom, [68], [129], [131-133], [136]
Southwark, [12-14]
Staplefield Common, [200]
Steam Carriages, [34], [37], [50], [63]
Stoat’s Nest, [132]
Stock Exchange Walk, [80-82]
Stonepound, [93], [227], [231]
Streatham, [100], [103-105], [107]
Surrey Iron Railway, The, [122], [136]
Sussex Roads, [15], [178], [237], [242], [237], [242]
Sutton, [93], [156-159], [161]
Tadworth Court, [161]
Tettersell, Captain, [268], [270]
Thackeray, W. M., [9], [10], [266]
Thornton Heath, [103], [105-108]
Thrale Place, [103-105]
Thrales, The, [103-105]
Thunderfield Castle, [149-152]
Tilgate Forest Row, [173], [196]
Tooke, John Horne, [124]
Turnpike Gates, [92], [126], [145], [195], [226-228], [253]
Velocipedes, [65-69]
Walking Records (see [Pedestrian Records]).
Westminster Bridge, [1], [3], [14], [129]
Whiteman’s Green, [202]
Whitgift, Archbishop, [109-114]
Wilderness Bottom, [161]
Withdean, [253], [255]
Wivelsfield, [224]
Woodhatch, [93]
Wray Park, [93]
Footnotes:
[1] He was a baker; hence the nickname.
[2] Henry Barry, Earl of Barrymore, in the peerage of Ireland.
[3] Hiatus in the Journals, arranged by the editor for benefit of the Young Person!
[4] Kirkpatrick Macmillan, in 1839-40, invented a dwarf, rear-driving machine of the “safety” type, and was fined at Glasgow for “furiously riding.” He made and sold several, but they attained nothing more than local and temporary success.
“There’s nothing brings you round
Like the trumpet’s martial sound.”—W. S. Gilbert.
“The Pirates of Penzance.”
[6] In 1829 there were three additional gates: one at Crawley, another at Hand Cross, before you came to the “Red Lion,” and one more at Slough Green. Meanwhile the Horley gate on this route had disappeared. At a later period another gate was added, at Merstham, just past the “Feathers.” On the other routes there were, of course, yet more gates—e.g., those of Sutton, Reigate, Wray Park, Woodhatch, Dale, and many more.
Salfords gate was the last on the main Brighton Road. It remained until midnight, October 31st. 1881, when the Reigate Turnpike Trust expired, after an existence of 126 years. Not until then did this most famous highway become free and open throughout its whole distance.
[7] Preface to “Præterita,” dated May 10th, 1885.
[8] The name derives from a farm so called, marked on a map of 1716 “Stotes Ness.”
[9] “Sir Edward Banks, Knight, of Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, and Adelphi Terrace, Strand, Middlesex, whose remains are deposited in the family vault in this churchyard. Blessed by Divine Providence with an honest heart, a clear head, and an extraordinary degree of perseverance, he rose superior to all difficulties, and was the founder of his own fortune; and although of self-cultivated talent, he in early life became contractor for public works, and was actively and successfully engaged during forty years in the execution of some of the most useful, extensive, and splendid works of his time; amongst which may be mentioned the Waterloo, Southwark, London, and Staines Bridges over the Thames, the Naval Works at Sheerness Dockyard, and the new channels for the rivers Ouse, Nene, and Witham in Norfolk and Lincolnshire. He was eminently distinguished for the simplicity of his manners and the benevolence of his heart; respected for his inflexible integrity and his pure and unaffected piety; in all the relations of his life he was candid, diligent, and humane; just in purpose, firm in execution; his liberality and indulgence to his numerous coadjutors were alone equalled by his generosity and charity displayed in the disposal of his honourably-acquired wealth. He departed this life at Tilgate, Sussex ... on the 5th day of July, 1835, in the sixty-sixth year of his age.”
[10] Matthew Buckle, Admiral of the Blue; born 1716, died 1784.
[11] He really drove the other way; from Carlton House to Brighton.