The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery

by John R. Wise

INDEX.

[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X [Y] Z

A Abbacies, held by William II., at the time of his death, [104] (foot-note). Abbey, Beaulieu, see [Beaulieu]. Abbey Walls, the, or St. Leonard’s Grange, [69]. Acquitaine, Eleanor of, buried at Beaulieu Abbey, [67]. Adages, in the Forest, [180]; see also [Proverbs]. Adder’s-tongue Fern, [256]. Alanus de Insulis, on the death of William II., [102]. Alexander I., Pope, bull from, [71] (foot-note.) Amberwood Corner, barrows near, [208]. Ambrosius Aurelianus, defeated by Cerdic, [118]; his name preserved in the word Amesbury, [119]; in Ambrose Hole and Ampress Farm, [198]. Ancestry, our, [2]. Anderwood Enclosure, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, [215]. America, Old-English character of its provincialisms, [172]. Anselm, foretold by the Abbot of Cluny of the death of William II., [101]. Anses Wood, mound near, [209], [210]. “Apostles, the Twelve,” [83]. Assart lands, granted by James I., [43]. Ash, Mark-, Wood, [17]. Ashley Rails, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, [221]. Attachment, Court of, [87]. Augustine, St., injunctions to his canons, [69]. Aurelianus, Ambrosius, see [Ambrosius]. Avon, the, at Castle Hill, [118]; at Ibbesley, [120]; at Winkton, [128]; eel peculiar to, [125], [126]. Avon, Valley of the, [116]; the Flora of, [253]. Avon Tyrrel, [126].

B Babington, Churchill, synopsis of the birds of Charnwood Forest by, [275]. Baddesley, Preceptory of the Knights Templar formerly at, [156]. Balm, Bastard (Melittis Melyssophyllum), in the Forest, [256]. Bandits, troop of, at Lymington, [169]. Bargery Farm, [71]. Barn, or spicarium, of Beaulieu Abbey, [69], [70]. Barney Barns Hill, [197] (foot-note), [210]. Barrows, named after fairies, [177], [197]; opened by Warner, [198]; in the east part of the Forest, [197] (foot-note), [211]; on Sway Common, [198]; on Bratley Plain, [199]-205; near Ocknell Pond, [205], [206]; near Darrat’s Lane, [206] (foot-note); on the West Fritham Plain, [207]; near Amberwood, [208]; on Butt’s Plain, [209]; on Langley Heath, [211]. Barton Cliffs, the, [147]; Middle-Eocene beds of the, [4]; atmospheric effects seen from the, [15], [16]; geology of, [239], [240]. Beacon, Burley, [82]. Beaulieu Abbey, its foundation and endowments, [62]; its dedication, [63]; the Countess of Warwick and Perkin Warbeck come to its sanctuary, [64]; its dissolution, [65]; beauty of its situation, [65]; the abbot’s house, cloisters, and chapter-house, [66]; church, [67]; refectory, [67], [68]; the pulpit of the refectory, [68]; barn of, [69]; granges of, [69]-71. Beauty, exists in the beholder’s mind, [18], [19]; God’s love of, [127], [128]; the chief end and aim of Nature, [5]. Becton Bunny, [149]; house burnt down, [170]; geology of, [240]. Beeches, measurements of, in the Forest, [16] (foot-note). Bees, folk-lore about, [181]. Bellus Locus, former name of Beaulieu, [62]. Bentley Wood, North, [113]. Beteston Roger, tenure of, at Eyeworth, [114]. Bible, words in the, now provincialisms, [193]. Birds, bones of, discovered amongst the foundations of the Priory Church, Christchurch, [14] (foot-note); see [Ornithology]. Bishop’s Ditch, [79]. Black Bar, large mound at, [210]. Blackheath Meadow, Roman pottery at, [210]. Boghampton, village of, [127]. Boldre, derivation of, [80]; church, [79]. Books, at Beaulieu Abbey, just before the dissolution, [65] (foot-note). Botany of the Forest, [250]-257; contradictions in the, [251]; characterized by its soil, [251], [252]; bog-plants, [252]; carices abundant, [252]; its position under Watson’s system, [253], [254]; its trees, [254]; its St. John’s Worts, [254], [255]; its ferns, [255], [256]; other plants, [256], [257]. (See Appendix II., [289].) Bottom, meaning of the word, [187]. Bowles, Caroline, married to Southey at Boldre church, [80]. Bouvery Farm, [69]. Bramble Hill, oaks at, [16]; view from, [111]. Bramshaw, village of, [111]. Bratley Wood, [113]. Bratley Plain, barrows upon, [113], [199]-205. Breamore, village of, [119]. Brinken Wood, [83]. Brockenhurst, derivation of, [75]; tenure at, [76]; church, [77]; scenery round, [78]. Brook Beds, the, [245], [246]. Brook Common, [111]. Buckholt, in Domesday, [51] (foot-note). Buckland Rings, Roman coins found at, [154]; described, [199]. Burgate, village of, [120]. Burleigh, Lord, his advice to his son, [1], [2]. Burley, [82]; Lodge, [83]. Bustard, last seen in the Forest, [14] (foot-note). Butt’s Ash Lane, barrows near, [197] (foot-note), [211] (foot-note). Butt’s Plain, barrows on, [209]. Buzzard, Honey, breeding habits of, [262]-265; weight of the eggs of the, [264] (foot-note); common, breeding of the, [265], [266].

C Cadenham Oak, the, [110]. Cadland’s Park, [50]. Calshot Castle, built by Henry VIII., [52]; mentioned by Colonel Hammond, [52] (foot-note); the Cerdices-ora of the Chronicle, [53]; different forms of the name, [53], [54]. Canterton, held by Chenna, in Domesday, [28]. Canute, Forest laws of, [35]; Charta de Forestâ of, extracts from, [36] (foot-note). Castle Hill, [118]. Castles, so-called, in the Forest, [32]. Catharine’s, St., Hills, [126]. Cattle, right of turning out, in the Forest, [46]. Cerdices-ford, now Charford, [54], [118]. Cerdices-ora, probably Calshot, [52], [53]. Chapel, chantry, of the Countess of Salisbury, [137], [138]; of Robert Harys, [143]; of John Draper, [143]. Charford, the Cerdices-ford of the Chronicle, [118]. Charles I., his attempt to revive the Forest laws, [42]; gives the New Forest as security to his creditors, [42]; embarks for Carisbrook from Leap, [56]; seized by Colonel Cobbit, [152]; imprisoned in Hurst Castle, [153], [154]; how treated by Colonel Hammond, [153] (foot-note); by Colonel Cobbit, [154]. Charles II. bestows the young woods of Brockenhurst to the maids of honour, [43]; encloses three hundred acres for oaks, [44]. Charnwood Forest, the birds of, [275]. Chestnuts, formerly common in the Forest, [13] (foot-note). Chewton Glen, [147], [148]. Chichester, Reginald Pecock, Bishop of, on the legend concerning the man in the moon, [177]. Chough, its increasing scarcity, [275]. Christchurch, [129]; its Old-English names, [131]; Æthelwald at, [131]; in Domesday, [131]; the castle of, [131], [132]; Norman House at, [132]; Chamberlains’ Books of, [135] (foot-note); Priory Church of, [135], [141]-144; the conventual buildings of, [138], [139]; legend of the Priory Church of, [175]. Chronicle, The, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [25], [26]; the great value of its evidence, [23]. Church, its date should be told by its style, [123]. Churches in the Forest mentioned by Domesday, still in part standing, [31]. Church Green, in Eyeworth Wood, [32] (foot-note). Church Lytton, at Wootton, [32], [33] (foot-note). Church Moor, near Mark Ash, [32] (foot-note). Church Place, at Sloden, [32] (foot-note). Churchwardens’ Books, at Ellingham, extracts from, [229]-231; at Fordingbridge, extracts from, [230], [231]. Chydioke, effigy of Sir John, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, [142], [176], [177]. Clay Hill, view from, [86]. Cluny, Hugh, Abbot of, foretells the death of William II., [101]. Coleridge, at Mudeford, [145]. Colgrimesmore, the ancient name of Souley Pond, [72]. Commoners, rights of the, in the New Forest, [46]. Coronella lævis, [259] (foot-note). Corporation Books, extracts from the Christchurch, [135], [136] (foot-note); from the Lymington, [155] (foot-note). Court, Moyles, [120], [121]. Crockle, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, [217]-219; their probable date, [222]. Cross, the Staple, [146]; the, at Bargate, [120]. Cuckoo, sayings concerning the, [180]. Customs, old, in the Forest, [178].

D Dame Slough, [273]. Dauphin of France, arms of the, formerly in Boldre Church, [80]; embarked at Leap, [55]. Defoe, his plan for colonizing the Forest with the Palatine refugees, [47]. Deer in the Forest, abolished in 1851, [46]; a few left, [113]. Deer-stealing, method of, [171]. Denny Wood, [79]; heronry at, [273]. Dibden, church at, [50], [51] (foot-note). Diodorus Siculus, quotation from, [57] (foot-note). Dissolution of the religious houses, its need, [64], [137]; of Beaulieu Abbey, [65]; of Christchurch Priory, [138]. Domesday, analysis and evidence of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [26], [27], [28], [29], [31]; churches in the Forest still in part remaining mentioned in, [31]; Eling in, [51] (foot-note); Redbridge in, [51] (foot-note); Lyndhurst in, [87] (foot-note); Fordingbridge in, [117]; Christchurch in, [131]; mills in, rented by a payment of eels, [128], [119] (foot-note); Ringwood in, [123] (foot-note); Christchurch in, [131]; Beckley, Baishley, and Milton in, [148] (foot-note); Lymington in, [155]. Draper, John, the last prior of Christchurch Priory, character of, [137], [138]. Drift, in the Forest, its contents, [236]. Durham, Simon of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [25] (foot-note); on the death of William II., [95] (foot-note).

E Eagle, golden, the, [260]; sea, the, [261]. Eaglehurst, [59]. Easter Sepulchre, at Brockenhurst Church, [77]. Ecclesiastica, or the Book of Remembrance, [122] (foot-note). Edward I. issues writs for the perambulation of the Forest, [41]; possesses the Castle of Christchurch, [132]. Edward III., corbel head of, in Sopley Church, [127]. Edward VI. at Christchurch, [134]. Eel, peculiar to the Avon, an, [125]. Eels, mills rented by a payment of, [119] (foot-note), [128]. Eling, in Domesday, [51] (foot-note); extract from parish register of, [228]. Ellingham, cross roads at, [120]; Church of, [122], [123]; extract from Churchwardens’ Books of, [229], [230], [231]. England, its peculiar interest to Englishmen, [2]; ignorance of, by Englishmen, [2]. Everton, etymology of, [75]. Exbury, [59]; herons feeding near, [273]. Exe, the river, [69]; derivation of, [163].

F Fairies in the New Forest, [174], [175]. Falcon, peregrine, [261]. Fawley, village of, [51]; church, [51]; Norman doorway of church, [59]. Ferns in the Forest, [255], [256]. Ferrels, or “Verrels,” meaning of, [82]. Fidley, Wood-, rain, meaning of, [79]. Flambard, hated by the clergy, [102]; builds the Priory Church of Christchurch, [136]. Florence of Worcester, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [24]; on the death of William II., [95] (foot-note). Flowers. See [Botany]. Folk-lore, value of, [173]; in the New Forest, [174]-180. Font, Norman, at Brockenhurst, [77]. Fordingbridge, [117]; church of, [118]; ancient tenure at, [117] (foot-note); extracts from Churchwardens’ Books of, [230], [231]. Forest, meaning of the word, [10] (foot-note); government of an ancient, [35], [36]; life in an ancient, [36] (foot-note). Forest-Laws. See [Laws]. Forest Rights. See [Rights]. Frame Wood, [78], [79]. Fritham, country round, [114]. Fritham Plain, East, [113]; West, [114]. Fulchered and William II., [94], [102].

G Gemeticensis, Gulielmus, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [23]. Geology, the, of the Forest, [234]; in the Eocene period, [235]; the drift and its contents, [236]; the Middle-Eocene of the Hordle and Barton Cliffs, [237]-242; the Bracklesham Beds in the valley of Canterton, [242]-248; the great aim of, [248]. Gilpin, author of Forest Scenery, his love for Nature, [15] (foot-note); buried in Boldre churchyard, [79], [80]. Gipsies, principal families of, in the Forest, [159]; their marriages, [159]; their present mode of life, [159], [160]. Godshill, in Gough’s time, [14] (foot-note). Goreley Bushes, vast Keltic graveyard near, [207]. Government, duty of, to protect the finest trees in the Forest, [18]. Grange, St. Leonard’s, [69]; barn and chapel at, [70]; Park, [71]; Somerford, [138], [147]. Guest, Dr., on Natan-Leaga, [33] (foot-note); on Cerdices-ora, [53]; on the “Belgic Ditches,” [130]; on the “Early English Settlements in South Britain,” [163] (foot-note), [166] (foot-note). Guesten-hall, the, of the Abbot’s House at Beaulieu, [66].

H Hall, Union of the Families of Lancaster and York, by, quotation from, [151]. Handycross Pond, barrow near, [209]. Harriers, marsh and hen, [268]. Hat, meaning of, in the Forest, [182], [183]. Hatchet Gate, [75]. Hawfinches, in the Forest, [274], [275]. Heather, its one defect, [81]. Hengistbury Head, derivation of, [165]. Hemingburgh, Walter, on the afforestation, [25] (foot-note); on the death of William II., [95] (foot-note). Henry III., confirmation of privileges to Beaulieu Abbey, by, [63]. Henry VIII., patriotism of, [151], [152]. Herbert’s Memoirs, [153], [154]. Herons in the Forest, [273], [274]. High Cliff Beds, the, [242]. Hill Top, [59], [61]. Hinchelsea, Bottom and Knoll, [81]. History, our, written on the country, [2], [129]; tradition, value of, in history, [97], [98]; truth in, [106]. Hoadley, Bishop, on the deer in Waltham Chase, [171]. Hob, Fairy, [175] (foot-note). Hobby, the, [261]; weight of the eggs of, [264] (foot-note). Holland’s Wood, near Brockenhurst, [78]. Holly, springing up in the Forest, [12] (foot-note). Holme Bush, explanation of a, [179]. Holmsley, [81], [82]. Honey, the Forest, [184]. Hoopoe, its occurrence, [274]. Hordle, its church, when built, [31] (foot-note); churchyard, [150]; Freshwater deposits at, [237]. “Horse, the Great,” [126] (foot-note). House, Burman’s, at Beaulieu, [66]. House, Norman, at Christchurch, [132]. House, the Queen’s, at Lyndhurst, [87]. Hoveden, Roger, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [25] (foot-note); on the death of William II., [95] (foot-note). Howard, the philanthropist, lived at Watcombe, [75]. Huntingdon, Henry of, on the afforestation, [25] (foot-note); on the death of William II., [95] (foot-note). Hurst, meaning of the word, [35]. Hurst Beach, [151]; Castle, built by Henry VIII., [151]; Charles at, [152]-154; importance of, [152] (foot-note). Hyde or Hungerford, [120]. Hythe, village of, [50].

I Ibbesley, view at, [120]; extracts from parish register of, [232], [233]. Ictis, the Isle of Wight, [57], [58]. Idleness, profitable, [90]. Innocent III., grants the right of a sanctuary to Beaulieu Abbey, [63]. Insulis, Alanus de, on the death of William II., [102]. Iron’s Hill Wood, [75]. Iron-works at Souley Pond, [72]. Isabella de Fortibus, her possessions at Christchurch, [132]; at Lymington, [154]. Island Hills, the, [78]. Island Thorn, Roman and Romano-British Potteries at, [220].

J James I. grants twenty assart-lands in the Forest, [43]. Jar-bird, meaning of a, [187]. John, King, his oppression of the Cistercian order, [61]; founds Beaulieu Abbey, [62].

K Kalkesore, old name of Calshot, [54]. Keltic element in the dialect of the New Forest, [163]; in the topography, [164]. Kestrel, eggs of, weight of the, [264]. “Keystone under the hearth,” meaning of the proverb, [170]. King’s Day, the, explanation of, [231]. King’s Rue, [56]. Kitts Hill, [91]. Knives, flint, found at Eyeworth, [297] (foot-note). Knoll, Black, [78], [84]. Knyghton, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [24]; his authority of no value, [95] (foot-note). Knyghtwood Oak, the, [16].

L Labourers in the New Forest, average wages of, [47] (foot-note). Lane, Jane, [121]. Langley Heath, barrows on, opened by the Rev. J. P. Bartlett, [211]. Lappenberg, his account of the afforestation of the New Forest by William I., [21]; on the Ictis of the ancients, [56]. Latchmore Pond, [81], [199]. Lawrence, the sprite, in the Forest, [174]. Law-Courts, last of the Forest, [12], [87]. Laws, Forest-, Canute’s, [35]; made still severer by William I., [38]; Charles I., attempts to revive, [42]. Leap, [55]; the spot where the Dauphin, Louis VIII. of France, embarked, [55]; where Charles I. embarked, [56]; British and Roman road at, [56]; mass of tin found near, [57]. Lease to, meaning of, [193]. Leighton, Mr., fresco in Lyndhurst church by, [88]. Leland on the death of William II., [96] (foot-note). Lepidoptera, list of the Forest, Appendix IV., [319]. Lewis, Sir George C., on the Ictis of the ancients, [57]; his theory corroborated, [58]. Lichens, used as specifics in the Forest, [176]. Lichmore Pond, [81], [199]. Life, modern, its hurry and confusion, [73]. Liney Hill Wood, [83]. Lisle, Alice, [121]. Loute, to, meaning of, [188]. Lungs of oak (Sticta pulmonaria), used as a specific for consumption, [176]. Lung-wort, narrow-leaved, the, [69], [256]. Lymington, port of, [154]; its history, [155], [156]; extracts from the Corporation Books of, [155] (foot-note). Lyndhurst, derivation of, [86] (foot-note); church of, [87]; scenery round, [89], [90]; ancient tenure at, [86], [87]; woods round, [90], [91].

M Malmesbury, William of, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [25] (foot-note); on the death of William II., [93], [94] (foot-note), [95] (foot-note); on the physical appearance of William II., [99] (foot-note). Map, Ordnance, mistake of the, [128] (foot-note). Mapes, Walter, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [24]. Mark Ash Wood, [17]. Mead, made in the New Forest, [184]. Merlin, breeding of the, in the Forest, [267], [268] (foot-note); weight of supposed egg of, [161], [264]. Middle Marine Bed, the, at Mineway, [237], [238]. Milford, church of, [150], [151]. Millaford Brook, the, [83], [90]. Mills in the New Forest, comparative value of, by Domesday, [29]; rented by a payment of eels, in Domesday, [119] (foot-note). Milton, words used by, now provincialisms, [191]. Milton, village of, mentioned in Domesday, [148] (foot-note). Minestead, [92]. Monastery, average library of a, [65] (foot-note); life in a, [72], [73]. Monmouth’s Ash, [122]. Monmouth, capture of, [122]; writes to James, the Queen Dowager, and the Lord Treasurer, [123]. Moon-Hill Woods, the, [75]. Morefalls, the Lord Treasurer, Southampton, on the evils of granting, [43], [44] (foot-note). Moyles Court, [120], [121]. Moyne, William le-, tenure of, at Lyndhurst, [87]. Mudeford, [146].

N Natan-Leaga, the name preserved, [33]. Nation, history of a, how best read, [224]; its æsthetic life, how best determined, [224], [225]. Nature, beauty the end and aim of, [5]; her care for trees, [10]; the proper spirit with which to see, [19]. Natural history, its value, [235], [276]. Needsore, [54]; derivation of, [165]. Netley Abbey Church, ruins of, [49]; fort, [49], hospital, [50]. New Forest, the; its connection with our history, [3]; scenery of, [4]; trees of, [16], [17]; in the winter, [18]; its boundaries in the reign of Edward I., [20], [21]; its afforestation by William I., [21]; value of land in Domesday, [29]; geology of, [4], [10], [29], [30], [234]-249; botany of, [250], [257] (see also Appendix II., [289]); ornithology of, [258]-276 (see also Appendix III., [307]); churches of, [4]; the first and second perambulations of, [40]; character of the second perambulation of, [41], [42]; hills of, [10]; its former woody nature proved by the local nomenclature, [33]; general character of, [11]; in the time of the Normans, [12], [13]; changes in, [12]; granted as security by Charles I. to his creditors, [42]; its neglected state under the Stuarts, [43], [44]; William III. legislates for, [44]; statistics of, [40], [47] (foot-note); present management of, [47] (foot-note); assart lands in, granted by James I., [42]; hurricane in, [44]; ethnology of, [160], [161]; smuggling in, [169], [170]; deer-stealing in, [171]; folk-lore of, [173], [180]; poetry of, [176]; love superstitions of, [179]; proverbs of, [179]; local sayings, [179]; provincialisms of, [181], [195] (see, also, Appendix I., [279]); traditions in, [96], [97], [180], [181]; barrows of, [196]-213; Parish Registers and Churchwardens’ Books of, [226]-233; Lepidoptera of, Appendix IV., [319]. New Park, [86]. Nodes, the, [197].

O Oak, the Cadenham, [110]. Oaks, character of in the Forest, [16]; measurements of, [16] (foot-note); “bustle-headed,” meaning of, [183]. Ocknell Wood, [113]. Onomatopoieia, its occurrence amongst provincialisms, [186]. Ordnance map, mistake of, [126] (foot-note). Ore Creek, [54] (foot-note). Ornithology of the Forest, [260]; white-tailed eagle, [260]; osprey, [261]; hobby, breeding of the, [261]; honey-buzzard, breeding habits of, [261], [263], [265]; common buzzard, breeding habits of, [265]; merlin, nesting of, [267], [268] (foot-note); harriers, [268]; owls, [269]; raven, breeding of, [270]; winter birds, [271]; woodpeckers, [272]; herons, [273]; hawfinches, [274]; chough, [275]; census of birds, [275] (see also Appendix III., [307]). Ovest, meaning of, [183]. Oxenford and Oxford, true derivation of, [80].

P Paris, Matthew, on William II.’s death, [94] (foot-note), [95] (foot-note). Parish Registers. See [Registers]. Park Grange, [71]. Park, New, [86]. Pennington, the village of, [153]. Perambulation of the New Forest, the first, [40]; the second, [40], [41]; character of the second, [41], [42]. Pignel Wood, [272], [273]. Pigs, right of turning out, in the Forest, [46]; breed of in the Forest, peculiar, [259]. Pitt’s Enclosure, Roman and Romano-British potteries, at, [220]. Pliny on the Isle of Wight, [57] (foot-note). Poetry of the New Forest, character of, [175], [176] (foot-note). Ponies, Forest, [259]. Potteries, Roman and Romano-British, [214]; at Crockle, first discovered by the Rev. J. Pemberton Bartlett, [215]; at Anderwood, [215]; at Oakley, [215]; at Sloden, [216]; at the Lower Hat, [217]; at Crockle, description of, [218], [219]; at Island Thorn, [220]; at Pitt’s Enclosure, [220]; at Ashley Rails, [221]; at Black Heath, [221]. Provincialisms, Keltic element in the New Forest, [163]; the real character of, [173]; in the New Forest, [181]-195. (See also Appendix I., [279]). Proverbs in the Forest, [179]. Puck, the fairy, in the Forest, [174]; names of fields, and woods, and barrows, derived from him, [175]. Puckpit’s Wood, [112], [113]. Pulpit, the, of Beaulieu Refectory, [68]. Purkess, family of, [97].

Q Quarr Abbey, [155]. Queen’s Bower Wood, the, [83]. Queen’s Mead, the, [83]. Queen’s North, [11], [113], [114].

R Raven, its breeding in the Forest, [270]. Reachmore Barrow, [113]. Redbridge, in Domesday, [51] (foot-note). Redstart, Black, its periodical occurrence in the Forest, [274]. Refectory of Beaulieu Abbey, now the parish church, [67]; pulpit of, [68]. Registers, Parish, at Eling, extract from, [227], [228]; at Ibbesley, extracts from, [233], [234]; at Christchurch, [234]; date of registers in the Forest, [227] (foot-note). Reredos, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, [140], [141]; in St. Mary’s Overie, [141] (foot-note). Rere-mouse, meaning of, [192]. Rhinefield, nursery at, [47]. Rich and poor, difference between, [5]. Rights, Forest-, their origin, [36] (foot-note), [46] (foot-note). Ringwood, [123]; fine brass at, [124]. Rodford, derivation of, [166]. Romans, why they chose the New Forest for their potteries, [224]; their influence on the district, [225]. See also [Potteries] and [Buckland Rings]. Rood-screen in Ellingham Church, [122]; at Christchurch, [140]. Rose, the Red King by, [33] (foot-note); Gundimore, extract from his, [146], [147] (foot-note). Ross, John, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [25] (foot-note). Rue Copse, [56]. Rue, King’s, [56].

S Salisbury Chapel, the, in the Priory Church of Christchurch, [141]. Salisbury, Countess of, her execution, [141], [142]. Salisbury, John of, on the character of William II., [99] (foot-note); on William II.’s death, [106]. Sanctuary of Beaulieu, the right of, given by Innocent III., [63]; the Countess of Warwick flies to the, [64]; Perkin Warbeck, flies to, [64]. Sandyballs, [118]. Screen, Rood-, in Ellingham Church, [122]; in the Priory Church of Christchurch, [140]. Sepulchre, Easter, in Brockenhurst Church, [77]. Serlo and William II., [93], [94]. Setthornes, [81]. Shade, meaning of the word in the Forest, [181], [182]. Shakspeare, words used by, now provincialisms, [189]. Sheets-axe, meaning of the word, [183]. Shepherd’s Gutter Beds, the, [244], [245]. Shrewsbury, Fulchered, Abbot of St. Peter’s at, prophetic words spoken by, [94] (foot-note), [102]. Sloden, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, [216]. Sloden Hole, plan of, [217] (foot-note). Smoke Silver, [178] (foot-note); explanation of, [232]. Smuggling, formerly carried on in the Forest, [169], [170]. Snow-storm, great, in the Forest, [180], [181]. Solent, traditions concerning the former depth of, [58]. Somerford Grange, [147]. Songs of the New Forest, [175], [176] (foot-note). Sopley, derivation of, [127]; church of, [127]. Southey, married his second wife at Boldre Church, [80]; at Burton, [146]. Southampton, the Lord Treasurer, on the evils of granting moorefalls, [43], [44] (foot-note). Southampton, Sir Bevis of, [3]; ships built by Henry V. at, [4]. Souley Pond, [72]; iron-works at, [72]. Spelman, Peter, tenure at Brockenhurst held by, [76]. Spotswood, blunder of, [24] (foot-note). Squoyles, meaning of the word, [183]. St. John’s Worts in the Forest, [254], [255]. Staneswood, in Domesday, [51] (foot-note). Staple Cross, the, [145]. Stone, Rufus’s, [96], [97]. Stoney-Cross, views from, [110], [112]. Streams, character of the Forest, [14]; the best guide, [17]; beauty of, [83], [84]. Sunsets in the Forest, [15], [113]; from the Barton Cliffs, [149], [150]. Swanimote, Court of, [35]. Sway Common, [80], [81]; barrows on, [198], [199].

T Thorougham, now Fritham, the Truham of Domesday, [96] (foot-note). Tiril, Walter, William II. gives him two arrows, [93]; according to the Chroniclers shoots the King, [94]; his declaration to Suger, [106]; his implication in the murder, [106]; the cause of his supposed flight, [106]; his friendship with Anselm, [102]. Towns, historical interest in English, [129], [130]; their history, the history of the day, [130]. Tradition, its value in history, [97], [98]. Traditions in the Forest, [96], [97], [180], [181]. Trail of oak, the, meaning of, [183]. Travelling, modern, style of, [2]. Tree-forms, loveliness of, [9]. Trees, their comparative value as standing and cut, [18]; in the Forest, [254]. Truth, involuntarily perverted, [22]. Tweonea, the ancient name of Christchurch, [131]. Tyrrel’s Ford, [97], [126].

U Urns found in Bratley barrow, [201], [202]; in Hilly Accombs barrow, [206] (foot-note); in various other barrows, [211] (foot-note); pieces of, in different barrows, [200], [204], [205], [207], [208]. Usnea barbata, its abundance in the Forest, [91] (foot-note).

V Valley of the Avon, its character, [116]. Van-winged hawk, the, of the Forest, [261]. “Vineyards, the,” at Beaulieu Abbey, [67]. Vinney, meaning of the word, [190]. Vinney Ridge, [82], [83]; heronry at, [273]. Vitalis on the afforestation of the New Forest, [24]; on William II.’s death, [94], [95].

W Wages, average, of labourers in the New Forest, [47] (foot-note). Walking, advantages of, over driving, [6]. Warbeck, Perkin, takes refuge at Beaulieu Abbey, [64]. Warwick, Countess of, takes refuge at Beaulieu Abbey, [64]. Wendover, Roger, on the afforestation of the New Forest, [25] (foot-note). West-Saxons, superstitious character of, still observable, [160], [161]; love of sport, [162]; peculiarity of dress, [162]; verbal characteristics of, [167]. Westminster, Matthew of, on the death of William II., [95] (foot-note). Whitebeams at Sloden, [114]; at Castle Malwood, [254]. Whiteshoot, square barrow near, [207]. Wight, Isle of, atmospheric effects on the, [15]; the Ictis of the ancients, [57], [58]; Pliny on, [57] (foot-note), [236]. William I., his character, [21], [22]; his right to make a forest, [23]; possessions in the Forest, [23] (foot-note); his love for the chase, [34]; his cruelty and oppression, [22], [38]. William II., his dream, as recorded, on the night before his death, [92], [93]; his speech to the monk from Gloucester, [94]; his death, [94]; his body brought to Winchester Cathedral, [95]; his brother and nephew killed in the Forest, [98]; his character, [99] (foot-note); the events of his reign, [100] (foot-note); the cause of his death, [101], [102], [103]; hated by his clergy, [104]; plots against his life, [104], [105]; his death read by his life, [108]. William III., his legislation for the Forest, [44]; not attended to, [45]. Wilverley Plantations, [81]. Wood, how sold for fuel in the Forest, [46]. Woodcocks, their breeding in the Forest, [269]. Woodmote, Court of, [87]. Woodpecker, great black, breeding of the, [272]. Woods, their beauty, [8]; as dwelt upon by our English poets, [9] (foot-note); how valued in Domesday, [11], [12] (foot-note); round Lyndhurst, [89], [90]. Woollen, affidavits of burials in, [232], [233]. Wootton plantations, [81]; woodcocks breed in, [269], [270]. Worcester, Florence of. See [Florence].

Y Yaffingale, local name for the green woodpecker, [272]. Yarranton, his report upon making the Avon navigable, [134]; on the ironstone of the coast, [151]. “Yellow as a kite’s claw, as,” a Forest proverb, [179]. Yews, measurements of various, [78] (foot-note), at Sloden, [114]. Ytene, the district of, [33], [163]. Yvery, Roger de, leads the Midland barons, [105]; possessed land at Lymington, [155].