INDEX

Achilles statue, [12], [13], [255].
Adam de Thorpe, [33].
Adelaide, Queen, [256].
Addison, Joseph, [139], [144], [148].
Advertisements of theft, [221]-[223].
Albert Memorial, [263], [264].
Alexandra, Queen, coronation of, [332];
driving in Hyde Park, [11], [12].
America, public decorations in, [55].
Anne Boleyn, [38], [173], [333].
Anne, Queen, Hyde Park in time of, [136];
life of, [130];
planted trees in, [19];
society under, [136], [138];
suppressed Mayfair, [145].
Apsley House, [112];
dinner-party at, [257];
historic interests, [303]-[307];
Queen Charlotte at, [242];
site of, [165];
windows broken, [257].
Arlington, Lord, [105], [136].
Armstrong, Sir Thomas, [207].
Assassination Plot, [209].
Austen, Jane, [163], [164].
Bachelors and widowers, tax on, [132].
“Bagmen,” [357].
Banqueting houses, [30], [39], [43]-[46], 63.
Beaux, The, [146].
Bell rung in Hyde Park, [128].
Bicycling, [362], [363].
Bird Cage Walk, [97].
Birds, [3], [16], [23], [152], [318]-[323].
Blessington, Lady, [252]-[255].
Bolingbroke, Roger, [181]-[183].
Braybrooke, Robert, Bishop of London, [27].
Brembre, Nicholas, [181].
Brummel, Beau, [242], [248], [249].
Buckingham, Duchess of, [135], [148].
Buckingham, “Steenie,” Duke of, [70], [71], [336], [337].
Buckingham House, [136], [166].
Buckingham Palace, [56], [96], [105].
Building sites, [82], [91].
Burke, Edmund, [237].
Burlington House, [142].
Butchell, Martin van, [245].
Byron, Lord, [271], [286].
Cabriolets, [361].
Calash, [347].
Camps, Cromwell’s troops, [74], [75];
refuge from plague, [106], [110];
Old Pretender’s rebellion, [144];
Gordon Riots, [239].
Carlyle, Mrs. Jane Welsh, [249].
Caroline of Brunswick, [242], [246], [250]-[252].
Caroline Wilhelmina, Queen, improvements in Hyde Park, [19], [151]-[155];
smallpox victim, [135];
Sunday Drawing-rooms, [156].
Carriage, Evolution of, [325]-[365].
Carthusians at Tyburn, [10], [188]-[189].
Castlemaine, Lady, [101]-[104], [112], [113], [347].
Cavendish, Lord Frederick, [278]-[279].
Chairs, [10], [250].
Challenge, The, [272].
Chariots, Saxon, [326].
Charles I. made “Ring,” [19], [66];
hero of pageant, [57];
preserves game, [64];
social gatherings in Hyde Park, [65], [66];
supports Buckingham, [70];
domestic trouble, [70];
mourning for, [136];
a memory of, [145].
Charles II. attends Lord Mayor’s Show, [57];
Restoration, [94];
licentious Court, [95], [143];
leads fashion, [95]-[119];
treatment of regicides, [173], [203];
duelling under, [269];
his calash, [347].
Charlotte, Princess, [246].
Charlotte, Queen, [166];
at Apsley House, [242];
at review, [244].
Charters, [20], [22], [36].
Chase, definition of, [5].
Chaucer, [30].
Cheesecake House, [67], [111], [274].
Chelsea Waterworks, [153].
Chesterfield, 2nd Earl of, [120];
4th Earl of, [148], [151], [157];
5th Earl of, [230]-[231].
Churchill, Sir Winston, [269].
Circus, The, [131]-[134].
City Companies, [54], [56].
Coaches, introduced, [53], [333], [334];
“Flying coaches,” [355];
hackney, [32], [126], [137], [335];
mail, [353]-[354];
modern, [340]-[341];
stage, [339]-[352];
state, [350].
Coaching Club, [337].
Concerts, [14], [303].
Connaught Place, [5], [235].
Connaught Square, [202].
Connaught Terrace, [10].
Constitution Hill, [12], [29], [260].
Copenhagen, bicycling in, [362]-[363].
Coronation festivities, [250], [256], [258];
processions, [332]-[333].
Coventry, [162]-[165], [240].
Cricket, [7], [156].
Cromwell, Act passed by, [269];
adventures in Hyde Park, [90]-[91];
at a hurling match, [86];
funeral, [205];
indignities, [173], [203]-[205];
return from Ireland, [81];
troops in Hyde Park, [74]-[75].
Cumberland Gate, [239], [250]-[251], [260].
Cuthbert, Captain, [285].
Deane, Anthony, [82], [94].
Deer, [30], [50], [64], [81], [96].
Deerhurst, Lord, [240].
De Grammont, Count, [97], [104].
Demonstrations, [293]-[294].
Denmark, Kings of, [63], [170].
Devonshire, Georgiana, Duchess of, [162], [238], [240], [242].
Devonshire House, [6], [142].
Dialect of highwaymen, [226].
Dissolution of monasteries, [35].
Dodd, Dr., [230]-[232].
Domesday Book, [22], [24], [26].
Donegall, Marchioness of, [243].
Dorchester House, [240].
D’Orsay, Count, [254]-[255].
Duelling grounds, favourite, [271].
Duels in Hyde Park, [265]-[287].
Dunstan, St., [20], [22].
Dust, [89], [101], [115], [125], [132], [347]-[348].
Edgar, King, [19].
Edward the Confessor, [23], [25].
Edward I., [57].
Edward III., [33].
Edward VI., [43]-[46].
Edward VII., Coronation of, [332];
kindliness of, [56], [310];
motoring, [364];
special rights in Hyde Park, [12], [292].
Eia, Manor of, [22], [24], [26].
Elizabeth, Queen, abolished cock-fighting, [63];
victims at Tyburn, [185], [193], [196];
command to cooks of London, [52];
dress of, [59], [60];
death, [61];
pageantry, [54];
her suitors, [50]-[51];
hunting parties, [50]-[51], [152];
laws of, [141], [148];
triumphal progresses, [334].
“Elms, The,” [175]-[179].
Eubery, Manor of, [22], [36].
Evelyn, John, Diary, [83], [87]-[88];
biographical sketch, [98]-[100];
laughs at disinfectant, [110];
mentions fireworks, [116];
describes Mary II., [121];
visits nursery gardens, [137];
sees remains of regicides, [206].
Ewerer, Office of, [41].
Fair and festivities in 1814, [247]-[248].
Ferrers, Earl, [167]-[170].
Fielding, Beau, [146].
Fitzgeralds, Execution of the, [192].
Fitzherbert, [241]-[242].
Flower-girls, [146].
Flowers, [14], [312]-[313], [316]-[317], [373].
Flying coaches, [355].
Footpads, [122], [124], [157], [160], [213].
Forest, definition of, [4].
Forks, [40], [41].
Fortifications, [74]-[75].
Foster, Lady Elizabeth, [238].
Four-in-Hand Club, [7], [337], [353].
Fox, Charles James, [237]-[238], [286].
Friend, Sir John, [209]-[211].
Fuller, Dr., [77], [181].
Gardening, [151], [312]-[313].
Gardens, [4], [137], [151], [315].
Garrick, George, [277].
Gaunt, Elizabeth, [207]-[209].
Geoffrey de Mandeville, [24], [26].
George I., Court of, [134], [143];
review in Hyde Park, [144];
wall built by, [96].
George II., improvements in Hyde Park, [2], [151]-[155];
Court of, [135], [143], [148];
anecdote of, [165];
kindly deeds, [165].
George III., granted cottage to Mrs. Sims, [244];
illness of, [242];
shot at in Hyde Park, [243];
romance of, [165]-[166].
George IV., Coronation of, [250];
extravagance, [241]-[242];
lack of dignity, [245];
marriage, [241]-[242].
Gigs, [357].
Gloucester, Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of, [183]-[184].
Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of, [182]-[183].
Gordon, Cosmo, [281].
Gordon Riots, [239].
Gore House, [254]-[255].
Grave Maurice’s Head, [67].
Gravel Pits, [82], [276].
Great Conduit, [28], [29], [30], [56]-[57].
Great Exhibition of [185]1, [261]-[263], [353].
Great Fire, [111]-[112], [141], [349].
Great Plague, [106]-[110], [141].
Grosvenor Gate, [156].
Gunnings, The, [161]-[162], [164]-[165], [240].
Hackney Coaches, introduced, [335];
not allowed in Hyde Park, [32], [126], [137].
Hamilton, Duchess of, [162].
Hamilton, Duke of, killed in duel, [273]-[274].
Hamilton, James, [96], [105].
Hamilton Place, [74], [96].
Hammercloths, [350].
Hanging, [10], [27], [168]-[170], [172]-[235].
Hansom cabs, [360]-[361].
Harold II., [23].
Henrietta Maria, Queen, at Tyburn, [70]-[73];
coach of, [338].
Henry I., [175].
Henry II., [175].
Henry III., [28].
Henry V., [57].
Henry VI., [57].
Henry VIII., acquired and enclosed Hyde Park, [4], [33]-[37];
accident, [37];
banquet, [39];
executions at Tyburn, [188]-[193];
expenses of, [42]-[43];
keeps May-Day at Greenwich, [38].
Herbert, Lord, [268]-[269].
Hervey, Lord and Lady, [148]-[151].
Highwaymen, [157], [160], [213], [226], [227]-[230].
Holland, First Lord, [237].
Horse litter, [327], [333].
Hunsdon, Lord, [50]-[51].
Hunting, [23], [26], [30], [35]-[37], [50]-[51], [61]-[65].
Hurling, [86]-[87].
Hyde, Manor of, [4], [22];
becomes Royal Park, [35]-[36];
given to monks, [24];
history of, [33].
Hyde Park, Achilles statue in, [12], [13], [255];
banqueting houses in, [39], [45]-[46], [63];
beaux in, [146];
bell rung in, [128];
birds in, [3], [16], [23], [152], [318]-[323];
building sites in, [82], [91];
camps in, [74]-[75], [106]-[110], [144], [239];
chairs in, [10], [250];
coaching club in, [337];
coronation festivities, [250], [256]-[258];
cricket in, [7], [156];
deer in, [33], [50], [64], [81], [90];
demonstrations in, [293]-[294];
duels in, [265]-[287];
early history of, [19]-[33];
fairs in, [247], [258];
flower-girls in, [146];
flowers in, [14], [312]-[313], [316]-[317], [371];
footpads in, [122]-[124], [157], [160], [213];
fortifications in, [74]-[75];
Four-in-Hand Club, [7], [337], [353];
gardening in, [151], [312]-[313];
Great Exhibition of [185]1, in, [261]-[263];
lighting of, [123]-[124];
lists of shrubs and trees, etc., [367]-[371];
lodges in, [66], [111], [153];
macarnis in, [170], [236];
masks in, [120], [126]-[127];
May-Day in, [80]-[87];
monastic lands, [24];
music in, [303];
open air services in, [301]-[303];
orange girls in, [120]-[121], [146];
orchards in, [2], [96], [105];
Pepys in, [100]-[116];
playground of Society, [66];
police in, [293]-[295];
purchasers of, [82];
poachers in, [52], [64], [317];
races in the Ring, [38], [66], [73];
Ranger’s Lodge in, [14], [66];
Restoration festivities in, [94];
riders in Rotten Row, [290]-[292];
a Royal forest, [23];
a Royal park, [33]-[36];
sold by auction, [81];
suffragists in, [171], [295]-[297];
Sunday in, [12], [133], [138], [143], [164], [245], [247]-[248], [296], [298];
under the Puritans, [79]-[91];
veterans in, [310];
wall round, [6], [8], [49], [96], [137], [144], [256];
wooden paling round, [36], [137].
Hyde Park Corner, [13];
Allen’s stall at, [165], [304];
Burton’s Arch, [261];
Charles II. at, [119];
Royal escort at, [54];
traffic at, [159];
Wyatt’s troops near, [47]-[50].
Improvements in Hyde Park, [151]-[155], [261].
James I., duelling under, [268];
encourages silk industry, [96];
hunts in Hyde Park, [63];
law against building, [142];
restores cock-fighting, [63];
strict preserver of game, [62]-[65];
Spring Gardens so called by, [91].
James II., [111], [119]-[120], [129]-[130], [136].
Jennings, Sarah, [130].
John of Gaunt, [33].
John, King, [178].
Jonson, Ben, [9], [41], [268].
Kensingston Gardens, [2], [36], [151];
servants and dogs not allowed therein, [6], [139], [143];
habitués of, [16];
improvements in, [151]-[155];
in May, [245];
mysterious person in, [129];
“Physical Energy” in, [307];
Round Pond, [154];
tea kiosks in, [92].
Kensington Palace bought, [122];
death of Mary II., [129];
Queen Victoria born, [2].
Kildare, Earl of, [190]-[192].
Kingsborough, Lord, [283]-[285].
Kingston, Dukes of, [134], [158].
Kingstown, Earl of, [284]-[285].
Kit-cat Club, [135].
Knightsbridge, Barracks, [11];
origin of word, [23];
building at, [82];
Pepys at, [116];
robbers, [122], [160], [213];
view in [171]9, [145].
Ladies’ Clubs, [309].
Lake House, [67].
Lanesborough House, [156].
Lecture ground, the, [124].
Lennox, Lady Sarah, [166], [238], [353].
L’entente cordiale, [264].
Leper Hospital, [34]-[35].
Letters, from Mrs. Merricke to Mrs. Lydall, [68].
—— Charles I. to Duke of Buckingham, [71].
—— John Barber to Mr. Scudamore, [87].
—— Edward Harley to his father, [116]-[117].
—— Lady Mary Bertie to her niece, [116].
—— Lady Rachel Russell to Lady Granby, [117].
—— Lady Chaworth to Lord Ross, [117].
—— Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to her husband, [134].
—— Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to Countess of Mar, [149]-[150].
—— Joseph Addison to a friend, [144].
—— Lord Chesterfield to Mr. Dayrolles, [157].
—— Horace Walpole to Horace Mann, [227]-[230].
—— Duchess of Gloucester to Queen Victoria, [262].
—— Queen Victoria to King of the Belgians, [263].
List of Flowers in Hyde Park, [373].
List of Shrubs and Trees, [367].
Littlington, Nicholas, [33].
Liver Brigade, [15]-[16].
Lodges in Hyde Park, [66]-[67], [111]-[112], [153].
London, cooks of, [51];
keeping May-Day, [84]-[85];
pageantry of, [55]-[57];
primitive, [3], [20];
public vehicles of, [337]-[361];
siege of, [47];
streams of, [22];
water supply of, [29].
London Bridge, [47], [192].
Longbeard, William, [175]-[177].
Lonsdale, [285].
Lopez, Dr., [10], [196]-[197].
Lord Mayor’s coach, [350].
Louis XVIII. of France, [247], [264].
Macaronis, [170]-[171], [236].
MᶜLean, the highwayman, [227]-[230].
Maid of Kent, [10], [192].
Mail coaches, [353]-[354].
Marble Arch, [6];
history of, [260]-[261];
near site of Tyburn, [8], [172];
speakers near, [298];
traffic at, [159]-[160];
used only by the King and Queen, [12].
Mary Tudor, Queen, hunting, [26];
reign of, [47].
Mary II., Queen, [121]-[124];
held reviews, [129];
ill with smallpox, [129];
her death, [130].
Marybone Park, [43], [51], [64].
Marybone Tea Gardens, [93].
Marylebone, [27], [28].
Masks, [120], [126]-[127].
May-Day, [80]-[87], [89], [100]-[101], [112]-[114], [338].
May-Day Games, [38], [63], [84], [87]-[89], [145].
May Fair, [145], [157], [304].
Mexican saddles, [329].
Middleton, Gilbert, [179].
Milton’s Paradise Lost, [240].
Modern coaches, [340]-[347].
Mohun, Lord, [273]-[274].
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, [134]-[135], [148].
Montagu, Mrs., [86], [157], [163].
Montgomery, Colonel, [285]-[286].
Mortimer, Roger, [180].
Motors, [13], [17], [361], [363]-[364].
Mulberry Gardens, [96]-[97], [105].
Music in Hyde Park, [252], [303].
Newcastle, Duchess of, [112]-[113].
Newfoundland dog causes duel, [286].
Newgate, description of, [212], [220];
fashion at, [158], [227], [230];
hangings at, [186], [284].
Newspaper duels, [274], [280], [281].
New York, omnibus in, [359].
Neyt, Manor of, [22], [36].
Neyt House, [33].
Northampton, Earl of, [77].
Norwegian sledges, [355].
Nottingham, Earl of, [122].
“Old Q,” [240].
Oliver’s Mount, [75].
Omnibus, horse, [358];
steam, [358];
first, [359].
Open-air services, [301]-[303].
Opposition to coaches, [339], [348]-[349].
Orange girls, [120]-[121], [146].
Orchard, [2], [96], [105].
Orme Square, [82].
O’Royrke, Bren, [195]-[196].
Pack-horses, [331].
Pageantry, [55]-[58].
Paile Maille, [97].
Park, definition of, [5].
Park Lane, [2], [157], [240], [250], [304].
Paul’s Walk, [83].
Pepys, Samuel, biographical sketch, [99];
opinions of Hyde Park, [100]-[116];
of Shirley’s play, [9], [206].
Penn, William, [208]-[209].
Persian Ambassador, [206].
Petersham, Lord, [246].
Piccadilly, [21], [60], [224], [240]-[241], [309].
Pillions, [326], [333].
Pitt, William Earl of Chatham, [167], [237].
Pitt, William, the younger, [237], [286].
Plunket, Oliver, [206].
Post-chaise, [350]-[351].
Prayer-Book Brigade, [12].
Present day celebrities in Hyde Park, [290]-[292].
Preservation of game, [23], [36], [50]-[51], [62]-[64].
Prince Albert, [259]-[264].
Prince of Wales, The, [56], [290].
Princess Charlotte, [246].
Pump at Westminster, [32]-[33].
Purchasers of Hyde Park, [82], [94].
“Queen’s House,” The, [166].
Rabbits, [313].
Races, [38], [66], [73].
Railroads, [358].
Ranger’s Lodge, [14], [66].
“Rebecca Riots,” [357].
Reform League, [7].
Reviews in Hyde Park, [50], [102], [113], [115], [129], [144], [243]-[244], [264], [309]-[310].
Rhododendrons, [315].
Riding astride, [328].
Ring, The, abolished, [153];
duels near, [270];
established, [19], [66];
races in, [73].
“Roase Inn, The,” [145]-[146].
Roberts, Lord, [310].
Rotten Row, as a tan ride, [19];
derivation of name, [155];
“Liver Brigade” in, [15];
made, [155];
present habitués of, [290]-[292].
Royal Coach, [352]-[353].
Royal Mews, [29], [30], [97].
Rutland Gate, [158].
Rye House Plot, [208].
St. Dunstan, [19].
St. George’s Hospital, [157].
St. James’s Palace, [34]-[35], [123]-[124].
St. James’s Park, acquired, [34]-[35];
Evelyn writes of, [88];
hunting in, [62]-[63],
skating in, [245];
Society in, [53]-[54], [96]-[97], [117]-[118];
water supply of, [153]-[154];
Wyatt’s troops in, [48]-[50].
St. Paul’s Cathedral, [83], [136], [138].
Salisbury, The Marchioness of, [242].
Satire on the “Ring,” [131]-[134].
Sedan chairs, [335]-[337].
Serpentine, formation of, [2], [150]-[155];
life-saving on, [127];
naval engagement on, [248];
skating on, [170], [241], [244], [259];
suicide in, [249];
wild fowl on, [318].
Servants’ gossip, [139].
Shelburne, Earl of, [278]-[279].
Sheppard, Jack, [173], [214]-[219].
Sheridan, Brinsley, [237], [271].
Shopping in the eighteenth century, [158].
Shrubs, [367].
Sicilian carts, [355].
Side-saddles, [328].
Skating, [156], [170], [241], [244], [259].
Speeches in Hyde Park, [296]-[300].
Spring Gardens, [34], [83], [91], [96], [125].
Springs in Hyde Park, [32], [65], [244].
Stage coaches, [339], [352].
State coaches, [350].
Steel shutters, [353].
Steel springs, [352].
Student’s duel, [282]-[283].
Suffragists, [171], [295]-[297].
Sundays in Hyde Park, [12], [133], [138], [143], [164], [245], [247]-[248], [296], [298].
Tangiers, dining out in, [335].
Targets, [239].
Tax on bachelors, [123];
on foreign merchants, [29].
Taximeter cabs, [13], [361].
Thomas, Colonel, [281]-[282].
Thrale, Mrs., [112], [165], [353].
Toll-gates, [357].
Tracy, John, [82].
Travelling in Middle Ages, [330]-[331].
Trees, [26], [65], [120], [314]-[315], [367].
Trinobantes, [20], [364].
Turner, Mrs., [198]-[199].
Turnpike gates, [357]-[358].
Turnpike roads, [335].
Tyburn, atrocities at, [180]-[186];
early chronicles of, [172]-[199];
Earl Ferrers at, [167]-[170];
grim records of, [8]-[10];
the Triple Tree, [200]-[235];
last execution at, [234].
Tyburn Gate, [9].
Tyburn Lane, [157], [173].
Tyburn Meadow, [81].
Tyburn Road, [20], [75], [173], [180].
Tyburn Stream, [20]-[22], [35], [145];
conduits, [28]-[29];
flows through sewers, [22], [174];
high holiday at the, [30];
water good, [32].
Tyburn Tablet, [8].
Tyburn Ticket, [128], [223].
Vehicle, first public, [335].
Veterans, Indian Mutiny, [310].
Via Trinobantia, [20].
Victoria, Queen, birth of, [2];
coronation festivities, [258]-[259];
fired at, [260];
funeral of, [252];
opens Great Exhibition, [261]-[264];
review, [264].
Waggons, [355]-[357].
Wall round Hyde Park, [6], [8], [49], [96], [137], [144], [256].
Warbeck, Perkin, [186]-[188].
Wat Tyler’s Rebellion, [180].
Watts, G. F., [308]-[309].
Wellington, The Duke of, [128];
adorns the park, [243];
anecdotes of, [257]-[258];
as a duellist, [286];
his daily life of, [303]-[307].
Westbourne, The, [21]-[23], [145], [152]-[154].
Westbrook, Harriet, [249].
Westminster Abbey, [21], [24], [32], [36], [130], [136], [145].
Westminster Hospital, [157].
Westminster, monastery at, [20], [24], [35]-[36];
pump at, [32]-[33].
Westminster Gazette, The, [171].
Whirlicote, [329].
Whitehall, a Royal possession, [33]-[36];
burning of palace, [122].
Wilberforce, William, [237], [254].
Wilcox, Richard, [82].
Wild, Jonathan, [173], [219]-[225].
Wilkes, John, [237], [274]-[276].
William the Conqueror, [24].
William III., buys Kensington Palace, [122];
law of, [126], [128];
lights Hyde Park, [123].
William IV., [256]-[257].
Wise, Henry, [137].
Wolsey, Cardinal, [33].
Wooden paling, [36], [137].
Wyatt’s rebellion, [47]-[50].
Yellow Book, The, [89].
Yeomen of the Guard, [43].

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