EASBY ABBEY.
From the churchyard, Easby Abbey is seen in the distance in a romantic spot by the river: and the walk there is delightful, along the terrace above the Swale. Like the rest of these fine structures, it was destroyed by the vindictive Henry in 1535. The water close at hand, the old abbot's elm, and the little church and gatehouse beyond, altogether make this a spot in which to linger and ruminate. The church walls are covered with curious and very well preserved paintings of the twelfth century, giving a good idea of the costume of the period. The tempting serpent, too, is shown twisted in artistic coils around a very pre-Raphael looking tree; and in another scene the partakers of the fruit are doubled up with remorse, or dyspepsia.
So close at hand as is Bolton on Swale, to the east, it would be a pity not to mention Henry Jenkins, who died there in 1670, aged one hundred and sixty-nine!—a man in Charles II.'s reign who remembered the dissolution of the monasteries, and who recollected as a boy assisting in carrying arrows in a cart to the battle of Flodden field (where veteran soldiers remembered the accession of King Edward IV.), was a wonder compared with the feeble memory of our present-day centenarians, who rarely recollect anything worth recording. When we think how nearly we are linked with 1670 by the life of Mrs. William Stuart, who died in the late queen's reign, and who heard from the lips of her grandmother how she had been taken to Court in a black-draped Sedan when Whitehall was in mourning for the death of the king's sister, Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans,—it would have been possible for the little girl to have spoken with old Jenkins, and thus with only three lives to have linked the early part of the reign of Henry VIII. with that of Victoria.
[INDEX]
Abbotts Ann, [221].
Amber, river, [217].
"Angel," Ringwood, [178].
"Angel," Stilton, [10].
"Angel," Yeovil, [145].
Ashford, [221].
Ashover, [217].
Askrigg, [261].
Athelhampton, [173], [174], [175].
Avon, river, [84], [85].
Axmouth, [169].
Aysgarth, [249], [262], [263].
Baddesley Clinton, [72], [73], [76].
Bainbridge, [262].
Barnard Castle, [225].
Barnborough, [230].
Barnstaple, [164], [165], [166].
Barrington Court, [135], [137], [138].
Barton Hall, [23].
Barton-on-the-Heath, [66], [67].
Beckington Castle, [130].
Beeley, [210].
Beer, [168], [169].
Bellerby, [256].
"Bell," Mildenhall, [22].
"Bell," Sandy Lane, [105].
"Bell," Stilton, [10], [86].
Bere Regis, [158], [176], [177].
Beverstone Castle, [100].
Bewley Court, [109].
Biddestone, [114].
Bildeston, [32].
Bindon, [169].
Birdlip, [97].
Birtsmorton Court, [81], [83], [84].
Bishop's Lydeard, [147], [148].
"Black Horse," Birdlip, [98].
Blackladies, [199].
Blickling Hall, [45], [46], [47], [49].
Blore Heath, [192], [193].
"Blue Lion," East Witton, [249].
Bolsover Castle, [210], [217].
Bolton Castle, [251], [256], [260], [262].
Bolton-on-Swale, [266].
Bossington, [159].
Bovey, [169].
Bowes, [225].
Brailes, [68].
Brampton, [4].
Branscombe, [167], [168].
Braunton, [165].
Broadway, [85], [87], [89], [90].
Bromham, [103], [105].
Brotherton, [236].
Broughton Hall, [193], [194].
Brympton D'Eversy, [135], [141].
Brynkinalt, [185].
Buckingham's hole, Blore, [192].
Buckland, [89], [90].
Bullich House, Allington, [117].
Burrow Farm, [136].
Burton Constable, [248].
Bury St. Edmund's, [27], [31].
Bushley, [83].
"Cannard's Grave," Shepton Mallet, [133], [134].
Carhampton, [157], [158].
Castle Combe, [114].
"Castle Inn," Castle Combe, [116].
Catterick, [263].
Chapel Plaster Hermitage, [110].
Charlcote, [72], [73].
Charterhouse Hinton, [128].
Chastleton, [62], [64], [66].
Chatsworth, [208], [210].
Chavenage Manor House, [100], [101].
Chedzoy, [135].
Cheney Court, [111].
Chevin Hill, [242].
Chideock, [171], [172].
Chipping Campden, [87], [92].
Chipping Norton, [61].
Chirk Castle, [181].
Church House, Crowcombe, [149].
Church Stanway, [90].
Church Stretton, [188], [189].
Claverton Down, [111].
Clifton Maybank, [143].
Clovelly, [162], [163].
Coaxden, [170].
Colerne, [112].
Coles Farm, Box, [111], [112].
Combe St. Nicholas, [145].
Combe Sydenham [152], [153].
Compton Wyniates, [42], [68], [69], [70], [72], [73].
Condover Hall, [187], [188].
Connington Hall, [7].
Coombe Abbey, [72], [195].
Coppingford, [6].
Corby, [20], [21].
Corsham Court, [109], [112], [113], [114], [128].
Cothelstone, [148].
Court Farm, Hadleigh, [33].
Cover, river, [250].
Crimplesham, [56].
Croscombe, [132], [133].
Crowcombe, [132], [149], [150], [152], [153].
Crowther's Farm, [178].
Croxton, [194].
Croyde Bay, [166].
Culford, [26].
Curry Rivel, [135], [136].
Dacre, [248].
Dalby, [10].
Danby Hall, [249], [250].
Darfield, [230].
Dedham, [34].
Deene, [15], [16], [18].
Derwent, river, [210].
Dethick-cum-Lea, [217].
Dob Park Lodge, [247].
Dover Hill, [89], [92].
Downham Market, [56].
Downside, Shepton Mallet, [133].
"Dun Cow," Market Drayton, [190].
Dunster Castle, [155], [157], [158].
Easby, [249], [258], [259], [264], [266].
East Barsham Manor House, [41], [42].
East Bergholt, [34].
East Witton, [249].
Eaton Constantine, [188].
Edensor, [209].
Eleanor Crosses, [21].
Elworthy, [153].
Enmore Castle, [150], [151].
Ermine Street. [6], [97].
Erwarton Hall, [36].
Fakenham, [42], [43].
Farleigh Castle, [128], [136].
Farnley Hall, [243].
"Feathers," Ludlow, [188].
Fenstanton, [223].
Ferrybridge, [236].
Fewstone, [247], [248].
Finghall, [248].
Flatford, [34], [35].
Foss way, [134].
Fotheringay Castle, [7], [12], [13], [14], [15].
Four-Shire Stone, [66].
Gastard, [109], [110].
Gaulden, [154].
Gedding Hall, [31].
Geddington, [21].
"George," Glastonbury, [126].
"George," Huntingdon, [2].
"George," Norton St. Philip, [125].
"George," Sandy Lane, [105].
"George," Yeovil, [145].
Glatton, [7].
Glossop, [222], [223].
Godmanchester, [4].
"Golden Lion," Barnstaple, [164].
Great Chaldfield, [118], [121], [135].
Great Houghton, [230].
Great Snoring, [42].
Great Torrington, [53].
Great Wenham, [35].
"Green Dragon," Chipping Campden, [88].
"Green Dragon," Combe St. Nicholas, [145].
Guiseley, [242].
Hack Fall, [248].
Haddon Hall, [54], [86], [170], [183], [196], [200].
Hadleigh, [32], [34].
Hardeby, [21].
Hardwick, Derby, [143], [210], [212], [239].
Hardwick, Suffolk, [30].
"Hare and Hounds," East Bergholt, [35].
Harkstead, [36].
Hathersage, [222].
Hautboys Hall, [53].
Hawstead Place, [30], [31].
Hazelbury House, Box, [111].
Helmingham, [27], [150].
Hemington, [15].
Hengrave Hall, [26], [27], [28].
Heytesbury, [128].
Hinchinbrooke, [1], [3].
Hinton St George, [135], [138], [139], [143].
Hoare Cross, [240].
Hobbal Grange, [198], [199].
Holkham Hall, [40].
Holt Lodge, [178].
Hungerford Hospital, Corsham, [112].
Hunslet, [239].
Hunters' Hall, Colerne, [112].
Huntingdon, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [11].
Jervaulx Abbey, [248], [255], [263].
Kenilworth, [27], [72].
Kineton, [94].
"King's Arms," Market Drayton, [190].
Kingston, [147].
Kingston Lacy, [179].
Kingston St Michael, [117].
Kippax Park, [237].
Kirby Hall, [15], [16], [18], [19], [20], [42].
Knapton, [44].
Knowsthorpe Hall, [239].
Lacock Abbey, [105], [106], [107], [108], [109].
Langley, [188].
Langport, [135].
Lark, river, [24].
Leathley, [244].
Ledston Hall, [237].
Leyburn, [255], [256], [257], [263].
Little Compton, [61], [62].
Little Gidding, [7].
Little Saxham Hall, [26].
Little Stukeley, [5],[6].
Little Wenham, [35].
Little Woolford, [66].
Long Compton, [59], [60], [61].
Long Marston, [89].
Low Hall, Rawdon, [241].
Low Hall, Yeadon, [241], [260].
Ludford, [188].
Ludlow Castle, [188].
"Luttrell Arms," Dunster, [157].
Lydcote, [53].
"Lygon Arms," Broadway, [85].
Lymington, [139], [140].
Lynmouth, [160].
Lynton, [160], [161].
Lytes Cary, [134].
Malvern Chase, [81].
Mannington Hall, [49].
Manor Farm, Norton St Philip, [124].
Mapperton Manor House, [173].
Market Drayton, [189].
Martock, [135], [138].
Masham, [248].
Maxstoke Castle, [72].
Melksham, [109], [118], [151].
Melplash Court, [173].
Menden, [72], [73].
Mickleton, [89].
Middleham, [248], [249], [251], [252], [254], [257].
Middlesoy, [135].
Mildenhall, [22], [23], [24].
Minehead, [158].
Monksilver, [152], [154].
Monmouth House, Shepton Mallet, [134].
Montacute House, [135], [142], [143].
Montacute Priory, [144].
Mundesley, Rookery Farm, [44].
Mundford, [56].
Nailsworth, [99], [100].
Nappa Hall, [260], [261].
Needham Market, [31].
Nene, river, [12].
Neston, [110].
Nettlecombe, [153].
Newbury Farm, Bildeston, [32].
Newby Hall, [261].
"New Inn," Clovelly, [163].
North Lees, Hathersage, [222].
Norton House, Chipping Campden, [89].
Norton St Philip, [123], [126], [127], [128].
Offenham, [85].
Old Cleeve, [154].
"Old Hall Inn," Great Houghton, [231].
"Old Red Lion," Long Compton, [59].
Old Weston, [223].
Orwell, river, [34].
Otley, [242], [243], [246].
Oundle, [11].
Ouse, river, [4], [223].
Oxburgh Hall, [53], [54], [55].
Oxnead Hall, [47], [53].
Painswick, [98].
Parnham Hall, [173].
Payne's Place, Bushley, [83], [144].
"Peacock," Rowsley, [207].
Penhill, [251], [255].
Pilsdon, [171].
Pilton, [165].
Pirton Court, [80].
Pitchford Hall, [187], [188].
Pixham, [78].
Plâs Baddy, [185].
Plash Hall, [188].
Plumpton Hall, [30].
Pontefract Castle, [232].
Pontfaen, [186].
Porlock, [159], [160], [161].
Postlip Hall, [93], [96].
Powick Bridge, [78].
Priors Court, [78].
Puddletown, [175], [176].
Raynham Hall, [42], [47], [48], [74].
"Raven," Church Stretton, [189].
Rawdon, [241].
"Red Lion," Chipping Camden, [88].
Richmond, Yorkshire, [256], [258], [263], [264], [266].
Ripley, [247].
Ripple, [84].
Rodborough, [99].
Rollright Stones, [60].
Rushbrooke Hall, [27], [28], [29], [30].
St. Giles Park, [178], [179].
Sandford Orcas, [135], [140], [141].
Severn End, [80], [81], [195].
Severn, river, [84].
Sheffield Manor House, [208], [213], [225].
Sheldon Manor, [118].
Shepton Mallet, [132], [133].
"Ship Inn," Porlock, [160].
Shrewsbury, [81], [181], [188], [189].
Shute House, [170].
Silton, [171].
Snowre Hall, [55].
Somerton, [135].
Southam House, [93], [96].
Southfield, Woodchester, [99].
South Petherton, [135], [138].
South Wraxall, [118], [121].
Spaxton, [151].
Spennithorne, [254].
Sprowston, [58].
Spye Park, [104], [105], [109], [151].
Stainborough Hall, [228].
Stamford, [16], [18].
Stanfield Hall, [53].
Stanton, [89], [90].
Stanton St. Quinton, [117].
Stanway-in-the-Woods, [89].
Stiffkey Hall, [41].
Stilton, [8], [10], [11], [86].
Stogumber, [153].
Stoke Ferry, [53].
Stokesay Castle, [186].
Stour, river, [34].
"Strafford Arms," Stainborough, [229].
Strensham, [84].
Sudeley Castle, [93], [96], [100].
Swale, river, [266].
"Swan and Salmon," Little Stukeley, [5].
"Swan Inn," Downham Market, [56], [58].
Swinnerton Hall, [194].
Swinsty Hall, [244].
"Talbot," Oundle, [12].
Tamworth Castle, [72].
Tansor, [15].
Taunton, [136], [147].
Tawstock, [166], [167].
Temple Newsam, [229], [237].
Tetbury, [100].
Tewkesbury, [81], [83], [84], [181].
Thorpland Hall, [42].
Tintinhull Court, [135], [140].
Tissington, [221].
Tixall, [195].
Tong, [196], [197], [199].
Trent House, [135], [140], [156].
Trentham, [195].
Trunch, [44].
Tudor House, Broadway, [86].
"Turk's Head," Oundle, [11].
Tutbury Castle, [260].
Walsingham, [43], [44].
Wamil Hall, [24].
Warwick Castle, [72].
Waterstone, [173], [174].
Wellow, [127], [128].
Wells-next-the-Sea, [40], [43], [44].
Wensley, [258].
Wentworth Castle, [227], [230], [237].
Wentworth Woodhouse, [228], [229].
West Lydford, [134].
Weston Hall, [244].
Weston Zoyland, [135].
West Stow Hall, [24], [32].
Wharfe, river, [242], [244].
White House of Pixham, [78].
White Lackington, [137].
"White Lion," Hadleigh, [34].
Wimborne Minster, [177], [179].
Winchcombe, [93].
Wingfield Manor, [209], [215].
Winnington, [189].
Wolverton, [173], [174].
Woodchester, [99].
Woodlands, [178].
Wood Stanway, [90].
Wool, [176].
Wootton Lodge, [195], [196].
Wormleighton, [13].
Wormwood Farm, Neston, [110].
Worsborough, [226], [227].
Wothorpe Hall, [18].
Wye, river, [204].
Wylde Court, [171].
Wymondham, [51], [52], [53].
Yatton Keynell, [116], [117], [118].
Yeadon, [241].
Yew Tree Farm, Bushley, [83].
Yore, river, [250], [252].