The Manchester and Glasgow Road, Volume 2 (of 2) / This Way to Gretna Green

by Charles G. Harper

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INDEX

• Abington. ii. [289]
• Adlington, i. 340, 346, 347-49
• Alvaston, i. 281
• Anglezarke Moor, ii. [85]
• Annan, River, ii. [269], [270], [272]
• Ardwick Green, i. 352
• Arthuret, ii. [212], [214]
• Ashbourne, i. 76, 87, 306, 308-23
• Askham Hall, ii. [172]
• Bamber Bridge, ii. [89]
• Bamford, Samuel, i. 51-111
• Barnet, i. 56, 111, 119-21
• Barnet Fair, i. 116-119
• Barrow-on-Soar, i. 248, 253
• Bass family (brewers), i. 311
• Beattock, ii. [270], [273], [279], [284]
• Bedford, Dukes of, i. 157-64; ii. [292]
• Belgrave, i. 246, 251
• Blackford, ii. [211]
• Blackwood, ii. [291]
• Blore, i. 329
• Bollin, River, i. 345
• Bollington, i. 345
• Bolton, ii. [68]-[75]
• Bolton-le-Sands, ii. [132]
• Bonshaw Tower, ii. [263]
• Boothby, Penelope, i. 316-18
• Boroughbridge, ii. [153]-54
• Bosley, i. 337
• Bothwell, ii. [295]
• Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, ii. [294]
• Boughton, i. 198
• Boughton Green, i. 198
• Brailsford, i. 42, 308
• Brandreth, Jeremiah, rebel, i. 89, 291-97
• Bright, John, i. 22, 199; ii. [42]-5
• Brixworth, i. 200-3
• Brougham, ii. [163]-71
• Broughton, near Newport Pagnell, i. 166
• Buckstone, The, ii. [133]-35
• Bullock Smithy (Hazel Grove), i. 83, 350-52
• Burton-in-Kendal, ii. [133]-37
• Calton Moor, i. 329
• Carleton, ii. [188]
• Carlisle, i. 14, ii. [188]-207, [214]
• Carlyle, Thomas, ii. [264]-68
• Carnforth, ii. [132]
• Carriers, i. 24, 311
• Cavendish Bridge, i. 266, 279
• Charles Edward, Prince ([see] Rebellion of 1745).
• Chorley, ii. [83], [86]-88
• Church Langton, i. 217-20
• Churnet, River, i. 335
• Clayton Green, ii. [88]
• Clayton-le-Woods, ii. [88]
• Clifton (near Manchester), ii. [68]
• Clifton (near Penrith), ii. [158]-63
• Clipston, i. 211
• Clyde, River, ii. [272], [288], [289], [294], [307], [320]
• Coaches:—
• Beehive, London and Manchester, i. 41
• Carlisle Mail, i. 5-14
• Carlisle Post Coach, i. 5
• Courier, London and Glasgow, i. 29
• Defiance, London and Manchester, i. 32, 34, 37, 41, 42, 308; ii. [65]
• Derby Dilly, Manchester and Derby, i. 309
• Derby Fly, Derby and London, i. 290
• Dumfries Coach, ii. [253], [255]
• Dumfries and Edinburgh Mail, ii. [283]
• Estafette, London and Manchester, i. 38
• Flying Coach (1754), London and Manchester, i. 23
• Flying Machine, London and Manchester, i. 24
• Glasgow Mail, i. 5-21; ii. [149], [200], [268], [270]-79, [286]-88
• Glasgow and Carlisle Diligence, ii. [271]
• Glasgow and Edinburgh Stage, i. 3
• Handforth, Howe, Glanville & Richardson’s Manchester and London Coach, i. 24
• Independent, London and Manchester, i. 33
• London Flying Machine (1770) Manchester and London, i. 24
• London New and Elegant Diligence, Manchester and London, i. 25
• Manchester Mail, London and Manchester, i. 25, 116; ii. [65]
• Manchester and Derby Mail, i. 310
• Manchester Telegraph, London and Manchester, i. 33, 37-9, 41; ii. [66]
• New Diligence, Manchester and London, i. 25
• Peveril of the Peak, London and Manchester, i. 22, 41, 42
• Plummer’s Glasgow and London Coach, i. 5
• Prince Cobourg, London and Manchester, i. 32
• Red Rover, London and Manchester, i. 41, 43
• Regulator, London and Manchester, i. 33
• Royal Defiance, London and Manchester, i. 33
• Coaching, i. 2-51, 125, 289, 309; ii. [129]-32, [137], [147]-53, [199]-202, [230], [253], [255], [270]-72, [274]-79, [283]-88, [296]-98
• Coaching accidents, i. 14, 42; ii. [147], [283], [285]-88
• Coaching and Carrying Notabilities:—
• Ainslie, Jack, ii. [245]-47
• Anderson, James, ii. [165]
• Barnes, James, ii. [150]
• Bass, William, i. 311
• Baxendale, Joseph, i. 311
• Bird, “Parson,” ii. [149]
• Bryden, John, ii. [149]
• Byrns, Jim, i. 50; ii. [150]
• Campbell, Hugh, ii. [287]
• Chaplin, William, i. 33, 43
• Davies, Tom, i. 47
• Douglas, Harry, i. 46
• Drydens, the, ii. [149]
• Eade, George, ii. [155]
• Goodfellow, John, ii. [283]
• Hoorn, William, i. 3
• Horne, Benjamin Worthy, i. 43
• Inns, Samuel, i. 47
• Jervis, William, i. 48
• Johnson, Isaac, ii. [150]
• Lacy, H. C., i. 25, 29; ii. [65]
• MacGeorge, James, ii. [283]
• Meecher, James, i. 47
• Nelson, Robert, i. 41
• Nightingale, Robert, ii. [148]
• Parkin, James, ii. [148]
• Pickford, Matthew, i. 24, 311
• Pooley, John, ii. [151]
• Ramsay of Barnton, ii. [148]
• Reed, John, ii. [149]
• Sherman, Edward, i. 34-38, 43
• Skaife, Edward, i. 50
• Snow, Bob, i. 46
• Teather, John, ii. [147], [199]
• Telfers, the, ii. [150]
• Venables, the, i. 49
• Walker, John, i. 4.
• Wall, Joe, i. 46
• Waterhouse, William, i. 33, 34
• Cockfosters, i. 121
• Compton, i. 309
• Convagata, Stanwix, ii. [205]
• Cook, Thomas (originator of railway excursions), i. 244
• Countess Pillar, ii. [169], [171]
• Crawford, ii. [270], [288]
• Crompton, Samuel, inventor, ii. [28], [75]-83
• Cuckoo Bush, i. 266
• Dane, River, i. 336, 337
• Denighton Bridge, ii. [290]
• Derby, i. 75, 89, 281, 285-306
• Derventio, Derby, i. 285
• Derwent, River, i. 285, 304
• Devil’s Beef Tub, ii. [272], [282]
• Dinwoodie Green, ii. [269], [273]
• Dorfcocker, ii. [84]
• Douglas Mill, ii. [290]
• Douglas Water, ii. [290]
• Dove, River, i. 324, 329
• Dunstable, i. 61, 154
• Dyrham Park, i. 124
• Eakley (or Inckley) Lane, i. 173
• Eamont Bridge, ii. [175]-79
• Eamont River, ii. [171], [175]
• East Langton, i. 217-20
• Ecclefechan, ii. [264]-68
• Eden, River, ii. [171], [204]
• Elvanfoot, ii. [269], [272], [273]
• Elvaston, i. 281-85
• End Moor, ii. [137]
• Ericstane Brae, ii. [269], [271], [273], [284]
• Esk, River, ii. [210], [214], [217]
• Evan Water, ii. [273], [284]-88
• Farleton Knott, ii. [134], [137]
• Farnworth, ii. [69]
• Faxton, i. 208-10
• Finchley, i. 115
• Firwood, ii. [75]
• Flamstead, i. 153
• Flash, i. 342-45
• Forton, ii. [107]
• Foxton Locks, i. 220
• Friar’s Wash, i. 152
• Galgate, ii. [107]
• Garstang, ii. [105]-7
• Gayhurst, i. 170-72
• Giant’s Grave, the, ii. [183]-85
• Glasgow, ii. [296]-[324]
• Glen Magna (or Great Glen), i. 222
• Gorhambury, i. 151
• Goslin Syke, ii. [209]
• Gotham, i. 262-66
• Great Glen (or Glen Magna), i. 222
• Gretna Green, i. 14; ii. [210], [218], [222]-53
• “Gretna Green” Marriages:—
• Bourbon, Prince Charles Ferdinand, and Penelope Smyth, ii. [249]
• Deerhurst, Viscount, ii. [248]
• Drumlanrig, Viscount, and Caroline Clayton, ii. [249]
• Dundonald, Earl of, and Katharine Barnes, ii. [248]
• Erskine, Lord Chief Justice, and Sarah Buck, ii. [247]
• Ibbetson, Captain, and Lady Adela Villiers, ii. [245]
• Lovell, Captain Francis, and Lady Rose Somerset, ii. [249]
• Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, and Ellen Turner, ii. [242]-44
• Westmoreland, Earl of, and Miss Child, ii. [244]
• Grindley Marsh, i. 352
• Gunpowder Plot, i. 171
• Hackleton, i. 177
• Hackthorpe, ii. [156]
• Hadley Green, i. 124
• Hall-i’-th’-Wood, ii. [28], [76]-83
• Hamilton, ii. [292]-94
• Hamps, River, i. 330
• Hanging Bridge, i. 324-26, 329
• Hardingstone, i. 178
• Hassockwell Burn, ii. [272]
• Hathern, i. 261
• Hazel Grove (Bullock Smithy), i. 83, 349-52
• Heaton Chapel, near Stockport, i. 352
• Heaton Norris, i. 352
• Heaviley, i. 352
• Helm Wind, the, ii. [146]
• Heron Syke, ii. [134]
• Hest Bank, ii. [120], [122], [129], [132]
• Highgate, i. 55, 115
• High Hesket, ii. [187], [244]
• Hockliffe, i. 3, 61, 155
• Hogstye End, i. 165
• Hope Green, i. 349
• Hopping Hill, i. 210
• Horton, i. 174, 176
• Horwich, ii. [84]
• Hucks Brow, ii. [147], [153]
• Inckley (or Eakley), Lane, i. 173
• Inns (mentioned at length):—
• Bay Horse, near Lancaster, ii. [107]
• Beattock Inn, ii. [270], [298]
• Bedford Arms, Woburn, i. 109-11, 163
• Bell, Derby, i. 290
• Black Bull, Glasgow, ii. [302]
• Black Swan, Mountsorrel, i. 251
• Bottom Inn, near Leek, i. 331
• Bridgewater Arms, Manchester, i. 25, 26, 29, 33; ii. [65]
• Bull and Mouth, St. Martin’s-le-Grand, i. 19, 34, 37, 44
• Bull’s Head, Eakley Lane, i. 174
• Bull’s Head, Loughborough, i. 260
• Bull’s Head, Manchester, ii. [64]
• Bull’s Head, Salford, ii. [24]
• Bush, Carlisle, i. 5; ii. [200], [245], [246]
• Crewe and Harpur’s Arms, Swarkestone, i. 278
• Crook, Tweedshaws, ii. [284]
• Crown, Eamont Bridge, ii. [174]
• Cuckoo Bush, Gotham, i. 266
• Fleur-de-lis, St. Albans, i. 127, 128
• George and Dragon, Eakley Lane, i. 174
• Gloucester Arms, Penrith, ii. [181]
• Green Man (Bottom Inn), i. 331
• Green Man and Black’s Head, Ashbourne, i. 322
• Gretna Hall, ii. [229], [240]-42, [245], [249], [251]
• Gretna Hotel, ii. [229]
• Greyhound, Shap, ii. [151], [155]
• Horton Inn, i. 174
• Horwich Moorgate, ii. [84]
• Kedleston Inn, i. 306
• King’s Head (now Queen’s Head), Springfield, ii. [233], [236], [238], [240]
• Lathbury Inn, i. 169
• Maxwell Arms, Springfield, ii. [233], [235]
• New Inn, Hackleton, i. 177
• Old Black Bull, Moffat, ii. [281]
• Old Man and Scythe, Bolton, ii. [71]-73
• Old Rover’s Return, Manchester, ii. [64]
• Old White Lion, Finchley, i. 116
• Plough, Shap Fell, ii. [153]
• Red Lion, Hazel Grove, i. 351
• Royal Hotel and New Bridgewater Arms, Manchester, i. 29; ii. [65]
• Saracen’s Head, Glasgow, ii. [298]-302
• Sark Bar, ii. [228]
• Seven Stars, Manchester, ii. [24]-64
• Sun (Poet’s Corner), ii. [64]
• Swan with Two Necks, Lad Lane, i. 25, 32, 33
• Tempest Arms, Horwich Moor, ii. [84]
• Tontine, Glasgow, ii. [298], [303]
• Two Lions, Penrith, ii. [182]
• Welcome into Cumberland, Eamont Bridge, ii. [152], [176], [179]
• White Lion, Stockport, i. 357
• White Swan, Mountsorrel, i. 252
• Irk, River, ii. [5]
• Irlam-o’-th’-Height, ii. [68]
• Irwell, River, ii. [5], [67], [68]
• Islington, i. 112
• Johnstone Bridge, ii. [270]
• Kearsley, ii. [69]
• Kedleston Hall, i. 307
• Kegworth, i. 89, 91, 261
• Kelmarsh, i. 210
• Kendal, ii. [138]-45
• Kent River, ii. [122], [125], [139]
• Kent’s Bank, ii. [122], [124]
• Kentigern, Saint, ii. [308]-12
• Kibworth Beauchamp, i. 221
• King Arthur’s Drinking Cup, ii. [174]
• King Arthur’s Round Table, ii. [173]
• Kingsthorpe, i. 196
• Kingston-on-Soar, i. 262
• Kingstown, ii. [209]
• Kirk Langley, i. 306
• Kirkpatrick, ii. [263]
• Kirtlebridge, ii. [264]
• Kirtle Water, ii. [263], [264]
• Lamport, i. 203-7
• Lancaster, ii. [108]-20
• Lancaster Sands, ii. [122]-32
• Langtons, the, i. 217-20
• Larkhall, ii. [291]
• Lathbury, i. 169
• Leek, i. 85, 323, 331-35
• Leicester, i. 71, 95, 223-46
• Lesmahagow, ii. [272], [291]
• Levenshulme, i. 352
• Lockerbie, ii. [269], [279]
• Lockington, i. 266
• London Colney, i. 125
• Longsight, i. 352
• Longtown, ii. [211], [212], [213], [253]
• Lonsdale, The “Bad Lord,” ii. [157]
• Loughborough, i. 73, 84, 91, 94, 259-61
• Low Hesket, ii. [188]
• Lowther Castle, ii. [156]-58
• Lowther River, ii. [171]-73
• Luguvallum, Carlisle, ii. [189], [205]
• Lune, River, ii. [108], [118]
• Lyne, River, ii. [210]
• Macadam, John Loudon, ii. [280]
• Macaulay, Thomas Babington, i. 246-48
• Macclesfield, i. 84, 323, 326, 337-42
• Mackworth, i. 306
• Maidwell, i. 210
• Manchester, ii. [1]-[68]
• Mancunium, Manchester, ii. [9]
• Manifold, River, i. 330
• Market Harborough, i. 96, 212-17, 254
• Markyate Street, i. 61, 153
• Mayfield, i. 326
• Meikleholmside, ii. [284]
• Mein Water, ii. [264]
• Merkland, ii. [263]
• Milk, River, ii. [269]
• Milton Bryant, i. 157
• Moffat, ii. [269]-71, [273], [274], [279]-84
• Monken Hadley, i. 120, 122
• Moore, Thomas (poet), i. 262, 326-9
• Moses Gate, ii. [69]
• Mountsorrel, i. 73, 95, 248-52
• Mungo, Saint, ii. [308]-12
• Myerscough, ii. [105]
• Naseby, Battle of, i. 211
• Nene, River, i. 185
• Nethan, River, ii. [291]
• Newport Pagnell, i. 61, 109, 166-69
• Northampton, i. 66, 96, 175, 184-96
• Oadby, i. 223
• Old-time Travellers (in general), i. 15-22, 51-111
• Bamford, Samuel, i. 51-111
• Boswell, James, i. 298, 321-23; ii. [301]
• Bright, John, i. 22, 199
• Brougham, Lord, ii. [164]
• Eldon, Earl of, ii. [226]
• Granville, Dr., ii. [154], [164]
• Gray, Thos., ii. [125], [301]
• Hawker, Col., i. 9; ii. [235], [274]
• Hume, David, ii. [201]
• Johnson, Dr., i. 298; ii. [301]
• Mandeville, Sir John, i. 148-50
• Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, i. 16-19
• Wesley, Rev. John, i. 142, 168
• Wilson, Professor John, i. 6
• Old-time Travelling, i. 3-51, 125; ii. [222]-53, [274], [298]
• Osmaston Manor, i. 308
• Ouse, River, i. 109, 173
• Over Sands, ii. [122]-32
• Oxendon, i. 212
• Peel Towers, ii. [159]
• Pendlebury, ii. [68]
• Pendleton, ii. [68]
• Pennersaughs, ii. [264]
• Penrith, i. 14; ii. [179]-87
• Penwortham, ii. [92]
• “Peterloo,” i. 53, 326; ii. [39]-41
• Petterill, River, ii. [187]
• Pickford & Co., i. 310
• Piddington, i. 176
• Poynton, i. 349
• Prestbury, i. 345-47
• Preston, i. 84, 87; ii. [83], [90]-[105]
• Prince Charles Edward ([see] Rebellion of 1745).
• Pytchley Hunt, the, i. 199
• Quakers, the (origin of the name), i. 289
• Quarndon, i. 306
• Queen’s Cross, near Northampton, i. 99, 178-84
• Quorn Hunt, the, i. 212, 253-57
• Quorndon, or Quorn, i. 95, 252-59, 306
• Railways, i. 43; ii. [55], [107], [122], [124], [130], [132], [200], [228], [270], [285], [288], [304]
• Ratæ Coritanorum, Leicester, i. 225-29
• Rebellion of 1715, i. 270; ii. [90], [93]-97, [104], [112], [196], [319]
• Rebellion of 1745, i. 169, 270-78, 287, 319, 324, 334; ii. [21], [98], [103], [144], [155], [160]-63, [185], [187], [195]-98, [260], [319]
• Redbourne, i. 111, 152
• Ribble, River, ii. [90]-92
• Richard III., i. 238; ii. [180]
• Ring Cross, i. 112-15
• Rivington Pike, ii. [85], [87]
• Rothley, i. 95, 246
• Rothley Temple, i. 246
• Rudyard Lake, i. 335
• Rushton Marsh, i. 336
• Rushton Spencer, i. 336
• Russell family, i. 157-64
• St. Albans, i. 56-61, 111, 125-50
• Salford, ii. [67]
• Sark River, ii. [214], [217]
• Sark Bar, ii. [226]-29
• Scotforth, ii. [107]
• Shap, ii. [151], [155]
• Shap Abbey, ii. [156]
• Shap Fell, i. 54; ii. [146], [150]
• Shardlow, i. 281
• Skerton, ii. [120]
• “Slash, Captain,” i. 198
• Slyne, ii. [120]
• Soar, River, i. 244, 248, 262
• Solway Moss, ii. [214]-18
• South Mimms, i. 124
• Springfield, ii. [210], [214], [218], [226], [227], [234]-36
• Standish, Miles, ii. [86]-88
• Stanton-by-Bridge, i. 267
• Stanwix, i. 11; ii. [189], [204]-9
• Stockport, i. 83, 323, 353-58
• Stoke Goldington, i. 62, 99
• Swarkestone Bridge, i. 267, 270, 273, 276-78
• Swinscoe, or Swinecote, i. 329
• “Teetotal,” origin of the word, i. 104
• Telford, Thomas, i. 2, 10; ii. [263], [268], [271], [277]-79
• Thiefside, ii. [187], [188]
• Tolcross, ii. [296]
• Trent, River, i. 89, 254, 261, 266-70, 278-81
• Turnpike Trusts, ii. [273]-78
• Tyringham, i. 170
• Uddingston, ii. [296]
• Verulamium, St. Albans, i. 130, 150
• Voreda, Old Penrith, ii. [187]
• Waggons (Manchester and London):—
• Bass’s, i. 24
• Cooper’s, i. 24
• Hulse’s, i. 24
• Pickford’s Flying Waggons, i. 24, 311
• Washington’s, i. 24
• Wood’s, i. 24
• Walton-le-Dale, ii. [90]
• Wamphray, ii. [270], [274]
• Wanlip, i. 246, 251
• Waterfall, i. 330
• Waterhouses, i. 330
• Wavendon, i. 166
• West Linton, ii. [211]
• Whetstone, i. 56
• Whittle-le-Woods, ii. [88]
• “Wise Men of Gotham,” i. 262-66
• Woburn, i. 61, 109, 157, 163-65
• Woburn Abbey, i. 157-62
• Woburn Sands, i. 165
• Wolsey, Cardinal, i. 244
• Woodhouse Eaves, i. 253
• Yanwath Hall, ii. [170]

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