King's Worthy, church of, passage of Old Road to south of, [110];
mentioned in Domesday, [121] (note);
its situation on Old Road discussed, [120]-[125];
passed on our journey, [125].
Kit's Coty House, referred to, [248] (note 1);
visited, [253], [254].
Knockholt Farm, east of Chilham, Old Road recovered at, [270].
Neolithic Man, his principal seat on green-sand south of North Downs, [23];
endurance of relics of, [73].
North Country, not important in early times, [19].
—— Downs, their position in scheme of prehistoric roads, [16];
the original and necessary platform of the Old Road, [24]-[25] (with map);
view of these from Wrotham, [231];
'funnel' formed by them at passage of Medway, [237];
road leaves them after Charing, [260].
—— Street, place-name suggesting passage of Old Road, [137].
Old Road, why the most important of English prehistoric roads, [17]-[24];
its first track sketched, [25];
why it ended at Canterbury, [31]-[42];
why it began at Winchester, [44]-[58];
short cut from Winchester to Farnham gradually superseded original western portion, [59]-[61] (with map);
final form of, [62] (with map);
causes of preservation of, [72]-[99];
proportion of known to unknown, [100]-[101] (with map);
characteristics or 'habits' of, [104]-[113].
Its track from north gate of Winchester to King's Worthy, [120]-[125];
coincidence of, with modern road from King's Worthy to Itchen Stoke, [124];
arguments in favour of its crossing the Itchen at Itchen Stoke, [127]-[132];
recovering of lost portion in Ropley Valley, [132]-[136];
corresponds to high-road after Alton, causes of this, [149]-[154];
diversion at Puttenham, [158];
crosses Wey, [163]-[166];
passes St. Martha's, north of Weston Wood, Albury Park, [170]-[175];
crosses Mole at Pixham Mill, [180]-[183];
passes Betchworth Pits, [188];
lost after Merstham and recovered, [204]-[207];
discussion of track near Marden Park, [211];
and across Titsey Park, [214]-[216];
its loss after Chevening, [217];
typical section of, [225]-[230] (with map);
its crossing of Medway discussed, [236]-[253];
clear along Downs to Charing, [256]-[260];
crosses Eastwell Park, Boughton Aluph, Godmersham, Chilham Park, [263]-[269];
lost for two miles east of Chilham, [270]-[271] (and map);
passes Bigberry Camp, [273];
enters Canterbury by Westgate, [277].
Old Wives' Lees, doubts as to passage of Old Road by, [270]-[271] (and map).
Ordnance Map, 6-inch to the mile, probably wrong in track of Roman Road from north gate of Winchester, [124] (note);
error in track given from Arthur's Seat to Oxted railway cutting, [213].
Ordnance Map, 1/2500, references to fields at Ropley, [138] (notes 1, 2, 3), [139] (note);
at Puttenham, [158] (note);
Weston Wood, [174] (note);
doubts as to track given by it through Albury Park, [174];
recovery of Old Road after Gomshall, [177] (note);
probable error east of Shere, [176];
crossing of Mole, [183] (note);
crest of Colley Hill, [197];
error of, in regard to Gatton Park, [199] (note);
Merstham to Quarry Hangers, [207] (note);
east of Marden Park, [212] (note);
east of Chevening, [218] (note);
passage of Medway, [253] (note);
error of, east and north of Eastwell Park, and east and north of Boughton Aluph church, [265]-[266] (notes 1 and 2).
Otford, passage of Old Road through, [218];
battles of, [220];
palace of, [220], [221].
Oxted, error caused by approach of pilgrimage to plain of, [95] (note).
Oxted Railway Cutting, track of Old Road from Marden Park to, [211]-[212] (and map).
Paddlesworth, passage of Old Road, [253] (note 1).
Palace of Archbishops of Canterbury at Otford, [220]-[223].
Pebble Combe, passage of Old Road across, [194]-[196] (and map).
Pilgrimage, to shrine of St. Thomas at Canterbury, preserves the Old Road, [76]-[81];
change of date of, [91];
rapid development of, [91]-[92];
ancient sites restored by, [93];
but also prehistoric track sometimes confused by list of places so affected, [96] (and note);
example at Ropley of its recovery of Old Road, [136] (and note);
confuses record of passing of River Mole, [181];
diversion caused to Road after Merstham, [205];
and Old Wives' Lees, [271].
Pixham Mill, Old Road crosses Mole at, [182] (map), and 183 (note).
Porchester, example of Roman use of 'Second Crossing,' [55].
Portsmouth, as a harbour of the 'Second Crossing,' [54].
Portus Adurni, possibly origin of a track to London, [200];
doubts on its equivalence to Shoreham, [200].
Portus Lemanis, the modern Lympne, perhaps original of Old Road, [27];
its connection with the earliest crossing of the Straits, [35].
Puttenham, apparent exception to straightness of Old Road at, mentioned, [105];
example of church passed to south, [110];
medieval market at, [158];
diversion of Old Road at, discussed, [159]-[161] (and map);
neolithic and bronze remains at, [161].
Quarley Hill, on original track of Old Road, [27].
Quarry Hangers, east of Red Hill, too steep to take Old Road, [205], [206];
arrival at summits of, [207].
Ramsgate, one of modern harbours on northern shore of Straits, its artificial character, [36].
Roads, prehistoric, in England, correspond to five hill ranges, [15] (with map);
difficulty of recovering, [74]-[75];
especially preserved in Britain, [78];
and their destruction in twelfth century, [84], [85].
Roman Britain, imperfect occupation of, [76], [77].
Roman Coins, discovery of, at Gatton, [203];
at Boxley, [253] (note 2).
Roman Remains, near Itchen Abbas, [126] (and note);
near Farnham, [153];
at Colley Farm and Walton Heath, [197];
at Titsey Park, [214];
at Lower Halling, Snodland, Burham, Little Culand, [251];
Plaxtol and Thurnham, Boxley, [253] (note 2).
Roman Road, definite character of a, [74];
from Winchester to Silchester, site of, [119], [124] (and note);
conjectural from Portus Adurni to London, [200];
at base of Upwood Scrubbs, [208].
Ropley, passage of Pilgrimage through, and position on Old Road, [136] (and note);
valley of, track of Old Road through, [137] (map).
St. Thomas à Becket, his shrine at Canterbury destroys that of St. Swithin at Winchester, [71];
pilgrimage to tomb of, see '[Pilgrimage]';
his martyrdom, turning-point of twelfth century, [89];
date of martyrdom, jubilee and translation, [91];
his chapel at Reigate, [200].
Salisbury Plain, area of convergence of prehistoric roads, [16].
Sandwich, one of harbours on northern shore of Straits, [35].
Scilly Isles, their identification with Cassiterides doubtful, [20].
'Second Crossing,' passage of Channel from Cotentin to Wight so called, [46];
its advantages, [48];
map of, [49];
high land marking either shore, [50]-[51];
great advantage of its English harbours, [55];
the direct route to the centre at Salisbury Plain, [56];
principal cause of development of Winchester, [ibid].
Seale, church of, passage of Old Road as near as possible to south of, [110];
passed, [157].
Seine, estuary of, its importance in production of Second Crossing, [48], [49] (and map).
Severn, valley of, importance as metallic centre, [20].
Stonehenge, and Avebury, mark convergence of prehistoric roads, [16];
original starting-point of Old Road, [27].
Stour, River, importance of in development of Canterbury, [42], [43];
compared to Itchen, [68], [69];
source in Lenham, [259];
entry of Old Road into valley of, [260], [262].
Straits of Dover, importance of, to England alluded to, [17];
discussed at length, [29]-[40];
complexity of tides in, [32];
opposite shores visible, [32];
original harbours of, [35];
original crossing of, [37]-[39].