| Map | Names of Places | County | Number of Miles From | Dist. Lond. | Popul ation. | ||||||
| 22 | Ardwick | chap | Lancaster | Manchester | 1 | Stockport | 6 | Ashton | 6 | 182 | 5524 |
| 42 | Areley, Kings | pa | Worcester | Bewdley | 4 | Kiddermin. | 5 | Worcester | 11 | 122 | 372 |
| 35 | Areley, Upper | pa | Worcester | Bewdley | 3 | Kiddermin. | 5 | Stourbridge | 10 | 131 | 735 |
| 46 | Argam | pa | E.R. York | Bridlington | 5 | Hunmanby | 3 | Gt. Driffield | 12 | 211 | 29 |
| 45 | Arkendale | chap | W.R. York | Knaresboro' | 3 | Boro'bridge | 4 | Ripley | 6 | 203 | 260 |
| 45 | Arkengarth-Dale[A] | W.R. York | Richmond | 11 | Askrigg | 7 | Reeth | 3 | 245 | 1446 | |
| 14 | Arkesden | pa | Essex | Saff. Walden | 7 | Chesterford | 7 | Royston | 7 | 40 | 490 |
| 23 | Arkholm | to & chap | Lancaster | Kirby Lonsd | 5 | Lancaster | 10 | Burton | 4 | 250 | 349 |
| 45 | Arksey | pa | W.R. York | Doncaster | 2 | Thorne | 8 | Tickhill | 8 | 164 | 1171 |
| 9 | Arlecdon | pa | Cumberland | Whitehaven | 5 | Workington | 7 | Buttermere | 9 | 299 | 475 |
| 39 | Arfey | pa | Warwick | Nuneaton | 6 | Atherstone | 6 | Coleshill | 6 | 100 | 270 |
| 16 | Arlingham | pa | Gloucester | Newnham | 3 | Gloucester | 12 | Stroudwater | 11 | 120 | 744 |
| 11 | Arlington | pa | Devon | Barnstaple | 6 | Ilfracomb | 8 | S. Molton | 12 | 193 | 235 |
| 15 | Arlington | to | Gloucester | Fairford | 4 | Cirencester | 6 | Northleach | 7 | 85 | 333 |
| 38 | Arlington | pa | Sussex | Hailsham | 4 | Lewes | 9 | East Bourne | 7 | 62 | 727 |
| 3 | Arlsey[B] | pa | Bedford | Baldock | 4 | Shefford | 3 | Hitchen | 6 | 41 | 689 |
| 9 | Armathwaite[C] | chap | Cumberland | Carlisle | 10 | Kirk Oswald | 5 | Penrith | 9 | 292 | ... |
| 46 | Armin | chap | W.R. York | Snaith | 6 | Howde | 3 | Thorne | 9 | 175 | 567 |
| 27 | Armingall | pa | Norfolk | Norwich | 3 | Bungay | 12 | Blofield | 6 | 120 | 88 |
| 35 | Armitage[D] | pa | Stafford | Rugeley | 2 | Abbots Brom | 5 | Lichfield | 6 | 124 | 977 |
| 45 | Armley[E] | to | W.R. York | Leeds | 2 | Bradford | 7 | Wakefield | 9 | 192 | 5159 |
[A] ARKENGARTH-DALE contains lead mines, which were worked in the reign of King John, and they are still so valuable, that a few years Valuable lead mines. ago the produce was estimated at 2000 tons annually; the inhabitants are chiefly miners.
[B] ARLSEY, or ARSLEY. This village was anciently a market town. In "Doomsday Book," (a book made by order of William the Conqueror, in which all the estates of the kingdom were registered;) its market on Wednesday is recorded, and the tolls valued at 10s. per annum. A fair was held here so long past as the year 1270; but both the market and fair have long been disused. An ancient entrenchment near An ancient entrenchment. the road to Baldock, called Etonbury, was probably the original site of the castle occupied by the Lords of the Manor. This castle appears to have a place of considerable strength. Amongst the ancient monuments in the church is one erected to the memory of Richard Edwards, who is called on his epitaph, the last Grand Reader of the Temple.
[C] ARMATHWAITE. Near this village is a castle, situated on the of the delightful river Eden, in a deep vale; the building from its monastic gloom, appears rather to have been calculated for seclusion than security. The front has been modernized, and is built of hewn stone. Its antiquity has not been ascertained, certain it is the Skeltons resided here as early as the reign of Henry VIII. The most romantic and picturesque scenery surrounds this lovely spot. A magnificent hill throws its solemn shade on the tranquil surface of the river, here broadened into a lake like form. Amongst other grand masses of rock is a projecting crag Rendezvous of wild cats of a bold and grotesque form called the Cat Glent, the rendezvous of many wild inhabitants of the feline tribe; beyond these is a mill and a few sequestered cottages. From this spot the river Eden is no longer tranquil, but rushing down a cataract pours in sonorous violence over a bed of opposing rock, whose immovable crags whirl the stream into eddies as it passes them in its fury. Near this place a nunnery was established by William Rufus, Nunnery founded by William II. who like other profligates, "trembled amidst his impiety," and was willing enough to secure a chance of heaven, provided it could be obtained by any other means than virtuous practice. At the dissolution of Monasteries, owing to the frequent hostilities between the Scots and English, their income amounted to only 18 guineas per annum.
[D] ARMITAGE is situated on the river Soar, in the hundred of Offlow, South, including the hamlet of Handsacre. The entrance to the church is very curiously built in the Saxon style, and the chapel is separated from the nave by a handsome arch. The Grand Trunk Canal passes through a A remarkable tunnel. very noble subterraneous cavern or tunnel, in this parish. The town received its name from having been the residence of a hermit.
[E] ARMLEY. This township is in the parish of St. Patrick, and the liberty of Leeds. It is situated on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and of the river Aire, on which there are a number of mills employed in various branches of the clothing trade. An object once of great antiquarian curiosity, called Giants Hill, which was a Danish fortification, is now scarcely traceable, in consequence of its having been cut through to form the Leeds and Liverpool canal.
| Map | Names of Places | County | Number of Miles From | Dist. Lond. | Popul ation. | ||||||
| 42 | Armscott | ham | Worcester | Shipston | 3 | Evesham | 10 | Alcester | 13 | 86 | 130 |
| 28 | Armston | ham | Northamp | Oundle | 3 | Thrapston | 7 | Peterboro' | 13 | 77 | 25 |
| 45 | Armthorpe | pa | W.R. York | Doncaster | 3 | Thorne | 7 | Bawtry | 7 | 162 | 368 |
| 45 | Arncliffe | to & pa | W.R. York | Settle | 9 | Askrigg | 12 | Middleham | 15 | 231 | 964 |
| 31 | Arncott | vill | Oxford | Bicester | 3 | Oxford | 17 | Woodstock | 11 | 54 | ... |
| 12 | Arne | pa | Dorset | Wareham | 5 | Poole | 5 | Corfe Castle | 5 | 110 | 171 |
| 23 | Arnesby | pa | Leicester | Leicester | 8 | Lutterworth | 9 | Harborough | 10 | 93 | 442 |
| 30 | Arnold | pa | Nottingham | Nottingham | 4 | Mansfield | 10 | Oxton | 4 | 128 | 4054 |
| 16 | Arreton | pa | Hants | Newport | 3 | Ryde | 6 | Niton | 7 | 83 | 1864 |
| 6 | Arrington[A] | pa | Cambridge | Caxton | 5 | Cambridge | 11 | Royston | 11 | 49 | 254 |
| 7 | Arrow | to | Chester | Great Neston | 6 | Liverpool | 5 | Chester | 18 | 200 | 91 |
| 39 | Arrow | to & pa | Warwick | Alcester | 1 | Stratford | 8 | Henley in Ar. | 8 | 103 | 466 |
| 45 | Arthington | to | W.R. York | Otley | 5 | Wetherby | 9 | Leeds | 7 | 198 | 360 |
| 28 | Arthingworth | pa | Northamp | Harborough | 5 | Rothwell | 4 | Northamp | 11 | 77 | 225 |
| 9 | Arthuret[B] | pa | Cumberland | Longtown | 1 | Gretna Green | 4 | Carlisle | 7 | 310 | 2903 |
| 37 | Arlington | ti | Surrey | Guildford | 1 | Godalming | 3 | Farnham | 10 | 31 | ... |
| 38 | Arundel[C] | bo to & pa | Sussex | Chichester | 10 | Bognor | 7 | Worthing. | 10 | 55 | 2803 |
| 26 | Arvans, St. | to & pa | Monmouth | Chepstow | 3 | Tintern Abb. | 3 | Monmouth | 10 | 138 | 304 |
[A] ARRINGTON. This village was anciently called Ermington. It is near Lord Hardwicke's Park. At this place, in the year 1721, the skeletons of sixteen human bodies were found in digging for a water course, Sixteen skeletons found here. within two feet of the surface of the ground. Some pieces of iron much rusted, conjectured to have been pieces of swords were also found. It is supposed the skeletons were the remains of persons who had been killed in endeavouring to obtain possession of the pass over the river Cam, during the civil wars.
[B] ARTHURET. This village is situated on a point of land which in early times was said to have been called Arthur's Head, from whence the name is derived. In this place was both born and buried, Archibald Armstrong, Jester to both King James I., and Charles I. By an incident suitable to his profession, his funeral took place on "All Fools Day," the A merry jester buried on "All Fool's Day." first of April. He was banished the court for speaking too freely of Archbishop Laud's measure of introducing the Liturgy into Scotland, which had produced a considerable tumult. On the arrival of the news of these riots in England, Archy facetiously asked his grace, "Who's the fool now." The joke was bitterly resented by the prelate, who procured an order of council to banish him from the court, for speaking disrespectful words of the Archbishop of Canterbury. This parish is bounded partly by Solway Frith, and forms part of the debateable lands so celebrated in Scottish history; these lands and the celebrated Solway Moss, we shall have occasion to speak further of in the course of the work.
[C] ARUNDEL, is situated on the declivity of a hill, on the north bank of the river Arun, over which there is a bridge. It consists of two principal streets, one of which runs north and south, and the other westward from the point of the union. Many of the houses are built in the castellated style. The church, situated at the north end of the town, originally belonged to a priory of Benedictines, and is supposed to have been founded soon after the conquest of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel. It is a handsome gothic building with transepts, from the centre of which rises a square tower, with a wooden spire. Some beautiful monuments of Beautiful monuments in the church. the Earls of Arundel may be seen; and one, more magnificent than the rest, is of alabaster, a calcareous earth, which differs from marble, in being combined not with carbonic, but with sulphuric acid. This monument is erected to the memory of Thomas Fitz-Alan, and Beatrice, his countess, a daughter of John, King of Portugal. The charter by which the town is governed, was granted by Queen Elizabeth. It formerly sent two members, but by the Reform Bill, it now sends but one; the ten pound householders are calculated at 380. The borough comprises the parish of Arundel and the returning officer is the mayor. Here was formerly a harbour sufficient to contain vessels of one hundred tons burthen, but it has suffered great damage by the sea. Great quantities of Quantities of Sussex oak shipped from this place. timber for ship building, are still shipped from this place, which has but little trade, yet it is much benefitted in summer by the numerous visitors who resort to it for sea bathing. Of the castle, which stands on the north-east side of the town, mention is first made in the will of King Alfred, who bequeathed it, with the town, to his nephew Adhelm. A popular Tradition ascribes the foundation of the castle to a giant. tradition ascribes the foundation of it to Beris, "a giant of ancient times," in confirmation of which opinion a tower is still pointed out, called Beris Tower. The Conqueror gave it to his kinsman Roger de Montgomery, whom he also created Earl of Arundel, which title belonged to three persons of this family, till Robert Bellesme was outlawed by Henry I. for the assistance he gave to that monarch's brother, Robert. The castle was then settled on Queen Adeliza, who, after the death of her royal consort, gave her hand to William de Albini, one of the most accomplished men of his age. Here the dowager-queen performed the rites of hospitality towards the Empress Maud, in the attempt of that princess to ascend the throne. The last male heir of the name of Albini, died in 1243, when the castle and manor of Arundel fell to his sister, Isabel, whose husband, John Fitz-Alan, made the castle his residence, and assumed the title of Earl of Arundel. The fourth in descent from him forfeited his life and estates, in the attempt to ruin the Despensers, favourites The king presided at the execution of one of its lords. of Edward II.; but the estates were restored to his son, whose successor, in the reign of Richard II., being accused of a conspiracy to seize the king, and put to death the lords of the council, was beheaded; the king presiding at the execution. His son, Thomas Fitz-Alan, was reinstated by Henry IV.; but, he dying without issue, in 1415, the castle devolved to his cousin, Sir John Fitz-Alan, who laid claim to, and obtained the title, on which an act was passed, that the possession of this castle and honour conferred the dignity of Earl without creation. The last Fitz-Alan died in the 22d of Elizabeth, leaving a daughter, who married Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, thus carrying the earldom and estate into that family, to whom they still belong.