(Suggestion of Scandinavian origin of mazes.)
(Discussion of origin of mazes.)
("City of Troy" in Wales.)
("Idrison" on Caer Troiau. Refers to solar theory.)
(ii) Particular Localities
de la Pryme, A. (1671–1704). "Diary." Ed. Surtees Society, 1870.
(Alkborough and Appleby.)
Churchwardens' Accounts, Louth, 1544.
(Louth.)
Hutchins, J. "History and Antiq. of the County of Dorset," 1774, Vol. I, p. 101 (Pimperne); Vol. II, p. 468 (Leigh).
Hutchins, J. 3rd ed., 1861, pp. 292–3.
(Saffron Walden, Somerton, Tadmarton Heath, Hereford Beacon, Hilton, and Breamore. Figs. of mazes at Pimperne, Sneinton, and Clifton, Notts.)
"Annalia Dubrensia," 1636, reprinted by A. B. Grosart, 1877.
(Cotswold Hills, near Chipping Campden.)
Camden, W. "Britannia." Ed. by Gough, 1789. Plate opposite p. 288.
(Saffron Walden, Sneinton, and Clifton.)
Hoare, Sir R. C. "Ancient Wilts," 1812–21, Vol. I, p. 238.
(Breamore.)
Williams-Freeman, J. P. "Field Archaeology, Hants."
(Breamore.)
Ackermann's "Repository of Arts," Vol. XIII, 1815, p. 193.
(Hull.)
Hatfield, S. "Terra incognita of Lincolnshire," 1816.
(Alkborough.)
Allen, T. "History of Lincolnshire," 1834, Vol. II, p. 219.
(Appleby.)
Wright, T. "Hist. and Topog. of the County of Essex," 1835, Vol. II, p. 124.
(Comberton.)
Braybrooke, Lord. "Audley End and Saffron Walden," 1836, esp. MS. insertion of 1859 in Saffron Walden Museum.
(Saffron Walden.)
(Sneinton, Wing, Ripon, Boughton Green, and many others.)
Gordon, E. O. "Prehistoric London," 1914.
(Greenwich, or Blackheath.)
Notes and Queries.
3 ser., X, 1866, p. 283. Barkley, C. W. (Comberton and Leigh.) Also in 4 ser., II, 1868.
3 ser., X, 1866, p. 283. J. F.
(Alkborough, Holderness, and Sneinton.)
8 ser., IV, 1893, p. 96. Venables, E., and others.
(Kent.)
9 ser., V, 1900, p. 445. Page, J. T.
(Boughton Green.)
10 ser., X, 1908, p. 96. Harland-Oxley, W. E.
(Tothill Fields.)
12 ser., IV, 1918, p. 160. Austin, G.
(Egton and Goathland.)
The Times, April 18, 1870.
(St. Martha's Hill, Guildford.)
The Times, April 5, 1920.
(Juliberry's Grave, Godmersham.)
Barnes, W., in Dorset Nat. Hist, and Antiq'n. Field Club Proceedings, Vol. IV, 1882.
(Leigh, Dorset.)
Ferguson, R. S. "A Labyrinth on Rockcliffe Marsh," in Cumberland and West'd Antiq'n and Arch'l. Society Transactions, Vol. VIII, 1883–4, p. 69.
(Burgh and Rockcliffe.)
Assoc'd Arch'l. Societies of Northampton, York, etc., Proceedings, Vols. XIX-XX, 1887–8.
(Alkborough.)
Maynard, G. N. "The Labyrinths or Mazes at Saffron Walden," in Essex Field Club Proceedings, 1889.
Shore, T. W., and Nisbett, H. C. "Ancient Hampshire Mazes," in Hampshire Field Club Proceedings, Vol. III, Pt. III, 1896, p. 257.
(Breamore and Winchester.)
Hill, A. D., in Wilts Arch'l, and Nat. Hist. Magazine, 1897, p. 98.
(Breamore and West Ashton.)
Treves, Sir F. "Highways and Byways in Dorset," 1906.
(Leigh.)
Allcroft, A. H. "Earthwork of England," 1908, p. 602.
(Asenby.)
Cambs and Hunts Arch'l. Society Proceedings, Vol. III, 1914, p. 224.
(Hilton.)
Irons, E. A. "The Turf Maze at Wing," in Rutland Arch'l. and Nat. Hist. Society Transactions, Vol. XIII, 1915.
(Wing.)
The following kindly supplied the writer with recent information regarding the mazes at the localities indicated:
E. J. Bull, Esq., Carlisle (Rockcliffe Marshes); J. C. Denton, Esq., Cambridge (Comberton); D. H. Geddie, Esq., F.R.Hist.S., Borough Librarian, Grimsby (Horncastle); O. W. Godwin, Esq., Troy Farm, Somerton, Banbury (Somerton); Rev. F. J. W. Taverner, M.A., Wing, Oakham (Wing); Rev. J. J. Walker, B.A., Boughton, Northants (Boughton Green); Rev. Geo. Yorke, Alkborough, Lincs (Alkborough).
(Alkborough and Appleby.)
(Louth.)
(Saffron Walden, Somerton, Tadmarton Heath, Hereford Beacon, Hilton, and Breamore. Figs. of mazes at Pimperne, Sneinton, and Clifton, Notts.)