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cestershire, 644; its church and | Billericay, a chapelry in Essex, 40.

monuments, ib.

Barrington Hall, seat in Glocestersh.
645.
Barrington-Hall, seat in Essex, 415.
Bartlow Hills, large barrows in Es-
sex, 380.

Bassingbourne Hall.seat in Essex, 412.
Bastwick, Dr. born at Writtle, Essex,
264.

Bathorne-Hall, seat in Essex, 378.
Bathurst, Allen, Earl of, short ac-
count of, 611.

Battle of Bosworth Field represented
in sculpture, 352.

Battle at Tewkesbury described, 687,
&c.

Beachley and Old Passage, Glocester-
shire, 720.

Bear Park, a memorable place; seat
in Durham, 198.
Beckford, a village in Glocestersh.; a
priory here, 682.

Bede, monument of,47; some account
of, 172; his chair and will, ib. and
173.

Bedell, William, bishop, some account
of, 343.

Belchamp Hall, a seat in Essex, $71,
&c.

Bell-house, a seat in Essex, 483.
Bemfleet, south, castle, 491.
Bendish, Sir Thomas, bart. some ac-
count of, 379.
Bendlowes, William, buried at Brad-
field, 405.

Berden, birth-place of Joseph Mede;
site of priory, 400.
BERKELEY, a town in Glocestershire;
the site of a religious house prior
to the conquest; supposed villainy
of Earl Godwin; descent of the
manor; church described; its mo-
numents, 722, &c.
Berkeley Castle, scat of the Berkeleys
in Glocestershire described; Ed-
ward the Second murdered here;
garrisoned for Charles the First;
paintings, &e 723.
Berkeley Canal, 514.
Perkeley, vale of, 508.

Benerstone, castle, Glocestsh.; 736.
Bibury, a small village in Glocestsh.
638; church and manor house,639.
Bicknor, English, a village in Gloces-
tershire, 716.

Bickner Court, ib.

kickweer, seat in Glocestersh. 720.
Bileigh Abbey, in Essex, 278.

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Binchester, a seat and manor; also
a Roman station, 216.
Birdbrook Hall, seat in Essex, $78.
Birdbrook, Roman antiquities found
here, 374.

Birdlip Hill, in Glocestersh. 673.
BISHOP AUCKLAND an ancient boro'
town in Durham, 218; grammar
school and palace, park, 221.
Bishop's Chere, a manor and parish of
Glocestersh. 681.

Bishop-Hall, seat in Essex, 470.
Bishopton, small village in Durham,97.
BISHOP WEARMOUTH and SUNDIR-

LAND, one town, history and de-
scription of, 135; Dr. Paley, 136;
alms house; iron bridge, ib. sub-
scription library, 140; borough of,

ib.

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Bourchier, Hen. monu. to, 411.
Bourton-on-the-Water, a large village
in Glocestersh. 645; Fossway,camp,
&c. ib.
Bourton-on-the-Hill, birth-place of
Sir Thomas Overbury, 648.
Bow Bridge, history and description
of, 648.

Bower Hall, in Essex, $79.
Bowyer, Wm. buried in Essex, 447.
Bradfield Great, a village in Essex, 105
Bradley, James, some account of, 64%
Bradley, Ralph, monument and in-
scription for 114.

Bradley Hall, seat in Durham, 213.
Bradwell, a village in Essex. 543.
Bradwell Lodge, seat in Essex, 456.

BRAINTREE, a town in Essex, 346;

history of manor; church, 347.
Brancepeth Castle, an ancient pile in

Durham, 200; church and mo-
numents, 202, &c.

Brandon Hill, a tumulus on, 204.
Braxted Lodge, a handsome scat in
Essex, 284.

Brentwood, a chapelry in Essex, 473.
Bridge, Iron, at Bishop Wearmouth,
description of, 136-7-8-9.
Brigantes, an "active and spirited
tribe;" their dominions, &c. 5.
Bright, Edward, a very fat man, born
at Malden in Essex, 277.
Brimpsfield, a parish, with a castle and
priory, 673.

Bromesberrow Place, seat in Glo-
cestersh. 704.

Brook Street, hamlet in Essex, 474.
Buckstone, a large singular stone,717.
Buckland, a village in Glocestersh. 657.
Buenos Ayres, seat in Glocestfh. 570.
Bures, in Essex, a mount here, 359.
Burgbsted, Great, village in Essex,

489.

Burnhall, seat in Durham, 79.
Burying in pickle, not so old as the
Knights Templers, 273.
Butterby, a manor in Durham, 76.
Bychnacre Priory, remains of 273.

C.

Cæsaromagus, a Roman station, 473.
Calves of Essex, mode of rearing, &c.

250.

CAMPDEN, borough and corporate
town of Glocestersh. 649.

Court, and market houses,

650; church, 651.
CAMULODUNUM, a Roman station
in Essex, 287.

Canals of Glocestershire, the Stroud-
water, 514; the Berkeley; the
Hereford and Glocester, 515.
Canfield, Great, a large mount here,

415.

Cantelupe, Nicholas, native of Glo-
cester, 558.

Canton, John, a natural philosopher,
some account of, 571.

Canvey Island, in Essex. 491.
Cascade, called Force fall, 241; ano-

ther called Cauldron Snout, 242.
CASTLES, Durham, 25; residence of
the Bishop, 60; portraits, 61; fine
anglo Norman gateway, 62; Stock-
ton, 103; Hilton, 150; Raven:-

worth, 179; Lumley, 191; Brance-
peth, 200; the castles, 216; Raby,
227; Streateam, 233; Barnard,
235; Colchester, 308; Heding-
ham, 865; Walden, 354; Pleshy,
417; Ongar, 424; Hadleigh, 491;
Raleigh, 495; Dursley, 586; Ci-
rencester, 602; Sudeley, 665;
Brimpsfield, 675; Berkeley, 723;
Thornbury, 725; Blaize, 729;
Beverstone, 736; St. Briavels, 719
Castle, Eden, seat in Durham, 125;
described, ib. village of, 126.
Castle, Maiden, near Durham; an
entrenchment, 74.

Cavadia, a room in Rom. houses,578.
Caverns in Essex, 484.
Cedar tree, a large one described, 283.
Cerney, North, race course, 667.
Cerney, South, curious church, 623.
Chalford,a chapelry in Gloeestsh. 668.
Chandos, family, some account of,
and interment, 666.
Chedworth, a parish in Glocestershire,
a Roman bath here, 667.
CHELMSFORD, county town of Effex,
ancient history and manor of, 256;
Shire Hall defcribed, 257; conduit,
ib. the church,258: grammarschool
ib. the bridge, county gaol and
almshouses, 259; race courfe, new
fortifications, 260.

CHELTENHAM, a town of Gloucestsh.
675; situation of, Spa, 676; new
spring, assembly rooms. Theatre,
church and hospital, 677; free
school, repository, 678.
Chepping Hall, a seat in Essex, 359;
chesnut-tree an indeginous plant,

709.

Chefterford, Great, an ancient village
in Essex; a roman station, 381.
Chester-Le-Street, a village in Durham
on the Roman way, 186; church
described, 187; the deanery house,
ib. a blast furnace described, 188.
Childs Wickham, a parish of Glocestsh.

657.

CHURCHES, described, Darliug
ton, 85; Sedgefield, 100; Bishop
Wearmouth, 185; Sunderland,
145; Monk Wearmouth, the first
glazed church in England, 148;
Chester-le-Street, 187; Brance-
peth, 202; Braintree, 347; Little
Maplestead, 360; Walden, 387;
Thaxted, 402; at Greensted, 428;
Waltham, 437; Wansted, 463;
churches in Clocester city, $55;

Stanley St. Leonard, 583: Dursley,
586; Cirencester a fine structure,
608; Siddington, curious, 623; do.
Cerney, 623; Fairford, 630; Quen-
ington, curious, 636; Northleach,
641; Stow: 646; Campden, 651;
Winchcomb, 663; Ellstone, curi-
ous, 671; Bishop's Cleeve, 681;
Tewkesbury, 694; Deerhurst, cu-
rious, 703; curious one, 708; AI-
mondsbury, 711; Badmington, 735,
Tetbury, 736.

Churchdown Church, singular situation

of: birth place of John Harmer.
CIRENCESTER, or Ciceter, a large
ancient town of Glocestershire,
592; of Roman origin, 593; pave-
ments, walls, hypocaust, coins,
urns, &c. 594, &c. under the Sax-
ons, 600; a singular tale, ib. noted
castle, 602; King John assembled
a large army here, 603; conspiracy,
604; state of in the civil wars,
605. Abbey, history of, 606; pri-
vilege of coining, 607; Abbey
Church, ib.described with its porch
and chapels, 609; brasses and mo-
numents, 610; sculptures, 611;
grammar school, blue coat school,
yellow coat school, 613; hospitals,
614; manufactures, ib. its corpo-
ration and borough, 615; describ-
ed, ib. Richard of Cirencester, some
account of, 616; manor of, ib.
Clarke, Sir William, monument of,

331.

Clavering, a small village in Essex,

$99.

Clayberry Hall, seat in Essex, 444.
Clearwell, a seat in Glocestershire,

718.

Clifton, a village in Glocestershire, its
springs, rocks, &c. 731.
Clutterbuck, Richard, an extraordi-
nary character, 572.
Coal of Glocestershire, 518.
Coberly, a manor in Glocestershire,

673.

Cockfield fell, in Durham, 232.
Cocken Hall, a seat in Durham, 195.
COGGESHALL, a market town in Es-
sex, 340; a roman village, 341;
abbey, church, 342.
Coggeshall, Little, a hamlet in Essex,

342.

Coinage established at Durham, 30, 31.
COLCHESTER, an ancient town, on
the site of Camulodunum in Essex;

Roman history of, 290, 1, 2; tes
selated pavements found here, 293;
entrenchments here, 294; short ac-
count of Coël, his daughter Helena,
and Constantine, 296; infested by
Saxons and Danes, 300; castle tak-
en by the French, 301; Queen
Mary visits the place, 302; religious
sects, ib. Flemings, family of, 303;
civil wars and blockade of this
town, 304-5; Sir George Lifle and
Sir C. Lucas shot, S06; descrip-
tion of town, walls, &c. 307; castle
308; twelve parishes here, $19;
St. John's Abbey, 31S; St. Giles's
church, 314; Sir Charles Lucas,
and Sir George Lisle, 315; St. Bo-
tolph's priory, 315;its church, 316;
St. Mary Magdalen's hospital, 517;
Crouched Friars, St. James's church,
All Saints church, Grey friars, St.
Nicholas church, 318; monument
to Dr. William Gilbert, 319; St.
Rauwald's,Moot-Hall, St. Martin's,
St. Peter's, St. Mary's, 319; char-
ters of, and oyster fishery, 390;
Dr. Samuel Harsnet, some account
of, 322.

COLFORD, in Glocestershire, 717.
Colne, Earls, seat of Earls of Oxford,

357.

Colne-Engaine, a small village in Essex,

356.

Colne Park, a seat in Essex, $56.
Combat, single, between Edmund

Ironside and Canute the Dane, 564.
Combend, Roman antiquities at, 672.
Comyns, Sir John, tomb of, &c. 263.
Constantine, first Roman Emperor

that avowed christianity: enquiry
into the place of his birth, 298, &c
Cooke, Sir Anthony, monument to,
and inscription for, 478.
Coopersale, seat in Essex, 471.
Copford Hall, a seat in Essex, 236.
Copped Hall, seat in Essex, 430.
Corringham, manor in Essex, curious
custom here, 486.

Corfe, a parish of Glocestershire, 704.
Corse-Court, a seat in Glocestsh. ib.
Cotswold Hills, in Glocestershire,

501.

Cotswold sheep, 503.
Coteswold-games, some account of,

655.

Crawley, Ambrose, a man who raised
himself to eminence from obscu-
rity, 180.

286; antiquities found here, 288, 9; | Cressing, a village in Essex, 285.

Crook Hall, in Durham, 212.
Crosby, Brass, born at Stockton, 109.
Crosses, Glocester. 556; Bisley, 669;

Iron acton, 734.

Croxdale Hall, seat in Durham, 78.
Cunobiline, sovereign of the Tring-
bantes, 287.

Dagenham Park, seat in Essex, 474.
Dagenham Breach, history of, 481.
Dairies of Glocestershire, and cheese,
507.

Danbury, a small village in Essex, 270;
encampment and manor ib. church
and monuments, 271, éxamination
of human remains, 272.
DARLINGTON, a large town in Dur-
'ham, manor, church, &c. 83, 84,
& 85; manufactory of linens, &c.
86; mills, ib.

D'Arcy family, monuments of, 328.
Dean, forest of, etymology, extent,

710; grants, inclosures wood, di-
vision, government, 711; speech
house, houses, deer, character of,
712.

DEAN MICHEL, small town in Glo-
cestershire, 707; curious church,
font, charity school, 708.
Dean-Little, a parish in Glocester-
shire, 710; cross here, penitentiary
house, ib.

Debden Hall, seat in Essex, 400.
Dedham, a decayed market town,
336.

Deerburst, a village in Glocestershire,
priory and church, 703.

Den or Dene, a Saxon word, signify-
ing a valley or woody place (note)

125.

De Veres, Earls of Oxford, monu-
ments of, &c. 357, 69, 414.
Dinsdale, seat in Durham, 95.
Dobuni, an ancient people, 498.
Dodsley, Robert, monument to, 57.
Dover-Court, miraculous rood, or
crucifix, here, 334.

Down Ampney, a village and seat in
Glocestershire, 624.

DUNMOW-Great, a town of Essex, an-
tiquities found here; manor, 409.
Dunmow-Little, a parish in Essex. a
priory here, 406, monuments, 407.
custom here of flitch of bacon, 407.
Duntsbourn Abbots, seat in Gloces-
tershire, 667.
DURHAM, County, anciently pos-
sessed by the Brigantes, 5; part
of Maximus Cæsariensis; bishop-

ric of, and county Palatine; rights
of, 6, 7, 8; military power and ad-
miralty jurisdiction of the Bishop,
9; see established at Durham, 10;
figure, extent, and divifion of,
10, 11; appearance and soils, 11;'
husbandry, farms and cattle, 12;
waste lands, 13; Mineralogy and
mines, 13, 14; salt works, 15;
manufactures, 15; rivers, 16, 17;
city, history of, &c. 17; fcene of
repeated wars, 27, &c.

DURHAM, City, situation of, 17;
defeription of, from an ancient
Saxon poem, 18; monkish history
of, 19; Bough church, made of
wicker, 21; attacked by Duncan,
22; wars here, and ire, ib fa-
mine. 23; castle erected here, 25;
ecclesiastical and temporal power
vested in Bishop Walcher, who was
murdered, 25, 6; borough of,
29; fortined, and bridge built, 29;
coinage established, 30; bur-
gesses exempt from tolls, ib.; cus-
tom of burgesses, ib.; cathedral
and city ornamented, 31; grand
festival, 32; particular account of
the reception of the princess Mar-
garett, 33; plague, 34; university
attempted to be founded here,
35; CATHEDRAL improved, 31;
founded, 37; general description
of, 38 to 44; the gallilee built, 39;
reafon why, ib.; St. Cuthbert's
supposed aversion to females, 39
to 42; cathedral repaired; its
grand situation, privileged as a
sanctuary, 42; exterior described,
44; interior described, 45; vene-
rable Bede buried here, 47; mo-
nument of Ralph Lord Neville, ib.
choirs, 48; epifcopa! throne, ib.;
screen, 49; feretory, 50; chapel
of the nine altars, 58; monument
of bishop Hatfield, 54; ornament-
ed doorway, 55; cloisters, 56 ;
dormitory, ib; library, ib.; chap-
ter houfe, 57; college, ib.; di-
menfions of cathedral, 58; estab-
lishment of, 59; CASTLE, 60;
north gateway, exchequer, banks,
62; bridges, 63, 64; six churches
St. Nicholas, 64; Egyptians, 65;
St. Mary Le-Bow, St. Oswald's.
and St. Giles's churches, 66; views
from latter, 67, 68; St. Margaret's
church, 69; market-place, guild-

hall;

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