cestershire, 644; its church and | Billericay, a chapelry in Essex, 40.
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.
kickweer, seat in Glocestersh. 720. Bileigh Abbey, in Essex, 278.
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,
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,
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.
Cæsaromagus, a Roman station, 473. Calves of Essex, mode of rearing, &c.
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,
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,
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.
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,
Clavering, a small village in Essex,
Clayberry Hall, seat in Essex, 444. Clearwell, a seat in Glocestershire,
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,
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,
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,
Colne-Engaine, a small village in Essex,
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,
Cotswold sheep, 503. Coteswold-games, some account of,
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;
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)
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-
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