Wade, General: 75
Wages, Railwaymen's: 433-5, 451, 511, 512
Waggons: 15, 31, 32, 35-7, 38, 43-8, 91
War Office and motor-lorries: 504
Warrington: Position in Coaching Age, 36, 54;
Mersey navigation, 137, 138
Watermen, Thames: 57-63
Water power and industries: 141-2, 143
Watt, James: 142, 187, 188, 190
Webb, F. W.: 440
Wedgwood, Josiah: 159, 160, 161, 173, 176
Weight of loads: 44-5
Wellington, The Duke of: 262, 265
Welshpool: Severn navigable to, 112;
market for Welsh flannels, 114
Wesley, John: 177
West Coast of Africa, Railways on: 402-4
Wheels, Broad: 35, 45-9, 102, 103
Whitaker, T. D.: 73, 78
Whitworth, Richard: 160, 161, 164, 177, 182
Williams, E. L.: 151
Williams, F. S.: 274, 275
Wimberley, W. C.: 331
Wine trade: 92
Wood, Nicholas: 197, 198, 201, 203, 296, 395
Woods and Forests: 4-5, 8
Woollen industry: 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 115, 118, 138, 141-3, 145-7,
179, 186
Yarranton, Andrew: 133-5, 158
York: Roman military post, 8;
coaches, 40, 51, 52;
road conditions, 64;
river control, 121;
trading position, 121
Young, Arthur: 68-71, 85, 168, 209