Boulogne, 4-6, 133, 134-135.
Bowness, 259.
Braemar, 182, 186-187.
Bridport, 308.
Broughton, 252, 257-258.
Burns, Robert 181, 230-237.
Burntisland, 182.
Byrness, 156.
Byron, Lord, 96, 188.
C
Caedmon, 162, 164, 168.
Caen, 15-16.
Caithness, 192-193.
Calder Abbey, 253-254.
Caledonian Canal, 210-212.
Camelford, 346-347.
Carlisle, 246.
Carlton Hotel, Frankfort, 86.
Casino, The, Boulogne, 135.
Castle Douglas, 241, 242.
Castle Hotel, Conway, 278, 280-281.
Catcleugh, 156.
Catherine de Medici, 34, 35-36, 38.
Catherine of Beraine, Lady, 274.
Cawdor Castle, 213.
Charles I., 149, 267-268, 270, 295-296.
Charles Edward, Prince, 152, 178-179, 212, 221-222.
Chateaubriant, 26.
Chaumont, 32.
Chenonceaux, 32-34.
Chester, 262-263.
Chinon, 32, 52.
Coblenz, 89, 94-96.
Cockermouth, 248-251.
Colmar, 60.
Cologne, 96-99, 125.
Constance, Lake, 62-64.
Continental Hotel, Munich, 77, 80-81.
Conway, 263-264, 278-297.
Cook, Capt., 160, 170-171.
Cook & Sons, Thos., 69-70, 210.
Corbridge, 147, 155.
Cosne, 46.
Coutances, 20.
Crinan Canal, 227.
Cromarty Firth, 194.
Cromwell, Oliver, 306.
Culloden Moor, 212, 213, 217, 222.
Culzean Castle, 237.
Cupar, 184.
D
Dalton, 259.
Darlington, 153.
Darmstadt, 84.
Darnick, 177-178.
Deganwy, 287.
Denbigh, 264-278.
Derwentwater, 247, 248.
Deutsches Haus, Friedrichshafen, 63-64.
Devorgilla, Countess, 243-245.
Diane of Poitiers, 33-34.
Dickens, Charles, 301.
Dijon, 48-53.
Dingwall, 194.
Dobson, H. J., 235-236, 282.
Donaueschingen, 61.
Doncaster, 147, 151.
Dorchester, 299, 300-307, 350.
Dornoch Firth, 194-195.
Drachenfels, 96.
Duarte, 225.
Dudley, Robert, 269-270, 277.
Dumfries, 241, 242, 245.
Dunderawe Castle, 228.
Dunolly, 224, 225.
Dunrobin Castle, 195, 197.
Dunure Castle, 237.
Dunstaffnage, 225.
E
Edinburgh, 178-182.
Edward I., 269, 277, 293.
Edward IV., 330, 332.
Edward VII., 186, 301.
Egremont Castle, 252-253.
Ehrenbreitstein, 95-96.
Ehrenfels, 91.
Elizabeth, Queen, 251, 269, 283.
Elreton, Henry de, 293.
Endicott, John, 302.
English Channel, 2, 4, 133, 135.
Escomb, 154.
Eyre-Todd, George, 211, 232.
Exeter, 308, 309.
F
Falkenburg Castle, 92.
Feochan, Loch, 225-226.
Folkestone, 3, 135.
Fort Augustus, 212, 216.
Fort William, 212, 216-218, 222.
Fowey, 321, 328-333.
Francis I., 35, 37.
Francis II., 33, 35, 44.
Frankfort, 84, 86-88.
Freiburg, 60-61, 69.
Friedrichshafen, 63-64.
Furness Abbey, 258.
Fussen, 66-68.
Fyne, Loch, 227-228.
G
Gairlochy, 222.
Gatehouse, 242.
George, I., 156.
George V., 343.
Gerardmer, 57.
Gibson, R. A., John, 289.
Gilphead, Loch, 227.
Girvan, 239.
Glasgow, 229-230.
Glastonbury, 350.
Glen Affrick, 209.
Glencoe, 221.
Glengarry, 212.
Glenluce, 241-242.
Goethe, 87, 103.
Golspie, 195-198.
Grantham, 149-151.
Granton, 182.
Grand Hotel de France et de Londres, Avranches, 20-21.
Granville, 20.
Gray, 53.
Great Glen, The, 193, 210-223.
Great Orme's Head, 287.
Great Torrington, 347.
Guisborough, 153.
Guise, 128.
Guise, Duke of, 38-39.
Gutenberg, Johann, 88-89.
H
Hardy, Thos., 303-305, 307.
Hatfield, 147-148.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 356.
Heidelberg, 84-85.
Helston, 334.
Hemans, Felicia, 272.
Henderson, T. F., 205.
Henley, W. E., 181.
Henry II., England, 12.
Henry III., France, 38-39.
Henry, VIII., England, 162, 260.
Holsworthy, 347.
Honfleur, 15.
Hotel de France, Nevers, 46-47.
Hotel de France et d'Angleterre, St. Quentin, 128-129.
Hotel de la Croix d'Or, Sedan, 127.
Hotel de Univers, St. Lo, 17, 19.
Hotel de Ville, Orleans, 43-44.
I
Inverary, 228.
Invercauld Arms, Braemar, 186.
Invergarry, 222.
Inverlochy, 212, 216-217.
Inverness, 193, 212-213.
Iona, 225.
Irvine, 230-231.
Isle of Athelney, 348.
Ivy Bridge, 319.
J
James II., England, 349.
James IV., Scotland, 242.
Jeanne d'Arc, 10, 12-13, 41-44.
Jedburgh, 147.
Jeffreys, Judge, 303, 306-307, 350.
John, King, 150.
John O'Groats, 147, 199-202, 298, 336.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 264, 272.
Jones, John Paul, 251.
K
Karlsruhe, 84-85.
Kendal, 259-261.
Kennedy Castle, 241.
Keswick, 246-248.
Kilchimien, 216.
Kilchurn, 225.
Kilmartin, 227.
Kilninver, 226.
King's Arms, Dorchester, 300-301.
Kingsley, Chas., 348.
Kintyre, 236.
Kirkcaldy, 182.
Kirkoswald, 237.
Klopp Castle, 90.
Knox, John, 179, 184.
L
Lacy, Henry de, 266, 268.
Lairg, 208.
Lake District, 246-261.
Lancaster, 262.
Land's End, 263, 298, 336-341.
Lansallos Church, 327.
Largo, 182-184.
Larne, 241.
LaSalle, 12.
Launceston, 346-347.
Leven, Loch, 219.
Lindau, 64.
Linnhe, Loch, 216, 219.
Linskill, Mary, 167-170.
Lion d'Or, Neufchatel, 9.
Liskeard, 328.
Lochinch, 241.
Lochnagar, 188.
Lochy, Loch, 216.
Loire River, 29, 40.
Lomond, Loch, 228-229.
London, 3, 352, 354.
Longwy, 125.
Looes, 322.
Lorelei, The, 92.
Lostwithiel, 328-329.
Loyal, Loch, 207-208.
Ludwigshaven, 62.
Luxemburg, 99, 101-103, 125.
Lyme Regis, 308-309.
M
Macbrayne Steamship Co., David, 212, 218.
MacWhirter, R. A., John, 65, 209.
McCaig's Folly, Oban, 224-225.
Manchester Ship Canal, 263.
Marlborough, 352-353.
Marxburg, 94.
Mary Stuart, 33, 35, 44, 179, 250-251.
Maxwell-Scott, Hon. Mrs., 176.
Maxwelton, 242.
Mayence, 88-89.
Melfort, Loch, 225, 227.
Melfort, Pass of, 227.
Melrose, 147, 173-174.
Melvich, 204.
Mezieres, 127.
Millais, Sir John, 215.
Millom, 257.
Monmouth, Duke of, 306, 307, 349.
Montgomery, James, 230.
Montmedy, 127.
Montreuil, 5-6, 134.
Mont St. Michel, 20-24.
Moran, Thos., 279-281, 337.
Moselle River, 94, 96, 99, 101.
Mosely, Alfred, 371.
Mouse Tower, The, 91-92.
Munich, 77-81.
Mytton, Gen., 267-268, 270, 278.
N
Ness, Loch, 214-216.
Neufchatel, 8-9.
Neustadt, 61.
Nevers, 45-47.
New Abbey, 242-245.
Newburgh, 184.
Newby Bridge, 259.
Newton Abbot, 309.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 151.
Newton-Stewart, 242.
O
Oban, 210, 214, 223-225.
Oberammergau, 61, 68-77.
Oberwesel, 93.
Oich, Loch, 216.
Orleans, 40-45.
Oswy, King, 161.
Oxford, 298.
P
Palace Hotel, Aberdeen, 188-190.
Peel Tower, Darnick, 177-179.
Penzance, 334-335, 341, 347.
Perth, 182, 184-185.
Peter the Hermit, 132.
Philipson, Major Robert, 260-261.
Pickering, 153.
Pius VII., Pope, 46.
Plas Mawr, 281-285.
Plymouth, 318-319, 321, 329.
Polperro, 320-327.
Pommard, 52.
Pont Audemer, 15.
Port Patrick, 237, 241.
Preston, 262.
Probus, 333.
Prun, 100.
Puddletown, 300.
Q
Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur, 332.
R
Ravenglass, 254-257.
Rawnsley, Canon, 255.
Reading, 352, 354.
Remiremont, 55-57.
Rennes, 25-26.
Rheinfels, 94.
Rhine River, 59-60, 85, 89-96, 99-100.
Rheinstein Castle, 91.
Rhoscomyl, Owen, 296.
Rhuddlan, 276-278.
Richard I., 11-12.
Richard II., 294.
Richard III., 150.
Robin Hood, 160.
Rolandseck, 96-97.
Rouen, 8-15, 42.
Royal Automobile Club, 1, 3, 58, 68, 96, 147, 192, 210.
Royal Cambrian Academy, 281.
Rudruth, 334.
Ruskin, John, 131, 133.
Ryan, Loch, 240.
S
St. Asaph, 270, 273, 276-277.
St. Austell, 333.
St. Benedict's Abbey, 216.
St. Columba, 215-216.
St. Columb Major, 346.
St. Goar, 93-94.
St. Hilda's Abbey, Whitby, 161-164.
St. Ives, 341.
St. Lo, 17-20.
St. Malo, 20-24.
St. Mary's Church, Conway, 289.
St. Mary's Church, Whitby, 157, 159, 162, 164-165, 167.
St. Michael's Mount, 22, 334.
St. Michel, Mont, 20-24.
St. Peter's Church, Dorchester, 302-303.
St. Quentin, 128-129.
St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham, 149-150.
Salisbury, 299-300.
Salisbury, Sir Wm., 267-268.
Schonburg, 93.
Schongau, 68.
Scott, Sir Walter, 161, 162, 173-179, 185, 238, 253, 261, 296-297.
Sedan, 127-128.
Sedgemoor, 348-349.
Sennan, 341.
Shin, Loch, 208.
Ship Inn, Fowey, 332-333.
Skiddaw, 246.
Sonneck Castle, 92.
Southey, Robt., 247.
Staffa, 225.
Staines, 298, 299.
Stanley, Henry M., 273-274.
Stilton, 148.
Stockton, 153.
Stolzenfels Castle, 94.
Stranraer, 240-241.
Strathy, 204.
Stuttgart, 81, 83-84.
Sutherland, 191, 193.
Sutherland Arms, Golspie, 196-197.
Sweetheart Abbey, 242-245.
T
Tain, 194.
Tamnay-Chatillon, 47-48, 51.
Taunton, 348, 350.
Thorwaldsen, Albert Bertel, 89.
Thurso, 203.
Tongue, 203-207.
Tongue Inn, 206-207.
Totnes, 309-311, 318.
Tours, 30-32, 35.
Tow-Law, 154.
Tremeirchion, 272.
Treves, 96, 99, 101.
Trouville-sur-Mer, 15.
Truro, 334, 345-346.
Turnberry Castle, 237-239.
Tuttlingen, 61-62.
Tyne River, 155.
U
Ulm, 81-83.
Ulverston, 259.
Urquhart Castle, 215.
V
Vaile, P. A., 368.
Vesoul, 53.
Victoria, Queen, 186.
Vinci, da, Leonardo, 36.
W
Warrington, 262-263.
Wells, 350.
Wesley, John, 338.
Whitby, 151, 152-153, 157-172.
Whitchurch, 272.
Whitehaven, 251.
White, Rev. John, 302.
Wick, 198-199.
Wigan, 262.
Wilton-le-Wear, 147.
Windermere, 259, 261.
William I., England, 15, 17.
William I., Germany, 95.
William III., England, 310.
Windsor Castle, 354.
Woolsthorpe Manor, 151.
Wordsworth, Wm., 229, 249-250, 252-253, 257, 260, 290.
Y
York, 151-152.
Z
Zeppelin, Count, 64.
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[Illustration: SCOTLAND
Outline map showing Author's route--in red--as covered in present volume.
Route in black refers to previous book--"In Unfamiliar England."]
[Illustration: ENGLAND AND WALES]
INDEX TO MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Green Lines Show Approximate Routes Covered in This Book; Light-Faced Red
and Black Lines, Routes Covered by Author's Previous Books, "British
Highways and Byways from a Motor Car" and "In Unfamiliar England"
A
Aberystwith 17 E
Alcester 18 M
Alnwick 3 M
Ambleside 7 J
Arundel 25 Q
Askrigg 8 L
Avebury 21 M
B
Bakewell 13 M
Bamborough 2 M
Banbury 19 O
Bangor 13 G
Barmouth 16 H
Barnard Castle 7 M
Barnsley 12 N
Barnstaple 23 G
Bath 22 K
Battle Abbey 24 T
Bawtry 12 P
Beaulieu 24 O
Beddgelert 14 G
Bedford 18 R
Belvoir Castle 15 P
Berkeley 20 L
Berwick 1 M
Bettws-y-Coed 14 H
Beverly 10 Q
Bexhill 25 T
Bideford 24 F
Billingshurst 24 R
Birtsmorton 18 L
Bishop's Castle 17 J
Bodiam 23 T
Bolton Abbey 10 L
Bolton Castle 8 L
Boston 14 R
Bottisford 14 Q
Bournemouth 24 M
Bowes 7 L
Bowness 8 J
Bradford-on-Avon 23 L
Brampton 5 K
Brecon 19 I
Bridgnorth 16 K
Bridlington 9 R
Brighton 24 S
Brington 17 P
Bristol 21 K
Brixham 27 H
Broadway 19 M
Brough 7 L
Broxborne 19 S
Buckingham 19 O
Buildwas 16 L
Builth 18 H
Burnham Thorpe 14 U
Bury St. Edmunds 18 U
Buxton 13 M
Bylands Abbey 8 N
C
Caerleon 20 K
Caerphilly 21 H
Caister Castle 15 X
Calder Abbey 7 I
Cambridge 18 S
Camelford 25 E
Canterbury 22 V
Cardiff 22 I
Cardigan 18 E
Carlisle 5 J
Carmarthen 19 F
Carnarvon 13 G
Cerne Abbas 24 K
Cerrig-y-Druidion 14 I
Chagford 25 G
Chalfont St. Giles 21 P
Chawton 23 P
Cheddar 23 K
Chelmsford 20 T
Cheltenham 19 M
Chepstow 21 I
Chester 13 I
Chesterfield 13 N
Chichester 24 Q
Chigwell 20 T
Chippenham 21 M
Chipping Ongar 20 T
Chirk 15 J
Chorley Wood 20 Q
Clovelly 24 F
Cockermouth 6 I
Colchester 19 T
Coniston 8 I
Conway 13 H
Corfe 26 M
Coventry 17 M
Cowbridge 22 H
Cowes 25 O
Coxwold 8 O
Cromer 14 W
Crowland 16 R
D
Darfield 11 O
Darlington 7 N
Dartmouth 27 H
Denbigh 13 I
Derby 14 M
Dereham 16 U
Devizes 22 M
Dinas Mawddwy 16 H
Dolgelly 15 G
Doncaster 11 P
Dorchester 25 L
Dover 23 W
Downe 22 S
Drayton 14 L
Dukeries 13 N
Dunster 23 H
Durham 6 M
E
Eastbourne 25 T
East Looe 26 F
Edgeware 20 P
Egremont 7 I
Ely 17 S
Epsom 22 R
Eversley 22 P
Evesham 18 M
Exeter 25 G
F
Farnham 23 Q
Fishguard 19 D
Folkestone 24 V
Fotheringhay 16 R
Fountains Abbey 9 M
Fowey 27 E
Freshwater 26 M
Furness Abbey 9 I
G
Gad's Hill 22 S
Glastonbury 23 K
Glossop 12 M
Gloucester 20 L
Grantham 15 Q
Grasmere 7 I
Greenstead Church 20 S
Guildford 22 R
Guisborough 7 O
H
Hampton Court 22 R
Harborough 16 Q
Harlech 15 G
Harrogate 10 M
Harrow 21 Q
Haselmere 23 Q
Hastings 24 U
Haverfordwest 20 D
Haverhill 19 T
Haworth 10 L
Hay 19 I
Helmsley 8 P
Hereford 19 K
Hexham 4 M
Holyhead 12 D
Honiton 24 H
Howard Castle 9 P
Hucknall 14 M
Huntingdon 14 Q
Hythe 24 V
I
Ilfracombe 22 G
Ilkley 10 M
Ipswich 18 V
J
Jarrow 5 N
Jordans 21 P
K
Kendal 8 K
Kenilworth 17 M
Keston 22 R
Keswick 6 J
Kettlewell 9 L
King's Lynn 15 T
Kirby Hall 17 Q
Knaresborough 10 O
Knutsford 13 L
L
Lacock 22 L
Land's End 28 A
Lamberhurst 23 S
Lancaster 9 K
Lanercost Priory 5 L
Launceston 26 E
Leamington 18 O
Ledbury 19 K
Leeds 10 N
Leicester 16 P
Lewes 24 R
Leyburn 8 M
Llangollen 15 J
Llandaff 22 H
Llandovery 19 G
Lincoln 13 Q
Lichfield 16 L
Liverpool 12 J
London 21 R
Lostwithiel 26 E
Ludlow 17 J
Lulworth 26 L
Lutterworth 17 P
Lymington 25 O
Lyme Regis 25 J
Lyndhurst 24 M
M
Maidstone 22 U
Malmsbury 21 K
Malvern 18 K
Manchester 12 L
Mansfield 13 O
Marazion 28 B
Margate 21 W
Marlborough 21 N
Marney 19 V
Midhurst 24 O
Middleham 9 L
Mildenhall 17 T
Monmouth 20 J
Monken Hadley 20 R
Montgomery 16 J
Moreton Hampstead 25 G
Much Wenlock 17 L
Mundesley 14 X
N
Neath 21 H
Nether Stowey 23 I
Netley 24 O
Newark 14 P
Newcastle 5 M
Newcastle-under-Lyme 14 K
Newlyn 28 A
Newmarket 17 U
Newport 21 V
Newport 20 O
Newstead Abbey 14 O
Newtown 17 I
Northampton 18 P
Nottingham 14 N
Norwich 16 W
O
Olney 19 Q
Oswestry 15 I
Oundle 17 R
Oxford 20 N
P
Penn's Chapel 4 R
Penrith 6 K
Penshurst 23 T
Penzance 28 B
Peterborough 16 R
Pevensey 24 S
Plymouth 27 F
Polperro 27 E
Pontefract 11 O
Prince Town 26 G
R
Raby Castle 7 M
Raglan 20 I
Ravenglass 7 I
Reading 22 O
Reculver 22 V
Retford 13 P
Rhuddlan 13 H
Richmond 8 M
Rievaulx Abbey 9 M
Ripon 9 M
Ripple 19 L
Rochester 22 T
Romsey 23 M
Ross 19 K
Rowton Moor 13 K
Ryde 25 P
Rye 24 U
S
Saint Asaph 13 H
St. Albans 20 R
St. David's 19 B
St. Ives 27 B
St. Ives 17 S
Salisbury 23 L
Sandringham Palace 15 U
Scarborough 8 R
Scrooby 12 O
Sedgemoor 23 J
Selborne 23 O
Settle 9 L
Seven Oaks 22 T
Sheffield 12 N
Sherborne 24 L
Shottermill 24 P
Shrewsbury 16 J
Skipton 10 L
Somersby 13 R
Southampton 24 M
Southwell 14 O
Stilton 17 R
Stockton 6 O
Stoke Poges 21 Q
Stokesay Manor 17 K
Stratford-on-Avon 18 N
Sulgrave 16 P
Swansea 20 G
T
Tadcaster 10 O
Tamworth 16 N
Taunton 23 J
Tavistock 26 F
Tewkesbury 19 M
Thetford 17 U
Tintagel 25 D
Tintern 20 J
Tong 16 L
Torquay 26 H
Totnes 26 H
Truro 27 C
Tunbridge Wells 23 T
U
Usk 20 I
Uttoxeter 15 M
Uxbridge 21 Q
V
Ventnor 26 P
W
Wakefield 11 N
Walsingham 15 V
Waltham 20 S
Wantage 21 N
Wareham 25 L
Warrington 11 K
Warwick 18 M
Wellington 24 I
Wells 23 J
Wells-next-the-Sea 14 V
Westerham 24 R
West Looe 27 E
Weston-Super-Mare 22 J
Whitby 7 P
Whittington 14 J
Wimborne 24 L
Winchelsea 24 T
Winchester 23 O
Windermere 8 J
Windsor 21 P
Wokingham 22 P
Woodstock 20 N
Worcester 18 L
Worthing 25 R
Wroxeter 16 K
Wymondham 17 V
Y
Yarmouth 16 X
Yarmouth 25 N
Yeovil 24 K
York 10 O
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unreadable, or else they are written in a very personal manner which
becomes rather irritating to the person who wishes to obtain
information from them. It is an exceedingly difficult matter to
combine road information, historical facts, and interesting legends,
in such a manner that the dry sections are not so numerous as to
make the book wearisome and the lighter sections not so drawn out as
to make the reading matter trivial. We should imagine that it is
much easier to write an ordinary novel than a good guide-book of the
readable description. Mr. Murphy is one of the few people who can
manage this difficult undertaking successfully."
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End of Project Gutenberg's On Old-World Highways, by Thomas Dowler Murphy