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  • À Becket, St. Thomas. See 'St. Thomas.'
  • Addington, megalithic remains at, 253 (note 2).
  • Adie, Mrs., her valuable book, The Pilgrim's Way, referred to, 136, 214.
  • Albury, 'Weston Street' old name of, 136 (note 2).
  • —— Church, old (SS. Peter and Paul), passed, according to Ordnance map, to south by Old Road, 110 (note).
  • —— Park, preservation of Old Road in, 82; discussion of Old Road in, 174, 175.
  • —— Wood. See 'Weston.'
  • Alfred, desecration of grave of, 125.
  • Alresfords, the, not on the Old Road, 127; medieval road to, from Alton, 129, 130 (note 1).
  • Alton, battle of, mentioned, 126; approach to medieval road to Alresford from, 129, 130 (note 1); approach to, described, 144-146.
  • Anchor, Inn at Ropley, 137, 138 (map).
  • Anglo-Saxon Period, character of, 83-85. See also Dark Ages.
  • Antiquity, fascination of, 10.
  • Arthur's Seat (near Redhill), exceptional passage of Old Road to north of crest at, 106 (note); described on journey, 209.
  • Avebury, and Stonehenge, mark convergence of prehistoric roads, 16.
  • Aylesford, a crossing of the Medway, its claims discussed, 245-248; and map, 236; 253 (note 2).
  • Barfleur, last southern port of 'Second Crossing,' 49, 50.
  • Barrow, near Chilham, 269.
  • Bentley, passage of Old Road by, 149.
  • Betchworth Lime Pits, passed on journey and described, 188-193.
  • Bigberry Camp, fort of Canterbury, stormed by Caesar, 43; compared with St. Catherine's Hill at Winchester, 70; Professor Boyd-Dawkins's examination of, 271 (note), visited on journey and described, 273-275.
  • Bishopstoke, church of, on site of Druidical stone circle, 109.
  • Bishop Sutton, church of, passage of Old Road as near as possible to south of, 110; mentioned in Domesday, 130; passed on our journey, 134.
  • Bittern (Clausentum), example of Roman use of Second Crossing, 55.
  • Bletchingly, example of Old Road on crest of hill, 107.
  • Boughton Aluph, hills beyond, example of Old Road on crest of hill, 107.
  • —— —— Church, example of church passed to south, 110; passed on journey, 265; discussion of road to eastward of, 265, 266.
  • Boulogne, principal historic, but probably not earliest, southern port of Straits of Dover, 35.
  • Box Hill, its appearance from Denbies at evening described, 178; track of Road recovered on, 181.
  • Boxley, Roman and British coins found at, 253 (note 2).
  • —— Abbey, site of referred to, 240; Roman and British coins found at, 253.
  • Boyd-Dawkins, Professor, his examination of Bigberry Camp, 271 (and note).
  • Brackham Warren, passage of Old Road by, 186.
  • Brading, example of Roman use of Second Crossing, 55.
  • Brisland Lane, coincident with Old Road, 140.
  • Britain, Roman. See 'Roman Britain.' (Conservation of antiquities in, 81-82.)
  • British Coins, discovered at Gatton, 203; at Aylesford, 245; at Boxley, 253 (note 2).
  • Brixbury Wood, passage of Old Road along, 162.
  • Broad Street, near Lenham, place-name significant of passage of Old Road, 136 (note 2).
  • Bull Inn, near Bentley, approach of Old Road to River Wey at, 152.
  • Burford Bridge, error caused by passage of Pilgrimage at, 95 (note); not crossed by Old Road, 182-184.
  • Burham, church of, passage of Old Road to south of, 110; passed on journey, 253.
  • Bury Hill Camp, on original track of Old Road, 27.
  • Butts, the, at Alton, entry both of medieval and prehistoric roads, 145.
  • Caesar, first eye-witness of conditions of southern Britain, 24; fort at Canterbury stormed by him, 43, 275.
  • Calais, probably first southern port of the Straits of Dover, 34-35.
  • Calvados, reef of, 50.
  • Camp, of Canterbury (Bigberry Wood), stormed by Caesar, 43; of Winchester (St. Catherine's hill), 70; of Holmbury, Farley Heath, and Anstie Bury, alluded to, 170-171; of Oldbury, of Fosbery, 253 (note 2); Bigberry described, 273-275.
  • Camps, of Winchester and Canterbury compared, 70.
  • Canterbury, why the goal of Old Road in its final form, causes of development of, 31-42; created by necessity of central depÔt for Kentish ports, 41; importance of its position on the Stour, 42; resistance to Caesar, 43; origin of its religious character, 44; compared with Winchester, 66-71; entered by Westgate, 277.
  • —— Cathedral, visited, 278-280.
  • Cassiterides, their identification with Scilly Isles doubtful, 20.
  • Chalk, has preserved Old Road, 75-76; third cause of preservation of Old Road fully discussed, 97, 98; excursion upon, 189-192.
  • Chantries Wood, 163.
  • Charing, block of St. John at, 94; example of church passed to north, 111, 257; described, 260, 261; rhyme on, 261 (note).
  • Chawton Wood, medieval road from Alton to Alresford passed through, 136 (note 1).
  • —— Village, passed, 146.
  • Chevening Park, passage of Old Road across, 217.
  • —— church, example of Old Road passing to north, 111.
  • Chequers Inn, Ropley, passage of Old Road through garden of, 138.
  • Chilham, church, mentioned, 94; probable diversion of Old Road at, by Pilgrimage, 95 (note); probability of Old Road passing south of hill at, 106 (note); church probably passed from south, 110; Park crossed, 269; discussion as to track of Road east of, 267-273 (and map).
  • Chilterns, the, their position in scheme of prehistoric roads, 16; connection with Icknield Way, 23.
  • Christianity, effect of a main road on its development, 7.
  • Churches, Wells in. See 'Wells.' Often built on pre-Christian sites, 109; passed to south by Old Road, list of, 108-110; of King's Worthy, Itchen Stoke, Bishop Sutton, Seale, Puttenham, St. Catherine's, St. Martha's, Albury, Shere, Merstham, Titsey, Chevening, Bishopstoke, Snodland, Burham, Lenham, Charing, Eastwell, Chilham, etc. See under name of place.
  • Clausentum. See Bittern.
  • Clay, Old Road often lost on, 75; how avoided by Old Road in Upper Valley of Wey, 152 (and note); above Quarry Hangers, argument against identity of Pilgrim's Road with Prehistoric, 205.
  • Cobham Farm, Old Road lost at, 258.
  • Coldrum (or Trottescliffe), megalithic monument, 252-253 (and note), and 236 (map).
  • Colekitchen Combe, passage of Old Road across, 177.
  • Colley Farm, Roman remains at, 197.
  • —— Hill, example of Old Road on crest of hill, 107; described with map, 196.
  • Compton, probable diversion of Old Road through, by Pilgrimage, 95 (note); also 159, 160.
  • Cotentin, promontory of the, its value as a breakwater to the 'Second Crossing,' 46, 50; height of shore hills upon, 48.
  • Cotswolds, the, their position in scheme of prehistoric road, 16, 23.
  • Cowes, as a harbour of Second Crossing, 55.
  • 'Crossing, Second.' See 'Second Crossing.'
  • Cultivation avoided by Old Road, exceptions to this, 148-149.
  • Cuxton, a possible crossing of the Medway, map, 236; its claims discussed, 244.
  • Darent, river crossing, of, 219-225.
  • Dark Ages, reproduce barbaric conditions previous to Roman Conquest, 65.
  • Denbies Park, clear trace of Old Road along edge of, 178.
  • Detling, 257.
  • Domesday, Worthies mentioned in, 121 (note); three churches at Alresford mentioned in, 129; Bishop Sutton mentioned in, 130; Wrotham, Oxford, Charing mentioned in, 221.
  • Dorking Lime Pits, track lost after, 178.
  • Dorsetshire Downs, their position in scheme of prehistoric roads, 16, 23.
  • Dover, Straits of, harbour of, originally an inlet, modern artificial character of, 36. See Straits.
  • Downs. See North, South, Dorsetshire.
  • Drovers, preserve old tracks by avoiding turnpike roads, 95; their road to London after Shere confused with Old Road, 176.
  • Dun Street, near Eastwell Park, place-name significant of passage of Old Road, 136 (note 2); passed on journey, 262.
  • Duthie, his record of medieval road from Alresford to Alton, 136 (note 1).
  • Eastwell Park, preservation of Old Road, 82; passage through on journey, 263.
  • Ermine Street, alluded to,
  • Shoelands, passed on journey, 157; significance of name, 157.
  • Shrines, of Winchester and Canterbury compared, 71; of St. Thomas À Becket. See 'St Thomas.'
  • Snodland, church of, passage of Old Road to south of, 110; crossing of Medway at, discussed, 248-253 (and map), 236.
  • South Country, originally wealthiest portion of the island, 23, 24.
  • Southampton Water, Solent, and Spithead, regarded as one harbour, north of 'Second Crossing,' 55.
  • South Downs, their position in scheme of prehistoric roads, 16.
  • Stane Street, example of evidences of a Roman road, 74; disuse in Middle Ages, 87; crosses Mole at Burford Bridge, 185.
  • Stoke, meaning of, in place-names, 127.
  • Stonehenge, and Avebury, mark convergence of prehistoric roads, 16; original starting-point of Old Road, 27.
  • Stour, River, importance of in development of Canterbury, 42, 43; compared to Itchen, 68, 69; source in Lenham, 259; entry of Old Road into valley of, 260, 262.
  • Straits of Dover, importance of, to England alluded to, 17; discussed at length, 29-40; complexity of tides in, 32; opposite shores visible, 32; original harbours of, 35; original crossing of, 37-39.
  • Street, Stane, Ermine, Watling. See under these names.
  • Street, in place-names indicates passage of a road, 136 (and note 2).
  • Swegen, his march through the Worthies, 126.

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