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A

Abbacies, held by William II., at the time of his death, 104 (foot-note).

Abbey, Beaulieu, see Beaulieu.

Abbey Walls, the, or St. Leonard’s Grange, 69.

Acquitaine, Eleanor of, buried at Beaulieu Abbey, 67.

Adages, in the Forest, 180;

see also Proverbs.

Adder’s-tongue Fern, 256.

Alanus de Insulis, on the death of William II., 102.

Alexander I., Pope, bull from, 71 (foot-note.)

Amberwood Corner, barrows near, 208.

Ambrosius Aurelianus, defeated by Cerdic, 118;

his name preserved in the word Amesbury, 119;

in Ambrose Hole and Ampress Farm, 198.

Ancestry, our, 2.

Anderwood Enclosure, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, 215.

America, Old-English character of its provincialisms, 172.

Anselm, foretold by the Abbot of Cluny of the death of William II., 101.

Anses Wood, mound near, 209, 210.

“Apostles, the Twelve,” 83.

Assart lands, granted by James I., 43.

Ash, Mark-, Wood, 17.

Ashley Rails, Roman and Romano-British potteries at, 221.

Attachment, Court of, 87.

Augustine, St., injunctions to his canons, 69.

Aurelianus, Ambrosius, see Ambrosius.

Avon, the, at Castle Hill, 118;

at Ibbesley, 120;

at Winkton, 128;

eel peculiar to, 125, 126.

Avon, Valley of the, 116;

the Flora of, 253.

Avon Tyrrel, 126.

B

Babington, Churchill, synopsis of the birds of Charnwood Forest by, 275.

Baddesley, Preceptory of the Knights Templar formerly at, 156.

Balm, Bastard (Melittis Melyssophyllum), in the Forest, 256.

Bandits, troop of, at Lymington, 169.

Bargery Farm, 71.

Barn, or spicarium, of Beaulieu Abbey, 69, 70.

Barney Barns Hill, 197 (foot-note), 210.

Barrows, named after fairies, 177, 197;

opened by Warner, 198;

in the east part of the Forest, 197 (foot-note), 211;

on Sway Common, 198;

on Bratley Plain, 199-205;

near Ocknell Pond, 205, 206;

near Darrat’s Lane, 206 (foot-note);

on the West Fritham Plain, 207;

near Amberwood, 208;

on Butt’s Plain, 209;

on Langley Heath, 211.

Barton Cliffs, the, 147;

Middle-Eocene beds of the, 4;

atmospheric effects seen from the, 15, 16;

geology of, 239, 240.

Beacon, Burley, 82.

Beaulieu Abbey, its foundation and endowments, 62;

its dedication, 63;

the Countess of Warwick and Perkin Warbeck come to its sanctuary, 64;

its dissolution, 65;

beauty of its situation, 65;

the abbot’s house, cloisters, and chapter-house, 66;

church, 67;

refectory, 67, 68;

the pulpit of the refectory, 68;

barn of, 69;

granges of, 69-71.

Beauty, exists in the beholder’s mind, 18, 19;

God’s love of, 127, 128;

the chief end and aim of Nature, 5.

Becton Bunny, 149;

house burnt down, 170;

geology of, 240.

Beeches, measurements of, in the Forest, 16 (foot-note).

Bees, folk-lore about, 181.

Bellus Locus, former name of Beaulieu, 62.

Bentley Wood, North, 113.

Beteston Roger, tenure of, at Eyeworth, 114.

Bible, words in the, now provincialisms, 193.

Birds, bones of, discovered amongst the foundations of the Priory Church, Christchurch, 14 (foot-note);

see Ornithology.

Bishop’s Ditch, 79.

Black Bar, large mound at, 210.

Blackheath Meadow, Roman pottery at, 210.

Boghampton, village of, 127.

Boldre, derivation of, 80;

church, 79.

Books, at Beaulieu Abbey, just before the dissolution, 65 (foot-note).

Botany of the Forest, 250-257;

contradictions in the, 251;

characterized by its soil, 251, 252;

bog-plants, 252;

carices abundant, 252;

its position under Watson’s system, 253, 254;

its trees, 254;

its St. John’s Worts, 254, 255;

its ferns, 255, 256;

other plants, 256, 257.

(See Appendix II., 289.)

Bottom, meaning of the word, 187.

Bowles, Caroline, married to Southey at Boldre church, 80.

Bouvery Farm, 69.

Bramble Hill, oaks at, 16;

view from, 111.

Bramshaw, village of, 111.

Bratley Wood, 113.

Bratley Plain, barrows upon, 113, 199-205.

Breamore, village of, 119.

Brinken Wood, 83.

Brockenhurst, derivation of, 75;

tenure at, 76;

church, 77;

scenery round, 78.

Brook Beds, the, 245, 246.

Brook Common, 111.

Buckholt, in Domesday, 51 (foot-note).

Buckland Rings, Roman coins found at, 154;

described, 199.

Burgate, village of, 120.

Burleigh, Lord, his advice to his son, 1, 2.

Burley, 82;

Lodge, 83.

Bustard, last seen in the Forest, 14 (foot-note).

Butt’s Ash Lane, barrows near, 197 (foot-note), 211 (foot-note).

Butt’s Plain, barrows on, 209.

Buzzard, Honey, breeding habits of, 262-265;

weight of the eggs of the, 264 (foot-note);

common, breeding of the, 265, 266.

C

Cadenham Oak, the, 110.

Cadland’s Park, 50.

Calshot Castle, built by Henry VIII., 52;

mentioned by Colonel Hammond, 52 (foot-note);

the Cerdices-ora of the Chronicle, 53;

different forms of the name, 53, 54.

Canterton, held by Chenna, in Domesday, 28.

Canute, Forest laws of, 35;

Charta de Forest of, extracts from, 36 (foot-note).

Castle Hill, 118.

Castles, so-called, in the Forest, 32.

Catharine’s, St., Hills, 126.

Cattle, right of turning out, in the Forest, 46.

Cerdices-ford, now Charford, 54, 118.

Cerdices-ora, probably Calshot, 52, 53.

Chapel, chantry, of the Countess of Salisbury, 137, 138;

of Robert Harys, 143;

of John Draper, 143.

Charford, the Cerdices-ford of the Chronicle, 118.

Charles I., his attempt to revive the Forest laws, 42;

gives the New Forest as security to his creditors, 42;

embarks for Carisbrook from Leap, 56;

seized by Colonel Cobbit, 152;

imprisoned in Hurst Castle, 153, 154;

how treated by Colonel Hammond, 153 (foot-note);

by Colonel Cobbit, 154.

Charles II. bestows the young woods of Brockenhurst to the maids of honour, 43;

encloses three hundred acres for oaks, 44.

Charnwood Forest, the birds of, 275.

Chestnuts, formerly common in the Forest, 13 (foot-note).

Chewton Glen, 147, 148.

Chichester, Reginald Pecock, Bishop of, on the legend concerning the man in the moon, 177.

Chough, its increasing scarcity, 275.

Christchurch, 129;

its Old-English names, 131;

Æthelwald at, 131;

in Domesday, 131;

the castle of, 131, 132;

Norman House at, 132;

Chamberlains’ Books of, 135 (foot -note);

Priory Church of, 135, 307);

churches of, 4;

the first and second perambulations of, 40;

character of the second perambulation of, 41, 42;

hills of, 10;

its former woody nature proved by the local nomenclature, 33;

general character of, 11;

in the time of the Normans, 12, 13;

changes in, 12;

granted as security by Charles I. to his creditors, 42;

its neglected state under the Stuarts, 43, 44;

William III. legislates for, 44;

statistics of, 40, 47 (foot-note);

present management of, 47 (foot-note);

assart lands in, granted by James I., 42;

hurricane in, 44;

ethnology of, 160, 161;

smuggling in, 169, 170;

deer-stealing in, 171;

folk-lore of, 173, 180;

poetry of, 176;

love superstitions of, 179;

proverbs of, 179;

local sayings, 179;

provincialisms of, 181, 195 (see, also, Appendix I., 279);

traditions in, 96, 97, 180, 181;

barrows of, 196-213;

Parish Registers and Churchwardens’ Books of, 226-233;

Lepidoptera of, Appendix IV., 319.

New Park, 86.

Nodes, the, 197.

O

Oak, the Cadenham, 110.

Oaks, character of in the Forest, 16;

measurements of, 16 (foot-note);

“bustle-headed,” meaning of, 183.

Ocknell Wood, 113.

Onomatopoieia, its occurrence amongst provincialisms, 186.

Ordnance map, mistake of, 126 (foot-note).

Ore Creek, 54 (foot-note).

Ornithology of the Forest, 260;

white-tailed eagle, 260;

osprey, 261;

hobby, breeding of the, 261;

honey-buzzard, breeding habits of, 261, 263, 265;

common buzzard, breeding habits of, 265;

merlin, nesting of, 267, 268 (foot-note);

harriers, 268;

owls, 15, 113;

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