Ball-flower moulding, 118 Barkham in _Domesday_, 128 Barnack Church, 106 Barrows or tumuli, 23-3 " long and round, 25 " near churchyards, 23 " Saxon, 90-3 " their contents, 24, 29 Basilica, Roman, 66 Beacons, 268 Beating the bounds, 276 Bede, 75 Bell-ringing customs, 250 Bells, 245-53 " christening of, 246 " inscription on, 247-50 Benedict Biscop, 103 Benedictine monks, 161 Bewcastle cross, 98 Bishops, treating of, 229 Black Death, 255 Blood-letting, 167-9 Blowing Stone, 52 _Bordarii_, 131 Border castles, 140 Brachycephalic race, 21 Brasses, monumental, 212-18 Bridal cup, 207 Brief Book, 226 Brighthampton, pit dwellings at, 33 British Church, 93 " oppida, 34 " roads, 60, 61 " saints and martyrs, 94 Bronze Age, 21, 40 Budworth hermitage, 182 Burial urns, 29, 30 " urns in woollen, 220 C Caesar's camps, 50 Camps, 50-52 Carthusian monks, 162 Castles, 135-53 Cave men, 16 Celts, 21, 34, 37, 56 Cemeteries, Saxon, 92 Censers, 205 Chancels, 190 Charles II., adventures of, 267 Chaucer's satire on monks, 160 Chepstow Castle, 140 Chest, parish, 218-29 Chivalry, 143, 148 Chrismatory, 206 Christmas in olden time, 278 Chun Castle, 51 Church ales, 258 Church bells, 245-53 " house, 258 " plate, 200-8 " yard, 243 Churches, parish, 184 99 Churchwardens' account books, 223-6 Cistercian monks, 114, 161 Civil War, effects of, 153, 220, 265 Cloister of monastery, 163 Cluny, monks of, 161 Consecration crosses, 239 Conversion of Saxons, 94, 95 Crannogs, 38 Cremation, 28, 29, 92 Cromlechs, 46-9 Crosses, Saxon, 95-101 Cross-legged effigies, 211 Cucking-stool, 280 D Decay of old sports, 271 Decorated architecture, 117 Desecration of monasteries, 159 Devil's Highway, 61 Dog-tooth ornament, 116 Dog-whipper, 228 Dolichocephalic race, 19 Dolmen, 49, 50 _Domesday Book_, 125-34 Donnington Castle, 152 Druids, 48, 50 E Early English architecture, 115-17 Earthworks, 50-6 Easter sepulchre, 193 Edge Hill, battle of, 264 Edwardian castles, 140 Emblems on brasses, 217 Enstone, menhir at, 45 Eslithic man, 14 Epitaphs, curious, 243 Ermyn Street, 60 "Evil eye," 291-3 F Fairford windows, 232 Fairies, 56, 293 Fairs, 261 Feudalism, 141 Field-names, 296-8 Flint implements, discovery of, 11 Flint implements, 15, 20 Fonts, 186 Food in barrows, 24, 25 Football, 277 Force-pump, Roman, 68 Frescoes, 234 Friars, preaching, 161 Future life, belief in, shown by barrows, 24 G Gambassi, glass-painter, 232 _Geburs_, 82 Gentleman, accomplishments of a, 149 Geological changes, 11-13 Glaciers in Britain, 12 Glass, stained, 230-3 Glastonbury, pit dwellings at, 37, 41, 42 Green, village, 8, 280 Grims-dike, 54, 55 Grosmont Castle, 141 Guizot on castles, 141 H