Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and DevelopmentMatthews, W. H.
History
Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development
Matthews, W. H.
Labyrinths; Maze gardens
H. COLLAR, Esq., Curator, Museum, Saffron Walden (Saffron
Walden); H. WALLIS CHAPMAN, Esq., Jordans, Bucks (Sudeley
Castle); W. EMERTON, Esq., Grantham (Belton House); E. M.
JACKSON, Esq., M.A., Manningtree (Mistley Place); G. KERRY
RIX, Esq., Somerleyton (Somerleyton Hall); R. POGMORE, Esq.,
Mansfield (Debdale Hall).
VII. TURF LABYRINTHS
(i) General
TROLLOPE, E. _Op. cit._ 1858.
AUBREY, J. "Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme," 1686-7. Ed. by J.
BRITTEN, F.L.S., 1881.
(Mazes at Pimperne, West Ashton, Cotswold Downs, Southwark, and
Tothill Fields. Editor adds note _re_ maze on Putney Heath.)
AUBREY, J. "History of Surrey," Ed. 1719, Vol. V, p. 80.
(Suggestion of Scandinavian origin of mazes.)
STUKELEY, W. "Itinerarium Curiosum," 1776, pp. 31, 97.
(Discussion of origin of mazes.)
ROBERTS, P. "Cambrian Popular Antiquities," 1815, p. 212.
("City of Troy" in Wales.)
_Cymmrodorion Society, Transactions of_, 1822, pp. 67-9.
("Idrison" on Caer Troiau. Refers to solar theory.)
TYACK, G. S. Art. "Mazes" in W. ANDREWS' "Ecclesiastical
Curiosities," 1897.
JOHNSON, W. "Folk-Memory," 1908.
(ii) PARTICULAR LOCALITIES
DE LA PRYME, A. (1671-1704). "Diary." Ed. Surtees Society, 1870.
(Alkborough and Appleby.)
_Churchwardens' Accounts_, Louth, 1544.
(Louth.)
HUTCHINS, J. "History and Antiq. of the County of Dorset," 1774, Vol.
I, p. 101 (Pimperne); Vol. II, p. 468 (Leigh).
HUTCHINS, J. 3rd ed., 1861, pp. 292-3.
(Saffron Walden, Somerton, Tadmarton Heath, Hereford Beacon,
Hilton, and Breamore. Figs. of mazes at Pimperne, Sneinton, and
Clifton, Notts.)
"Annalia Dubrensia," 1636, reprinted by A. B. Grosart, 1877.
(Cotswold Hills, near Chipping Campden.)
CAMDEN, W. "Britannia." Ed. by GOUGH, 1789. Plate opposite p. 288.
(Saffron Walden, Sneinton, and Clifton.)
HOARE, Sir R. C. "Ancient Wilts," 1812-21, Vol. I, p. 238.
(Breamore.)
WILLIAMS-FREEMAN, J. P. "Field Archaeology, Hants."
(Breamore.)
ACKERMANN'S "Repository of Arts," Vol. XIII, 1815, p. 193.
(Hull.)
HATFIELD, S. "Terra incognita of Lincolnshire," 1816.
(Alkborough.)
ALLEN, T. "History of Lincolnshire," 1834, Vol. II, p. 219.
(Appleby.)
WRIGHT, T. "Hist. and Topog. of the County of Essex," 1835, Vol. II,
p. 124.
(Comberton.)
BRAYBROOKE, Lord. "Audley End and Saffron Walden," 1836, _esp._ MS.
insertion of 1859 in Saffron Walden Museum.
(Saffron Walden.)
TROLLOPE, E. _Op. cit._ 1858.
(Sneinton, Wing, Ripon, Boughton Green, and many others.)
GORDON, E. O. "Prehistoric London," 1914.
(Greenwich, or Blackheath.)
_Notes and Queries._
3 ser., X, 1866, p. 283. BARKLEY, C. W. (Comberton and Leigh.) Also
in 4 ser., II, 1868.
3 ser., X, 1866, p. 283. J. F.
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