Wales, Chester the key to, 21 Wallasey Cross, 211 ---- Leasowes, 18 Wall of Chester, Roman, 4 Walls and Rows, Chester, 70-77 Warburton Church, 66, 270 ---- family, 198 ---- font, 66 War in Cheshire, Civil, 16 Warts, rushes a charm for, 239 Water Gate, Chester, 72 “Wattle and daub,” 83 Weeping Crosses, 208 “Well, Billy Hobby’s,” 260 Well-dressing, 261 “Well, Synagogue,” 260 Wells, Wishing, 260 Welsh, incursion of the, 9 ---- raids, James, Lord Audley, and the, 10 Werden, General, 120 West Hall, High Leigh, 197 ---- Kirby Cross, 210 Whiltenshaw, 118 Whipping-post, Widnes, 112 Whitefriars, Chester, 48 ---- seventeenth century house in Chester, 99 Whitehurst, John, clockmaker, 128 Whitney, Geoffrey, 123 ---- George, 205 Widnes or Farnworth Leet, 112 Wilbraham family, 199 ---- George, 204 Wilbrahams of Rode, 203 Williams, Chief Justice, 126 Williamson, Dr., 226 Winnington Bridge, near Northwich, 17 Wirral, 94, 95 ---- forest, 82 ---- _Horn, The_, 244 Wishing Wells, 260 Woman fighting, a, 108 Woodchurch, 69 Work, “post and panel,” 80 Worthies, Cheshire, 114-132 Wulfhere, King of Mercia, 264 “Ye Olde Crypt,” 78 York, Thomas Savage, Archbishop of, 14 THE END Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. Edinburgh & London Selections from George Allen & Sons’ List MEMORIALS OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND GENERAL EDITOR REV. P. H. DITCHFIELD M.A., F.S.A., F.R.S.L., F.R.Hist.S. =_Beautifully Illustrated. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, gilt top. Price 15s. net each._= Memorials of Old Oxfordshire. Edited by the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A. Dedicated by kind permission to the Right Hon. the Earl of Jersey, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. “This beautiful book contains an exhaustive history of ‘the wondrous Oxford,’ to which so many distinguished scholars and politicians look back with affection. We must refer the reader to the volume itself ... and only wish that we had space to quote extracts from its interesting pages.”--_Spectator._ Memorials of Old Devonshire. Edited by F. J. Snell, M.A. Dedicated by kind permission to the Right Hon. Viscount Ebrington. “A fascinating volume, which will be prized by thoughtful Devonians wherever they may be found ... richly illustrated, some rare engravings being represented.”--_North Devon Journal._ Memorials of Old Herefordshire. Edited by the Rev. Compton Reade, M.A. Dedicated by kind permission to Sir John G. Cotterell, Bart. “Another of these interesting volumes like the ‘Memorials of Old Devonshire,’ which we noted a week or two ago, containing miscellaneous papers on the history, topography, and families of the county by competent writers, with photographs and other illustrations.”--_Times._ Memorials of Old Hertfordshire. Edited by Percy Cross Standing. Dedicated by kind permission to the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, G.C.B.