The New Forest: Its History and Its SceneryWise, John R. (John Richard)
History
The New Forest: Its History and Its Scenery
Wise, John R. (John Richard)
New Forest (England : Forest)
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.
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