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)
Spelman, Peter, tenure at Brockenhurst held by, 76.
Spotswood, blunder of, 24 (_foot-note_).
Squoyles, meaning of the word, 183.
St. John’s Worts in the Forest, 254, 255.
Staneswood, in _Domesday_, 51 (_foot-note_).
Staple Cross, the, 145.
Stone, Rufus’s, 96, 97.
Stoney-Cross, views from, 110, 112.
Streams, character of the Forest, 14;
the best guide, 17;
beauty of, 83, 84.
Sunsets in the Forest, 15, 113;
from the Barton Cliffs, 149, 150.
Swanimote, Court of, 35.
Sway Common, 80, 81;
barrows on, 198, 199.
T
Thorougham, now Fritham, the Truham of _Domesday_, 96
(_foot-note_).
Tiril, Walter, William II. gives him two arrows, 93;
according to the Chroniclers shoots the King, 94;
his declaration to Suger, 106;
his implication in the murder, 106;
the cause of his supposed flight, 106;
his friendship with Anselm, 102.
Towns, historical interest in English, 129, 130;
their history, the history of the day, 130.
Tradition, its value in history, 97, 98.
Traditions in the Forest, 96, 97, 180, 181.
Trail of oak, the, meaning of, 183.
Travelling, modern, style of, 2.
Tree-forms, loveliness of, 9.
Trees, their comparative value as standing and cut, 18;
in the Forest, 254.
Truth, involuntarily perverted, 22.
Tweonea, the ancient name of Christchurch, 131.
Tyrrel’s Ford, 97, 126.
U
Urns found in Bratley barrow, 201, 202;
in Hilly Accombs barrow, 206 (_foot-note_);
in various other barrows, 211 (_foot-note_);
pieces of, in different barrows, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208.
Usnea barbata, its abundance in the Forest, 91 (_foot-note_).
V
Valley of the Avon, its character, 116.
Van-winged hawk, the, of the Forest, 261.
“Vineyards, the,” at Beaulieu Abbey, 67.
Vinney, meaning of the word, 190.
Vinney Ridge, 82, 83;
heronry at, 273.
Vitalis on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24;
on William II.’s death, 94, 95.
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