England -- Antiquities; England -- Description and travel; Roads -- Great Britain
=Greystone Lime Pits=, Merstham, recovery of Old Road at, 206.
'=Grey Wethers=,' name of platform beyond Medway opposite Wrotham,
233.
=Grésivaudan=, example of advantage of Partial Isolation, 30.
=Gris Nez=, look-out towards English shore, 32;
forbids harbours near it, but provides shelter to eastward
coast, 34.
=Gomshall=, doubt as to passage of Old Road at, 176.
'=Habits=,' of the Old Road, list of, 104-113.
=Hamble, River=, as a harbour of the 'Second Crossing,' 54.
=Harbours=, multiplicity of, in Straits of Dover, produced by
complexity of tides, 31, 32, 35;
list of original and modern, on northern shore of the Straits,
35;
of Southampton Water, Solent, and Spithead, excellence of, 55;
list of, on Solent and Southampton Water, 55.
=Harrietsham=, 257.
=Hart Hill=, Old Road recovered at, 258.
=Hastings=, mirage at, alluded to, 34.
=Haverfield=, his map giving Roman road from north gate of
Winchester, 124 (note).
=Headbourne Worthy=, arguments for and against its standing
on Old Road, 120-125;
mentioned in Domesday, 121.
=High Cross=, compared to Gatton, 201.
=Hills=, ranges of, correspond with prehistoric roads, 15-16
(with map);
crest of, usually avoided by Old Road, 106.
=Hoborough=, Roman remains in, 253 (note 2).
=Hog's Back=, hill near Farnham, continues range of North Downs,
26;
affords example of turnpike protecting Old Road, 96;
excellent example of 'Flanking Road,' 107;
passage of Old Road along, 156 _et seq._
=Hollingbourne=, 257.
=Horizons=, of Barfleur and St. Catherine's, 48 (map), 50.
'=Hundred Stones=,' the, megalithic monument, 254 (note 2).
=Hyde Abbey=, site and ruins of, 123-125.
=Icknield Way=, alluded to, 22;
begins to disappear in Middle Ages, 87.
=Inns=, Anchor, Chequers, Jolly Farmer, Kentish Drover, etc. See
under these names.
=Iron=, its early production in West England, 23;
in the Sussex Weald, 24.
=Islands=, examples of advantages of Partial Isolation, 31.
=Isle of Wight=, its projection southward invites 'Second
Crossing,' 46;
importance of St. Catherine's Hill in, 51;
harbours of, and reef off Ventnor, 55.
=Isolation=, Partial, Geographical, political advantages of, 22-31.
=Itchen Abbas=, origin of name, 126;
Roman villa discovered near, 126 (note);
passed on our journey, 125.
=Itchen=, river, continuation of Southampton Water, 56;
compared to Stour, 68, 69;
made navigable by Lucy, 130;
view of, from Alresford Hill, 133-134;
crossing of, at Itchen Stoke, 130-133 (and map).
=---- Valley of=, forms Winchester to Farnham Road, 60.
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