England -- Antiquities; England -- Description and travel; Roads -- Great Britain
=North Country=, not important in early times, 19.
=---- Downs=, their position in scheme of prehistoric roads, 16;
the original and necessary platform of the Old Road, 24-25
(with map);
view of these from Wrotham, 231;
'funnel' formed by them at passage of Medway, 237;
road leaves them after Charing, 260.
=---- Street=, place-name suggesting passage of Old Road, 137.
=Old Road=, why the most important of English prehistoric roads,
17-24;
its first track sketched, 25;
why it ended at Canterbury, 31-42;
why it began at Winchester, 44-58;
short cut from Winchester to Farnham gradually superseded
original western portion, 59-61 (with map);
final form of, 62 (with map);
causes of preservation of, 72-99;
proportion of known to unknown, 100-101 (with map);
characteristics or 'habits' of, 104-113.
its track from north gate of Winchester to King's Worthy,
120-125;
coincidence of, with modern road from King's Worthy to Itchen
Stoke, 124;
arguments in favour of its crossing the Itchen at Itchen Stoke,
127-132;
recovering of lost portion in Ropley Valley, 132-136;
corresponds to high-road after Alton, causes of this, 149-154;
diversion at Puttenham, 158;
crosses Wey, 163-166;
passes St. Martha's, north of Weston Wood, Albury Park, 170-175;
crosses Mole at Pixham Mill, 180-183;
passes Betchworth Pits, 188;
lost after Merstham and recovered, 204-207;
discussion of track near Marden Park, 211;
and across Titsey Park, 214-216;
its loss after Chevening, 217;
typical section of, 225-230 (with map);
its crossing of Medway discussed, 236-253;
clear along Downs to Charing, 256-260;
crosses Eastwell Park, Boughton Aluph, Godmersham, Chilham
Park, 263-269;
lost for two miles east of Chilham, 270-271 (and map);
passes Bigberry Camp, 273;
enters Canterbury by Westgate, 277.
=Old Wives' Lees=, doubts as to passage of Old Road by, 270-271
(and map).
=Ordie=, Domesday name for 'Worthy,' 121 (note).
=Ordnance Map=, 6-inch to the mile, probably wrong in track of
Roman Road from north gate of Winchester, 124 (note);
error in track given from Arthur's Seat to Oxted railway
cutting, 213.
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