The Holyhead Road: The Mail-coach Road to Dublin. Vol. 2

Part 18

Chapter 18925 wordsPublic domain

Old-time Travellers:— Borrow, George, ii. 218, 219, 221, 225, 226, 251, 307, 315 Cobbett, Richard, i. 133 De Quincey, Thomas, ii. 14–19, 125–131, 272 Disraeli, Benjamin, ii. 93 Dugdale, Sir William, i. 5, 12, 205; ii. 11, 101 Evans, Rev., ii. 217 Fiennes, Celia, i. 151 George IV., ii. 297, 312–314 Johnson, Dr., ii. 272, 274–277 Leland, John, i. 197, 313 Marlborough, Duke of, i. 95 Monk, General, i. 74 O’Connell, Daniel, ii. 50, 206 Ogilby, John, i. 7, 10, 146, 151, 186, 198, 250, 278, 308 Pennant, Thos., i. 2, 6, 61, 152, 194, 218, 230, 259, 302, 303; ii. 102, 257 Swift, Dean, i. 8, 12, 188, 221, 245–247, 267, 274, 280; ii. 308–310 Victoria, Princess, i. 122; ii. 164, 206, 267 Warner, Rev. Richard, ii. 205, 277 Wesley, Rev. John, ii. 310 Wigstead, Henry, i. 314; ii. 168, 181, 216, 278 Wynn, Sir Watkin Williams, ii. 166–168

Oswestry, ii. 14, 149, 157, 162–169

Overley Hill, i. 30; ii. 79

Owain Glyndwr, ii. 144, 172, 211–216, 271

Packington Park, i. 311

Pain’s Lane, i. 228.

Paulerspury, i. 182

Penmaenmawr, ii. 273–279

Penmynydd, ii. 293, 318

_Pennocrucium_, i. 224

Penrhyn Castle, ii. 263–265

Pentre Berw, ii. 304

—— Voelas, ii. 112, 230

_Pickwick Papers_, i. 188–191, 297; ii. 8, 23

Plumb Park Hill, i. 31, 184

Pont-y-Glyn, i. 18; ii. 220–222

—— —— Pair, ii. 244

Potterspury, i. 182

Prickler’s Hill, i. 66

Prior’s Lee, ii. 71

Queen’s Head, ii. 156

—— Oak, i. 175, 184

Railways:— Grand Junction, i. 37; ii. 25 Great Central, i. 207, 244 London and Birmingham, i. 34–38, 169–171; ii. 24–26, 118, 155 —— and North Western, i. 38, 169, 196

Rain’s Bridge, i. 249

Redbourne, i. 29, 85, 131, 135, 138

Ridge Hill, i. 97–101

Ripley, James, i. 75–78

Royal Oak, i. 227

Ruyton-of-the-Eleven-Towns, ii. 148

Ryton-upon-Dunsmore. i. 259, 264, 266

St. Albans, i. 81, 82, 101, 102, 105–131, 138, 176, 204

St. George’s, i. 228

St. Michael’s, i. 128–131

Sandhill, i. 163

Sheep Lane, i. 163

Shelton Oak, ii. 144

Shenley, i. 29

Shiffnal, ii. 66–70, 75

Shrewsbury, i. 2, 4, 5, 15, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27; ii. 14, 62–64, 75, 82, 88, 91–143, 149, 155, 212, 214

Small Heath, i. 313

Snedshill, ii. 71

Soho, ii. 27

South Mimms, i. 44, 79, 87, 91–96

South Stack Rock, ii. 317, 321–326

Steam Carriages, i. 33

Stonebridge, i. 2, 306, 311

Stony Delph, i. 217

—— Stratford, i. 28, 163, 169, 172–175, 178, 180, 204

Stowe Hill, i. 194, 196

—— Nine Churches, i. 194–196

Stretton, i. 224

—— -upon-Dunsmore, i. 264,; ii. 14

Swallow Falls, ii. 235, 246–249

Tally-ho Corner, i. 65

Tan-y-Bwlch, ii. 250

Telford, Thomas, i. 18–21, 127, 151, 184, 194, 224, 230, 240; ii. 30, 73, 79, 112, 145, 148, 169, 209, 220, 232, 250, 253, 257, 282–287, 293, 305, 317

Tettenhall, i. 303, 312; ii. 43, 58–60

Tilsworth, i. 150

_Tom Brown’s Schooldays_, i. 44, 155, 191, 254

Trifaen Mountain, ii. 254

_Tripontium_, i. 205, 206

Turnpike Trusts, i. 9; ii. 303

—— Gates and Tolls, i. 33–47, 65, 69, 90, 137, 223, 248, 293, 301; ii. 27, 39, 58, 78, 91, 143, 144, 149, 159, 164, 170, 174, 175, 210, 219, 225, 230, 242, 250, 254, 264, 287, 302–307

Tynant, ii. 222

Tyn-y-Maes, ii. 260

Upper Bangor, ii. 270

_Uriconium_, ii. 83–87

_Uxaconium_, i. 228

Valley, ii. 307

_Vennonæ_, i. 211–213

_Verulamium_, i. 100, 112–115, 204

Vron Cysylltan, ii. 175, 179, 180.

Wall, i. 218, 219

Watford Gap, i. 204

Watling Street, i. 5, 111, 119, 197, 201–229; 232, ii. 73, 81, 84, 87, 289

Wednesbury, ii. 30–37

Weedon Beck, i. 194, 196–204, 229, 231

Weeford, i. 218

Welford, i. 204

Wellington, i. 5, 204; ii. 74, 76–78, 82

Wells Green, i. 312

Wergs, The, ii. 60

West Bromwich, ii. 28

West Felton, ii. 150, 155

Weston-under-Lizard, i. 228

Whetstone, i. 44, 05

Whiston Cross, ii. 64

Whitley Common, i. 266

Wibtoft, i. 209, 213

Willenhall, i. 31, 266

Willey Crossing, i. 208

Willoughby, i. 244–248

Wilnecote, i. 217

Witherley, i. 215

Wolverhampton, i. 15, 31, 32, 219, 312; ii. 40–58, 65, 109

Woolscot, i. 248

Wrekin, The, ii. 73, 76, 78, 80

Wroxeter, ii. 81, 83–87

Wyrley Bank, i. 221

Yardley, i. 312

THE END.

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