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2, for "on the great Roman road,” read wear the great Roman road.

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4, for “twelve miles south-west from Thorne," read ten miles south-west from Thorne.

The enumeration of MARKET-TOWNS IN THE EAST-RIDING, which should have preceded the list of "Gentlemens' Seats," has been accidentally omitted. The following market-towns are situated in this district :

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mans, 130.

Agricola, Julius, the first who in-
troduced the arts of polished
life into Britain, 99; makes
five campaigns against the Ca-
ledonians, 101.

Allectus, a confidential officer of
Carausius, assumes the govern-
ment of Britain, 107; defeated.
by Constantius, 108.
Alderman, office of, derived from
the Saxons, 224.
Altars of the Druids, where si-
tuated, 29; human sacrifices
made on them, 30; erected by
the Romans in Britain, 200; ge-
nerally inscribed to gods and
goddesses, ib.

Anglesey, Isle of, conquered by
the Romans, 97.
ANGLO-SAXONS, 207-292; civil
divisions of England, 221-
227; laws, 227-235; mili-
tary antiquities, 235-250;
earth-works, 250-252; eccle-

siastical architecture, 252-280;
modes of sepulture, 280–284;
coins, 285-292.

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ANGLO-DANES, 292-314; mili-
tary architecture, 300–301;
military earth-works, 301-
302; ecclesiastical architecture,
302-307; modes of sepulture,
307-311; coins, 311-314.
ANGLO-NORMANS, 314-411
military architecture, 327-359;
ecclesiastical architecture, 359-
395; cathedral churches exhibit
ing remains of Anglo-Norman
architecture, 395–408 ; monas-
tic ruins, 409-411.
Antiquities, British,

51-92:

towns-vestiges of habitations
-excavations, 51-55; lines
of boundary and roads, 55-63;
coins, 63-68; circles com-
posed of stones, 68-75; rock-
ing stones, and analogous phe-
nomena, 75-79; cromlechs,
79-82; upright-stones, single
or numerous, but not circular,
82, 83; barrows, cairns, and
funeral reliques of the Ancient
Britons, 83-92.

Antiquities,

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Antiquities, Roman, in Britain, | Architecture, military, Anglo-

Saxon, 235-249; Anglo-Da-
nish, 300–301; Anglo-Nor-
man, 327-359 ; castellated
structures subsequent the An-
glo-Norman era, 413-430.

to

, domestic, Roman, 180

185; castellated, and other
mansions, from the close of the
Anglo-Norman era, to the end
of the reign of James I. 413-
441.

B.

Bail, or security, origin of, attri-
buted to King Alfred, 235.
Barrows, ancient British, 84-92;
Anglo-Danish, 307-311; An-
glo-Saxon, 281, 282.
Baronies, various opinions as to
their origin, 324–326.
Barbican, or barbacan, opinions
of various authors as to its use,
354.

Bards. See DRUIDS. A
Bedfordshire, summary of the po-
pulation, 586.

Belgic tribes enumerated, 12, 13;
their modes of dress described,
41.

Bells, their origin, as used in

churches, not precisely known,
263, Note.

Berkshire, summary of the popu
lation, 587.

Books, List of the principal
works treating on the Topogra
phy and Antiquities of England
collectively, 540-584. viz,
Catalogues of Topography, 540,
541. Indices Villares, Gazet-
teers, &c. 541-543. General
Description of England, 543-
554. Public Records, 554-
557. Early British History,
557–559. Roman Geography
of Britain, 559-562. Anglo-
Saxon and Anglo-Norman His-
tory and Antiquities, 562,-
563. Ecclesiastical Topogra-
phy, 563-565. Monastical
History, 565-567. Sepulchral

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History, 567, 568. Architec-
tural Antiquities, &c.568
574. Coins, 574–576. Natu-
ral History, ib. English Botany,
577–580. Minerals and Fossils.
581. Mineral Waters, ib. Po
litical Economy, Agriculture,

&c. 582-584.
Britain, Ancient, its boundaries,

1; dimensions, 2; etymology
of its name, 3; fancifully sup-
posed to have been peopled by
the Trojans, 6; geography of,
10; subject to the Romans, 93-
201; political divisions under
the Romans, 125-132; poli-
tical divisions under the Anglo-
Saxons, 213–216; civil divi- |
sions under the Anglo-Saxons,
221-227; present division into
counties, 225, Note.
Britons, Ancient, no authentie
records of their origin, 5; their
various tribes enuinerated, 12.
Note.
Buckinghamshire, summary of the
population, 588.

C.

Cairns of the Britons described,
86, 87.
Cambridgeshire, summary of the
population, 589.
Camps, Roman, 139–161; An-
glo-Saxon, 251, 252; Anglo-
Danish, 301, 302.
Canute the Great, anecdote of,
299; supposed to have erected
Norwich castle, 301; makes a
journey to Rome, 304; three
hundred of his coins found, 312.
Candles, their early use in the
service of the church, 372; ex-
traordinary size of one used
at Glastonbury, ib. Note.
Carausius, appointed to the com-
inand of the Roman fleet, 106;
condemned to death, 107; as-
sumes the government of Bri-

tain, ib.; assassinated at York,
ib.; celebrated in medallic his-
tory, 195.
Caractacus, son of King Cuno-
beline, unsuccessfully opposes
the Romans, 95; retires for
shelter to the court of Queen
Cartismandua, 96; betrayed to
the conqueror, ib.

Castles, royal, preserved in repair
at the public expense, 328.
Note.

baronial, their different
parts described.
Celta, their various tribes enu-
merated, 12, 13; mode of dress
described, 41-43.

Chariots, war, the most remark-
able feature in the military ar-
Langements of the Britons, 47;
four thousand retained by Cas-
sivellaunus after having disband-
ed the remainder of his forces,
48.

Chapels first attached to fortified
castles by the Normans, 344.
Note; sepulchral, described by
Mr. Johnson, 523, 524.
Cheshire, summary of the popu
lation, 590.

Churches, exhibiting remains of
Anglo-Norman architecture,
395-408; cathedral, 395–398;
parochial, 398-408; monastic,
408, 409.

-, round, in England, vul-
garly supposed to have been
erected by the Jews, 399. Note.
Claudius, the Emperor, called by

Roman authors the conqueror
of Britain, 192; his medals de-
scribed, ib.

Cloth, the art of manufacturing
it, introduced by the Belge, 41.
Coffins of wood, the earliest re-

corded instance of their use,
520; of lead, ib,; of stone,
described by Mr. Johnson, 522.
Coins, British, 63-68; Roman,
187-198; Anglo-Saxon, 285-
292; Anglo-Danish, 311-314.

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