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