wort; Spiræa filipendula, dropwort;
Thlaspi arvense, Penny cress;
Daphne mezereum, spurge olive;
Anemone pulsatilla, pasque flower;
Lathræa squamaria, toothwort; Cyno-
glossum sylvaticum, green hound's
tongue; Helleborus foetidus, stinking
hellebore; Helleborus viridis, green
hellebore; Atropa belladonna, deadly
nightshade; Listera nidus avis, bird's-
nest orchis; and Polypodium calca-
reum, a rare fern.

On leaving Charlbury the railway
makes an abrupt bend to the S.W.,
leaving the forest on the 1.

17 Ascot (under Wychwood) Stat.
The Ch. of the Holy Trinity is
chiefly Norm.

18 Shipton (under Wychwood)
Stat. The Ch. of St. Mary is of
mixed styles, with a fine E. Eng.
W. tower, a richly moulded W. door-

way, and a good Perp. N. porch
vaulted. There are some Perp. re-
mains of a monastery adjoining the
churchyard. Shipton Court (Sir J.
Reade) is a fine old Elizabethan
mansion.

rt. 3 m. Sarsden and Chadlington.

1. 2 m. Bruern Abbey, a Cister-
cian monastery, was founded here
1137. The remains were burnt
within the last century. The old
fish ponds still remain.

1. 1 m. Fifield. The Ch. of St.
John Baptist has an E. E. chancel,
tower, spire, and porch. The E.
window of 3 lights has flowing
tracery and stained glass.

25 Chipping Norton Junction.
(See Rte. 17.)

rt. Kingham, in early records
Konigs-Ham.

23. Before reaching Addlestrop
the line enters Gloucestershire.

INDEX.

ABINGDON.

ABINGDON, situation, history

of, Isle of Andersey at, 61;
Benedictine abbey of, its
legends, history, and build-
ings, 62; bridge, its found-
ation, rhymes upon, ch. of
St. Nicholas, ch. of St.
Helen, brotherhood of the
Holy Cross, 63, 64; ancient
cross of, anecdote of Bp.
Corbet at, Market-house,
grammar-school,illustrious
natives, garrison during
civil wars, former mercan-
tile prosperity, present
dullness of, 64, 65; branch
railway to, 141.

Adelaide, queen, her burial
at Windsor, represented in
stained glass, 13; cottage
of, 23.
Adderbury, castle, palace of
dukes of Buccleugh at, ch.,
synod held at, residence of
Earl of Rochester at, 193.
Agriculture, Berks, 3; Bucks,
88; Oxon, 134.
Aits, 76.

Alchester, Roman town of,

197.

Aldermaston, stat. on Read-

ing and Hungerford Rly.,
Court-house, its history;
ch., tomb of Sir G. Forster
at, 46, 47.

Aldworth, road from Swal-
lowfield to, 35; tombs of
the De la Beches, yew-
tree at, 36, 37, 72.
Alfred, his palace and bath

at Wantage, 39; battle of
Escendune fought by, 43,
44; abbey of Abingdon
ruined by, 62; University
of Oxford founded by, 138,
143; residence at Wood-
stock of, 202; parliament
held at Shifford by, 222.
Alfred's Castle, 43.

ASHERIDGE.

Alverscott church, 224.
Ambrosden church, 188.
Amelia, princess, her visit to
Stowe, 122.
Amersham,

manufactures,

ch. and monuments, his-
tory, 108.
Anderwyke House, yew-tree
at, 99.

Angling, 7, 48, 55, 72, 83.
Anne, queen, her statue at
Windsor, 9; her picture
by Kneller, 20; her resi-
dence in the Upper Lodge,
23; her opinion of Mr.
Cherry, 30; water from
Chalvey well used by, 98;
her statue at University
College, 156.
Antiquities, compendium of,
Berks, 3; Bucks, 88; Oxon,

134.
Antonio de Dominis, rector
of West Ilsley, 58.
Appleton, manor-house, ch.,
tomb of Sir J. Fettyplace
at, 69.
Arborfield, 27.
Ardington, Clarke the anti-
quary born at, Vernon gal-
lery collected at, 60.
Ardley, Norm. castle at, 198.
Aristotle's Well, near Wol-

vercote, 184.
Artist, Berks, 7; Bucks, 91;
Oxon, 136.

Ascot Race-course, 24.
Ascot under Wychwood, stat.
on Oxford and Worcester
Rly., ch., 229.
Ashbury, 43.
Ashdown Park, its situation,
history, and relics, 43.
Ashendon, tomb of crusader
at, battle of, 124.
Asheridge Park, palace of
Edmund Earl of Cornwall
and monastery of Bone-
hommes at, 126; verses of
Skelton upon, Edw. I. and
Elizabeth at, destruction of
ancient ch. and cloisters,
present mansion of, its

Ashmole, on Blagrove's le-
gacy at Reading, 33.
Astal, manor-house, ch., and
effigy, 223.

Aston,

Middle, house of
Judge Page at, grave of
Thos. Michell at, 192.
Aston, North, ch., seat of
Col. Bowles at, 192.
Aston, Steeple, ch., monu-

ment of Judge Page at, 192.
Avington, Norm. ch. at, 55.
Aylesbury, place of county

election at, ancient history
of, ch. of St. Mary, pre-
bendal house, ducks bred
at, 113, 114; branch rail-
way to, 127.
Aynho, stat. on London and
Birmingham Rly., 192.

B.

Bablock-hy the, ferry of, 188.
Bagley Wood, old traditions
of, Dr. Arnold's description
of, view of Oxford from,
66; seen from London and
Birmingham Rly., 142.
Baldon House, 219.
Bampton, castle of Aylmer
de Valence, ch. of St. Mary,
Phillips the poet a native
of, 222.
Barlow, abbot of Bisham, 80.
Barrington, Bishop B. at
Moulsford, 36; monuments
at Shrivenham of, house of
Viscount B. at Beckett, 42,
43.
Barton, Steeple, ch., 192.
Barton, Westcot, ch., 192.
Basilden, park, pictures at,
36; Lower Basilden ch.,
36; situation on river, 72.
Battle Mead, 83.
Baylis, 100.
Baynard's Green, tourna-
ments held at, 198.
Bear Wood, common of, 27;

45.

Bernwood Forest, 124.
Berryfield, 117.
Berrystead House, 127.
Besils, manor at Little Shef-
ford of, 56; Sir Peter B.
gives stone for Abingdon
Bridge, 63.

Besilsleigh, history, old house

of the Lenthalls, mole-
crickets at, 48, 49.
Bicester, stat. on Oxford and
Bletchley Rly., name, ch.,
and priory of St. Edburgh
at, 197.
Binfield, ch. and monuments
of, Pope's residence at, 28.
Binsey, excursion from Ox-
ford to, oratory of St.
Frideswide and well of
St. Margaret at, 182.
Birinus, St., baptising king
Kynegils and preaching at
Churn Knob, 59; founds
the bishopric of, and is
buried at Dorchester, 218,
219.
Bisham, abbey, situation,
history of, 80; different
periods of erection, tradi-
tions of, bath of Princess
Elizabeth at, conventual
barn, ch. and monuments
of, 81.

Blacknest Gate, 24.
Black Park, 94.
Black Pots, 98.
Blackstone, Sir Wm., buried
at Wallingford, 38; his
statue at All Souls, Ox-
ford, 156.
Bladon, 202.

BRADFIELD.

Bledlow, ch., glyde of, 106.
Blenheim, hints for visitors

to, entrance from Wood-
stock to, 203; park, its
trees, lake, and bridge,
monumental column of
the great Duke of Marl-
borough, Fair Rosamund's
well and bower, Queen
Elizabeth's island, High
Lodge, death of Earl of
Rochester at, manor settled
on great Duke, 204 ; name,
Vanbrugh architect of, gar-
dens, Temple of Health,
cascade, fountain, private
garden, 205; exterior of
palace, ground-plan, hall,
dining room, saloon, state
drawing room, library,
chapel, and monument of
great Duke and Duchess,
206; collection of paint-
ings in palace, 206-209;
Titian gallery, 209.
Bletchingdon House, its stair-
case and siege, marble
found at, 190.
Bletchley, junct. stat., ch.
and monuments of, 128.
Blewberry Down, 59.
Bloxham ch., 193.
Boarstall Tower, name, an-
cient moated gatehouse,
ch. and monuments of the
Aubreys, &c., former mili-
tary importance of, 124,
125; excursion from Ox-
ford to, 187.
Bockhampton, manorial cus-
tom at, 56

Bockmer manor-house, 78.
Botany: Bucks,91; Cumnor,
68; Oxford, 158, 183; Shot-
over, 185; Stowe Wood,
187; Stokenchurch, 199;
Wychwood Forest, 228, 229.
Botley, 67.

Boulter's Lock, 85.
Boundaries: Berks, 1; Bucks,
87; Oxon, 133.
Bourton, Black, tombs at,

224.
Bourton, Great, old chapel
at, 197.
Bow Brickhill, 87.
Boxford, 56
Boyne Hill ch., 86.
Bracknel, village, ch. of, 25.
Bradfield, St. Andrew's coll.,
ch. of, road to Aldworth
from, 35; distance from
Pangbourne to, 72; Ex-
cursion from Oxford to,
189.

BUTTERFIELD.

Bradwell Abbey, ruins of,
128.

Brasses: Berks, 6; Bucks, 90.
Bray, seen from Great West-
ern Rly., 100; ch., Jesus
Hospital at, 29; vicar of,
29, 85, 86.

Brickhill, Bow, Great, Little,
128.

Brightwell Baldwin, ch. 218.
Brightwell Prior, ch., nun-
nery at, 218.
Brightwell Salome ch., 218.
Brill, view from, hunting-

lodge of Edward the Con-
fessor at, Henry II. and
Henry III. at, importance
of during civil wars, pot-
tery made at, 124.
Bradwell ch., 224.
Brocas, the, 98.
Broughton Castle, history of
foundation of, pictures and
relics, secret meetings held
at, present state of, ch. and
monuments of, 194-196.
Bruern Abbey, 229.
Buckingham, size and in-
habitants, ch., shrine of St.
Rumbald, gaol, grammar-
school, Lambards, house of
the prebendary of Bucks
at, 120.
Buckland, Dr., Corpus his
college, 152; his geological
collections at Oxford, 168;
his grave at Islip, 187.
Buckland House, its pictures
and relics, 69.
Bucklebury, manor of, Jack
of Newbury at, ch., yew-
tree, 48.
Bucknell ch., 198.
Bulmershe Court, 32.
Bulstrode, brass of Dame
Margaret at Hedgeley,
park, traditions and his-
tory of, 102.
Burghersh, Bishop, his ghost
at Fingest, 77.
Burghfield ch., 45.
Burford, situation, history,

battle-field of, domestic ar-
chitecture of, 224; ch. and
monuments, 224, 225;
priory, ancient customs,
proverb of, 225.

Burnham, beeches, abbey at,

100.

Butterfield, Baliol College
chapel by, 173.

CALCOTT.

C.

Calcott Park, 45.
Camden, on epitaph of Em-
press Matilda, 33; on Wal-
lingford Castle, 38; on
Hooknorton, 212; on Bur-
ford, 224.

Canals: Berks, 3; Oxon, 133.
Canute, Pusey House given
by, 69.

Carlini, monument of Lady
Shelburne by, 104.
Cassington ch., customs of,
University paper-mill at,

220, 221.

Castles: Berks, 6; Bucks, 90;
Oxon, 136.
Catherine of Arragon, her re-
sidence at Easthampstead,
25; at Lambards, 120;
her pilgrimage to St.
Frideswide, 138.
Catmore, ch., manor of, 58.
Catsgore, stables of the Duke

of Cumberland at, 59.
Caversham, seen from rly.,
32; ch. of St. Peter, his-
tory, ancient priory, relics
preserved at, bridge to
Reading from, duel fought
at, civil wars at, residence
of South at, 73; park,
Queen Anne of Denmark
entertained at, Charles I.
meeting his children at,
73, 74; Evelyn's descrip-
tion of, destruction by fire
of, lock on river at, 74.
Caversham Warren, botany

of, 74.
Cæsar's Camp, 25.
Cellini, Benevenuto, shield
by, 20; cup by, 21.
Chaddleworth, manorial his-
tory of, 57.
Chadlington, 229.
Chalfont House, 107.
Chalfont St. Giles, house of
Milton, ch., manor of the
Vatche at, 107, 108.
Chalfont St. Peter's, ch., house
of Judge Jeffreys at, 107.
Chalgrove Field, battle-field,
village of, 215.
Chancellor of University of
Oxford, 139.
Chantrey, bust of Nelson by,
20; statue of Dean Cyril
Jackson by, 148; bust of
Bp. Heber by, 156; sculp
ture at Magdalen by, 161;
original models of in the

CHENIES.

University galleries, 175;
monument of Mrs. Boulton
at Great Tew by, 211.
Chapel House, famous inn
of, 211.
Charlbury, stat. on Oxford
and Worcester Rly., manor,
ch. of, 227, 228.
Charles I., grave of, 12;
walks on Windsor Terrace
of, 22; at Charlton, 39; at
Newbury, 50, 51; at Great
Shefford, 56; at Collens
End, 73; at Caversham,
73, 74; at Hambleden, 77;
at Maidenhead, 86; at
Christ Church, Oxford, 145;
at St. John's, Oxford, 175;
at Deddington, 193; at
Broughton, 195; at Wrox-
ton, 196; at Cropredy, 197;
at Ricote, 201; at Enstone,

211.

Charles II., statue at Windsor
of, 18; Star Building of, 18;
Long Walk begun by, 23;
ride to Bochmer manor of,
78; fishing at Datchet of,
98; concealed at Denham
Court, 101; at Latimers,
109; at Merton College,
Oxford, 154; in the parks,
Oxford, 168; chain pre-
sented to Sir Chas. Cottrell
by, letters of, 191; secret
meetings at Hanwell for
the restoration of, 197.
Charles Edward, prince, con-
cealed at Merton in Ox-
fordshire, 188.
Charlotte, princess, her mo-
nument at Windsor, 12.
Charlotte, queen, grave of, 13;
walks on Windsor Terrace
of, 22; residence of, 23;
water of Chalvey Well used
by, 98.
Charlton, 39.
Charlton-on-Ottmoor, excur-
sion from Oxford to, ch.,
roodscreen, and May-cross,
187, 188.
Chastleton, ancient manor.
house of, 212.
Chaucer, connexion
Donnington of, 53; manor
of Thos. Chaucer at Kid-
lington, 190; residence of
the poet at Woodstock,
203; tombs of Thos. Chau-
cer and his daughter the
Duchess of Suffolk
Ewelme, 217.
Cheddington, junct. stat., 127.
Chenies, tombs of the Rus-

with

at

COKETHORPE.

sells, manor-house, Monks'
Walk at, 108, 109.
Cherwell, course of the, 133.
Chesham, ch., 110.
Chesham Bois, old ch. of St.
Leonard at, 110.
Chesterton ch., 197.
Chetwode, priory ch. at, 90,

120.

Chequers Court, history and
portraits at, 112; scenery
and neighbourhood of, 113.
Chievely, 57.

Chilton, ancient porch, ch.
and tomb of Sir J. Croke
at, 125.

Chilton in Berks, 59.
Chilton Plain, 59.
Chiltern Hills, 87, 88, III,
113, 133.

Chinnor, ch., village of burnt
by Prince Rupert, 199..
Chipping Norton, situation,
ch, and monuments, town-
hall, ancient doorway at,
stat. on Oxford and Wor-
cester Rly., 211; junct.
stat. for, 229.
Chiselhampton, bridge of,
skirmish at, 215.
Chorley Wood, 109.
Cholsey, monastic barn at, 38.
Churches: Berks, 6; Bucks,
99; Oxon, 136.
Churchill, Warren Hastings
born at, 211; his remi-
niscences of, 212.
Churn Knob, St. Birinus
preaching at, 59.
Clanfield ch., 222.
Claydon, Middle, stat. on
Oxford and Bletchley Rly.,
house of Sir H. Verney, its
staircase and pictures; ch.
and monuments at, 132.
Claydon, Steeple, the Camp
Barn at, 132.

Cleves, Anne. of, her resi-
dence at Bisham Abbey,
80.
Clewer, ch., park, 27; peni-
tentiary, 28.

Cliefden, situation, woods
and cliffs, Evelyn's de-
scription of, history, two-
fold destruction by fire of,
84, 85.

Clifton Reynes, ch. and oaken
effigies at, residence of
Lady Austen at, 131.
Coggs, ch. and manor-house
of, 221.

Cokethorpe park, picture of
More family at, 221; other
pictures at, 222.