Index.
- Trees, their comparative value as standing and cut, 18; in the Forest, 254.
- Truth, involuntarily perverted, 22.
- Tweonea, the ancient name of Christchurch, 131.
- Tyrrell Ford, 97, 126.
- Urns found in Bratley barrow, 201, 202; in Hilly Accombs barrow, 206 (foot-note); in various other barrows, 211 (foot-note); pieces of, in different barrows, 200, 204, 205, 207, 208.
- Usnea barbata, its abundance in the Forest, 91 (foot-note).
- Valley of the Avon, its character, 116.
- Van-winged hawk, the, of the Forest, 261.
- "Vineyards, the," at Beaulieu Abbey, 67.
- Vinney, meaning of the word, 190.
- Vinney Ridge, 82, 83; heronry at, 273,
- Vitalis on the afforestation of the New Forest, 24; on William II.'s death, 94, 95.
- Wages, average, of labourers in the New Forest, 47 (foot-note).
- Walking, advantages of, over driving, 6.
- Warbeck, Perkin, takes refuge at Beaulieu Abbey, 64.
- Warwick, Countess of, takes refuge at Beaulieu Abbey, 64.
- Wendover, Roger, on the afforestation of the New Forest, 25 (foot-note).
- West-Saxons, superstitious character of, still observable, 160, 161; love of sport, 162; peculiarity of dress, 162; verbal characteristics of, 167.
- Westminster, Matthew of, on the death of William II., 95 (foot-note).
- Whitebeams at Sloden, 114; at Castle Malwood, 254.
- Whiteshoot, square barrow near, 207.
- Wight, Isle of, atmospheric effects on the, 15; the Ictis of the ancients, 57, 58; Pliny on, 57 (foot-note), 236.
- William I., his character, 21, 22; his right to make a forest, 23; possessions in the Forest, 23 (foot-note); his love for the chase, 34; his cruelty and oppression, 22, 38.
- William II., his dream, as recorded, on the night before his death, 92, 93; his speech to the monk from Gloucester, 94; his death, 94; his body brought to Winchester Cathedral, 95; his brother and nephew killed in the Forest, 98; his character 99 (foot-note); the events of his reign, 100 (foot-note); the cause of his death, 101, 102, 103; hated by his clergy, 104; plots against his life, 104, 105; his death read by his life, 108.
- William III., his legislation for the Forest, 44; not attended to, 45.
- Wilverley Plantations, 81.
- Wood, how sold for fuel in the Forest, 46.
- Woodcocks, their breeding in the Forest, 269.
- Woodmote, Court of, 87.
- Woodpecker, great black, breeding of the, 272.
- Woods, their beauty, 8; as dwelt upon by our English poets, 9 (foot-note); how valued in Domesday, 11, 12 (foot-note); round Lyndhurst, 89, 90.
- Woollen, affidavits of burials in, 232, 233.
- Wootton plantations, 81; woodcocks breed in, 269, 270.
- Worcester, Florence of. See Florence.
- Yaffingale, local name for the green woodpecker, 272.
- Yarranton, his report upon making the Avon navigable, 134; on the ironstone of the coast, 151.
- "Yellow as a kite's claw, as," a Forest proverb, 179.
- Yews, measurements of various, 78 (foot-note), at Sloden, 114.
- Ytene, the district of, 33, 163.
- Yvery, Roger de, leads the Midland barons, 105; possessed land at Lymington, 155.
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