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Index. 



Trees, their comparative value as stand- 

 ing and cut, 18; in the Forest, 254. 



Truth, involuntarily perverted, 22. 



Tweonea, the ancient name of Christ- 

 church, 131. 



Tyrrel's Ford, 97, 126. 



URNS found in Bratley barrow, 201, 

 202 ; in Hilly Accombs barrow, 206 

 (foot-note) ; in various other barrows, 

 21 1 (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 Bsaulieu 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 Beau- 

 lieu 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; posses- 

 sions 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 Glou- 

 cester, 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 iron- 

 stone 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 Lym- 



ington, 155. 



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