530 



History of Inland Transport 



Cam : 15, 24 



Croal : 184 



Cuckmere : 1 1 1 



Dee: 135, 137 



Derwent: 121, 122 



Don: 121, 123, 143, H7-9 



Douglas : 140-1, 166 



Exe : 127 



Humber : 24, 121, 141, 147, 151 



Idle : in, 123 



Irwell: 138, 168, 184 



Lea : 125-6, 128-9 



Lug : 116, 130, 131, 165 



Medvvay : 126, 130 



Mersey: 5, 135-9, 151, 165, 168 



Mildenhall : 120 



Nen : 151, 154, 156 



Ouse (Norfolk): 5, 24, Hi, 



118-20, 151, 156 

 Ouse (Sussex) : ill 

 Ouse (York): 121, 122, 141, 147, 



I5i> 1 S3> !56 

 Parrett : 127 

 Kibble: 5, 15, 140, 166 

 Severn: 112-8, 135, 151, 153-4, 



155, 159-62, 298 

 Sheaf: 143 



Stour (Worcestershire) : 135 

 Teme : 130 

 Thames, 4, 7, 15, 58-61, 122, 



125, 130, 151, 155 

 Trent: in, 121-2, 124, 147, 

 148, 151, 152, 154, 155-6, 159 

 Tyne: 24, 151, 166 

 Weaver : 139-40, 159, 166 

 Welland: in 

 Wey: 126 

 Wharfe : 121 



Witham : in, 120-1, 151 

 Wye: 112, 116, 117, 130-1, 151, 



165 



Road Boards in Scotland : 319 



Road Board, The : 481-2 



Roads : British, 4-8 ; Roman, 8- 

 10, n, 28 ; action of Church, 

 11-14, 28; road conditions, 

 14, 28-30, 31, 32-3, 49, 54, 

 64-73, 75, 87, 98-99 ; legisla- 

 tion, 28-33, 43-5 ; Statute 

 labour, 30-1, 312-3; road- 

 making and repairing, 98-107, 

 314; parish roads, 77; high- 

 way rates and road repairs, 



319 ; county councils and 

 roads, 323, 480 ; Road Board 

 and Road Improvement Grant, 

 481-2. See, also, "Turnpikes " 



Robinson, Sir Clifton : 454, 459-61 



Roebuck, Dr : 190 



Romans: 6-10, 28, ill 



Royal Automobile Club, 477, 478- 

 9, 482, 503 



Royal Commission on Canals and 

 Waterways: 294, 295, 301, 

 304, 310 



Royal Commission on Local Taxa- 

 tion : 373 



Royal Commission of Inquiry 

 (Conciliation Scheme of 1907): 

 448-51 



Royal Commission on London 

 Traffic : 465, 492-3 



Russell, M.P., C. : 273 



Salt industry : 26, 139-40, 161, 



166, 178 



Samuel, Sir Samuel : 489 

 Sandars, Joseph : 231, 233 

 Sandon, Lord : 265 

 Sandys, Sir William : 130-1, 158, 



165 

 Sclater-Booth, G. (Lord Basing) : 



321, 322 

 Scotland, Roads in : 75, 104-5, 



319, 333 



Scott, William : 199-200 



Sea-ports, Thirteenth century : 

 157-8 



Sedan chair, The : 60-1 



Sheffield : Coaches, 55 ; route for 

 despatch of goods, 123-4, 

 148-9 ; reason for settlement 

 of cutlery industry on the 

 Sheaf, 142-3 



Shelford, Frederick : 403 



Sherman, E. : 326, 329 



Sherwood Forest : 121 



Shillibeer, Mr ; 63, 330, 491 



Shirley, Sir Richard : 68 



Shrewsbury : Important centre for 

 Severn trade, 114 ; social life, 

 115; a metropolis for North 

 Wales, 115; river traffic, 118 



Smeaton, John : 152 



Smiles, Samuel : 93, 170, 175 



Smith, Adam : 36, 90, 109, 187 



