IXDKX TO VOL. I. 



481 



LLAKEWBT. 



with Maiieh.-st.-r, 345, 863, :'.iiti; com- 

 pared with Bristol, 3i!4, 4U>; Liverpool in 

 li;.">n, ;iii;, ; advantages of its port, 865; 

 communication with London, '>t>~ ; Duke's 

 Dock, .'S'.i.'J; benefits conferred on Liverpool 

 by the Duke's canals, 410; Brindley's 

 plan ot' building sea walls at, 400. 



LI.ANKWST, shaking bridge at. 25 1. 



LOCK, Canal, 375. 



I. i. |'\I:K, Myddelton's residence in 



Wales 140. 



I.OM.ON, ancient, 12; water supply, 85 ; in 

 Sir Hu^li Mvddeltun's time, 100; Corpora- 

 tion adventure.* in piracy, 103 ; Corporation 

 and the New River works, 109 ; water- 

 carriers, 88, 114; St. Matthew, Friday 

 Street, 105, 149 ; roads and streets, 158 ; 

 bridge, _'."> 3; shipping in early times, 277, 

 281, 292 ; watermen, 293. 



Li > N i x x BRIDGE, Old, first bridge of timber, 

 254 ; rebuilt in stone by Peter of Cole- 

 chuivh, 255; its foundations, ib.; period of 

 its construction, 250 ; its characteristics, 

 257 ; shooting the bridge, 258 ; its vicissi- 

 tudes, 259 ; its many repairs, 200 ; opposi- 

 tion to any second bridge across the Thames, 

 261. 



L<).MX>M:KS' LODE, in the Fens, :',_'. 



L<>.\<; FKKUY on the Thames, 293. 



I.ri;niMiitoi ,li, Lord, his first journey to 

 London, 197. 



LYDD, Komney Marsh, 9. 



LVMK Ri:<;is, harbour works at, 283. 



LY.MM: : Port us Limanis), 8, 9. 



I.VNN 'See Kiiif's Lynn), 



M. 



MACCLESFIELD, and district, 3i>7, 314, 32u, 

 325. 



M \i.\ I.IIN CHASE re,-laiine 1, 48. 



M \M'iii.>i i;i:, its coniiuunications with Lon- 

 don, 174, 11MJ; its early trade, 181, 3 10, 

 340; roads near, 343; its detective supplies 

 ot' coals and provisions, 345; effects of the 

 Duke's Canal, 301, 402, 415; smallness 

 of the cotton trade sixty years since, 415; 

 description of the growth of Manchester 

 during the last century, 417; foreign trade 

 through Bristol, 420.' 



M\\-I.I;S and custom-; influenced by roads, 

 182. 



M \\-i 11. i. D, Lord, his tirst journey to London, 

 L97. 



MAMI Actn:i:s, origin of English, In:',, 17s. 



M\I-N; the Kens as drowned, 2ti ; Hatfield 

 Level, 42; the 1-Vns as drained, 51; Da- 

 geiiham Breach, 7s : Myddehon's native 

 di>tri.-t, 94: New River, 111; Brading 

 Haven, 134; mine- in Cardigaiisliii-e. 143; 

 I'.rindley's native district. 3ns ; the IN- 



NAVVY. 



district, 321 ; Duke of Bridgcw;iter's Canal, 

 348-9; Manche.-,t.-i-, 417;' Crand Trunk 

 Canal, 438. 



MAIIKI.T DI.I:IMN<;, 27. 



M \i;sn, in Lambeth, 13. 



M \I:MI, Roinu,'V, and nth.-rs, 7. 



M \i;sni.AM), L'incolnshire, 19, 28. 



MAI IILW, propo>al of, in Cromwell's time, to 

 improve navi-rable rivers, 301. 



MATILDA, Queen, erects Bow Bridge, 43. 



MAY, Isle of, lighthouse, 288. 



MuM'HANT Adventurers of England, 102. 



M 1:1: i VALE BRIDGE, Vixen Tor near, 189. 



MERSEY FERRY at Liverpool, 297. 



MEIISEY NAVIGATION, 303, 334, 345, 363, 

 372, 380. 



METCALF, JOHN, roadmaker, birth and early 

 life, 208 ; journeys on horseback and on 

 foot, 213 ; joins a regiment in the rebellion 

 of 1745, 217; becomes a travelling mer- 

 chant, 220 ; road contractor and bridge 

 builder, 222; his roads, 224: his mode of 

 surveying, 225; his skill in road-ma kint:, 

 227; his death, 231. 



M 1 1 . i .\\ RIGHTS, their business and training, 311. 



MIM:S ROYAL, of Cardiganshire, 141. 



MOORFIELDS MARSH, 13. 



MORICE, PETER, Dutch engineer, 88. 



MORITZ'S description of journey by basket 

 coach, 198. 



MORTON'S LEAM (Bishop of Ely), 29, 57. 



MYDDELTON, Sir HUGH, ancestry, 94 ; birth, 

 98 ; goldsmith's apprentice, 99 ; begins the 

 trade of goldsmith in Bassishaw Street, 

 London, 101 ; becomes merchant adven- 

 turer, 102; cloth manufacturer, 103; 

 marriage, 105 ; alderman of Denbigh, ib. ; 

 his first coal-mining adventure, ib. M.P. for 

 Denbigh, 107 ; undertakes to construct the 

 New River, 1()9 ; is supported by James I.. 

 115; description of New River works, 12O; 

 ceremony at the opening, 125 ; embankment 

 of Brading Haven, 133 ; Myddelton's patent, 

 135; mining enterprise in Wales, 141 ; is 

 made a knight, 125; and baronet, 143; 

 letter to Sir John Wynn, 147 ; Myddelton's 

 death, 149; his will, 150; his descendants, 

 152. 



MYDDELTON, Sir TIX>M \v. '.17, 124. 



MYM.KI.TON, Lady (of Sir Hugh), 105, 150. 



MYI>IU:LTON, Captain WILLIAM, 97, 102. 



MYI.M:, Mr., architect of Black friars Bridge, 

 265. 



X. 



NAVIGATION, INLAND, rivers improved, 

 308, 334; in Lancashire, 345, 3(13; the 

 Duke of Bridge-water's, 348, 362, 378 ; ad- 

 vantages of, 381. 



NAVVY, the ancient British. 3. 



