TO DEPARTMENT THE FIRST. 



TOPOGRAPHY, &C. 



A. 



.BBEYS, ancient, 32, Burton, 42 

 Croxden, 225,. Alveton, 228 



ABBOT'S BROMLEY, ancient market 

 town, 309, large parish, free school 

 market and fairs, ibid, hobby horse 

 dance, 310 



Acton, hamlet of Swinnerton, 386 



Trussell, village and chapel, 267 



Adbaston, parish and manor, 322 



Agardsley, manor, chapel, Earl Tal- 

 bot's, 58 



Alabaster, at Hounhill, 58 



Aldershaw, near Lichfield, 129 



Aldridge, large village, soil, canal, and 

 Christmas customs, 161, church, 

 monuments, distillery, and popula- 

 tion, 162 



Alfred, English monarch, 13 



Alrewas, a large and ancient village on 

 the Trent and Mersey Canal, 64, 

 ancient church and manor, Tur- 

 ton family there, 65, now Lord An- 

 son's with Orgreave estate, 66, 

 church register extracts, 67 



Alstonefiild, parish on Dove, 242, 

 church, hamlet, and population, 243 



Alveton, fortress, 9, a large populous 

 parish on Churnet, its church and 

 castle, 326, wire and cotton works, 

 corn mill and tan-yard, 227, abbey, 

 Lord Shrewsbury's, 228, tower, free- 

 school, earthquake and hail storm, ib. 



Amblecote, coal pits, 193, fire clay, 194, 

 glass making, 194 5 



Ancient and modern names of places in 

 the county, 20 to 23 



Antiquities, i to 33 



Areley, on Severn, its soil and fruit, 

 201, parish and church, mansion, 

 Roman camp, hamlets & mines, 202 



Armitage, south of theTreut, its church 

 and hamlets, 78^79 



Ashley, parish, village, and church, 324 



Aston, Little, hamlet of Shenstone, an 



elegant mansion of Mr. Tennant's, 

 163 

 Audley, parish, church, &c. 345. 



B. 



Bage Robert, anecdotes of, 136 

 Bagnall, parish on the Caldon canal, 



manor-house and church, 246 

 Bagnall, township and chapel, 373 

 Ball, Rev. John, his piety, 377 

 Barlaston Church, hall and village, 388 

 Barr Beacon or Hill, 1, village and 

 parish, 160, mansion and chapel, 161 

 Barons' wars, 14 

 Barrows or lows, 9 10 

 Barton-under-Needwood, its antiquity, 

 manors and chapel, 61, curious ori- 

 gin of its chapel, 69, school and 

 school-house, ibid. 

 Bastard, curious custom, (note) 1 1 

 Baswich, church and hamlets, 266, po- 

 pulation and mansions, 267 

 Beamhurst, ancient village, 222 

 Beaudesert, Marquis of Anglesea's, 80, 

 mansion and f am ily,8 14, visited bj 

 the Prince Regentj 86 

 Bednall, township and chapel, 267 

 Beggar's Petition, original, 195 

 Bent, Esq. and Dr. Bent, mansions of, 



401 



Bentley Hall, formerly Lane's, 1 50 

 Betley, town, mansions, church, mo- 

 numents, &c. 341 344 

 Biddulph, parish and hamlets, 350, an- 

 tiquities, church, &c. 351 

 Sillington, ancient camp, 9, 279 

 Bilston, large and populous, oh the 

 Birmingham canal, 173, vast mines 

 of coal and ironstone, quarry stone 

 and clay, 174, chapel and meeting 

 houses, ibid, stratum of the mines,, 

 old and new, 174 to 178, derange- 

 ment and stagnation of trade, 178, 

 efforts of the workmen, 179, excel- 

 lent grindstones and sand, popula- 

 tion, 179 



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