jdi CONTENTS. 



PASS 



PART II. — Devastating and Dbstruotive Treatment 

 OF Enqlish Forests, and Mbasuhes taken to 

 Abbest this, 135 



Beference ia made to the former trooded condition of the 

 land. 



Chapter I. — Sites of Woods perpetuated in Names of 



Places, ... .;. ... ... 136 



Reference is made to this being the case in many countries 

 (p. 136) ; and instances of its being the case in England 

 are given (p. 137). 



Chapter II. — Historical Notices of Woods and Forests 



which are now no more, ... ... ... ... 140 



There are cited Fitz-Stephena notices of Woods around 

 London in the twelfth century (p. 141) ; M'William's 

 comparison of Woods in different counties of England 

 with Woods mentioned by Sir Henry Spelman and 

 others (p. 142). 



A. — Notices of Extinct Forests of the Northern Counties, 148 



Westmoreland, and Cumberland, and Northumberland (p. 

 148) ; Forester's Baids and Feuds (p. 157) ; Gibbet-law 

 in the Forest of Halifax (p. 154) ; Legend of Forest of 

 Whitby (p. 156) ; and notice of Forest of Knaresboro', 

 (p. 158). 



B. — Notices of Eostinct Forests of Lancashire, ... 159 



Forests of Blackbumshire and Bowland (p. 159) ; Pendle 

 Forest, with account of the Lancashire Witches (p, 

 160) ; and of the introduction of Cotton Spinning into 

 uistrict (p. 163). 



C. — Notices of Former Forests in Cheshire, ... 164 



Chapter III. — Remains of Ancient Forests Buried in 



the Ground and Suhmerged in the Sea, ... ... 168 



Section 1. — Facts and The^mes, 168 



Relating to Hatfield Chase (p. 168); to Holdemess, and 

 Torkshire Coast (p. 170) ; to the Coast of Lancashire 

 and Cheshire (p. 175) ; and explanation given of pro- 

 bable mode of submergence (p. 177). 



