CONTENTS. 



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PART II. — Devastating and Destbuctive Tbbatment 

 OF English Forests, and Measures taken to 

 Arrest THIS, 135 



Chapter I. — Sites of Woods perpetiiated, in Names of 



Places, 136 



Reference ia made to this b6in§ 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 Ktz-Stephens 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, 1 48 

 Westmoreland, and Cumberland, and Northumberland (p. 

 148) ; Forester's Raids 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 Extinct Forests of Lancashire, ... 159 

 Forests of Blackburn shire and Bowland (p. 159) ; Peudle 

 Forest, with account of the Lancashire Witches (p, 

 160) ; and of the introduction of Cotton Spinning into 

 district (p. 163). 



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



Chapter m.—r-Eemains of Ancient Forests Buried in 



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



Section 1. — Facts and Theories, ... 168 



Kelating to Hatfield Chase (p. 168); to Holderness, and 

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

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

 bable mode of submergence (p. 177). 



Section 2. — Indications of the Age in which Buried 



Woods and Trees must have fallen, ... ... 178 



In relation to Petrified Trees (p. 179) ; to Submerged Trees 

 on Cheshire Coast (p. 181); to Trees buried in the time 

 of the Romans (p. 184). 



