disputed by four houses, ib.; ar-
guments in favour of Beaufort
House, 34-36; alienations of
property traced, 36-38; house
by whom taken down, 38;
building described, 58; its situa-
tion, 39; remains of ancient fa-
bric, ib.; extent of premises, ib.
(and note;) stairs used by Sir
Thomas More, ib. part of pre-
mises, how occupied, 40..
More, Sir T., biographical sketch
of, 40-44; his connection with
Erasmus, 43, 42; and with chief
men of his era, ib.; on his attain-
der the king seizes his possessions,
44 his monument in Chelsea
church noticed, 61, 62; and
chapel, 59-63.

Lady, receives a pension of
201. from the king, 44; and a
house in Chelsea, ib.

Mustow, or Munster House, seat,

97.

Muswell Hill, hamlet, 213, famous
spring here, ib.

N.

Neasdon, village, 349, 350; seats
here, ib.
House, seat, 349, 350,
Newdigate, Sir Richard, a cele-
brated Royalist, memoirs of, 566
568.

Sir Roger, memoirs of,

568, 569.
Newington, or Stoke Newington, ac-
count of the parish of, 253-259;
boundaries and etymology, 253;
manor, ib., 254; character of
country here, 254; manor-house,
254-256; villas, 256; eminent
inhabitants, 256, 257; Newington
Green, 257; palatine houses, ib.;
why so called, ib.; church, 257;
258; and monuments, ib.; meet-
ing houses, 257, 258, charity
schools, 258, 259.

manor-house of, 254-
256; ancient structure noticed,
254; eminent inhabitants, 254,
255; present building described,
255, 256; Dr. Watt's residence
here noticed, 255, 256; his poem
concerning, 255 (and note;) fine
elms here, 256.

Newington Green, hamlet, 239, 240;
ancient dwellings here, ib.
Nichols, Jolin, F.S.A. notice of, 252,

253.

Ninon L'Enclos, the only original

picture of noticed, 419.
Norfolk, Duke of, and Sir Thomas
More, anecdote of, 42, 43.
North, Sir Edward, anecdote of,
653, 654.

Northall, account of the parish of,
583-586; boundaries and situa-
tion, 583; etymology, 584; cha-
racter of country, ib.; and soil,
ib. ; curious account of a well sunk
here, 584 (note ;) manor, 584,
585; church and monuments, 585,
advowson and vicarage, 585, 586;
eminent vicars, 586.
North-end, village, 112, 113.

-—, hamlet, 201.
Northolt, see Northall, 583-586.
Northumberland, Duchess of, her cu-
rious will noticed, 48.
Norwood, account of the parish of,
607-610; boundaries, 607; wa-
tered by the grand junction canal,
ib.; vitriol manufactory here, ib. ;
depot for gunpowder, &c. now
building by government, 607, 608;
in ecclesiastical affairs, to whom
subject, 608; manor, ib.; village,
ib.; hamlet of Southall, 608, 609;
chapel and monuments, 609; be-
nefice, 609, 610; school house,
610; Norwood Green, ib. ; alms-
houses, ib.

-, Green, 610; improper in-
scription on alms-houses there,
Noy, William, attorney general, his
ib,
place of sepulture noticed, 600;
account of him, 600, 601; his
despicable character, 601 (note;)
his will, ib.

Nuns, French, formerly at Acton,

333, 334.

0.

Oath, a burlesque one adminstered
at Highgate, 221; origin not
known, ib.
Obelisk, account of one erected in
commemoration of supposed site
of Roman Sulloniacæ, 626, 627.

account of one erected to
commemorate

Commemorate the battle of Barnet,

567, 568.

Ogle, Sir Chaloner, notice of,
427.

Old Ford, hamlet, 286, 287; ancient
mansion here, 287 (and note;)
water works, ib. ; and dye houses,
ib.

O'Leary, Rev. Arthur, some account
of, 173.

Orford, Lord, some account of, 401
-403; termed by Mr. Burke, an
agreeable trifler, 401; his con-
duct to Chatterton considered, 402,
403.

Organic remains, account of some
found at Old Brentford, 343-345
(and note.)

Orrery, Charles Boyle, Earl of, me-
moirs of, 153, 154.

Osprey Eagle, anecdote of one taken
at Brocket Hall Park, 408.
Osterley House, seat of the Earl of
Jersey, 438-438; by whom built,
433-435; memorable visit of
Q. Elizabeth here, ib.; successive
eminent proprietors, 435, 436;
description of exterior, 436; inte-
rior, ib., 437; paintings in gallery,
ib; great drawing room, ib. ;
drawing room, ib. ; state bed room,
ib.; library, ib. (and note ;) park,
438; gardens, ib.
Ossulston, hundred of, 26-358;
comprehends the whole of Mid- |
dlesex environs, 26; boundaries
and divisions of, 27; gives title of
baron, ib.; why subdivided, 27;
arbitrary division from London ne-
cessary, ib.

27.

Lord, account of title,

Owen, Dr. Henry, notice of, 715;
and of his works, ib.

P.

Paddington, account of the parish
of, 161-169; boundaries, 161;
manor, 161, 162; curious assign-
ment of, ib; population of, formerly
small, 163; by what increased,
163, 164; Paddington Green,
164; Westbourn Green and seat,
164, 165; Craven Hill, 165;

Bayswater, 165, 166; hospital,
166; conduit, 166, 167; church,
167; church-yard and monuments,
167, 168; benefice, 168 (and

note;) charities, 168, 169.
Green, 164.

House, seat, ib.

Canal, 163; passage

boats there, ib. ; its course, 353.
Page Street, hamlet, 688; seats,
ib.

William, notice of, 674.
Palatine Houses, hamlet, 257; why
so called, ib.

Pallenswick, or Stanbrook Green, vil-
lage, 127.

Pancras, account of the parish of,
169-186; great extent of, 169;
boundaries and name, ib.; ma-
nors, 169, 170; curious account
of its former state, 170; great in-
crease of buildings there, 170,
171;
cemeteries here, 171;
church and monuments,
ib.;
church yard and monuments, 172
-174; rectory and vicarage, 174,
175; charitable institutions, 175;
mineral springs,ib.; seats, see Cane
wood, 175-179; Fitzroy Farm,
179; hamlet of Kentish Town,
179-180; Camden Town, 180-
183; Somers Town, 183-186;
meeting houses, 186.
Pancras Wells, 175.
Parr, Queen Katharine, anecdote of,

46.

had a weekly market, 674; and
two annual fairs, ib.; village de-
scribed, ib.; seats, 674, 675; an-
cient house here noticed, 675, 676;
chapel and monuments, 676; in-
stance of longevity, ib. ; curacy ib.
677; throwing at cocks formerly
practised here, 677.

Hill, seat, 674, 675.
Grove, seat, 675.
Park, ib.

Piper's Green, 648; name allusive to
a curious manorial custom, ib.
Ponder's end, village, 729; seats
there, ib.

Pope, Alexander, account of his resi-
dence at Twickenham, 392-396;
transmission of the property after
his decease, 394, 395; demolished
by Baroness Howe, ib.; eminent
persons connected with the spot,
ib. 396; his monument noticed,
426, (and note,) 427.

anecdote of, 618,
619; examination of his satire on
Canons, 638-642 (and note.)
Poplar and Blackwall, hamlet of, 301
-313. Manor, 301, 302; chapel
and monuments, 302, 303; meeting
houses, 303; charity-school, ib.;
town hall, ib.; residence of Sir
Richard Steele here noticed, 303,
-304; eminent native, 304, 305,
West India Docks, 305-311;
canal, 311; Isle of Dogs, 311--
313; Blackwall, 313.
Population, tables of, for county and
London, in 1811, 6—25; of metro-
polis calculated, 26; increase not
so great as in kingdom in general,
ib.; population of metropolis, how
computed, ib.

Potters Bar, meeting house there
noticed, 756.

Powder Mills, account of, 429, 430.
Primrose Hill, hamlet, 201, 202;
anecdote relating to, ib.
Prints, a series of from Cartoons, now
in progress, 479, 480.
Prior, anecdote of one, 678 (note.)
Prichett, Bishop, notice of, 571.
Proverbs, concerning Brockley-hill,
626; relating to Tottenham, 704,

705.

Pulteney, W. Earl of Bath, his ballad
in praise of Strawberry hill,noticed,
421 (note.)

Q.

Queen's Lying-in Hospital, accouat
of, 166.

R.

Radnor House, scat, 597.
Raffaelle, account of his Cartoons,
475-480.

Ragman's castle, seat, 390.
Ralegh, Sir Walter, a supposed house
of his noticed, 241.
Ram's chapel, Homerton, 273.
Ranelagh, a late place of entertain-
ment, noticed, 52, 53; formerly
seat of the Earl of Ranelagh, 52;
description of buildings and gar-
dens, 53; buildings taken down,
ib.

Ratcliffe, hamlet, 500, 301; Stepney
church in this division, 300; rural
character of in 16th century, ib. ;
Dean Colet's house noticed, ib.;
to whom given by him, ib. ; ceme-
tery of Independents here, 301;
charity schools, ib.
Rectory-house, Edmonton, 707, 708;
a former eminent proprietor no-
ticed, ib.

Harrow, 637.
Red Lion, Hillingdon, anecdote of,

546.

Red Moat Field, 237; remains of a
Roman camp here, ib.
Regent's canal, 163, 164.
Rench, Nathaniel, anecdote of, 111.
Reynardson, Samuel, some account
of, 243, 244; 245, 246.
Rich, the celebrated harlequin, notice
of, 542.

Richardson, Samuel, anecdotes of,
107, 112, 113 (and note.)
Richmonds House, seat, 391.
Riselip or Ruislip, account of the
parish of, 577-583. Hamlet and
name, 577; manor, 577-578; re-
ligious foundation here noticed,
578; village described, ib.; hamlet
of Eastcot, 578, 579; church and
monuments, 579-583; rectory
and vicarage, 583; charity schools,
ib.

Rogers, Dr. George, account of, 580,

S.

Sadler, Sir Ralph, notice of, 276.
St. Evremond, composes music for
Duchess of Mazarine's concerts, 51.
St. George's Hospital, 159, 160.
St. Chad's Well, 175.

Salis, Counts de, account of, 547;

their monument noticed, 620, 621;
Biographical inscription, ib.
Saltero, Don, his house at Chelsea
noticed, 45; anecdotes of, ib.
Saxon Prelate, anecdote of the last,
667.

Sayings concerning Tottenham, 704,
705.

Scarburgh, Sir Charles, notice of his

monument, 614; some account of
him, ib.

Schomberg Duke, created Earl of
Brentford, 607.
Schools, eight principal of kingdom
enumerated, 657. (note.)
Scots, Mary Queen of, her imprison-
ment noticed, 33.

Sedley, Sir Charles, anecdotes of,
205; 575.

Sermon, account of one translated

from the Italian by Queen Eliza-
beth, 722.

Sewell, Dr. George, some account of,
207.

Seymour, Lord Admiral, anecdotes
of, 47.

Shacklewell, hamlet, 272.
Shaftesbury, Anthony Earl of, anec-
dotes of, 89.

Shakspeare, a Temple in honour of,
noticed, 484 (and note,) 485.

Sheperton, account of the parish of,
495-500. Much frequented by
anglers, 495; etymology, ib. (and
note ;) manor 495, 496; village
described, 496; church, ib.; emi-
nent rectors, ib. ; supposed Roman
Temains here, 497; remains of
warlike instruments found, ib.
also a curious canoe and other ves-
tiges, ib., 493; Examination of
Coway Stakes, 498, 499; Roman
camps, 500 (and note.)

Range, remains of sword-
blades and spears found here, 497.
Shepherd's Bush, 127, 128.
Shirley-house, seat, 591.
Shrewsbury family, anecdotes of,

33.

Skelton, Mr. anecdotes of, 95, 96.
Sloane, Sir Hans, memoirs of, 67-
69. His collections deposited in the
British Museum, 69.

Smallbury Green, 443, 444; seat of
Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. 444.
Smith, Sir Thomas, censures the levity
of Q. Elizabeth's court, 458.
Smollet, Dr. his residence at Chelsea
noticed, 56; anecdotes of his man
ner of living there, ib.

Somers Town, hamlet, 183-186.
Supposed Roman camp here, 183,
184; astonishing increase of build-
ings, 184; French emigrants fix
their residence here, 185; Roman
Catholic chapel, 186.

South, Dr. Robert, some account
of, 276

South Lodge, seat, 733.

South Mims, account of the parish
of, 748-758; situation, &c., 748;
character of village, 748, 749;
name, extent, &c. 749; manor,
descent of, 749 (and notes,) 750;
seats, see Wrotham Park, and Dur-
ham Park, 750-752; church and
monuments, 752-755 (and
notes ;) church-yard, 755; rec-
tory, advowson, and vicarage, 755,
756; meeting houses, ib.; charity
schools, ib.; sunday school, ib.;
almshouses, ib,; battle of Barnet,
where supposed to have been
fought, 756; some account of the
battle, 756-758.
Southall, hamlet, 608, 609; market
and

and fairs, 608; great importance

of the market, 609.

Green, ancient house there

noticed, 609.
Southgate, hamlet, 709-715; seats,
709-713; chapel, 713.

Grove, seat, 711, 712 (and

note.)
Spelthorne, hundred of, 444-526 ;
boundaries, 444.

Spencer, Sir John, commonly called
Rich Spencer, some account of, 233
(and note,) 234.

Spring Grove, seat of Sir Joseph
Banks, Bart., 444.
Stackhouse, Thomas, anecdote of,

55.

Staines, market town, 502-508;
description of, 502; etymology,
ib., 503; supposed Roman road
here, 503; historical circum-
stances connected with, 503, 504;
manor, ib.; formerly subject to
forest laws, 504; church and mo-
numents, 504, 505; two unburied
coffins singularly preserved here,
505, 506; an ancient guild here
noticed, 506; rectory and vicar-
age, ib.; meeting houses, ib.; |
charity school, ib.; flour mills and
calico grounds, 507; fairs, ib.;
bridge, ib. ; seat, 508; boundaries,
ib.

Bridge, account of, 507; one
here at a very remote period, ib. ;
remarkable failures in erecting the
present, ib.

Stamford Hill, hamlet, 272; and
chapel, ib.

dwellings, 629-631; notice of
ancient church, 631; memorable
circumstance attending the conse-
cration of, 631 (and note ;) church
and monuments, 631, 632; church-
yard and monuments, 632; monu-
ment in desecrated church-yard,
633; rectory and advowson, ib.;
eminent rectors, ib.

Hill, desirable dwellings

here, 629, 630.

House, seat of the Countess
of Aylesford, 630; fine prospects
from Park, ib.

Parva, or Whitchurch,
account of the parish of, 633-
647; situation, name, and extent,
633; manors, 633-635; manor
of Canons, 634, 635; manor house.
See Canons, 635-643; church,
643; tawdry paintings here, 643,
644; monuments, 644,645; Handel
composes a drama for opening of
church, 645; musical commemora-
tion of Handel here, 645, 646;
benefice and advowson, 646; emi-
nent minister, ib.; almshouse, ib. ;
free school, ib.

Stanwell, account of the parish of,
508-512; boundaries, 508; ma-
nor, 508-510; anecdotes con-
cerning manor, 509 (and note ;)
manor house, 510; church and mo-
numents, 510, 511; vicarage, 512;
celebrated vicar, ib.; charity
school, ib.

manor of, arbitrary con-
duct of Henry VIII. respecting,

509.

748.
Stanley House, seat, 90.

Stanbrook Green, or l'allenswick,
village, 127.

Stanmore Magna, account of the
parish of, 625-633; situation and
name, 625; extent, &c., 625, 626;
formerly united to Stanmore Par-
va, ib.; Roman remains here, 626
(and note:) supposed site of Sul-
loniacæ noticed, 626; classical
memorial of site erected here, ib. ;
627; remarks on ancient state of
this district, 627-629; ancient
state of the forest of Middlesex
examined, ib.; manor, 628, 629;
village described, 629; seats and

55; 107; 205; studies alchemy,
303, 304 (and note :) anecdote of,

487.

Steevens, George, anecdotes of, 196,
197 (and note ;) memoirs of, 304,

S05.

Stephen, James, his house at Chel-
sea noticed, 39; opposite to the
stairs used by Sir Thomas More,

ib.
Stepney, account of the parish of,

290-313; how divided, 290,
291; proposed to form four pa-
rishes, 291; etymology, ib.; ma-
nors, 291, 292; former palace of
bishops of London noticed, 292
(and note;) former eminent in-
habitants,