THE COUNTY OF WORCESTERSHIRE.
The MARKET Towns are printed in Small Capitals;
the Villages in Italics.
Alchymists, anecdotes of, 336.
Alvechurch, church, 202.
Amusements, social and public, at
Worcester, 135.
ANECDOTES of Sir John Pakyngton,
54; Henry VII. 78; Prince Ar-
thur, 78, 273; Duke of Hamilton,
76; King John, 75; Bishop
Hough, 69; Sir Thomas Littleton,
66; St. Oswald, 94; St. Wolstan,
95; Roger the Bishop, Bishop
Cantelupe, 97; Adam de Orleton,
98 Bishop Latimer, 99; Bishop
Prideaux, 102; affecting one, 111;
Cardinal Wolsey, 113; Sir John
Rushout, 132; Kelly the Conju-
ror, 143; curious one of Thomas
Weaver, 145; Queen Elizabeth,
149; military do. 152; Dr. Net-
tleton, 160; Shewring, Mayor of
Worcester, ib.; Charles II. 163;
curious one at Tibberton, 164;
Eleazar Jackson, 170; John de
Feckenham, 183; a Prior of Wor-
cester, ib.; the Habyngdons, fa-
ther and son, 185; Beauchamp, Earl
of Warwick compared to Hercules,
189; Dobson the painter, 194; se-
pulchral one of Sir Thomas Cookes,
202; Lord Windsor and Henry
VIII. 203; curious one at Bewd-
ley, 253; John Tombes and Rich-
ard Baxter, 258; Lord Herbert
of Cherbury, 263; Sir Reginald
Bray, 304; Dr. Dee the conjuror,
335; Bishop Bonnor, 347; St. Ed-
burga, 358; St. Egwin, 369; Mr.
Hastings, 396.
Antediluvian remains near Malvern,
303.
Antiquarian discovery at Pershore,
Baskerville, John, biography of, 245.
BATTLES, of Worcester, 153; Powick,
170; Evesham, 372.
Baxter, Richard, military anecdote
of, 244.
Beauchamp, Earl of Worcester, 13;
monuments of the family, 67, 81.
Beauchamp's Court, ancient seat,
Bellomonts, Earls of Worcester, 10.
Belbroughton, church, &c. 205.
BENGEWORTH, parish, church, free-
school, 586.
Beoley, Hall and park, 203.
Bevere, 163.
BEWDLEY, history and rise, 252: vi-
sit of King Charles I. 253; bridge
and navigation, chapel, sectaries,
254; freeschool, liberal system of
education, town hall, trade, mar-
kets, 255; manufactures, state of
Society, 256; chalybeate spring,
257; biography, 258; corporation,
environs, 259.
Birts Morton, 322.
Bishop's Palace at Worcester, 88.
Bishops, history of, 89 to 103.
BLACKENHURST HUNDRED, 368.
Blackmore Park, 331.
Blackstone Rocks, and hermitage near
Bewdley, 260.
Blankets, seat near Worcester, 164.
Blockley, antiquities, 393.
Bockleton, church and ancient monu-
Bonnor, Bishop, 347.
Bordesley Abbey, 202.
BOTANY, curious phænomenon at
Ribbesford, 271; notices of at Mal-
vern, 322; at Pershore, 359; at
Bredon, 365.
Bray, Sir Reginald, 162; 304.
Bredon, 361; hill, 364; botanical no-
tices, 365.
Bricks, Roman, discovered at Sod-
dington in Mamble, 277.
Bridge at Worcester, 117.
British Antiquities discovered near
Malvern, 321.
British History, 3.
Broadway, 391.
Bromley Col. his seat at Abberley,
BROMSGROVE, church, 197; chaly-
beate, 198; manufactures, 199.
Bullingham, Bishop, tomb of, 20.
CASTLES, at Worcester, 104; Holt,
195; Wooley, 200; Dudley, 232;
Caldwell near Kidderminster, 241;
Hartlebury, 250; Ham, 293.
Castle Morton, 322.
CATHEDRAL of Worcester, 61; his-
tory, 62; defilement by Parlia
mentarian army, 63; dimensions,
61; interior, 65; monuments, &c.
ib.; choir, stalls, pulpit, altar-piece,
72; organ, 73; consistory court,
81; extreme propriety of public
service, 83; cloysters, 84; chap-
ter-house, library, college yard,
85; College Green, Edgar's Tower,
Chadwick Manor, 200.
Chalybeate, at Bewdley, 256.
Charity Schools, 334.
Charter, double, and double Parlia
mentary return at Bewdley, 259.
Chase of Malvern, 296.
CHURCHES, at Worcester, 105; St.
John's Bedwardine, 162; Spetch-
ley, 165; Powick, 170; Leigh,
173; Hanbury, 181; Feckenham,
ib.; Holt, 196; Bromsgrove, 197;
Northfield, 201; King's Norton,
ib.; Hagley, 216; Pedmore, 229;
Kidderminster, 237; Tenbury, 280;
Eastham, 283; Stamford Court,
286; Whitley, 291; Malvern,
304.
Churchill, mineral spring, 167.
Claines parish, 162.
Cleeve Prior, coins found there, 389.
Clent hills, 228.
Eastham, ancient church, 283.
Echoes, curious, at Bromsgrove, 198,
Edgar's Tower at Worcester, 86.
Elmley Castle, 390.
Elstob, Elizabeth, the Saxonist, 306.
Encampment of Owen Glendwr on
Woodbury hill, 288.
Environs of Worcester, 162.
EPITAPHS, curious, at Worcester,111;
at Stoulton, 169; Belbroughton,
205; Hagley, 217; Kidderminster,
238; Stanton, 350; Bengeworth,
Coningsby, curious monument of Sir EVESHAM, ib.; Abbey, 369, 377;
Coteridge, and mansion, 172.
Country seats, list of, 20.
Coventry, Lord Keeper, anecdotes
CROOME COURT, seat of the Earl of
Coventry, 337; agriculturai im-
provements there, 338; park, 339;
house, 340.
Cropthorne, church, Dinely family
vault, 389, 390.
Crowle, 183.
Monkish account of its origin, 370;
anecdote of Algytha, a widow lady,
371; monkish customs, 372; battle
fought there, ib.; Clement Lych-
field the abbot, 375; his tower,
376-378; occurrences during the
civil wars, 377; ancient gateway,
379; meeting-houses, freeschool,
bridge, town hall, market, &c. 382;
manufactures, trade, oil-mills, &c.
383; enthusiastic anecdote, 384;
biography, ib. &c.
Exchange ecclesiastical, a curious one
at Soddington and Wick, 279.
Fruit, quantity of, sold at Worcester
markets, 122.
Funeral procession of Prince Arthur,
curious circumstances at, 273.
High Park near Salwarpe, 189.
HISTORY, British, 3; Roman, 5;
Saxon, 7; Parliamentary, 53; Ec-
clesiastical and Episcopal, 89.
Holy well at Malvern, 311.
Holt Castle, 195; curious church,
196.
Hopkins, biography of William, 385.
Gateway, ancient at Malvern, 313; Hospitals at Worcester, 60.
Hough, monument of Bishop, 69.
HUNDREDS of Oswaldeslow, 55;
Hal shire, 173; Doddingtre, 251,
Pershore, 293; Blackenhurst, 368.
Hundred house Inn, 289.
Hurd, Bishop, character of, 103; his
munificence to the see of Worces-
ter, 250.
Madox, monument of Bishop, 68.
MADRESFIELD, ancient seat of Lord
Viscount Beauchamp, of Powick,
$26.
Malvern hills, 294.
MALVERN, GREAT, 295; ecclesias-
tical history, ib.; chace, 296; ac-
commodations for strangers, 298,
311; rambles on the hills, 299,
312; mineralogy of the environs,
300; Abbey-gate, 313; poetical |
description from Booker's Malvern,
313; rides and improvements, 317;
medical properties, &c. 318.
Malvern, Little, church and ancient
manor-house, 315, 316.
Mamble parish, 276.
Manufactures, 47, 124, 199, 231,
239.
Marquis of Worcester, 145.
Martley, 293.
Milner, Mr. antiquarian discoveries,
277.
Mineralogy of county, 31, of Mal-
vern hills, 300.
Mining, attempts at, near Malvern-
Wells, 302.
Mitred abbies, 371.
Mitton Common, and useful sponta-
neous produce, 249.
Monastery at Dudley, 233.
Monkery, anecdote of, 356.
Monkish customs at Evesham, 372.
MONUMENTS AND TOMBS-of Moore
family, 64; Richard Solly, Esq.
65; Judge Littleton, Sir Thomas
Littleton, Friar Baskerville, 66; Dr.
William Thomas, Robert Wylde,
Esq. Sir John Beauchamp, Mrs.
Warmstry, 67; Mrs. Hall, Bishop
Madox, 68; Bishop Hough, 69;
Dr. St. John, Sir Thomas Street, 72;
Bishop Giffard, King John, 73;
Duke of Hamilton, Prince Arthur,
77; Bishop Bullingham, Sir Grif
fith Rice, Sir Robert Harcourt,
Dean Eades, St. Oswald and St.
Wulstan, Bishop Thornborough, 80;
Mrs. Rae, Sir James Beauchamp,
Bishop Cantelupe, Bishop Constan-
tiis, Bishop Parry, 81; mistaken
one rectified, curious ancient one,
82; Hurdman, first mayor of Wor-
cester, 108; Judge Berkley, 165;
Vincent family, 169; Vernon fa-
mily at Hanbury, 181; at Hagley,
216; at Kidderminster, 237; Sir
Harry Coningsby, 270; of the
Blounts at Mamble, 276; of Cru-
saders at Tenbury, 280; of Barne-
by at Bockleton, 283; of Right
Hon. Thomas Winnington, 286; at
Whitley, 291; at Malvern, $07;
of Earl of Bellamont, 332; of
Coventry family, 343; at Rouse
Lench, 266; at Elmley, 391.
Mules, improved breed introduced
by S. Skey, Esq. of Spring-grove,
Municipal custom, a curious one at
Kidderminster, 241.
Nash, seat of Dr. at Bevere, 163.
Naunton Beauchamp, 366.
Nettleton, Dr. curious anecdote of,
160.
Newland Green, 295.
Northfield parish and church, 200.
Northwick, seat of Lord Northwick,
394.
Nunneries at White Ladies, 163; at
Cokehill, 367.
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