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Laura chapel in Bath, some account
of, 388.

Lansdown Hill, battle of, 343, S73,
442.

Lansdowne Hill, some account of the

situation and herbage of, 441.
LANG PORT, 513; some account of
the town of, 513, 514; hospital,
514.

Leversedge family and estates in
Frome, 463, 464.

Lichen Marinus, or Sea-bread, 355.
Liney hamlet, 610.

LITERARY and SCIENTIFIC institu-
tions, at Bristol, 684.
Locke, Mr. John, Memoir of him,
617; of his literary compositions,
619; suspected of high treason,
ib.; restored to favour, 620;
death, 621.

Long Ashton parish, 634, 635; de-
scription of the village, &c. 635.

M.

Margaret chapel in Bath, 386.

Market Cross of Shepton Mallet,
465.

Mendip Hills, soil of, 352; remarks
on the richness of their mines, &c.
492; rocks and caverns of, 492;
abound with lead, 493; curious mode
of punishing delinquents at, ib.
Merchants' Hall at Bristol, 687.
MILBORNE PORT, 524; history and
description of, 524, 525 ; manufac-
tures, 525.

Milsom Street in Bath, some remarks
on the architecture of, 390.
MILVERTON, 553; situation and de-
scription of, 554.
MINE-HEAD, 563; its divisions, ib.
aspect of the country, 564; church,
564, 565; alms-house, 565; curi-
riosities of, 566, cross, 567.
Minerals in Somersetshire, 753.
Minerva Temple at Bath, description
of the pediment of the, 363.
Mohun, Sir William, obtains a con-
siderable share of the honors and
estates of the county of Somerset-
shire as a reward for his services in
the enterprize of William, 345.
Mohun, Sir William, his descent,
569.

Monastery at Glastonbury, by whom
constructed, 499, 500: description
of the abbot's kitchen, 503.
Monastery at Old Cleve, 575.
Monmouth, Duke, account of his re-
bellion, 345; his proclamation,
346; is presented with a pair of
colours by twenty-six young ladies,
346; account of his battle with
the Duke of Somerset at Sedgemoor,
347; he is taken prisoner and exe-
cuted, 348; the corporation of Bath,
shut the gates of the city against
him, 372.

Monks of Glastonbury, account of
them, 500.

Montague, Sir Henry, 374.
Montfort, Hugh de, 458.
Monuments-in the abbey church
of Bath, 379; of Bishop Mon-
tague, ib. of Beau Nash, 380; of
Colonel Ambrose Norton, 381; of
Lady Miller, ib.; of Thomas Lich-
field, and Margaret, his wife, 382;
to the memory of Lady Jane

Waller,

Waller, 382; Colonel Alexander
Champion, 383; Lady Caldwell;
Dr. Camplin, Mrs. Frazer Hen-
rietta Charlotte Byron; Sir Wil-
liam Draper and Joseph Gwent,
b.; Colonel Walch, ib.; Sir
Bevil Grenvill's, near Lands-
down Hill, 442; account of one in
Farley Chapel, of Thomas and
Johanna Hungerford, 459; of Ed-
ward Hungerford, 460; of Mrs.
Mary Shaa, ib.; Edward and Lady
Margaret Hungerford, 461; of
Simon Brown at Shepton Mallet,
471, 472; Abbot Gilbert and Cap-
tain Berkley in the Abbey of Black
Canons, 473; of Lady Magdalene
Hastings, 476; of Ina, in the ca-
thedral at Wells, 486; of King Ar-
thur, 503, 504; tor, or tower of
St. Michael, 504; of Henry Field-
ing, 512; John Lane and Joan
Eveleigh at Chard church, 531;
of Nicholas and Elizabeth Wad-
ham, at Ilminister, 533; of the
Wadham family, 534; Richard
Huish, and Robert Gray, at Taun-
ton, 543; Sir Johu Popham, 552;
Milverton, 554; of Nathaniel
Arundel, 562; Mohun and Lutrell
families at Dunster, 569; Sir John
and Lady Windham, at St. De-
cuman's, 579; Wyndham family,
580; Sir George Sydenham and
his two wives at Stogumber, 582;
John St. Albin at Strington, 584;
of John Vernai at Stokecourcy,
586; Rev. Sir John Tynte, 594;
Prowse family, and Mary Hixes
at Axbridge, 615; Henry Water-
land at Wrington, 617; at Fairy
Field in the parish of Nemnet,
627; Sir John de Loe and his
lady, and Sir John Hautvil at
Chew, 628; curious, at Stanton
Drew, 628; of Henry and Thomas
Bridges at Keynsham, 633; of
Anna Leman, 634; Mrs. Draper,
Mrs. Mason, Mr. William Powell,
Dr.Nathaniel Forster and the New-
ton family in Bristol cathedral, 666,
667, 668; of Sir William Peuri, &c.
in St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol,
672; Edward Colston, All Saints
at Bristol, 627.

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Nailor, James, his manner of enter-
ing Bristol, 656; he is accused and
punished for blasphemy, 657.
Nash, Richard, first suggested the
plan of instituting the general hos-
pital at Bath, 397; the founder of
the amusement of Bath, 410, 411;
some account of his birth and pa-
rentage, 411; enters the army, but
is soon disgusted with it, 412; en-
ters himself a student of the Mid-
dle Temple, ib. ; curious anecdote
concerning him, ib. ; is appointed
to the office of the master of the
ceremonies at Bath, 413.; how he
conducts himself in his new situa-
tion, 414; his death, 415; cha-
racter, 415, 416; on the rules and
regulations drawn up by him,

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Paul's meeting at Taunton. 544.
Penny Pound, where General Fairfax
drew up his army after the battle
of Langport, &c. 610.
PENSFORD, situation, &c. of the town,

631.

Pictures in Hinton Charter house,
mansion of Henry VIII. and Ed-
ward VI, Mary Queen of Scots,
Lord Keeper Guildford, Lord
Strafford and his secretary, Archbi
shop Robinson and Charles James
Fox, 456.

of the Resurrection in Farley
chapel, 461; of the Hungerford
family in the vault under Farley
chapel; ib.; of Sir John and Lady
Wyndham at St. Decuman's, 579
Pope, Alexander, his conduct towards

Mr. Allen treated on, 440, 441.
Popham, Sir John, some account of
him, 553.

PORLOCK, or PORTLOCK, 539; its
situation, scenery, &c. ib. ; history
560, 561.

Portbury parish, a place of note m
the time of the Romans, 624; cell
of Augustine monks, ib.
Portishead, some account of the pa-
rish, 625.

Portraitures of Sir John and Lady

Wyndham at St. Decuman's, 579;
of Sir Robert Chedder, at Chedder
church, 516.
Pouldon-hill, 352.

Presbyterian chapel at Bristol, 679.
Prior Park, the seat of Ralph Allen,
Esq. 438.

Prynne, William, brief memoir of
him, 570, 571.
Public buildings at Bristol, 686.
Puerperal, or Child-bed charity in
Bath, some account of, 406.
Pulteney, Right Hon. William, laid
the first stone of the General Hos-
pital in Bath, 398.
Pump room of Bath, description of,
591, 392.

Pyramids in the abbey church-yard at
Glastonbury, 507.

Q.

Quakers' chapel at Taunton, 545.
Quakers, account of their first intro-
duction at bristol, 656.

Quantock-hill, 352.

Queen Camel parish, some account of,

480.

Queen-Square Chapel in Bath, 386.
Queen's Bath described, 394.
Queensbury, Duchess, anecdote con-
cerning, 413.

R.

Rana-hill, some account of, 327.
Rauzzini, Signior Venanzio, his musi-
cal talents contributed much to the
amusements of Bath, 425; some
account of him, ib. ; he is en-
gaged as a singer at the Opera at
Vienna, 425; becomes the con-
ductor of the public concerts at
Bath, 426; his talents as a scien-
tific musician, ib.; his private cha-
racter, ib.; his death, 427.
Robinson, Mr. Walter, put an end to
the abuses practised by the corpo-
ration of Bath relative to the gram-
mar-school, 406.

Robinson, Mrs. Mary, memoir of her,

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nufacture of, 467; antient history, St. Catherine's Hospital at Bath, sonie

467, 468.

Shockerwich hamlet, 437.
Skime, Mr. his seat at Warley. See
Warley.

SOMERSETSHIRE, by whom it is
said to have been first inhabited,
339; the district of in early times
inhabited by the Belgæ, ib. ; formed
part of the province of Britannia
Prima during the dominion of the
Romans in, 340; college built at
Wells in, by King Ina, 341; ab-
bey built by King Kenulph at
Glastonbury in, 341; on the incur-
sions of the Danes in, ib. ; conjec-
tures concerning the derivation of
the name of, 342; its situation at
the time of the Norman Conquest,
343; on the dissension and calami-
ties in during the civils wars in the
reign of Charles I. 343; the prin-
cipal theatre of the Duke of Mon-
mouth's rebellion, ib.; its situa-
tion and boundaries, 351; descrip-
tion of its sea-coast, ib.; account
of the hills in the county of,
352; mountains, ib.; climate
352, 355; fertility of the county
of, 353, 355; ancient forests, ri-
vers, 334; Ecclesiastical division
of, 356; hundreds, ib. ; liberties,
357; church history of, 357, 358;
political economy of, 358; state of
the parliamentary representation,

ib.

SOMERTON, 512; situation and de-
scription of, ib.; account of the
church, 513.

South Brent, short account of, 613.
Southey, Mr. 710.

Spring, account of a famous one near
Tor-bill, 506.

Stanton Drew parish, 628; ancient
monument, 629; conjectures re-
specting its origin, ib.

Stanton Prior, derivation of the name

&c. 650; relic of antiquity in, ib.
Staverdale Priory, short account of,

475.

STOGUMBER town, its situation and
extent, 582.

STOKECOURCY town, short account of

it, 584; priory belonging to the
parish of, 585.
Strington parish, 583; cross in the
church-yard, 584.

account of, 402.

St. Decuman's parish, why so called,
577; manor of, ib.

St. John's Gate at Bristol, 687.
St. Joseph's Chapel at Glastonbury
described, 502.

Sunday Schools established at Bath
by Henry Southby, 408.
Sydney-Garden, Vauxhall, at Bath,
some account of, 429.
St. Vincent's rocks, description of,
695.

T.

TAUNTON, 535; its ancient name, ib.;
history, 535, 536; Dr. Thomas
Amory's poetical description of,
534, 535; a place of great anti-
quity, 537; Roman coins, &c.
found there, ib.; Castle, description
of, 538; descriptions and arms, 589;
exchequer-room, ib. ; assize-room,
ib.; market-house, 540; free gram-
mar-school, ib. ; alms-houses, 540,
;
541; hospital, ib.; bridewell, 541,
542, religious institutions, 542—
545; monuments, 543.
Tickenham, parish of, 626; account of
the mansion, ib.
Tor-hill, 506.

Trendle Castle, remains of, 583.
Trevor, Sir John, his decree concern-
ing the premises belonging to St.

John's Hospital at Bath, 401.
Turks' Castle, some account of, 583.
Twyniho, Ankerette, accused of poi-
soning Isabel, wife of George Duke
of Clarence, 466.

V.

Vallis-house, the seat of the Lever-
sedges, 464.

Valls Florida, 376.

Vicar's, college of, at Wells, 487.
Villula, John de, restores the city of
Bath after being plundered and
burnt during the insurrection of
Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, 369.

W.

Wachet borough and sea-port town,
577; harbour, 578.
Walton in Gordana, description of
the

the scenery, &c. 623; ruins, ib. ;
manor, 624.

Castle described, 623,
Wandsdike, some account of its ori-
gin, and the course which it takes,
$30.

Warburton, Bishop, to whom he was
indebted for his preferment to that
title, 441, 442.
Warley, the seat of Mr. Skrine, a
Roman pillar of curious workman-
ship found there, 437.
Weary-all-hill, description of, 505;
tradition respecting Joseph's staff,
505, 506.
WELLINGTON, 551; description and
history of, 551, 552; trade, 552.
WELLS, 482; situation of the city
of, 482, 483; monastery founded
there, ib.; to what it owes its ex-
istence, 482, 483; ancient appella-
tions of, ib.; market-place, 483,
484; conduit erected by Bishop
Becket, 484; college, ib.; cathe-
dral, 485, 486; chapter-house, ib.;
college of Vicars, 487; history of
488-491.

Wesley's meeting-house at Taunton,
544; to what its origin may be
traced, ib.

Weston Zoyland, some account of,

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town of, 480; extent and popula-
tion of, ib.; a place of great anti-
quity, 481.
WIVELISCOMBE, 554; its antiquity,
ib; trade, 555.

Castle, some account

of, 554.
Wokey-hole, some account of, 492.
Wood, Mr. built at St. John's Hospi-
tal at Bath, 400.

John, Esq. his talents as an
architect, 438.
Woodlands, West, 464.
Worgan, James Dawes, brief memoir
of him, 706, 707.
WRINGTON, 617; some account of
the town, &c. ib.
Wulfric, the hermit, account of, 527.
Wyndham family, brief account of,
580, 581.

Sir William, memoir of,

581, 582.
Wycuf Keyn, or Keyn the Virgin,
account of, 632.

Y.

Yearsley, Mrs. Ann, short account
of her, 706.

YEOVIL, whence it derived its name,
529, 523: customs of the inhabit-
ants, 522; description of the town,
523; church, ib,
Yeovilton parish, description of, 520;
manor, 520, 521; church, 521.
York-House Catch Club at Bath, 429.

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