Raglan Castle, 141 Reading Abbey, 171 Reading-pews, 197 Reclusorium, 183 " at Rettenden, 183 Rectories, 177-81 Registers, parish, 218-23 Religion of Saxons, 93 "Restoration," 199 Rollright Stones, 46, 47 Roman relics, 57-73 " rig, 54 " roads, 58-62 " villas, 70-3 Rood-loft, 188 Royal arms in churches, 190 Rural exodus, 300 Rush-bearing, 276 Ruthwell cross, 97 Ryknield Street, 60
Sacring bell, 252 St. Christopher, 238 Salisbury Cathedral, 115 Saltways, 61 Sanctus bell, 252 Saxon architecture, 106-9 " house, 172 " monasteries, 102 " place-names, 76, 77 " relics, 90-101 Saxons, coming of, 74, 75 Screens, 189 Secret chambers, 177 Settle, Victoria Cave at, 17 Shires, origin of, 88 Shrovetide sports, 273 Signs of inns, 284-8 Silchester, 54, 62-70 Slavery under Saxons, 84 Sluggard waker, 228 Smoke farthings, 226 _Socmen_, 83, 131 Spenser's description of hermitage, 182 Sports and pastimes, 271-81 Stocks, 280 Stonehenge, 46 Stone monuments, 44-50 Stourbridge Fair, 261 Sudeley Castle, pageant at, 149-51 Sun-worship, relics of, 27 Superstitions, 44, 295 Switzerland, pile dwellings in, 38-41
"Terraces," 19 _Tesserae_, 65, 71 Thanes, 80 Thane's house, 81 Thuribles, 205 Tiles, 233 Tournaments, 146-9 Tudor arch, 121 " houses, 175 Tumuli, _see_ Barrows Turf monuments, 53, 54 Twelfth Night, 272 Tympana, Norman, 110
Uffington, 52-4 Ufton Court, Berks, 176, 178
Vernicle, 201 Vestry, contents of, 196 Vicarages, 177-81 Villas, Roman, 70-3 Villeins, 130, 255
Wars, 262-70 Watling Street, 60 Wayland Smith's Cave, 27, 294 Whalley cross, 96 " reclusorium, 184 White Castle, 141 White Horse Hill, 53 Whittenham Clumps, 52 Wilfrid, St., 96, 104, 108, 230 Witches, 291 " turned into hares, 292 Woollen, burials in, 220 Worlebury, pit dwellings at, 34
Yeomen, 83, 131 Yew tree in churchyard, 241
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