anecdotes of Lawrence Sheriff,
74-76; Elborow's school and alms-
houses, 76; church, 77; Cave
family interred in the church-yard,
ib.; vestiges of castle, ib.; mar-
ket and fairs, ib.; population, 78.

S.

Saxon jewels found, 188, 189.
Seckington, village, 306; theatre of
a battle between the West-Saxons
and Mercians, ib.; a castrameta-
tion here, ib.
Shakspeare, biographical sketch of,
243-257,

Sharp, Lieutenant, anecdote of, 94,

95.

Sheldon, William, an encourager of

the Flemish tapestry-weavers, 180
Sheriff, Lawrence, anecdotes of, 74-
76

Shottery, village, the supposed resi-
dence of Shakspeare's wife betore
marriage, 259; some fancied re-
lics shewn there, ib.
Shuckburgh, upper or superior, 94;

descent of manor, ib.; seat, ib.
melancholy event at Shuckburgh-
hall, 94, 95; anecdotes of Richard
Shuckburgh in the seventeenth cen-
tary, 96; of the late Sir George
Shuckburgh Evelyn, Bart. 96, 97;
church, 97.

Shustoke, parish, 314; birth-place of

Sir William Dugdale, ib.; church
and monuments, 315; memoirs of
Sir William Dugdale, 314, 315.
Snitterfield, division, 263-266; pa-
rishes in, 263.
Solihull, division, 317-322: pa-
rishes in, 317.

-, town, 317; market, now
disused, ib.; church, ib.; opinion
of Sir William Dugdale concerning
the origin of this town, 317, 318;
population, &c. 318.

Somerville, the poet, an original por-
trait of, 265.

Southam, division, 90--97; parishes
in, 90.

the town of, 90; Domesday
account of, 90, 91; market and
fair, when granted, 91.

175.

Stoneleigh, village, 43; foundation
of an abbey at this place, ib.; state
of the manor in the first year of
Henry II. ib.; anecdotes of the
abbots of Stoneleigh, 45, 44; a
mansion erected on the site of the
abbey, 44; King Charles I. enter-
tained here, 44, (note ;) situation
and character of the present man-
sion, 45; an ancient gatehouse in-
tended to be taken down, ib.;
church and monument of Alice,
Duchess Dudley, 45, 46; alms-
houses, 46.

Stratford, division, 223–268; pa-
rishes in, 223.
Stratford-on-Avon, market-town, 223;
interesting as the birth-place of
Shakspeare, 225, 224; the town
bestowed, at an early period, on
the bishopric of Worcester, 224;
much indebted to the patronage of
the bishops, 224, 225; period at
which the town was paved, 225;
descent of manor, ib.; two dread-
ful fires, ib.; events during the
civil war, 225, 226; notice of the
Jubilee, 227; general aspect of the
town, 227, 228; description of the
house in which Shakspeare was
born, 228; New Place, the house
in which Shakspeare died, 228,
229; an account of the destruction
of that building, 229, 230; Falcon
Inn, 230, 231; church, 232—235;
inscription on the grave-stone of
Shakspeare 233; description of
Shakspeare's monument, 233, 254,
(and note ;) notice of other monu-
ments in the church, 235; Stratford
college, 235, 256; charnel house,
236, 237: gild of the holy cross,
237; chapel of the gild, 237-
240; curious fresco paintings dis-
covered on the walls of the chapel,
238-240; guildhall, 240; gram-
mar school, ib.; alms-houses, ib,;
town-hall, containing pictures, 240,
-242; market-house, 242; bridge,
ib.; market and fairs, ib.; charter
of incorporation, and interual go-
vernment, 242, 243; population,
243; eminent natives, 243-259;
biographical sketch of Shakspeare,
243-257.

Suffolk,

Suffolk, duke of, anecdote, 61.
Sutton Coldfield, market-town, 295;
this neighbourhood interesting to
the antiquary, ib.; early history of
town, 296; benefits derived by
the town from Bishop Vesey, 296,
297; aspect of town, and manufac-
tures, 297; church, ib.; gram-
mar-school, ib.; civil magistracy
and population, ib.; eminent na-
tive, 297, 298; notice of the Cold-
field, 298.

Sutton Park, 298; a Roman road
passes through this district, ib.;
peat-beds and pasturage, 298, 299.

Ꭲ .

Tamworth, division, 302-306; pa-
rishes in, 802.

Tamworth, market-town, 302; partly
situated in Staffordshire, ib.; early
history, 302, 303; charter of incor-
poration, 303; castle, ib.; church
and monuments, 303, 304; hospital
and grammar-school, 304; trade
and manufactures, ib.; market,
fairs, civil magistracy, and popu
lation, ib.

Tanworth, parish, 223.
Temple Balsall, 319–321.
Temple House, a farm so called, 66.
Thomas, Dr. anecdotes of, 176
Tysoe, the figure of a horse, termed

the Red Horse, cut on the side of a
hill in this lordship, 186, 187.

U.

Umberslade Hall, 223.

W.

Walton Hall, 188; chapel, ib.;
sculls and jewels found, 188-189.
Warmington, a village, formerly con-
taining an alien priory, 183.
Warton, T. notice of verses written
by, 311.

Warwickshire, ancient inhabitants of,

2, 3; Roman history of, and Ro-
man stations in, 3, 4; Saxon his-
tory, 5; operation of the war
between the houses of York and
Lancaster on Warwickshire, 5.6;
of the civil war in the seventeenth
century, 6,7; geographical parti-

culars concerning, 8; number of
hundreds, as stated in Domesday,
ib.; general aspect and climate,
9, 10; soil, 10, 11; agriculture,
11, 14; size of farms, 14; cattle
and estimate of waste land in the
county, ib.; woodlands, 14, 15;
rivers, 15, 18; medicinal springs,
18; canals, 18-21; roads, 21;
minerals and fossils, ib.; manufac-
tures, 21, 22; British antiquities,
few in this county, 22; Roman
roads, 22-24; camps constructed
by the Romans, and other relics of
that people, 24; remains of the
Saxons and Danes, 24, 25; land-
holders mentioned in Domesday,
25, 26; state of property in the
county at the present era, 26; prin-
cipal seats, 26-28: general notice
of buildings in the county, 28; par-
ticulars respecting the poor, 28-
30; comparative population of the
county at different periods, 30;
annual proportions in regard to
baptism, burial, and marriages, ib;
population of Warwickshire in the
year 1811, 31.

Warwick, division, 189-223; pa-
rishes, 189.

Warwick, county town, situation of,
190; probably not a Roman station,
190, 191, (and note ;) patronized
by the Lady Ethelfleda, 191;
Domesday account of, ib,; history
of, from the Conquest to the time
of Philip and Mary, 191-193;
charter of incorporation, when
granted, 193: transactions during
the civil war, ib; great fire, 194;
description of town, by Leland,
ib.; present aspect and architec-
tural character, 194-196; religi
ous foundations, 196, 197; church
of St. Mary, monuments, &c. 197--
201; chapel of our Lady, or Beau.
champ chapel, monuments, &c.
201-205; church of St. Nicholas,
205; court-house, or town-hall, ib. ;
county-hall, ib; market-house, ib.
county gaol, ib.; bridewell, 205,
206; West-gate, chapel of St.
James, and Leicester hospital, 20€,
207; ancient gilds, 206, (note ;)
East-gate, and church of St. Peter,
207, 208; paving, market, fairs,
canal, manufactures, members of
parliament,