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stone circle, ref1
views from, ref1
Hammond, Philip, Conservative Transport Secretary 2010, ref1
Hampshire Chronicle, newspaper, ref1
Hampshire Down, breed of sheep, ref1
Hampshire Observer, newspaper, ref1
Hanning, William:
owner of Dillington, Ilminster, ref1
sponsor of New Direct Road, ref1
backer of Gurney steam coach, ref1
death, ref1
Hardy, Thomas, novelist:
Weyhill Fair, ref1
markets Wessex, ref1
rural world destroyed, ref1
Harewood Forest, Hampshire, ref1, ref2
Harris, Annie, proprietor of Annie’s Tea Bar, ref1
Harris, Tom, Labour MP and junior transport minister, ref1
Harrow Way, footpath:
route, ref1
Weyhill, ref1
Whitesheet Hill, ref1
intersection with Great Ridgeway, ref1
Hawker, Colonel Peter, nineteenth-century Hampshire sportsman, ref1
Health Protection Agency, ref1
Heath, Sir Edward, Conservative politician, ref1, ref2, ref3
hedges, ref1
Henry II, ref1, ref2
Henry VIII, ref1, ref2
Herbert, George Augustus, 11th Earl of Pembroke, ref1
Herbert, Sir William, 1st Earl of Pembroke, ref1
Heritage Lottery Fund, ref1
Herrup, Cynthia, author of A House in Gross Disorder, ref1, ref2
Hicks-Beach, Sir Michael, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1895–1902, ref1
Highways Agency:
silent on origin of A303, ref1
care for deer, ref1
apparent lack of interest in other animals, ref1
Thruxton, ref1
policy on signage, ref1
new route for A303 through Blackdown Hills, ref1
removes loos, ref1
silent on classification of A303 to Honiton
Hillman Minx, motor car, xvii, ref1, ref2
Hoare, Henry, banker:
creates Stourhead, ref1
commissions Alfred’s Tower, ref1
much satisfied by Tower, ref1
Hoare, Sir Richard Colt, owner of Stourhead and author of Ancient History of North and South Wiltshire:
melancholic temperament, ref1
becomes colleague of William Cunnington, ref1
dedicates book to Cunnington, ref1
verdict on Stonehenge, ref1
later tributes to, ref1
Yarnbury Castle, ref1
horror at Fonthill scandal, ref1
Hodge, Margaret, Labour Minister for Culture and Tourism, ref1
Honiton, Devon, xvi, ref1, ref2
Honiton and Ilminster Turnpike Trust, ref1
Hooker, the Reverend Richard, author of The Laws of Ecclesiastical Politie and Rector of Boscombe, ref1
Hudson, W. H., writer and naturalist:
listens for grasshoppers at Deadman’s Plack, ref1
detestation of Doctor Freeman, ref1
describes chalkland turf, ref1
hatred of military on Salisbury Plain, ref1
A Shepherd’s Life, ref1
villages of the Wylye Valley, ref1
Humber Super Snipe, motor car, ref1
Hunt, ‘Gaffer’, Stonehenge guide, ref1
Hunt, Henry ‘Orator’, political agitator:
appearance, ref1
career as firebrand, ref1
at Peterloo Massacre, ref1
inmate of Ilchester Goal, ref1
death, ref1
Hurstbourne Priors, Hampshire, ref1
Hussey, Marmaduke, chairman of the BBC, ref1
Hutton, Edward, writer of guide books:
on the villages of the Bourne valley, Wiltshire, ref1
loveliness of Amesbury, ref1
damns Duke of Somerset, ref1
Wylye Valley, ref1
rude about Ilchester, ref1
beauty of Montacute, ref1
Ilminster Church, ref1
Huxley, Aldous, writer and car lover, ref1
Icknield Way, ref1, ref2
Idmiston, Wiltshire, ref1
Ilchester, Somerset:
bypass, ref1
described by John Leland, ref1
church, ref1
market cross, ref1
Roman remains, ref1
river, ref1
eel fair, ref1
gaol, ref1
Ilminster, Somerset:
bypass, ref1, ref2
Monmouth’s rebellion, ref1
Charles Speke’s execution, ref1
Tesco store, ref1
tennis and bowling club, ref1
Warehouse Theatre, ref1
church, ref1
Ilminster Turnpike Trust, ref1, ref2
In Place of Strife, Harold Wilson’s attempt to curb trade unions, ref1
International Times, newspaper, ref1
Iremonger, Colonel William, commissions Deadman’s Plack, ref1
Ivel, River, ref1, ref2
James I, ref1, ref2
James II:
Rye House plot against, ref1
denounced as Popish usurper, ref1
revenge against rebels, ref1
Jeffreys, Judge George, in charge of Bloody Assizes, ref1
Jenkins, Simon, writer on architecture, ref1
Jeremiah, book of the Prophet, ref1
Joad, C. E. M., philosopher and pundit, ref1
Johnson, Boris, Mayor of London:
on the joys of motoring and the interference of the state therein, ref1
problems of congestion, ref1
cycling, ref1
employs Rosie Boycott, ref1
Johnson, Paul, journalist and commentator, ref1
Jones, Inigo, architect, ref1
Joseph’s tea bar, Winterbourne Stoke, Wiltshire, ref1
Judd, William, Stonehenge photographer, ref1
Kelly, Ruth, Labour Transport Secretary 2007, ref1, ref2
Kennedy, President John F., lover of musical Camelot, ref1
Kerridge, Professor Eric, historian of agriculture, ref1
Kerton-Johnson, the Reverend Peter, Vicar of Stoke-sub-Hamdon, ref1
Kimpton, Hampshire, ref1
Kimpton Down racing stables, ref1
King, Lord, chairman of British Airways, ref1
King Alfred’s Tower, ref1
Kingsettle Hill, ref1
Kula Shaker, rock band, xxi
Ladyman, Doctor Stephen, Labour Transport Minister 2005, ref1
Lake District, xiii-xiv
Landscape with Machines, autobiography of L. T. C. Rolt, ref1
Langport, Somerset, ref1
Larkhill military camp, Wiltshire:
artillery range, ref1
and Stonehenge, ref1
proposed visitor centre, ref1
Royal Flying Corps, ref1
Lawrence, T. E., ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, ref1
Leland, John, antiquary:
on Cadbury Castle, ref1
on Ilchester, ref1
Lewis, Wyndham, painter and novelist, friend and enemy of ‘Whips’ Wyndham, ref1
Limington, Somerset, ref1
Little Chef, chain of roadside diners:
and Fat Charlie, ref1, ref2
menus, ref1
Ian Pegler as chief executive, ref1
‘Today’s Specials’, ref1
change, ref1
same as all other Little Chefs, ref1
abandoned at Sparkford, ref1
legal action against Newcott Diner, ref1
London-Exeter road, ref1, ref2
London-Penzance Trunk Road, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Longbarrow Crossroads, Wiltshire, ref1, ref2, ref3
Longbridge, Birmingham, British Leyland car plant, ref1, ref2
Longparish, Hampshire, ref1
Lopen, Somerset:
&n
bsp; Wolsey misbehaves at, ref1
Fosse Way to, ref1
Louveciennes, near Paris, home of Madame du Barry, ref1 (footnote)
Lyte, Henry, owner of Lytes Cary, ref1
Lytes Cary, Somerset:
building of, ref1
stone, ref1
Pevsner’s verdict, ref1
McAdam, John Loudon, road engineer:
develops new method of building roads, ref1
appointed General Surveyor of Roads, ref1
principles seized on by turnpike trusts, ref1
McGann, Paul, actor in The Monocled Mutineer, ref1
MacGregor, John, Conservative Transport Secretary 1992, ref1
MacKenzie, W. A., motoring correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, ref1, ref2
Macmillan, Harold, Conservative Prime Minister, ref1
Maggs Brothers, engineering company at Bourton, Dorset, ref1
Major, John, Conservative Prime Minister, ref1, ref2, ref3
Marples, Ernest, Conservative Minister of Transport, 1959:
succeeds Harold Watkinson, ref1
opens M1, ref1
‘Marples Must Go’ campaign, ref1
longest-serving transport minister, ref1, ref2, ref3
commissions study on traffic in towns, ref1
spending on roads, ref1
Mrs Thatcher, ref1
Marsh, Richard, Labour Transport Minister 1968:
smooth televisual personality, ref1
opens Basingstoke northern bypass, ref1
sacked by Harold Wilson, ref1
Marshall, Howard, journalist and broadcaster, ref1
Mawhinney, Doctor Brian, Conservative Transport Secretary 1994:
above run-of-the-mill, ref1
tackles vehicle emissions, ref1
rejects Thatcher’s ‘great car economy’, ref1
approves Newbury bypass, ref1
Mayor of Casterbridge, The, novel by Thomas Hardy, ref1
Mercia, ref1, ref2, ref3
Mere, Wiltshire:
and Rebecca, ref1
bypass, ref1, ref2
development of A303, ref1
last bastion of chalk, ref1
Charles I dines in the ‘George’, ref1
A303 leaves Wiltshire, ref1
MGB-GT, sports car, ref1
Micheldever, Hampshire:
railway station, ref1
turn onto A303, ref1
hedge near, ref1
Mills, William, inventor of Mills bomb, ref1
Milne, Alasdair, Director-General of BBC 1982, ref1
Milton, John, poet, ref1
Mineworkers, National Union of, ref1
Mini, small car designed by Sir Alec Issigonis, xix
Ministry of Transport:
programme for opening of Andover bypass, ref1
takes over responsibility for motorways and trunks roads, ref1
advice on route west, ref1
swallowed by Department of Environment, ref1
Dr Brian Mawhinney, ref1
Ministry of Works:
takes control of Stonehenge, ref1
allows Druids to bury dead at Stonehenge, ref1
Mixed Blessing, book by Professor Colin Buchanan, ref1
Monarch’s Way, footpath, ref1
Mondeo Man, ref1, ref2
Monmouth, Duke of:
eldest bastard of Charles II, ref1
reception in West Country, ref1
leads rebellion, ref1
defeat and execution, ref1
Monocled Mutineer, The, book by William Allison and John Fairley:
story of Percy Toplis, ref1
mutiny at Étaples, ref1
central premise wrong, ref1
Monocled Mutineer, The, television drama by Alan Bleasdale:
commissioned by BBC, ref1
condemned, ref1
loving and convincing drama, ref1
nostalgia, ref1
Montacute House, Somerset:
texture and beauty, ref1
rented by Lord Curzon, ref1
refurbished by Elinor Glyn, ref1
Montagu, Lord (Edward), of Beaulieu, chairman of English Heritage, ref1, ref2
Montagu, Lord (John), of Beaulieu, ref1
Monxton, Hampshire:
rural character, ref1
church, ref1
eccentric rector, ref1
algebraic calculations, ref1
woman accused of being whore, ref1
Moore, Tom, Irish poet, ref1
Moran, Joe, cultural commentator and author of On Roads:
Harold Watkinson, ref1
big sheds, ref1
wildlife on motorways, ref1
road-building under Blair government, ref1
road numbering, ref1
Morris motor cars:
Minor, ref1
Oxford, ref1, ref2
Traveller, xiii, ref1
1100, ref1, ref2
1300, ref1
Morris, William, designer and socialist, ref1
Motoring:
in 1920s, ref1
1930s, ref1
1950s, ref1, ref2
1960s, ref1
1970s, ref1
‘First Age of, ref1
Motoring Towards 2050, study of trends organised by RAC, ref1, ref2
Motorways, landscaping of, ref1
Mount Badon, Battle of, ref1
National Road Book, ref1
National Trust:
access to Stonehenge, ref1
farming around Stonehenge, ref1
Montacute, ref1
campaigns against new road through Blackdown Hills, ref1
Needham, Professor Stuart, archaeologist, on Bush Barrow, ref1
‘New Direct Road’, London to Exeter, ref1, ref2, ref3
Newbury bypass, ref1
Newcott, Devon, ref1
Newton, Isaac, mathematician, ref1
Newton Tony, Wiltshire:
birthplace of Celia Fiennes, ref1
home of William Benson, ref1
Nissan, Japanese car maker, ref1
Normanton Down, Wiltshire:
possible route for A303, ref1
Druids, ref1
view of Stonehenge, ref1
Bush Barrow, ref1
barrows, ref1
North, Lord, Prime Minister 1770, ref1
North Cadbury, Somerset, ref1
Northumbria, ref1, ref2
Noyes, Ella, author of Salisbury Plain, ref1
Observer, newspaper, ref1
Ogilby, John, seventeenth-century cartographer, ref1
oil crisis, 1973, ref1, ref2
Old Road, The, by Hilaire Belloc, ref1
Old Sarum (Roman Sorviodunum), ref1, ref2
OPEC oil exporting countries, ref1
Osgood, Richard, Wiltshire farmer, ref1
Otter, River, ref1
Paradise Lost, poem by Milton, translated into Latin, ref1
Parker, Colonel Graham, planner of proposed route for A303, ref1
Parker, John and Stephen, diggers, ref1, ref2
Parrett, River:
eels in, ref1
children drowned, ref1
Parsonage Down, Wiltshire, ref1
Paulet, Sir Amyas, Sheriff of Dorset and Somerset, ref1
Pegler, Ian, one-time chief executive of Little Chef, ref1
Pendragon, King Arthur (John Rothwell), Druid, ref1, ref2
Penrith Observer, newspaper, on Percy Toplis, ref1
Peterloo Massacre, ref1
Petherton Bridge, poem, ref1
Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus, architectural writer, on Lytes Cary, ref1
Peyton, John, Conservative Transport Minister 1971, ref1
Phelips, Sir Edward, Speaker of the House of Commons and builder of Montacute, ref1
Philip II of Spain, ref1
Phillips, Captain Mark, former husband of Princess Anne, ref1
Piddle, River, ref1
Piers Plowman, epic fourteent
h-century poem, ref1
Piggott, Professor Stuart, archaeologist, expert on Stonehenge, ref1
Pigs, habits of, ref1
Pilhill Brook, ref1
Pinto, Vivian de Solo, literary critic, ref1
Pitt-Rivers, General Augustus Henry Lane-Fox, archaeologist, ref1
Plymouth and Devonport Telegraph, newspaper, ref1
Poole, Jack, colonial administrator in Sudan, ref1
Popham, Hampshire:
Little Chef, ref1
Beacons, ref1, ref2
chalk, ref1
dual carriageway to Amesbury, ref1
A30, ref1
Porton Down, Wiltshire, ref1, ref2
Potter, Dennis, dramatist, ref1
Practical Essay on the Scientific Repair and Preservation of Roads, by John Loudon McAdam, ref1
Pratchett, Sir Terry, novelist, association with Wincanton, ref1
Prescott, John, Labour politician:
energy and talents, ref1
Andrew Adonis, ref1
Ten Year Transport Plan, ref1
spouts jargon, ref1
Present State of Road-making, The, by John Loudon McAdam, ref1
Pughe, William Owen, Welsh philologist and fantasist, ref1, ref2
Quarley Hill, Hampshire, hillfort and Roman camp, ref1, ref2. ref3
Queensbury, 3rd Duke of, owner of Amesbury Abbey, rebuilds Amesbury Bridge, ref1
Queensbury, 4th Duke of, fails to shifts debts, ref1
Queen Camel, Somerset, ref1
Quennell, Peter, literary critic, ref1 (footnote)
Quicksilver, stagecoach, ref1
Rawle, Sid, festival organiser:
death, ref1
helps stage Windsor Free Festival, ref1
organises ‘love-in’ opposite Slough Town Hall, ref1
imprisoned, ref1
performs at Stonehenge, ref1
keeps away from Battle of Beanfield, ref1
Rebecca, novel by Daphne du Maurier, ref1
Reed, Grace, gathers wood in Grovely, ref1
Reform Bill of 1831, ref1
Reid, George Watson MacGregor, Druid:
first visit to Stonehenge, ref1
curses Sir Edmond Antrobus, ref1
plans replica Stonehenge, ref1
Reid, Robert MacGregor, Druid and son of above, ref1
Ribena, blackcurrant cordial, ref1
Ridley, Nicholas, Conservative Transport Secretary 1983, ref1
Rifkind, Sir Malcolm, Conservative Transport Secretary 1990, ref1
Roads:
M1, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
M15, ref1
M25, xx, ref1, ref2, ref3
M4, xx, ref1, ref2, ref3
M5, xx, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
M6, ref1, ref2
A1, xvii, ref1; A10, ref2
A30, xvii, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
A303, passim
A338, ref1
A34, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
A344, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; A350, ref7, ref8, ref9