by Albert Jack
Albion, the 14–15
Aldershot 17
Alma, Battle of 16
Alma, River 16
Alma, the 16–17
Alma Arms, the 16
Altisidora, the 255
American Revolution see American War of Independence
American War of Independence 2, 3, 128, 158–60, 165
Anchor, the 17–18
Anchor and Horseshoes, the 18
Anchor Made in Heaven, the 18
Ancient Order of Foresters 85, 86 see also Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters and Foresters Friendly Society
Andrew, Duke of York, Prince 75
Anfield Stadium 208
Angel at Islington xvi, xxi
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 65
Anglo-Saxons xiv–xv, 32, 63, 213, 224
Animals (pop group), the 190
Anne, Queen 93
Apollo Belvedere 23
Apollo Space Programme 81
Apsley House 120
The Arabian Nights 232
Arden forest see Forest of Arden
Ark (inn name), the xvi
Arkle (racehorse) 256
Arkle Manor, the 256
Armada see Spanish Armada
Armstrong, Commander Neil 81
Arne, Thomas 33
Arthur, King xvii, 101, 190, 194, 200, 216, 243
Arthur (son of Henry VII), Prince 46
Ashes, the 148, 209–10
Asquith, Herbert 173
Athens 143
Atlas 206
Atlas’s daughters 206
Aunt Sally, the xxi, 18–19
Avondale Mine 153
Aztecs 188
Babylon/ians 169, 242
Bacchus 20
Bacon, Francis 88
Bag of Nails, the 20–1
Baker, Thomas 122
Balaclava, Battle of 16, 17, 113
Balaclava, the xvii
Ball, the 36–9
‘The Ballad of Bethnal Green’ 26–8
‘The Ballad of Molly Malone’ 155–7
Balmerinoch, (Arthur Elphinstone), 6th Baron 223
Balon, Norman 57
Baltic Sea 178
Baltimore 90
Banbury 44
Bannatyne, George 125
Bannatyne Manuscript 125
Bannockburn, Battle of 215
Banqueting House (London) 199
Barbados 127
Barcelona 7
‘Barebones Parliament’ 230
Barleycorn, John 125–6
Bat and Ball Inn, the xxi
Battle of Alma, the 16
Bayeux Tapestry 213
Bay Horse, the 53
Bear and Ragged Staff, the xvii, 21–2
Beaumont 75
Becket, Archbishop Thomas à 25, 250
Belgium 54, 70, 119
Belknap, Robert 122
Bellingham, John 142
Belmont (Surrey) 40
Beltane (pagan festival) 107
Belvedere, the 22–3
Ben Jonson, the 24–5
Bengal 126
Bentley 43
Berkley Castle 215
Berkshire 19
Bernard, Jeffrey 57, 58
Berwick, the 10
Best, George 92
Betchworth (Surrey) 256
Billingsgate fish market 156
Bingham, General George Charles see Lucan, 3rd Earl of
Bingham, Richard John see Lucan, 7th Earl of
Birmingham 39, 204
Birmingham Town Hall 109
Bishop Burton (Humberside) 255
Bishop’s Finger, the 25–6
‘Black Betty’ 185
Black Bull, the 36
Blackburn 53
Black Death xvii, 122
Black Dog, the 174
Black Hole of Calcutta 126
Black Prince 123, 186, 217
Blackwall 30
Blair, Tony 176
Blind Beggar, the 26–8
Blue Anchor, the 115
Blue Peter 256–7
Blue Peter, the 256–7, 259
Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 178–82
Boer War 46, 139, 207–8
Bogart, Humphrey 110
Boleyn, Anne 48
Bolingbroke, Henry 187, 196 see also Henry IV
Bombay 29, 30
Bombay Grab, the 29–31
Bonaparte, Napoleon see Napoleon
Book of Martyrs see Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
Booth, William 26
Borneo 107
Boscobel House 200, 201
Boston 112
Bosworth, Battle of 198
Boulogne 4
Bowler (hat-makers), Thomas and William 54
Boy George 92
Bramante, Donato 23
Brazil 89, 103
Brest 4
Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 47
Brigadier Gerard (racehorse) 257
Brigadier Gerard, the 257–8
Brigantia 31
Bristol 18, 134–5, 202–3
Bristol Journal 134
Britannia (ancient name/Roman province) 31, 32, 74, 242
Britannia (image) 32, 33–4
Britannia, the 31–4
Brittania Inferior 74
British army 17, 75, 207
British Empire 30, 108, 115, 139
Brixton 185
Brown, Gordon 34
Brown Bull, the 36
Bucket of Blood, the xxii, 35–6
Buckingham (George Villiers), 1st Duke of 72–3, 79
Buckingham (George Villiers), 2nd Duke of 117
Buckingham and Normandy (John Sheffield), 1st Duke of 21, 74
Buckingham Arms, the 73
Buckingham Palace 21, 73, 143
Buckinghamshire 19, 175
Bull, John 37–8
Bull, the 36–9
Bull’s Head, the 36, 37
Bulwark Tower (Tower of London) 246
Bunch of Grapes, the xiv
Bunker Hill, Battle of 3
Burns, Robert 125
Bury St Edmunds 66
Bush, the xv, 39–40
Buxton 183
Byron (uncle of poet), Lord 218
Cadiz 4, 73, 104
Caesar, Julius 2, 31
Calais 11, 12, 46, 138
Calcutta 29, 126
Calcutta Gazette 30
Caledonia 15, 31
California 15, 40
California Arms, the 40–1
Calvi, Battle of 166
Cambridge 38
Cambridge (MA) 155
Cambridgeshire 1, 256
Camelot 243
Camperdown, Battle of 6–7
Canada 115, 259
Canterbury Cathedral 25
The Canterbury Tales xvi, 124, 171
Cape of Good Hope 83, 84, 107
Cape St Vincent, Battle of 3, 7, 166
Cape Town 29, 84, 85
Capote, Truman 110
Caprera 91
Captain Kidd, the 42–3
Carbonari 89
Cardigan, Lord 16
Caribbean 105, 161
Carlisle (PA) 160
Carlton Club 218
Carpaccio, Vittore 111
Case is Altered, the xxii, 43–5
The Case is Altered 44
Cat and Cabbage, the 45–6
Cat and Fiddle, the 46–50
Catesby, Sir William 49
Catherine of Aragon 37, 46–8, 79
Catherine of Braganza (wife of Charles II) 28
Catholic Church/Catholics 37, 43, 44, 48, 62, 92–3, 101, 137, 171, 191
Cato the Younger 2
Cato, a Tragedy 1–2
Cause is Altered, the 43
Celts 100, 242
Cervantes 255
Chambersburg 158
Channel see English Channel
Chaplin, Charlie
Charge of the Light Brigade 143
Charing Cross 79
Charles I, King 79, 132–3, 198–9, 204, 205, 217, 230
Charles II, King xx, 28, 73, 92, 116–17, 133, 163, 164, 173, 199–201, 232
Charles VI of France, King 11
Charles, Prince 202
Charlie, Bonnie Prince 136, 223, see also Young Pretender
Charlotte (wife of George III), Queen 21
Charterhouse School 1
Château de Saumur 260
Chaucer, Geoffrey xvi, 124, 171
Cheam 40
Cheltenham Gold Cup 256
Chequer Bush, the 39
Chequers (prime ministers’ country retreat) 51
Chequers, the 50–2
Chequers Inn, the 50
Chequer Tree, the 39
Cheshire 51, 260
Cheshunt (Hertfordshire) 232
Chickerell (Dorset) 232
Childe of Hale, the 52–3
Childers, Colonel Leonard 259
China 206
Christian Church/Christianity xv, xix, 32, 62, 63, 64, 94–5, 96–7, 106–7, 114–15, 119, 204
Churchill, Winston 150, 207
Cipriani, Giuseppe 109–12
Cirencester 227
Clarke, John 232
Clement I, Pope 115 see also St Clement
Clive, Robert 127
Clog and Billycock, the 54–5
Coach and Horses, the xix, 56–8
Cock, the xxi, 59–61
Cock and Bottle, the 58, 60
Cock and Pie, the 59
Cock and Trumpet, the 59, 60
Cock Inn, the 58
Cock Tavern, the 58
Coke, Edward 54
Coke, William (Billy) 54
Colchester 260
Collingwood, Admiral Cuthbert 3–5, 165, 168
Collingwood Arms, the 3
Collingwood House 5
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur 257–8
Constance of Castile, Infanta 186
Continental Army (American) 2
Copenhagen 142, 167
Cordoba 100
Corn Law Rhymer, the 239
Corn Law Rhymes 239
Corn Laws 120, 239
Cornell, George 26
Cornwall 34–5, 66, 137, 178
Corsica 166
Council of Marches see Marches, Council of
Court Leet Book 80
Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters 85 see also Ancient Order of Foresters and Foresters Friendly Society
Coventry 97, 197
Coward, Noël 110
Crácy, Battle of 12, 123, 217
Crimean War xx, 16–17, 112–13, 143, 144
Cromwell, Oliver xix, xx, 133, 164–5, 199–200, 204, 229, 230, 231
Cromwell, Richard 229–32
Cromwell’s Head, the 133
Crooked Billet, the xiv, 61–3
Cross Keys, the 63–4
Crown and Arrows, the xvi, 64–7
Crusades xvi, xvii, 94–5, 97, 98, 203–4, 214, 216, 232
Culley, PC Robert 192
Culloden, Battle of 225
Cumberland, Duke of 225
Cumbria 70, 127
Cyrus the Great of Persia, King 169
Dare County (NC) 161
David Copperfield 218
Davy, Humphry 66–7
Davy Lamp, the 67–8
De Gaulle, General Charles 88
‘Demon Bowler’ see Spofforth, Fred
Denmark 53, 167–8
Derby 66
Derby, the 82, 257, 258, 260
Derbyshire 183, 259
Derbyshire CCC 210
Devil’s Tavern, the 182
Devon, 101, 240
Devonshire, Duke of 259
Dialogue Concerning the Exchequer (Dialogus de Scaccario) 50–1
Dickens, Charles 202, 203, 218
Dr Syntax (racehorse) 258
Dr Syntax Inn, the 258
Dog and Bear, the 174
Dog and Dart, the 174
Dog and Duck, the 174
Dog and Hedgehog, the 174
Dog and Muff, the 174
Dog and Pot, the 174–5
Dog and Trumpet, the 175
Dog Watch, the 68–70
Domesday Book xv, 248
Donegal 152
Donne, John 190
Dorset 183, 232
Dover 14, 43
Dover Patrol 69–70
Dover Patrol, the 70–1
Drake, Sir Francis 7, 15, 73, 105–8, 137–8, 165
Druids 242
Drunken Duck, the xxi, 72–3
Dryden, John 163
Dubai 155
Dublin 155, 157
Duke of Buckingham, the 73–5
Duke of Clarence, the 76
Duke of Cumberland, the 76
Duke of Wellington, the xx, 76, 118
Duke of York, the 75–7
Duke’s Head, the 77
The Dukes of Hazzard 240
Duke Without a Head, the 76
Duncan, Admiral Adam 5–7
Dundee 7
Durham, County 175
Eagle and Child, the 78–9
East Anglia 63–4
East India Company 29, 30, 126 see also John Company
East Sterndale (Derbyshire) 183
Eboracum 74
Eclipse, the 259
Edgar, King xv
Edge Hill (Liverpool) 209
Edinburgh 26, 249–50
Edmund the Martyr, St see St Edmund the Martyr
Edward I, King 27, 215, 248
Edward II, King 214–15
Edward III, King xvii, 74, 94, 97, 186, 187, 189–90, 214, 215–17, 220
Edward IV, King 49, 245–6
Edward V, King 49
Edward VIII, King 75
Edward the Confessor, King 212–13
Edwards, Ernest 208–9
Egypt/ians 115, 166, 189, 241
Eire 31
Elba 119
Eleanor of Castile (wife of Edward I), Queen 78–9
Elephant and Castle, the 80–2
Elizabeth I, Queen 43–4, 102–3, 126, 137, 172, 220 see also Virgin Queen
Elizabeth II, Queen 220
Elizabeth of York (wife of Henry VII) 198
Elliott, Ebenezer 239
Elphinstone, Arthur see Balmerinoch (Arthur Elphinstone), 6th Baron
Eltham Palace 216
Emmerdale 249
Enclosure Acts 233
English Channel 4, 69, 137, 223
English Civil War xix, 78, 117, 199, 251
Enkidu 241–2, 243
Eostre (goddess) 107
The Epic of Gilgamesh 241
Eric Bloodaxe 75
Esholt (west Yorkshire) 249
Essex 122, 260
Essex, Earl of 137
Europe xiv, 14, 30, 39, 53, 88, 92, 105, 107, 108, 110, 111, 117, 119, 122, 128, 136, 137, 142, 143, 150, 169, 170, 180, 206, 235, 248
Evesham, Battle of 27
Excellent, HMS 3
Exchequer 50–1, 78
Execution Dock (Wapping) 43, 182
Exeter 81
Fairfax, Sir Thomas 230
Famous History of the Seven Champions of Christendom 97
Far East 82
Felton, John 73
Fidèle, Caton le 47
Fielding, Henry 191
First Jacobite Rebellion 225 see also Jacobite Risings
First World War 12, 51, 53, 69, 138, 139–40, 237
Fitzneal, Richard 50
Flanders 75
Flanders and Swann 229
Flodden, Battle of 47
Flying Bedstead, the 82
Flying Childers, the 259–60
Flying Dutchman (ghost ship) 82–5
Flying Dutchman (racehorse) 81–2
Flying Dutchman (steam train) 81
Flying Dutchman, the xxii, 83–6
Flying Fox (racehorse) 260
Flying Fox, the 260
Fobbing (Essex) 122
/> Foresters Friendly Society 85, 87 see also Ancient Order of Foresters and Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters
Foresters’ Arms, the 86–8
Forest of Arden 85
Fort William (Calcutta) 126
Founding Fathers (American) 2
Four Horseshoes, the 223
Fox and Hounds, the 118
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs 92
Framley Parsonage 99
France 4, 12, 16, 41, 46, 72, 75, 88, 141, 170, 180, 197, 201, 213, 217, 220, 226, 237, 251, 260
Franco-Austrian War (1859) 235
Fraser, Simon 226
Frederick Augustus (Duke of York), Prince 75
Frederick the Great, Emperor 179
Free French forces 88
Freemasons 100, 171
Freemasons Arms, the xxi
French House, the 89–90
French Resistance 88
French Revolution 119, 172, 192
French Revolutionary Wars 165
Freya (goddess) 206
Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers 173–4
Gallipoli 140
Galway 133
Garibaldi, Giuseppe 89–92
Garibaldi, the 90–3
Garnage, Reverend John 175–6
Gascony 220
Gaveston, Piers 215
Gawain, Sir 107, 243
Genoa 98
George, the 93–5
George I, King 32, 92, 93–4
George II, King 32, 94, 150
George III, King 21, 74, 94
George IV, King 94
George V, King 75, 83
George VI, King 75, 246
George and Dragon, the xvii, 95–9
George and Dragon legend 95, 97–8
‘Georgie Porgie’ 72–3
Gerard (fictional character), Brigadier Etienne 257–8
German Empire/Germany 75, 179, 180, 211
Gibb, Private 41
Gibbons, John 40
Gibraltar 7
Giffard, Charles 200
Gilgamesh (demigod king) 241
Gladstone, William 144
Glatton (Cambridgeshire) 1
Glorious Revolution 32
Gloucestershire 215, 227, 228
Goat and Compass, the 99–102
Godalming 134
Gold Rush (California) 40
Golden Anchor, the 18
Golden Hind 101–5 see also Pelican
Golden Hind, the 102–5
The Golden Legend 95–6
Good Woman, the 183
Gordon, General Charles 139
Gordon Riots 191
Grace, W. G. 209
Gramaphone Company 175
Granby (John Manners), Marquess of 150–1
‘The Grand Old Duke of York’ 73
Grantham, PC Joseph 192
Great Baddow (Essex) 122
‘Great Custom’ (tax) 248
Great Depression 112, 262
Great Fire of London 250
Great Plague 163, 250
Great War see First World War
Great Yarmouth 76
Green Knight (Arthurian legend) 107
Green Man, the 105–9
Green Man folk tale 105–9 see also Jack-in-the-Green
Grey, Earl 120
Grimsby 237
Guildford 134
Guinevere (wife of Arthur), Queen 200
Gwyn, Nell 162–4
Hadrian, Emperor 31, 32