by Albert Jack
Hale (Cheshire) 51–2
Hale, Nathan 2
Halley, Edmund 213
Hambledon Club xxi
Hamilton, Emma 166–7, 168–9
Hamilton, Sir William 166, 167
Hamlet 60
Hampshire 85, 148
Hampshire, HMS 140
Hanover 93
Hansom Cab, the 109–10
Hansom, Joseph Aloysius 108, 109
Hansom cab 55, 108–9
Hard Tack (racehorse) 262
Harfleur 11
Harold, King 213
Harrow 43
Harry’s Bar 110–12
Hart, Charles 163
Hastings, Battle of 212, 213
Hatton, Sir Christopher 103
Hawkins, John 102
Hays, William 159
Headless Woman, the 183
Heenan, John C. 261
Heights of Alma, the 16
Helios (Greek sun god) 189
Hemingway, Ernest 110
Hennessy Gold Cup 256
Henry, Patrick 2
Henry I, King 47
Henry II, King 50
Henry IV, King 188, 196 see also Bolingbroke, Henry
Henry V 13, 98
Henry V, King 11–13, 80, 98, 196
Henry VI, King 196–7
Henry VII, King 47, 198 see also Tudor, Henry
Henry VIII, King xvii, xviii, 25, 37, 47–8, 171, 251
Heroes of Alma, the 16
Hero of Inkerman, the 113–14
Hertford 243
Hertfordshire 232
Hibernia 30, 31
Hinguar (Viking chief) 64, 65
HMV (His Master’s Voice) 175
Hodgson, George 30–1
Hodgson, Mark 30
Hodgson’s ale 30–1
Hogshead, the 227
Holland 53, 69, 82
Holmes, Percy 237
Holy Land 204
Hood, Robin xvii, 107, 193–6
Hope and Anchor, the 114–15
Hop Pole, the xviii
Horse and Hounds, the 115–18
Hotel, Europa 111, 112
House of Commons 142, 143
House of Lords 120, 249
‘The House of the Rising Sun’ 190
Howard, Charles, Lord 108, 137–8
Howard, James 163
Hoxne, Battle of 65
Hubba (Viking chief) 65
Hubble Telescope 106
Hucknall (Nottinghamshire) 80
Hucknall Aerodrome 80–1
Huitzilopochtli (Aztec sun god) 188
Hull 255
Hundred Years’ War 10–11, 122, 248
Hunstanton 65
India 29, 45, 80, 107, 119, 126, 127, 139, 184
Indian Ocean 103
Indian Rebellion 127
Indonesia 103
Industrial Revolution 53, 172, 191, 228
Inkerman, Battle of 112–13
Innocent VIII, Pope 23
Inverness 225
Ipswich 43
Ireland 6, 30, 31, 133, 139, 152, 155, 197, 230, 256
Ireland, Gilbert 52
Iron Duke, the xx, 118–21
Irving, Washington 37
Islam 204
Isle of Wight 119, 144
Israelites 169
Italy 88–9, 91–2, 111
Ivor the Boneless 65
Jack-in-the-Green 106 see also Green Man
Jack Straw’s Castle xx, 121–5
Jacobite Risings 127, 225 see also First Jacobite Rebellion and Second Jacobite Rebellion
Jacobites 93
James I, King 32, 52, 72, 73, 136, 185–6
James II, King 92–3, 164, 223
Jeffreys, Judge 182
Jenkins, Robert 7–8
Jenkins’ Ear, War of 8–10
Jerusalem 169, 204
Jervis, Admiral Sir John 166
Jockey Club 218
John Barleycorn, the 125–6
John Company 126–7 see also East India Company
John Company, the 126–7
John of Gaunt 123, 186–7
John Paul Jones, the 127–9
John Snow, the 129–32
Johnson (American athlete), Ben 23–4
Johnson, Richard 97
Jones, John Paul 127–9
Jonson (poet and playwright), Ben 24–5, 44
Jorvik 74 see also York
Jupiter (god) 210
Kenny, Kevin 152
Kent 25, 76, 122, 123–4
Kerry, County 139
Khartoum 139
Kidd, Captain William 41–2
Kilmarnock (William Boyd), 4th Earl of 223
King’s Arms, the xviii, 204
King’s Head, the 132–3
Kirklees Priory (west Yorkshire) 195
Kitchener, Lord 138–41, 237
Kitchener’s Army 140, 237
Knaresborough (Yorkshire) 250
Kop 209 see also Spion Kop, Battle of
Kray, Reggie 26
Kray, Ronnie 26, 28
Lake District 70
Lamplighter’s Hall 134–5
lamplighters 133–4
Lamplighters, the 133–5
Lancashire 53, 77, 114
Lancaster, House of 74–5, 196, 197, 198, 245
Langland, William 193
Langley, Edmund 74
Laon, Battle of 180
Larsen, Air Commodore 81
Latham, Isabel 77
Latham, Sir Thomas 76–7
Lea, River 29
Lee, Arthur 51
Leeds 86
Leeds Pals Battalion 237
Leek (Staffordshire) 183
Le Fay, Morgan 101
Leicester, 1st Earl of 54
Leicester, 2nd Earl of 54
Leicester Castle 187
Leicestershire 184
Lennox (Duke of Richmond), Colonel Charles 147
Lewis, C. S. 78
Libya 95
The Life and Death of Jack Straw 124
Light Brigade see Charge of the Light Brigade
Ligny, Battle of 181
Lincoln 78
Lincolnshire 124
Lion and the Unicorn, the 135–6
Lion Gate (Tower of London) 246
Lion Tower (Tower of London) 246
Lisbon 137
Little Hell Alehouse, the 40
Little Wonder (racehorse) 260–1
Little Wonder, the 260–1
Liverpool 51, 208, 209
London 5, 6–7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 34, 35, 38, 41, 42, 54, 55, 57, 61, 79, 80, 87–8, 108, 120, 121, 122–3, 124, 129, 131, 132, 145, 146, 148, 156, 163, 164, 167, 168, 170, 182, 186, 187, 191, 192, 199, 201, 205, 213, 226, 231, 233, 238, 246, 250, 251, 261
London Evening Standard 238–9
London Gazette 113
London Underground 109
Lord, Thomas 146, 147, 148
Lord Collingwood, the 3
Lord Howard, the 136–8
Lord Kitchener, the 138–41
Lord Palmerston, the 141–5
Lord’s Cricket Ground 145–6, 147, 148–9
Lord’s Tavern 145–9
Louis XV of France, King 223
Lovat (Simon Fraser), 11th Lord 223
Loxley 195
Lucan, 3rd Earl of 16
Lucan, 7th Earl of 16–17
Luddite Rebellion 228
Ludwig, Mary 159
Lytham St Annes 76–7
Madeira 30
Madrid 73
Magellan, Straits of 103
Maidstone 76
Making Sense of the Molly Maguires 152
Malaga, Battle of 7
Malone, Molly 157
Malt House, the 159
Maltings, the 149
Manchester 114, 120
Mansfield (Nottinghamshire) 208
Marches, Council of 43
Margaret of Anjou (wife of Henry VI) 197
Maria, Infanta 79
The Marquess of Granby Relieving a Sick Soldier 151
Marquis of Granby, the 150–1
Martin, Joseph Plumb 160
Martin, Tim 238, 239–40
Martindale, Thomas 226
Mary, Queen of Scots 137
Mary I, Queen 42, 46
Mary II, Queen 93
Maryland 158
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) 147, 210
Massachusetts 155
Mathilda, Queen 47
Matilda (wife of William the Conqueror), Queen 213
Matlock (Derbyshire) 259
May Day 106
May King 106
May Queen 106
McCauley, George 160
McCauley, Mary Hays 160
McParlan, James 154
Mecklenburg 179
Medina Sidonia, Duke of 138
Mediterranean 7, 91, 96, 166, 167
Melbourne, Lord 144, 172
Mercia 213
Mersey, River 51
Mesopotamia 241
Metropolitan Police Act 192
Middle Ages xvi, 39, 50, 85, 95, 214, 233, 242
Middle East 106, 139, 204
Middleton, John 52–3
Midlands (England) 213
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 107
Milan 89
Mill Reef (racehorse) 256
Milton Keynes 38
Minerva (Roman goddess) 31
Mocenigo, Countess Amalia Nani 110–11
Möckern, Battle of 180
Molly Maguires (secret society) 152–5
Molly Maguires, the 151–5
Molly Malone’s 155–7
Molly Pitcher, the 157–61
Molly Pitcher Inn, the 158
Molly Pitcher Monument (Carlisle, PA) 160
Molly Pitcher Waffle House (PA) 158
Molly Pitchers Highway 158
Monmouth (NJ), Battle of 159
Monmouth Rebellion 182
Mont Cassell (France) 75
Montevideo 89
Montfort, Henry de 27
Montgomery, General 110
Moon Under Water, the 239
Morgan, Captain Henry 135
Morpeth 5
Mortimer, Anne de 246
Mortimer, Roger 215
Mount Vernon 9, 10
Muslims 94–5, 204 see also Saracens
Nag’s Head, the 161–2
Naples 91, 166
Napoleon 4, 119, 141–2, 165, 166, 179, 180, 181, 182, 211
Napoleon III, Emperor 89, 91, 235, 236
Napoleonic Wars xx, 4, 120, 180, 228, 234
Nashe, Thomas 24
National Health Service 173
National Insurance Act 173
National Socialist Movement 5
Nebuchadnezzar II, King 169
Nell Gwyn, the 162–4
Nelson, Horatio, Admiral Lord xx, 3, 4, 5, 7, 145, 165–9
Nelson, the xx, 164–9
Nelson’s Column 164–5
Nepal 106
Neptune (Roman god) 15
Nero, Emperor 169
Netherlands 119, 136
Neville, Richard 22
Newcastle upon Tyne 3, 5, 7, 66, 258
New Forest 85, 226
Newington 79, 80
New Inn (Phillack, Cornwall) 35
New Jersey 159
New Jersey Turnpike 158
New Model Army 199, 205, 230
Newport (Isle of Wight) 119
Newstead 218
Newton, Sir Isaac 145
New World 2, 128, 153
New York 42, 90
New Zealand 115
Nice 91
Nidd, River 251
Nile, Battle of the 166
Norfolk 115, 165
Norman Conquest xv, 85
Normandy 11, 213
North Carolina 161
North Sea 6
Northumberland 258
Northumbria 74
Nottingham 193, 195
Nottingham, 1st Earl of see Howard, Charles, Lord
Nottinghamshire 80, 86, 204, 208, 218
Nyren, Richard xxi
Oak Apple Day 201
Oakham (Leicestershire) 184
Oddfellows (friendly society) 85, 87, 170–3 see also Order of the Odd Fellows
Oddfellows’ Arms, the 169–73
O’Kelly, Captain Dennis 259
Old Bull, the 36
Old Dog and Duck, the xxi, 173–5
Olivier, Laurence 13
Olympics 24
Order of the Odd Fellows 171 see also Oddfellows (friendly society)
Oribe, Manuel 89
Orsini, Felice
Orwell, George 238–9
Osbourne House 144
Ostiarius, Elias 51
Ottoman Empire 16
Oxford 37, 50, 78, 163
Oxfordshire 19
Oxford University 231
Pacifico, David 143
Palmerston, 3rd Viscount 141–5
Pals Battalions 237–8
Panama 8, 108
Paraire, Edward 148
Paris 11, 180
Parker, Admiral Sir Hyde 168
Parliament 8, 49, 73, 75, 93, 94, 132, 136, 192, 201, 215, 231, 233, 234
Parliamentarian forces/troops 199, 200, 229
Peasants’ Revolt xvii, xx, 122–4, 186, 194, 244
Peel, Robert 190, 192–3
Peep O’Day Boys 152
Pelican 103 see also Golden Hind
Peninsular War 43, 119
Pennsylvania 153, 158, 159, 160
Pennsylvania Artillery Regiment 159
Penny, Edward 151
Penzance (Cornwall) 66
Pepys, Samuel xxii, 163, 182, 200–1, 250–1
Perceval, Spencer 142
Perry, William 261
Perseus 96
Peterloo Massacre 120
Petersham 218
Petersham Hotel 218
Philadelphia 159
Philip II of Spain, King 102, 137
Philippines 103
Phillack (Cornwall) 34, 35
Pickering, Harry 111–112
Pickled Parson, the 175–6
The Pickwick Papers 202
Picts 31
Piedmont 91
Piers Plowman 193–4
Pig and Whistle, the 176–8
Pilgrim’s Way (Kent) 25
Pill (village) 134
Pinkerton Agency 153–4
Piraeus 143
Pirbright 243
Plassey, Battle of 127
Pleasington (Lancashire) 53
Pleiades (constellation) 205–6
Plough, the xvi
Plowden, Edmund 43–4
Plymouth 103, 137
Poland 181, 211
Pomfret, Alfred 53
Pompeii 49, 51
Pop Goes the Weasel xiii
Port Mahon 5
Portobelo (Panama) 8, 10, 108
Portsmouth 73
Portugal 119, 166
Poseidon (god) 206
Potomac River 9
Preston, Battle of 225
Pretoria 207
Prettyjohn, Corporal John 113–14
Prince Blucher, the xx, 178–82
Princes in the Tower 49
Prospect of Whitby 182
Prospect of Whitby, the 182
Protestantism/Protestants 43–4, 92, 93, 105
Prussia 179
Prussian army 179, 180
Puck 107
Pytheas 31
Quiet Woman, the xiii, xxi, 183–4
Ra (Egyptian god) 189
Ragnarsson, Halfdan 74
Ragnarsson, Ube 64
Raj, British 127
Ram Jam, the 184–5
Ram Jam Club, the 185
Ram Jam Inn, the 184
Ranger 128
Ratekau, Battle of 180
Rebecca Riots 234
Red Bull, the 36
Redcliffe Caves (Bristol) 202–3
/> Red Herrings and White Elephants xiii
Red Hussars 179
Red Lion, the 61, xvii, 185–8
Red Sea 42
Reformation (Protestant) 37
Restoration 162
Richard I, the Lionheart, King 214, 216
Richard II, King 123, 186, 187–8, 244
Richard III, King 49
Richard of York 197–8, 245
Richmond 218
Richmond, Duke of see Lennox (Duke of Richmond), Colonel Charles
‘Riflemen Form’ 236
Rio de Janeiro 30
Rising Sun, the 188–90
Robert Peel, the 190–3
Robin Hood, the 193–6
Roman Empire/Romans xiv–xv, 32, 50, 51, 60, 62, 74, 115, 169–70, 189, 210–11, 212, 242
Romania 211
Rome 89
Rose and Crown, the 65, 196–8
Roses, Wars of the 74–5, 197–8
Rostock 178
Rotherham 45, 239
Round Table (King Arthur’s) 190
Rowlandson, Thomas 258
Royal Anchor, the 18
Royal Horse Guards 150
Royal Institution 66
Royal Marines 70, 113, 114
Royal Navy 4, 5, 33, 67, 142, 143, 165, 211, 246
Royal Oak, the xx, 198–202
Royal Society 66
Royalists (English Civil War) 78
‘Rule Britannia’ 9, 32–3
Russia 16, 112–13, 115, 140, 143
Ruthland, Duke of 150
Sabra, Princess 97
St Albans, Duke of 163
St Andrew 135
St Clement 115 see also Clement I, Pope
St Dunstan 65, 221–2
St Edmundsbury (Suffolk) 65
St Edmund’s Church 66
St Edmund the Martyr 63, 65
St George xvii, 63, 94–5, 96–7, 97–8, 135, 216
St George’s Chapel (Windsor) 94, 97
St George’s Day 70, 98
St Giles (Oxford) 78
St Helena 30
St Ives (Cornwall) 35
St John’s Church (West Meon) 148
St Leger (horse race) 82, 257
St Mark’s Square (Venice) 109
St Martin de Ré 73
St Mary’s Isle (Scotland) 129
St Nicholas of Bari 115
St Patrick 135
St Paul 115
St Paul’s Cathedral 5, 168
St Peter 62, 63
St Peter’s Field (Manchester) 120
Salisbury, Countess of 216–17
Salvation Army 26
Sandboys, the 202–3
Sandown (racecourse) 257
San Francisco 15
San Francisco Bay 103
San Juan de Ulua 102
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Battle of 166
Saracen’s Head, the 203–5, 232
Saracens 204 see also Muslims
Sardinia 91
Savoy Hotel (London) 186
Savoy Palace (London) 186
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha family 75
Sayers, Thomas 261
Scotland/Scottish 7, 15, 31, 32, 47, 58, 69, 127, 129, 135, 136, 152, 185–6, 199, 204, 215, 225–6, 230, 250
Seabiscuit (racehorse) 262
Seabiscuit Inn, the 262
Seaford 14, 205
Sebastopol 113
Second Boer War see Boer War
Second Jacobite Rebellion 225–6 see also Jacobite Risings
The Second Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of Consolation 258