by Albert Jack
Second War of Independence (Italy) 91
Second World War 13, 88, 109–10, 111, 173, 257
Sedgefield (Co. Durham) 175, 176
Seljuk Turks 204
Selkirk, Earl of 129
Senate (Roman) 2
Serbia 211
Settlement, Act of see Act of Settlement
Seven Sisters 205–6
Seven Sisters, the 204–6
Seven Stars, the 206
Seven Years’ War 150, 179, 224
Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep xiii
Shakespeare, William 13, 22, 24, 25, 60, 98, 107, 226
Shaw, Captain John 135
Sheffield Pals Battalion 237
Sheffield, John see Buckingham and Normandy (John Sheffield), 1st Duke of
Shelton Lock 66
Shene 217–18
Shepherd Neame (brewer) 25
Sherwood Forest 86, 193, 195
Shipton, Mother 250–2 see also Southiel, Ursula
Shipton, Toby 251
Shirehampton 134
Shropshire 200
Sicily 91
Silent Woman Inn, the 183
Simon of Sudbury 123
Simpson, Wallis 75
Siney, John 153
Singeing of the King of Spain’s Beard 104
‘The Slow Train’ 229
Snow, Dr John 129, 130–2
Sol Invictus (Roman sun god) 189
Somme, Battle of the 12, 237
Sons of Ben 24 see also Tribes of Ben
South Africa 82, 139, 207
South America 103
Southerness (Scotland) 129
Southiel, Ursula 250, 251 see also Shipton, Mother
Southwell (Nottinghamshire) 204
Spain/Spanish 4, 7–8, 43, 47, 73, 79, 90, 105, 106, 107–8, 119, 137, 166, 168, 170
Spanish Armada 107–8, 137–8, 251
Spanish Main 135
Spanish Netherlands 137
Spectator (eighteenth century) 1
Spectator (present day) 57
Spion Kop, Battle of 207–8 see also Kop
Spion Kop, the 207–9
Spofforth, Fred 209–10
Spofforth, the 209–10
Sport Indeed 221
Sporting Times 209
Sports and Pastimes of the People of England 177
Spotted Dog, the 174
Spread Eagle, the 210–12
Spurs, Battle of the 251
Staffordshire 183, 200
Stamford Bridge, Battle of 213
Standard, the 212–14
Star, the xvi
Star and Garter, the xvii, 214–19
Star Tea Company 210
Station Hotel (Lake District) 70, 71
Statute of Appentices (1563) 172
Steele, Richard 1
Stoke Poges (Buckinghamshire) 175
Stoney Stratford 38
Strand Riots 191
Stratford-upon-Avon 195
Straw, Jack 121, 122–3, 124
Straw (Labour MP), John Whitaker (Jack) 121
Stroke Row 61
Strutt, Joseph 177
Stuart dynasty 32, 136, 225
Stuart, Prince Charles Edward see Charlie, Bonnie Prince
Sudan 139
Suez Crisis 45
Suffolk 65
Sumarians 241
Sunni Muslims 204
‘The Sun Rising’ 190
Surrey 1, 40, 256
Surya (Hindu god) 189
swan upping 219–20
Swan with Two Necks, the 219–20
Sweden 53, 179
Swetnam, Joseph 134–5
Swift, Charles 99
Swing Riots 120, 228
Syntax (cartoon character), Dr 258
Syria 15
Tabard, the xvi
Taurus (constellation) 205
Tavistock (Devon) 101
Tennyson, Alfred 236
Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 236–7
Territorial Army 238 see also Territorial Force
Territorial Force 237, 238 see also Territorial Army
Tetbury (Gloucestershire) 227
Texas 174
Thackeray, William Makepeace 93–4
Thames, River 30, 129, 182, 218, 220
The Third Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of a Wife 258
Thomas, Dylan 87–8
Thomson, Charles 211
Thomson, James 32
Three Horseshoes, the 221–2
Three Lions standard 212–13
Three Lords, the xiv, 222–5
Three Tuns, the 225
Tickled Trout, the 226–7
Tipton Slasher see Perry, William
Tolkien, J. R. R. 78
Tollgate, the 234
Tollhouse, the 234
Tolpuddle Martyrs 172–3
Tourcoing, Battle of 75
The Tour of Dr Syntax in Search of the Picturesque 258
Tower of London 44, 49, 123, 246
Trafalgar, Battle of 4, 7, 142, 168
Tramecourt 12
Tribe of Ben 24 see also Sons of Ben
Triple Crown (horseracing) 257, 260
Trollope, Anthony 99
Trotter, Thomas 10
Trouble House, the 227–9
Trout, the 225
Tudor, Henry 198 see also Henry VII, King
Tudor dynasty 47
Tumbledown Dick, the 229–32
Turkey 204
Turk’s Head, the xiii, 232
Turnpike, the 233–4
Turnpike trusts 233, 234
Turpin, Dick 61, 195
Twelfth Night 222
Tyler, Wat 124–5
Tynemouth 4
Tyneside 90
U-boats 69–70
Ukraine 16
Underground see London Underground
Union, Act of see Act of Union
Union Jack 135
United States of America (USA) 9, 112, 211
Urban II, Pope 204
Uruguay 89
Uruguayan Civil War 89
Valley Forge 2
Vatican 23, 37
Venice 89, 109, 110, 111
Vernon, Admiral Edward 7–10
Victor Emmanuelle II, King 91
Victoria, Queen 75, 90, 132, 139, 143–4
Victoria Cross, 70, 113
Victory, HMS 166, 168
Vikings 32, 64–5, 206, 213
Villiers, George see Buckingham (George Villiers), 1st Duke of
Villiers, George see Buckingham (George Villiers), 2nd Duke of
Virginia 9
Virgin Queen 15 see also Elizabeth I, Queen
Volturno, Battle of 91
Volunteer, the 234–8
Volunteer Act 234–5
Volunteer Force 236
Voragine, Jacobus de 95
Wagner, Richard 84–5
Wagon and Horses, the 228, 229
Wakefield, Battle of 198
Wales 32, 58, 234
Walworth, William
Warburg, Battle of 150
Ward, William 148
Wareham Forest (Dorset) 183
Warwick (Richard Neville), 16th Earl of 22
Warwickshire 21, 85, 97
Washington, George 2, 159, 160
Washington, Lawrence
Waterhouse, Keith 57
Wateringbury (Kent) 76
Waterloo, Battle of 119, 120, 181, 182
Wat Tyler, the 124–5
Weavers Arms, the 43
Welles, Orson 110
Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), Duke of xx, 118–21, 145, 181, 190, 246
Wesley, Colonel 113
West Indies 3, 7, 8
West Meon (Hampshire) 148
Westminster 73, 119
Westminster, 1st Duke of 260
Westminster Abbey 79
Westminster Hall 133
J. D. Wetherspoon 238–40
Wheatsheaf, the 240–3
Whig party 120
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p; White Cliffs of Dover 14, 15
White Conduit Club (WCC) 146–7
White Hart, the xvii, 187, 188, 243–4
White Ladies Priory 200
White Lion, the 244–6
White Lion of Mortimer, the 246
Whiteboys 152
Whitehaven (Cumbria) 127, 128, 129
Widow’s Son, the 246–8
Wilkes Riots 191
William of Normandy see William the Conqueror
William of Orange 93, 136
William the Conqueror 85, 213–14, 248
Winchilsea, Earl of 147
Windsor, House of 75
Windsor Castle 144, 216
Withington (Lancashire) 114
Wolsey, Cardinal 251
Woolpack, the 248–9
Woolwich Arsenal 208
Worcester, Battle of xx, 117, 200
Workingmen’s Benevolent Association (WBA) 153, 154
World’s End, the 177–8, 249–52
Worshipful Company of Carpenters 100
Worshipful Company of Cordwainers 100
Worshipful Company of Cutlers 80
Worshipful Company of Dyers 220
Worshipful Company of Vintners 220, 225
Wycliffe, John 122
Yeomanry 236
York 74, 251, 255, 257 see also Jorvik
York, 1st Duke of 74–5
York (title), Duke of 74–6
York, Elizabeth of 198
York, ‘Grand Old Duke of’ see Frederick Angustus (Duke of York), Prince
York, House of 74–5, 196, 245
York, Richard, 3rd Duke of 197–8
York and Lancashire Regiment 45
York Minster, the 88
York rose 246
Yorkshire 45, 74, 81, 195, 249, 250
Young Pretender 225, 226 see also Charlie, Bonnie Prince
Yule (pagan festival) 107
Zeebrugge 70
Zeus (god) 206, 210
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
By the Same Author
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
The Old Dog and Duck
The Addison Arms
The Admiral Collingwood
The Admiral Duncan
The Admiral Vernon
The Agincourt
The Albion
The Alma
The Anchor
The Aunt Sally
The Bag of Nails
The Bear and Ragged Staff
The Belvedere
The Ben Jonson
The Bishop‘s Finger
The Blind Beggar
The Bombay Grab
The Britannia
The Bucket of Blood
The Bull
The Bush
The California Arms
The Captain Kidd
The Case is Altered
The Cat and Cabbage
The Cat and Fiddle
The Chequers
The Childe of Hale
The Clog and Billycock
The Coach and Horses
The Cock
The Crooked Billet
The Cross Keys
The Crown and Arrows
The Davy Lamp
The Dog Watch
The Dover Patrol
The Drunken Duck
The Duke of Buckingham
The Duke of York
The Duke’s Head
The Eagle and Child
The Elephant and Castle
The Flying Bedstead
The Flying Dutchman
The Foresters’ Arms
The French House
The Garibaldi
The George
The George and Dragon
The Goat and Compass
The Golden Hind
The Green Man
The Hansom Cab
Harry’s Bar
The Hero of Inkerman
The Hope and Anchor
The Horse and Hounds
The Iron Duke
Jack Straw’s Castle
The John Barleycorn
The John Company
The John Paul Jones
The John Snow
The King’s Head
The Lamplighters
The Lion and the Unicorn
The Lord Howard
The Lord Kitchener
The Lord Palmerston
Lord’s Tavern
The Maltings
The Marquis of Granby
Molly Maguires
Molly Malone’s
The Molly Pitcher
The Nag’s Head
The Nell Gwyn
The Nelson
The Oddfellows’ Arms
The Old Dog and Duck
The Pickled Parson
The Pig and Whistle
The Prince Blucher
The Prospect of Whitby
The Quiet Woman
The Ram Jam
The Red Lion
The Rising Sun
The Robert Peel
The Robin Hood
The Rose and Crown
The Royal Oak
The Sandboys
The Saracen’s Head
The Seven Sisters
The Spion Kop
The Spofforth
The Spread Eagle
The Standard
The Star and Garter
The Swan with Two Necks
The Three Horseshoes
The Three Lords
The Three Tuns
The Tickled Trout
The Trouble House
The Tumbledown Dick
The Turk’s Head
The Turnpike
The Volunteer
J. D. Wetherspoon
The Wheatsheaf
The White Hart
The White Lion
The Widow’s Son
The Woolpack
The World’s End
Pubs Named in Honour of Famous Racehorses
The Altisidora
The Arkle Manor
The Blue Peter (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire)
The Brigadier Gerard (Eastleigh, Hampshire, and York)
The Dr Syntax Inn (New Ridley and Prudhoe, Northumberland)
The Eclipse
The Flying Childers (Matlock, Derbyshire)
The Flying Fox (Colchester, Essex)
The Little Wonder
The Seabiscuit Inn (Wells, New York)
Further Reading
Index
