at, 143-145, 148
--Early Temperance work, 127
--18th Century bye-laws in, 25
--Fair tippling at, 100
--King James' stables at, 22
--Market, 67, 108
--Old Royston Club and its members at, 19, 20
--Pillory at, 83
--Races, 133
--Red Lion, social gatherings, 21
--Stocks at, 83
--Volunteers of, 70
--Whipping post at, 83
Rushden, A. Meetkerke of, 122

Salisbury, Marchioness, burnt to death, 184
Semaphore on Royston Heath, 66
Sheep stealing, death sentences for, 89
Shelford fires, death sentence for, 168
Shepreth, skilful woman of, 101
Shield, Capt., the Rev. Thomas, 68, 71
Small-pox, a recommendation, 44
Snelgar, Rev. J., 186
Snowstorms, memorable, 181, 182, 185
Soame, Sir Peter, 131, 132, 136
Stocks, a Lord Chief Justice in, 85

"Tally-ho" and "Safety" Coaches, 146, 148
Taxes on marriages, &c., 78
Therfield, searching for mail, 49
Threshing machines, breaking of, 166
Thurnall, Henry, and the highwayman, 90
--Commended by Poor-law Commissioners, 171
Thurnall, H. J., picture by, 18
Thurtle and Hunt, trial of, 49
Tinder Box, the, 73, 74
Tithes collected in kind, 124
Turpin, Dick, traditions of, 13, 14

Velocipede, the, 152
Volunteers, associations of, 67

Wadesmill Turnpike, 155
Wagon and sign post, the, 184, 185
Walton, Joe, coachdriver, 148, 149
Warren, J., 68, 157
Window tax, 79
Witches, 101
Wheat, 28s. a bushel, 60
"Wheatbarn tasker," the, 166
Woodcock, Elizabeth, buried alive in the snow, 181
Wortham, Lady, 77
Wortham, Squire, 131
Wrestling matches, 24

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