A new index to A Brief History of and Nonsuch by Cloudesley Stannard Willis Subject Page Academies 38, 55 Air raids 119 Alcock, Thomas 118 All Fools Day 87 Allotments 108 Almshouse 51 Andrew, James 121 Apparitions 61, 84 Arms of Borough 123 Arnold, Adam 40, 99 Arundel, Henry Fitzalan Earl of 73 Assize of Bread and Ale 21 Assizes 21 Aubrey, John 15, 20, 21, 33, 54 Bailey, (Daniel) 51 Bailiffs 6 Bakers 41, 44 Ballad-sellers 109 Ballingay family 106 Banqueting House 72, 135 Barclays Bank 52 Barnes, (George Robinson) 23 Barns 10 Barritt, Thomas Hersey 42, 47 Barrows 55 Batchelor, William 46 Batho, Thomas 20 Battailes, manor of 7, 122 Beadles 100 Beams, Jesse 100 Beech trees 59 Beggars Hill 46, 53 Beggars Row 120 Bellmen 100 Bell-ringers 16–17 Bells 16, 117 Bird, Francis 14 Birdminders 110 Birds 26, 81, 88, 111–2 Birdseye, John 100 Blacksmiths 76, 94–7 Subject Page Blindness 23, 48 Bliss, Richard 10, 42, 103–4, 106 Body-snatchers 106 Bonesgate Splash 29 Borough of & Ewell 123, 135 Boundaries 2–3, 27, 55, 117 Bounds, Beating the 3 Bourne Hall 42, 47–8, 122, 125, 129 Bowling Green Farm 38 Brandt, (Robert) 58 Brass-finishers 97 Bray Chapel 12, 14 Bray, Richard 12 Brewers 41 Bricklayers 124 Brickmakers 39, 64, 92, 125, 128 Bridle Path, The (Priest Hill) 25–6, 117 Bridle Path, The (West Ewell) 22 Broadbent family 17 Bronze Age finds at Purberry Shot 114 Brown family 17 Brown, Edward 120 Brownlow, Dorothy Lady 20 Brumfield, Thomas 55 Bugby Chapel 48 Bulkeley, Sir Richard 14 Bulley, John 51 Bulls Head Inn 52, 99 Bush Meadow 71 Butchers 41, 109, 120 Butchers Grove 4, 112 Buttalls Elm 122 Calverley, Thomas 33, 72 Card-playing 22 Carlisle, Lucy Countess of 63 Carpenters 49, 68, 72, 93–4 Carriages 87–9 Carriers 86, 105 Carter, Willam 3 Castlemaine, Barbara Countess of 77 Cattle 32, 61, 102, 105, 125 Cedar trees 121 Chadband family 111 Chalk pits 10, 57 Challoner, Jane 17 Chamber Mead 43, 81 Chandlers 123 Subject Page Chapels 21–2, 45 Charities 10, 54–5 Charles I 75 Charles II 52–3 Charwomen 102 Road 18, 56–8, 105, 128 Cheam Road No. 1/3 52 Cheam Road No. 5/5a 56 Cherry Orchard Farm 78, 127–8, 135 Chertsey Abbey 18 Chessington Road 22, 28 Chestnut trees 59 Church Street 31–7, 86 Church Street No. 10/10a (Well House) 32 Church Street No. 11 33, 87, 111 Church Street No. 5 (The Gables) 33 Church Street No. 6/8 123 Civil War 98 Clarence, William Duke of 32 Cleveland, Barbara Duchess of 77 Clutton, Henry 22 Coaches 33, 55, 86–7, 97, 102 Coates, Edward 87 Codington family 126, 129 Codington, James 130 Codington, Richard 60, 130 Coke, Robert, the younger 133 Colborne, (Alice) 135 Coldharbour Farm 6, 112 Collyer, Tom 95 Common fields 6–9 Congregational Church 20, 49, 53, 125 Constables 31, 53, 100 Coppersmiths 95 Corbet, Richard 34, 37, 122–3 Corbet, Vincent 34 Corner House 105, 116 Coronation of George V 121 Coronation of William III 121 Cottee, (Joseph Cottee's first wife was Maria who died in 1861 before CS Willis was born so the most likely person referred to is Sophia, Joseph's second wife, who died in 1886. With thanks to Valerie Bushell, gr gr granddaughter of Joseph & Maria Cottee.) 50 Court Farm 5, 8, 40, 45, 83 Cracklow, Charles Thomas 17 Subject Page Cracknells 2 Crosses 18, 30 Cuddington 26, 60–61, 126–30, 134–5 Cuddington church 60–1, 128 Cutler, (Philip) 32 Cutler, (Timothy) 20 De Noailles, François 73 Dead Hills 55 Deans of Ewell 29, 120 Defoe, Daniel 27 Del Nunziata, Toto 67 Demesne farm 5, 8 Derby Day 1, 90–1 Deserters from Army 46 Dialect 110 Diana's Ditch 71, 74, 127 Dinners, public 108 Dipping Place 42, 85, 90, 120 Doctors 23, 111 Domesday Book 4, 6 Dorling, Edward Erle 123 Dorset House 56 Dovecots 8, 122 Downeinge, Ferdinando 40, 123 Drapers 53 Durdans 77 Earthbourne 74, 101 East Heath 6 Ede, (George) 41 Edward III 130 Edward VI 117 Edward VII 91 Edwards, James 26, 31, 33, 37, 42, 52, 54, 56–7, 120 Eight Bells 28, 108 Elizabeth I 74, 131–3 Elm Lane 26 Elm trees 7, 26, 28, 42, 44, 46, 59, 74, 77, 81, 88 Elmstead Close 123 Enclosure Act 9–11 Epsom Court Farm 40 Epsom Road 28, 54 Epsom Wells 52, 78 Evans, John 20–1 Evelyn, John 66 Ewell Bypass 59, 128 Ewell Castle 3, 26, 33, 59, 61, 73 Ewell Club 102, 105 Subject Page Ewell Court 46 Ewell Court Farm 5–6, 8, 17, 40, 45, 81, 83 Ewell Cross 30 Ewell East Station 84 Ewell Grove 57, 111, 125 Ewell Grove School 50, 114, 116 Ewell House 54, 114, 116, 121 Ewell Marsh 6–7, 28, 47, 112 Ewell Park 38 Ewell Terrace 105 Ewell West Station 112 Ewell Windmill 55 Ewell, name of 4, 106, 117 Fair Field 105, 114 Fairs 105–6 Farmer, Samuel 134 Farming 9–11, 17, 37–8, 41, 43–6, 59, 61, 101–2 Farriers 76, 94–5, 102, 125 Fendall, Helena 54–5, 56 Fendall, Henry 20, 54 Fidler, (Michael) 41 Field-names 8–9 Filch, John 124 Fir trees 27 Fire engine 31 Fire-fighting 31, 41 Fish 43, 80, 112 Fitzalan, Henry, Earl of Arundel 73 Fitznells (house) 43, 121 Fitznells, manor of 7 Flint building 53 Football 107 Fox hunting 88 Frere, Sheppard 114 Frith, William Powell 90 Gables, The 33 Gadesden, (James) 61 Gadesden, Augustus 121 Gallows 50–1 Geology 1 George Inn 106 George V 121 Ghosts 61, 84 Gibbet 123 Gibraltar 50, 121 Gilham, John 23, 48 Gilham, Tom 23, 48 Subject Page Glaziers 93 Glyn House 4, 22, 33, 122, 125 Glyn House Pool 42 Glyn, Margaret 119 Glyn, Revd. Sir George Lewen 17, 22, 24, 49, 118 Glyn, Sir George 9, 24 Goldehorde 117 Goldsmith family 17 Goldsmith Farm 17 Goodship & Saunders, builders 10 Goodship, George 50 Grange, The 3, 37 Gravestones 17, 56 Green Man 105 Green, John 99 Greenman Street 28, 53 Grocers 56 Grove, The 53–4, 121 Gunpowder Mills 46, 82–4, 99, 103 Gypsies 1, 90, 110 Half-Mile Bush 2, 4, 55 Hall & Davidson, millers 44 Hall, Charles 32, 44, 46 Hals, Frans 134 Hammonds Commercial School 102 Hangmen 50 Hares 112 Hawkins, Samuell 123 Hay, Lucy, Countess of Carlisle 63 Headboroughs 100 Henderson, Alexander D. 32, 46, 49, 93 Henderson, Robert 7 Henrietta Maria 63, 75,77, 133 Henry VIII 60, 67 Henry, Prince of Wales 133 Heraldry 123, 129–31 Heriots 7 High Street 38–42, 52–3, 121 High Street No. 11/13 38 High Street No. 17 121 High Street No. 24 33 High Street No. 26 41 High Street No. 28 121 High Street No. 30 121 High Street No. 31 52 High Street No. 32 52, 70, 87, 121 High Street No. 34 52 Subject Page High Street No. 9 10, 38–40, 94–7, 99, 105, 123 High Street No.15 31, 38 High Street No.43/51 16 Highway Cottages 16 Highwaymen 103–4 Hill Cottage 10, 50 Hill, Rowland 49 Hobman, (William) 37, 80 2, 44, 80–3, 117 Holland, Earl of 98 Holland, (George) 53 Holmes, (Grace) 20 Horde, Allen 121–2 Horde, Edmond 15 Horde, Elizabeth 121 Horse Pond 43, 80, 90, 102, 109 Horton 3 Hubbard, (Thomas) 108 Hughes, Arthur 85 Hughes, H. 56 Hunt, Leigh 111 Hunt, William Holman 17, 37, 80–5, 119 Ice-houses 54, 59 Iron Age finds at 115 Iron Age finds at Purberry Shot 115 Iron Age finds at Warren Farm 115 Ironmongers 94 Iwardby, Jane 14 James I 73, 75 Jermyn, Henry 133 Johnston, Philip 118–9 Jones, Inigo 133–4 Jonson, Ben 34 Jordan, Dorothy 32–3 Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1887) 17, 121 Kattswell 120 Kendal, Francis 40 Killick, William 3 King William IV public house 31, 106 Kings Head Inn 17, 33, 87, 111 Kingston Common 7 Kingston family 100 Kingston Road 41, 44–6 Kingston Road No. 25 46 Kingsway 112 Kingswood (in manor and parish of Ewell) 7–8, 18, 22 Kitchen, Henry 13 Subject Page Kydenot, Reginald 60 Laird, Arthur R. 135 Leigh (in manor of Ewell) 7 Leland, John 62 Lely, Peter 77 Lempriere family 80 Lempriere, Captain William 57 Lempriere, Major-General Arthur 83 Leofwine, Earl 126 Lewen, George 20, 124 Lewen, Sir William 14, 33, 119 Lewis, Samuel 2, 4 Lime trees 33, 52–3, 56, 120–1 Linkret Field 8 Livesey, Michael 98 Lloyd, Henry 30 Lloyds Bank 52 Road 26, 37–8, 41, 86 Long Spring 42, 80, 107, 120 Lord Arden's Hill 109 Lowe, James 17 Lower Marsh 47 Lower Mill 45, 87 Lowther, Anthony 114 Lucas, Edward Verrall 43 Lumley, John, Lord Lumley 40, 73, 131 Maggs, James 48, 107 Maids of Honour 123 Malthouses 31–2, 41 Manning & Bray, historians 15, 19, 30, 61, 73, 117 Manning, John 106 Manor House 57, 125 Manor of Ewell 5–8, 30, 40, 100 Marfleet, Stephen 56 Market 30–1 Market House 29, 30–1, 120–1 Marks, Harry 45 Marriages 20 Marsh Lane 28 Mary I 73 Mary Wallis Hall 48, 125 Mathematical tiles 31, 52, 57 May Day 107 Meadow Walk 45 Merton Priory 7, 21, 60 Mesolithic finds at Ewell Grove School 114 Mesolithic finds at Ewell House 114 Subject Page Mesolithic finds at Nonsuch Park 114 Mesolithic finds at Purberry Shot 114 Milestones 29 Mill Lane 101 Mill Lane No. 21 101 Millais, John Everett 80, 82–4 Miller, Edward 51, 124 Miller, George 95–6, 108 Mills 44–5, 55, 80–1, 86, 92–3, 96–7, 103, 121 Monger family 55 Mongers Lane 18 Moore, William (roadman) 90, 134–5 Moore, William (vicar) 19 Morgan, (William) 111 Motorists 89 Mount, The 59, 72 National Schools 44 Newark Priory 18 Nicholls, Albert W. 135 Nightingales 112 Nonsuch Farm 135 House 130, 134 59–79, 126–135 Nonsuch Palace gardens 70–2 Nonsuch Park 3–4, 17, 59, 71–4, 98, 114–5, 130, 135 Nonsuch Pottery 38, 92 Nonsuch Society 135 Northey, (Florence) 89 Northey, Edward 7 Northey, Major-General Sir Edward 7 Northey, Revd. Edward W. 135 Oak trees 26, 44 Ogilby, John 77 Old Church Tower 13, 118 Old House, The 55 Old Schools Lane 44 Organ Inn 117 Organs 22–3, 55, 100–101 Overseers of the Poor 30, 99–100, 108, 120 Ox Alley 28, 33, 111 Packhorse Bridge 27, 47 Page, James 100 Palm Sunday 107 Papermakers 45 Parish boundary 1–3 Parr, Catherine 78 Pedlars Lane 28 Subject Page Peppermint distilling 102 Pepys, Samuel 75–7 Perry, Revd. E. Parkes 53 Persfield 55 Pickering, James 117 Picknell, George 10, 41, 44 Pigeons 8 Pilgrim, (William) 61 Pit House 4, 10 Police 50, 89 Pollard, John 57 Popinjay Inn 40 Poplar Farm 9 Population 101, 117 Portway 26 Postal service 87, 100, 109 Potters 39 Pounds 45, 124 Poverty 10–11, 95, 100, 108 Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood 80–5 Pride, Thomas 75 Priest Hill Farm 4, 9, 55, 112, 116–7, 125 Provost's Cross 18 Purberry Shot 114–6 Pywell, Joseph Arthur 54 Queen Anne Inn 39, 99 Queen Elizabeth's Elm 74 Queen Elizabeth's Meadow 127, 135 Railways 26, 29, 84, 88, 112 Rectors (impropriate) 9, 14, 18, 124 Rectory Farm 37, 80 Red Gate Lodge 62, 112, 127 Red House, The 32 Red Lion Inn 40, 123 Reid, Lady Maria 88 Reid, Sir John Rae 13, 57, 118 Reid, Thomas 57, 103 Reigate Road 21, 25 Rights of way 44, 118 Rocque, John 10 Roman (?) site at Chessington Road 22 Roman burials at Half Mile Bush 4 Roman finds at Ewell Grove School 116 Roman finds at Ewell House 116 Roman finds at Glyn House 4 Roman finds at Nonsuch Park 4 Roman finds at Pit House 4 Subject Page Roman finds at Priest Hill Farm 4, 116 Roman finds at Purberry Shot 116 Roman finds at the Grange 3 Roman finds at the Lower Mill 45 Roman finds at the Vicarage 3–4 Ropewalk 54 Rosebery, Archibald Primrose Earl of 89 Rowden, Philip 42 Rowse, John 99 Ruxley Farm 8, 47 Ruxley Splash 29 Ruxley, manor of 7–8 Saddlers 54 Salmon, Nathaniel 20, 55, 77 Saunders, Nicholas 19, 122, 129 Sawyers 93 Saxon burials at Corner House 116 Saxon burials at Ewell House 54, 114, 116 Saxon burials at the Grove 54 Schoolmasters 55 Schools 38, 44, 50, 55, 102 Sedan chairs 88 Sewers 101 Shaw, Revd. Joseph 53 Sheep 75, 105–6 Shellwood (in manor of Ewell) 7 Shenton, Samuel 124 Shortcroft Cottages 106 Shrove Tuesday 107 Slip, The 27 Smugglers 104–5 Snouc, Pieter 15 Soldiers 46, 76 South Metropolitan Electric Company 41 South Street 56 Speech, local 110 Spring Hotel 22, 40, 43, 91, 111, 118 Spring House 47 Spring Street 47–8 Spurgeon, Charles J. 111 St. Mary's church 22–24, 55, 56, 100, 117–8 St. Mary's churchyard 17, 56, 206, 119 St. Mary's old church 12–17, 55, 103, 117, 118, 119 Stag hunting 88 Stage coaches 33, 55, 86, 97 Stained glas 56 Stane Street 3, 114 Subject Page Stevens family 17 Stone, George 10, 41, 49, 106–7 Stone, George Brooker 48 Stone, Nicholas 133 Stradivarius violins 58 Sun Fire Office 41 Sunday School 23 Surgeons 87 Stag Hounds 88 Surrey Volunteer Militia 23 Surrey Yeomanry 107 Tanzer, William 100–101 Taxation 117 Taylare, Dorothy 15 Tayles Hill 8, 87 Taylor, (Joseph) 49 Taylor, Edward Fairfax 33 Taylor, John 19, 99 Thompson, Joseph 134 Tiles, mathematical 31, 52, 57 Tithes 9 Tokens 40, 123 Tollgates 38, 86, 91 Tolworth Court 47 Torr, George 22 Transportation 43, 106 Trees 52–5, 72, 121, 123 Tunnels 54 Turnpikes 29, 38, 86, 91 Umbrevile, Katherin 40 Upper Mill 32, 43–5, 80–1, 86, 92, 96, 112, 121 Usherwood, Edward C. 3, 118 Valentine's Day 109 Vanderbilt coaches 87 Vestry 14, 18, 41, 47, 53, 99–100, 108, 118 Vets 94 Vevers, William 37 Vicarage House 3–4, 33 Vicarage Lane 28, 59, 71, 112 Vicars 18–22, 48, 118, 124 Victoria, Queen 17, 121 Wages 102 Waggons 33, 86, 92–3 Waghorn, William R. 38 Walker coaches 87 Wallis, Mary 48 Walnut trees 77 Subject Page Warren Farm 115 Watch House 31, 53, 121 Water carts 90 Water supply 1–2, 101 Watermills 44–5, 80–1, 86, 92, 96, 121 Well House, The 32 Weller family 17, 111 West Heath 6 West Street 48–52 West Street Farm 50 West Street No. 102/106 50 West Street No. 78 50 West Street No. 8 48 West, James H. 22 Westing, (Ann) 23 Whateley, Joseph 134 Wheelwrights 92–3 Whip-makers 56 Whipping Trees 46, 123 Whitesmiths 95–6, 102–3 Whitgift, John 132 Wife-selling 107 Wildlife 111–2 Wilkins, (John) 33 William I 116 William III 32, 121 William IV 32 Williams, (Edward Henry) 24 Williamson, Richard 19 Willis, Henry (blacksmith) 94, 97, 104 Willis, Henry (organ-builder) 22 Winbolt, Samuel 115 Windmill Lane 27 Windmills 55 Winston, Charles 56 Woodcote House 89 Woodgate turnpike 38, 86 Woodroffe, John 107 Worcester House 75 Farm 32, 83 Worcester Park House 75 Workhouse 10, 51–2 World War 2 119, 126, 135 Wyatt, James 92–3 Wyattvile, Jeffrey 134 Yates, Gideon 119, 121