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Notes describing a proposed route from Llanrwst to Bangor, with suggestions as to various points of interest, such as Carnedh Llewellin, Carnedh David, Llanberis, the vale of Llanberis, and the summit of Snowdon, which could be visited in the Snowdon area. Also outlined is a proposed route from Abergavenny through Lan y hangel, Lantony, Capel y fine, the Hay, and Bealt to Raeadr. These notes appear to have been compiled for the benefit of a friend or acquaintance who intended travelling in these areas.

A manuscript containing North Wales pedigrees, formerly in the possession of John Thomas, curate of Ruthin; an account of a tour in North Wales, 1755; lists of benefactors of Ruthin School, 1700, 1742; copies of North Wales church inscriptions; various extracts, etc.

Notes on a short tour in North Wales.

Notes by Thomas Pennant on a tour in Lancashire, 1772, a list of drawings made by Moses Griffith, his Welsh artist, during their tour to Scotland, 1772, and of others presented to Pennant on that journey, and notes made by David Pennant, junior, grandson of Thomas Pennant, during a tour through parts of North Wales.

'Notes of a tour among the scenery of North Wales in the summer of the year 1849. By Edwin Lees, F.L.S., in company with two ladies', illustrated with prints and original sketches.

A copy of Cyfarchiad Gostyngedig at Grist'nogion Cymru o bob Enw oddiwrth Gymdeithas Llundain; Yr hon a sefydlwyd yn Mawrth 1, 1810 i'r dyben i ddwyn yn mlaen Grist'nogaeth yn mysg yr Iddewon ... (London [1811]), including particulars of Joseph Samuel C[hristian] F[rederick] Frey's [1773-1850] preaching engagements on his tour through North Wales, 7 July - 4 August 1811. There are manuscript additions in the form of 'englynion' and other verses.

An exercise book containing an account of the family's horse-drawn caravan holiday in Cheshire and North Wales, August-September 1932.

Journal of Gertrude J. Stratton describing a tour of Chester and North Wales, August-September 1865, illustrated with contemporary engravings.

Journal of Charles H. New, Norwich, describing a tour of North Wales, August-September 1871, illustrated with contemporary engravings, photographs, one original pencil sketch (f. 40 verso), pressed plants and route map.

Journal of a tour, July-November 1819, by a Mr and Mrs Woolrych, commencing in Redhill, [?Surrey], and proceeding into Wales where they visited parts of Denbighshire, Merioneth, Caernarvonshire, Anglesey, Cardiganshire, Radnorshire and (briefly) Monmouthshire.
Included in the itinerary were Worcester and Great Malvern (pp. 2-23), Shrewsbury (pp. 25-43), Snowdonia (pp. 47-112 passim), Bangor (pp. 50-53, 57-60), Anglesey (pp. 64-72, 79), Caernarfon (pp. 82-89), Dolgellau (pp. 120-151), Barmouth (pp. 151-160), Aberystwyth (pp. 165-174), and Hereford (pp. 178-187). The writers of the journal are possibly Humphry William and Penelope Woolrych of Hertfordshire.

An account of a tour of North Wales, about 1850, with steel engravings, lithographs, and press cuttings bound up in a quarto album. The manuscript account runs from Chester via Gresford, Wrexham, Ruabon, Llangollen, Chirk, Oswestry, Welshpool, Llanidloes, Llangurig, Devil's Bridge, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Dolgelley, Barmouth, Harlech, Tremadoc, Beddgelert, Capel Curig, Llanberis, Caernarvon, Beaumaris, Conway, St. Asaph, Caerwys, Holywell, Flint, and Northop to Hawarden. The tourists included a Mr. and Mrs. Stamp.

An illustrated 'Journal of a very short Walking Tour in North Wales', 23 July-1 August 1853, by Walker Baily, Champion Park, Denmark Hill, London. The tour comprised Shrewsbury, Llangollen, Valle Crucis Abbey, Corwen, Cerrig-y-Druidion, Bettwys[sic]-y-Coed, Llanrwst, Conway, Bangor, Carnarvon, Llanberis, Pen-y-Gwryd, and Chester. The illustrations, largely in the form of mounted line engravings, are of Chirk Aqueduct and Viaduct; Dee Viaduct, Shrewsbury and Chester Railway; Llangollen Bridge; Llangollen and Bridge; Phillips's Hand Hotel and Posting House, Llangollen; Valle Crucis Abbey; Pont-y-Glyn, Cerrig-y-Druidion; Conway Falls; Bettws-y-Coed and Pont-y-Pair; Waterfall of the Swallow [Betws-y-Coed]; Llanrwst Bridge; Chapel in Gwydir Woods; Vale of Llanrwst; Great Ormes Head; Conway Tubular Bridge and Castle; Conway Town, Castle, and Tube; Penmaen Mawr, Aber; Penrhyn Castle; British Hotel, Bangor; Bangor; Bangor Cathedral Church; Menai Suspension Bridge; Britannia Tubular and Menai Suspension Bridges; The Britannia Tubular Bridge-Entrance from the Bangor side; Nant Francon; Fall of the Ogwen, Nant Francon; Welsh Costumes (2); Market Scene, North Wales; Castle Square, Carnarvon; Eagle Tower, Carnarvon Castle; W. Mathew [Hotel], At the foot of Snowdon; Llanberis Lakes and Dolbadarn Castle; The Summit of Snowdon from the Llanberis Ascent; Capel Curig; Beddgelert (2); Pont Aberglaslyn; Tremadoc; Caenant [Ceunant] Mawr, near Llanberis; Rhyl; View from Llangollen Bridge; Swallow Waterfall; Snowdon from Capel Curig Hotel; Snowdon and Llanberis Lakes; and Llanberis and Snowdon. The text also includes a list of the writer's daily expenses, and a few original vignettes and pictorial and decorative capital letters. At the end are two road maps entitled respectively 'River Wye (Ross to Monmouth)' and 'River Wye (Monmouth to Chepstow)' and a printed folded map of North Wales. The letters 'W. B.' are inscribed in gold on the upper cover.

A list, [September] 1795, by the artist John Malchair of Oxford, of drawings made by him on a tour of north Wales, 22 July-21 August 1785, written on returning to Oxford.
The drawings are described in chronological order, with some additional details and comments on the surroundings, people and weather. The itinerary includes Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire (f. 1), Dinas Mawddwy (f. 2 recto-verso), Barmouth (f. 3) and Harlech (f. 3 recto-verso), Merionethshire, and Beddgelert, Caernarvonshire (f. 3 verso). For a transcript of the list see Colin Harrison, John Malchair of Oxford: Artist and Musician (Oxford, 1998), pp. 150-152.

Seven letters, 1854, from the botanist William Pamplin (1806-99), later of Llandderfel, to his first wife Caroline (née Hunneman), while he was on a walking tour of North Wales with his friend Alexander Irvine (1793-1873), together with botanical notes, 1855, by Pamplin; also included are printed articles, 1899 and 1937, relating to him.

Journal of a tour of North and Central Wales from July to September 1810 by the Reverend Corbet Hue (ca. 1770-1838), Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, illustrated with ink drawings and rough pencil sketches and including a map showing his itinerary.

A journal of a tour through the counties of Denbigh, Merioneth, Cardigan, and Caernarvon, and the island of Anglesea in 1793. The author lived in Bridgnorth, Salop.

An account of a tour of North Wales, August-September 1860, by John [ ] of Bath, in the form of letters to his parents, together with a pencil sketch of 'My Villa [Snowdon House] at Llanberis' (f. 1).

A journal of 'A Picturesque Trip', 1850, to Aberystwyth, Oswestry, Llangollen, Bangor, Caernarfon, Beddgelert, Tremadog and Dolgellau.

The file consists of a notebook containing a personal account of a journey through North Wales undertaken in September 1963, beginning at Llyn Mair and Rhyd, and ending with Coed y Rhygen, describing scenery, geology, botanical habitats, birds, plants, natural and man-made features of the landscape, and suggestions for photographs, and a few, unrelated notes on Llangrannog and Cwmtudu. The material served as the basis for his The Snowdonia National Park published in 1966.