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A manuscript copy, [1820s]-[1830s] (watermark 1814), of tours of North Wales undertaken in the Autumn of 1817 (pp. 1-30) and October 1819 (pp. 31-90) by Captain Henry Hanmer and his wife Sarah, including descriptions of visits to Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, the Ladies of Llangollen (pp. 10-11, 14-19, 45).
The itinerary includes Llangollen, Wrexham, Beddgelert, Caernarfon, Bangor, Llanberis, Holyhead, Conway and St Asaph, and includes descriptions of Dolbadarn Castle (pp. 55-58), the Penrhyn slate quarries (pp. 65-66) and Parys and Mona copper mines (pp. 69-73). A number of related poems and tales are interspersed throughout the text (pp. 4-101), including verses by Anne Grant (p. 19), Anna Seward (pp. 22-29), Sir Walter Scott (pp. 31-33), W. Sotheby (pp. 37-45), W. R. Spencer (pp. 48-53), Dr [William] Dodd (pp. 61-62), and Amelia Alderson Opie (pp. 88-89). They are followed by further transcripts in the same hand (pp. 107-120), including verses by Thomas Noel (pp. 112-118) and Sir Walter Scott (pp. 119-120), and, in a different hand (pp. 121-139), verses by Byron (pp. 121, 125), R. B. Sheridan (p. 121) and Robert Southey (p. 123). The volume contains numerous cuttings from engravings, either pasted or tipped in (pp. 1-103 passim); several of these are by Henry Gastineau and are taken from Wales Illustrated: In a Series of Views... (London, 1830), as is the printed description of Llangollen on pp. 101-102. Inserted at the end (pp. 187-198) is a pamphlet by S. G. Perceval, The Ladies of Llangollen: New and interesting facts ([?1909]), transcribing extracts from the present manuscript. A press cutting, [1829], concerning the Ladies of Llangollen is pasted inside the front cover. Pressed flowers are pasted in on pp. 57, 64-65, and the remains of a leaf has been placed in an archival envelope.

Original typescript, 1971-1978, with manuscript additions, of 'The English Curiosity Man in North Wales', an historical and topographical account of North Wales by Peter Alford, illustrated with photographs, based on the author's field trips in the area, 1966-1975. Fifteen articles based on the work were published in Country Quest, May 1976-November 1978.

A journal of a tour of parts of England and North and West Wales, July-August 1791, containing descriptions of towns, castles, inns and scenery and of incidents along the way.
The unnamed author, possibly a member of the Wilson family of Broomhead, Sheffield (based on contextual materials filed seperately), travelled with two companions, starting from Cambridge on 11 July 1791. The English itinerary included Oxford, Birmingham, Coalbrookdale and Shrewsbury (ff. 1-8, rectos only). In Wales they visited Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llangollen, Bala, Conwy, Bangor, Caernarfon, Beddgelert, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, Aberystwyth, Devil's Bridge, Cardigan and Carmarthen (ff. 9-25, rectos only, 24 verso). The journal includes an eyewitness account of the Priestley Riots in Birmingham on 14 July (ff. 6-7), and of an altercation between [?Richard Tavistock] Price and three apothecaries in Bala, 21 July (f. 12). A recurring theme is their difficulty in hiring appropriate transport from various landlords (ff. 19, 20, 25). The volume includes three pencil sketches of scenery (ff. 26 verso, 27 verso, 28 verso) and rough accounts (f. 29 verso, inside back cover, front and back covers). The bill, [16] July 1791, for their stay at the Tontine Inn, opposite the Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, has been tipped in on f. 26.

A journal describing a tour in North Wales, preceded by a visit to London and Oxford, 18 August - 30 September 1860, by an unidentified lady, a resident of Boughspring, Tidenham, co. Gloucester; the journal is illustrated with engravings and pressed plants.

A journal, with sketches, of a walking tour from Kington to Aberystwyth and through parts of North Wales, 1828.

A volume, 1863, entitled Letters from Llangollen and based on a series of nineteen letters describing a tour in North Wales and which were published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph in September 1863. Cuttings from the paper are interspersed with illustrative prints (mainly of churches, castles and other edifices in Wales and England), a few cuttings from other sources, and additional manuscript notes apparently by the author, John Holland.
There are references to the 'Ladies of Llangollen' (ff. 19-22), Dinas Brân (ff. 23-25 verso) and other local features of Llangollen. Pasted onto f. 38 is an envelope, postmarked at Sheffield, 12 September 1863, and addressed to John Holland at Upper Bangor, together with a photograph presumably originally enclosed in the envelope and which probably depicts Holland's correspondent.

Journal of a tour of North Wales and the North of England, 11 July-8 August 1848, by the sisters E[lizabeth] and Jane Weston of Brixworth, Northamptonshire, and their nephew R[obert] Henry Hewitt of Dodford, Northamptonshire (ff. 1-22 verso). The volume is mostly in the hand of Elizabeth, except for a single entry by Henry (ff. 16 verso-17 verso) and possibly Jane (ff. 4 verso-5).
The Welsh itinerary included Conwy (ff. 1-2), Caernarfon (ff. 4-8), [Llan] Ffestiniog (ff. 9-12 verso), Llanberis (ff. 13-14 verso) and Caernarfon (ff. 14 verso-15). The group's excursions included visits to Anglesey (f. 2 verso), Llanddwyn Island (ff. 5-6), a Nantlle slate quarry (ff. 6 verso-7 verso), and Blaenau Ffestiniog (ff. 11-12) as well as to the various castles (ff. 1 verso-2, 2 verso, 5, 14 verso), waterfalls (ff. 9-10, 12) and other sights. In Llanberis they visited the grave of the Rev. Henry Wellington Starr of Northampton, who died on Snowdon in 1846 (f. 14). They subsequently went by ship to Liverpool (ff. 15-16 verso), and by train to Scarborough (ff. 16 verso-21), finally returning, via York (ff. 21-22), home to Northamptonshire. Items loose within the volume have been tipped in; these comprise a transcript, by Elizabeth Weston, of the inscription on the gravestone of the Rev. Starr (f. 24), a printed obituary relating to Daventry, 1863 (f. 25), and a printed hymn, 1864 (f. 26).

A journal [in the hand of Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller], of a tour of parts of North Wales, Cheshire, and Derbyshire, undertaken by the writer and his companion, Thomas Underwood, July - August 1799. The travellers, commencing their journey at Shrewsbury, visited or passed through Welsh Pool, Cans Office, Mallwyd, Dinas Mowddy, Dolgelly, Barmouth, Harlech, Manturogg, Bethkelert (with an ascent of Snowdon), Cearnarfon, Llanberris, Capel kerrig, Aber, Conway, Llanrwst, Denbigh, Northorpe, Haywarden, Chester, Northwich, Macclesfield, Buxton, Tiddswell, Castleton, Matlock, and Derby, whence the writer returned to London. En route, between Castleton and Derby, the travellers visited Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, and Kiddstone House. At the end of the account of the tour is a character sketch of the Welsh people, and, at the reverse end of the volume, observations on the various inns at which the travellers stayed. The volume contains some four pencil sketches of unnamed persons.

An account of three tours from Hereford (1) through Shrewsbury, Ellesmere, Wrexham, Ruthin, Denbigh, Abergele, Llanrwst, Conway, Bangor, Caernarvon, Beddgelert, Tan-y-bwlch, Dolgelley, Bala, Llangollen, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, and Ludlow; (2) through Monmouth, Usk, Newport, Cardiff, Caerphilly, Pont- y-pridd (sketch), Cowbridge, Neath, Llanelly, Carmarthen, Tenby, Manorbier, Pembroke, Narberth, Haverfordwest, St Davids, Llandilo, Llandovery, and Brecon (1787, with notes on a similar tour in 1796); (3) to Teignmouth (1791).

A transcript of two letters written by Lord George Lyttelton (1709-1773) from Brynkir, 6 July 1755, and from Shrewsbury, 14 July 1755, describing a tour in North Wales.

Estate records, including deeds and documents, 1304-1887, relating to the estates of the Glynnes in Flintshire and elsewhere. The first three centuries covered by the deeds relate largely to the Ravenscroft family, their property, and their legal transactions. A large body of the documents relate to the period when Sir John Glynne, 6th bart., was the occupier of the estate. Other estate records include accounts, rentals, estate, household, and personal accounts, inventories, election expenses, colliery accounts, lists of charities distributed, estate maps, plans, surveys, bills, vouchers, etc., 1690-1872, including rentals of the lordship of Hawarden, 1686-1886. -- Amongst the personal papers are the diaries and account books of Sir John Glynne, 1753-1757, the diaries of the Rev. Stephen Glynne, 1798-1824, Mary Glynne, afterwards Lady Lyttelton, 1824-1831, Stephen Richard Glynne, 1825-1874, and W. H. Gladstone whilst at Eton College, 1856-1857; travel journals through North Wales, 1824, South Wales, 1824, Scotland, 1839, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Switzerland, Belguim, Greece and Austria, 1834-1866, Turkey, 1848, Egypt, 1850, and Palestine, 1850. -- The archive also includes election papers such as lists of voters, canvass returns, accounts, relating to Flintshire elections, 1727-1837, letters written by and to members of the Glynne family and to Gladstone; notes on history, genealogy and ecclesiology; ships' log-books, 1727-1730 and 1734-1739. -- A separate group of legal papers which belonged to a lawyer named Dovey, relate mainly to bankrupts, and their immediate relevance to the Glynne family is not very obvious.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Journal of two tours in North Wales by Charles Edward Rawlins (1811-1884) of Liverpool, merchant and political writer, in June 1866 and September 1868, accompanied on the first by Isaac Bancroft Cooke and Samuel Bulley, both cotton brokers of Liverpool, and on the second by his wife and children, including his son, Herbert, whose later signature appears on f. i. Two maps showing the itineraries are included, and the second tour (ff. 27-110 verso) is illustrated with engravings, [1850s]-[1860s].