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A volume, [?1824], containing a fair copy of a journal of a tour of North Wales, 1 July-11 August 1824, by John George Lockett, describing the scenery and other points of interest, the weather, people, and the state of the inns and roads.
Lockett travelled by carriage in the company of his wife [Eleanor] and son [John George] Edmund Lockett. Departing from London on 1 July, they travelled via Warwick, Birmingham, Shrewsbury and Oswestry, reaching Wales on 11 July (ff. 2-8). In Wales the itinerary included Chirk, Llangollen, Wrexham, Denbigh, Ruthin, Llanrwst, Conwy, Bangor, Holyhead, Beaumaris, Capel Curig, Beddgelert, Caernarfon, Tremadog, Ffestiniog, Bala, Dolgellau, Barmouth, Machynlleth, Llanbrynmair, Newtown and Leominster (ff. 8-42 verso). The volume contains descriptions of the castles at Warwick (ff. 3 verso-5), Conwy (ff. 18-19), Beaumaris (f. 23 recto-verso) and Caernarfon (ff. 27 verso-28); the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (ff. 9 recto-verso, 11); the partially constructed suspension bridges at Conwy (f. 19) and on the Menai Straits (f. 21 recto-verso); and the [Cob] embankment at Traeth Mawr (ff. 29-30 verso). Also included is a partial transcript, [?1852], in a different hand, of an account of a serious illness suffered by J[ohn] T[owne] Danson in July 1852 (ff. 73 verso-79 verso (versos only), 80, 81, inverted text); Danson had married Ann Eleanor, daughter of J. G. Edmund Lockett, in April 1852.

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 volume containing a copy, [c. 1803] (watermark 1801), of a sketch of a tour of north Wales, as well as parts of England, undertaken on 7-30 July 1791, containing descriptions of places visited with particular emphasis on the state of the inns and the roads.
The sketch was written by an individual identified only as 'A.B.', travelling on horseback with his companion 'W.D.' (p. 1). Beginning in London, the journey to Wales took in Worcester, Bridgnorth, Coalbrookdale and Shrewsbury (pp. 2-24). In Wales their itinerary included Welshpool, Llangollen, Llanrwst, Conwy, Caernarfon, Beddgelert, Harlech, Barmouth, Dolgellau, Tywyn, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Newtown and Montgomery (pp. 24-76). They returned to London via Ludlow, Hereford and Gloucester (pp. 76-90). The volume includes accounts of the industrial works at Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge (pp. 13-18), the House of Industry [workhouse] at Shrewsbury (pp. 20-24), Castell Dinas Bran, Llangollen (pp. 30-31), Cernioge Mawr, Denbighshire (pp. 32-34), Aber[gwyngregyn], Caernarfonshire (pp. 39-45), the dilapidated state of Harlech and its castle (pp. 56-60), and Tal-y-llyn, Merioneth (pp. 67-69).