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Title
Date(s)
- 1812-1813 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
ii, 77 ff. (blank from f. 72 verso) ; 160 x 100 mm.
Binding: Calf with double gold fillets and blind tooling; 'TOURS 1812-3' (gold on spine).
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Gwendoline Evill May 1900' (ink on f. ii), Gwendoline being the great-grand daughter of William Evill.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Liss Books; Liss; Purchase; December 2014.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A volume containing journals of tours through parts of Wales, [27] July-11 August 1812 (ff. 1-45), and along the South Devon coast, 9-[20] August 1813 (ff. 46-71), by W[illiam] Evill of 12 Devonshire Buildings, Bath.
The Welsh tour consists of a journey from the New Passage, Monmouthshire, through Abergavenny, Brecon and Rhayader to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, northwards through Talyllyn, Harlech, Maentwrog and Bala, all Merionethshire, on to Llangollen, then south through Shropshire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, crossing the River Severn at the Old Passage. The Devon tour consists of a journey from Bath, via Glastonbury and Exeter, to Plymouth, Devon, followed by the journey along the coast from Teignmouth, Devon, to Weymouth, Dorset. The writer describes becoming lost on the roads to and from Builth Wells (ff. 8 verso-11), climbing Cader Idris (ff. 19-21), the rivalry of innkeepers in Barmouth (f. 23 recto-verso), the sights of Llangollen (ff. 30-33), and visits to Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall (ff. 54 verso-56 verso), Devonport Royal Dockyard (ff. 57-59) and the partly completed Plymouth Breakwater (f. 59 recto-verso). There are also a few comments on French prisoners seen at Abergavenny (f. 7) and Oswestry (f. 34). Three hand-drawn maps showing the itinerary of the tours have been tipped into the volume (ff. 2 verso, 16, 47 verso). Engravings depicting English and Welsh views have been pasted into the volume; a minority of these relate to the tours (ff. i verso, 3, 43, 45 recto-verso, 72).
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Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Some folios (in particular ff. 71-77) affected by insects, with minimal loss of text.
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Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 24067A.
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Access points
Subject access points
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Prisoners and prisons.
- Roads -- Wales -- Powys.
- Hotelkeepers -- Wales -- Barmouth.
- Breakwaters -- England -- Plymouth.
- Devon (England) -- Description and travel.
- West Country (England) -- Description and travel.
- Welsh Borders (England and Wales) -- Description and travel.
- Cadair Idris (Wales)
- Llangollen (Wales)
- Mount Edgcumbe Country Park (Cremyll, England)
- Wales -- Maps.
- Devon (England) -- Maps.
- Wales -- Description and travel
Place access points
Name access points
- Devonport H.M. Dockyard (Great Britain) (Subject)
- Evill, William, 1790-1877 -- Diaries (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2015
Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones