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Title
Date(s)
- 1835-1837 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
i, 100 ff. (original pagination 1-32 continued to end; pp. 107-168, 173-180 blank) ; 180 x 110 mm.
'Harwood's Memorandum Book containing an Almanack for 1835', original straight-grained green roan over boards.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Book-plate of Francis Hubert Barclay (inside front cover); 'F. H. Barclay from JGB 1890' (pencil on end flyleaf, inverted text) [Francis Hubert Barclay (1869-1935) was Joseph's son].
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Simon Luterbacher, Liss Books; Liss; Purchase; June 2016; 99653096002419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Tour journal, 1835-1837, of Joseph Gurney Barclay, banker and astronomer, containing accounts of tours of parts of England, 1836, and of North Wales, 1837.
The English tour, 16 March-7 April 1836 (pp. 1-33), consists of Barclay's journey from London, via Matlock and Wakefield, to Darlington, mostly in the company of his second cousin Samuel Gurney, mainly to visit members of their extended, interlinked families of fellow Quaker bankers and philanthropists, the Leatham family in Wakefield, including the brothers William Henry and [John] Arthington Leatham (pp. 14-24), and the Backhouse and Pease families in Darlington, notably Jonathan Backhouse and Joseph Pease, MP (pp. 26-31). On the Welsh tour, 26 [recte 25] July-[9] August 1837 (pp. 33-106), Barclay travelled with his father and four sisters in a Britzka from London to Gloucestershire, explored the lower Wye Valley (pp. 45-47), then journeyed north via Brecon, Rhayader, Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Dolgellau, Harlech, Tremadog, Llanberis, Bangor and Beaumaris, ending in Conway (pp. 103-106). Barclay describes the scenery of Matlock, Derbyshire (pp. 6-9); a visit to the naturalist and explorer Charles Waterton at Walton Hall, Wakefield (pp. 16-19); a railway journey from Darlington to Middlesbrough with his uncle, Joseph Pease (pp. 29-30); a visit to Devil's Bridge, Cardiganshire (pp. 53-57); the ascent of Cader Idris (pp. 61-69) and an excursion to see waterfalls on the River Mawddach (pp. 70-77), both in the company of local guide Robert Pugh; and the ascent of Snowdon (pp. 93-97). Also included is a short account of the wildlife of Wales, as described to him by Robert Pugh (pp. 169-172). A small pen and ink sketch of the summit of Snowdon is on p. 95. An almanac for 1835 is bound into the volume (pp. 181-196, inverted text).
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Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Leaves removed after pp. 34 (4), 88 and 180 (2).
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Note
Title based on contents.
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Subject access points
- Quakers -- England
- Railroads -- England, North East
- Waterfalls -- Wales -- Mawddach, River
- Animals -- Wales
- Wales -- Description and travel
- Matlock (England)
- Wakefield (England)
- Darlington (England)
- Wye, River, Valley (Wales and England)
- Devil's Bridge (Wales)
- Cadair Idris (Wales)
- Snowdon (Wales)
- England -- Description and travel
Place access points
Name access points
- Barclay, Joseph Gurney, 1816-1898 -- Diaries (Subject)
- Gurney, Samuel, 1816-1882 (Subject)
- Leatham, William Henry, 1815-1889 (Subject)
- Leatham, John Arthington, 1814-1857 (Subject)
- Backhouse, Jonathan, 1779-1842 (Subject)
- Pease, Joseph, 1799-1872 (Subject)
- Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865 (Subject)
- Pugh, Robert, 1809?-1875 (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
June 2017.
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Rhys M. Jones.