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A note book containing an account of a visit to Edinburgh and of a journey thence southward into England through Haddington, Dunbar, Prest, Berwick, Belford, Alnwick, Morpeth, Newcastle, Durham, Darlington, Northallerton, Rippon, Harrogate and Leeds as far as Halifax, in May and June 1775. The writer describes various places of interest which he had visited including Holyrood House, Alnwick Castle, Rippon Cathedral, and Fountains Abbey, and comments on industrial activity and other features which had drawn his attention in the towns and villages en route. Included also are extracts covering the period 1768-1838 made by ? H[ephzibah] E[mma] Howard 'out of a Diary of Mr. Rob[er]t Wynne of Garthewin'. These contain frequent references to members of the Griffith family of Carreglwyd, Anglesey, and of the Lloyd family of Hafodunos and its related families of Clough, Conway, etc.
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English.
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The description is also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Formerly known as Wigfair 67.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 12467A.
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- Holyrood House (Edinburgh, Scotland) -- Description and travel (Subject)
- Alnwick Castle (Alnwick, England) -- Description and travel (Subject)
- Ripon Cathedral -- Description and travel. (Subject)
- Fountains Abbey (North Yorkshire, England) -- Description and travel (Subject)
- Wynne, Robert, Garthewin -- Diaries (Subject)
- Griffith family, of Carreglwyd and Berw (Subject)
- Clough family, of Plas Clough (Subject)
- Conway family, of Llanrhaeadr (Subject)
- Wynne, Robert, Garthewin (Subject)