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Eight notebooks containing journals, 1841-1843, kept by (Lady) Marianne Lewis, of tours on the Continent and in South Wales, in the company of her husband (Sir) Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court.
The journals contain accounts of their tour of France and Germany, 28 April-7 June 1841 (16582iC, ff. 1-20); Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 9 June-29 August 1841 (16582iiC, ff. 21-73); Italy (mainly Rome and Naples), 30 August 1841-[19] January 1842 (16582iiiC, ff. 74-128), 20 January-10 March 1842 (16582ivC, ff. 129-148), 11 March-10 April 1842 (16582vC, ff. 149-163), and, 12 April-27 May 1842 (16582viC, ff. 171-194 verso); and Germany and Belgium, 31 May-10 July 1842 (16582viiC, ff. 195-220); followed by a tour of South Wales, 16 October-30 December 1843, where she accompanied her husband and other members of the Commission of Inquiry into the Rebecca Riots (16582viiiC, ff. 242-259 verso).

A typescript transcript of a journal of a tour through South Wales (author not identified), commencing at Birch Grove, July 1782, and ending at Bristol, March 1783.

A journal of a tour through parts of Wales, July-August 1860, and of a visit to Cambridge, May 1860.

A journal of 'A Picturesque Trip', 1850, to Aberystwyth, Oswestry, Llangollen, Bangor, Caernarfon, Beddgelert, Tremadog and Dolgellau.

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

Journal of a tour through Wales and part of Ireland in August 1848 by Charles Lucey of Clapham and later of Henley, shipwright, with a map showing his itinerary and further notes added by him, 1856-1891.

Manuscript journal of a tour of south and west Wales, as well as parts of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, 4 June-2 October 1805 (ff. 3-32 verso passim), also including several contemporary illustrations and later pasted-in engravings.
The writer is unknown but appears to be female and was travelling in the company of her 'Papa' and several other presumed relatives. Beginning in Gloucester (ff. 3-4), the journal then recounts a journey down the River Wye from Ross-on-Wye to Chepstow (ff. 7-8, 10-11 verso) and an extended stay at Swansea, 16 June-30 July (ff. 13-14, 16-17, 19, 21-22), before proceeding to Pembrokeshire (ff. 22 verso-23, 26-28 verso), Aberystwyth (ff. 29-31 verso) and Dolgellau (ff. 32 recto-verso), where the narrative ends abruptly, mid-sentence. The volume includes descriptions of Gloucester Cathedral (ff. 3-4), Margam Park (ff. 12-13), the Brownslade estate, [Castlemartin] (ff. 26-27 verso), St Govan's Head (ff. 26 verso-27 verso), the lower River Teifi (ff. 28-29), Devil's Bridge (ff. 29 verso-31) and the house at Hafod, Cardiganshire (f. 31 recto-verso). The illustrations are of pen and wash in a naïve style and comprise eight full page drawings (ff. 2, 6, 9, 15, 18, 20, 24, 25) and three text illustrations (ff. 8, 14, 17) all depicting views along the route. Conversely the fifteen engravings, [1831]-[1845], pasted into the volume depict various views in England, Wales and India and are, with a single exception, unrelated to the text (inside front cover, ff. 1 verso, 2 verso, 33-44 (rectos only)).

A manuscript containing an account of a tour from London through parts of England and Wales, 1776.

A manuscript entitled Sketch of a pedestrian Tour Thro' parts of North and South Wales, &c. Begun Septemr 3d 1798. By G.N. D.J.J. R.P.

A typescript journal, dated 1 February 1906, of a tour in North Wales in June 1905 by Fred T. Sissons of North Ferriby, Yorkshire, including photomechanical prints, newspaper cuttings and maps.

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.

A volume containing an account of a tour in North Wales in the form of transcripts, [18 cent., last ¼], of four letters, dated 20-28 September 1776, sent from Caernarfon (pp. 1-25), Tan-y-Bwlch, Merioneth (pp. 27-49), Denbigh (pp. 50-74) and 'Rhyd Dyn' [Rhyddyn], Flintshire (pp. 75-95), commenting mainly on Welsh history and castles.
The transcripts have been heavily corrected and emended in a different hand. The author, who appears to have resided at Rhyddyn, is not named but may be the Rev. William Warrington. His correspondents are identified as a Mr Eyton (p. 1) and a Dr Jeffries (p. 49). Also included are a preface (ff. v-vii) and several versions of a passage, in the same hand as the emendations, relating an encounter with some Irishmen (f. i verso).

Journal of a tour in France and Switzerland, June-[September] 1833, made by Mrs C. Jones, lady's maid, apparently from north-east Wales, accompanying her employers, William Henry Fox Talbot of Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, and his wife, Charlotte [Constance in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography WWW site] (née Munby), and Mademoiselle Amélina Petit de Billier (c. 1798-1876), family friend and former governess to William Talbot's half-sisters. Entries from 8 September, when she joined her new employer (see note under 544, below), a Miss York, in Geneva, until her return to England on 22 September, are in pencil, overwritten with transcripts of poetry; miscellaneous commonplace entries, 1833-c. 1858, were added by Mrs Jones both during and after the tour and later by other hands.

Tour from London to South Wales and S. W. England by Sophia Ward (née Watts) (1766-1861). English. Leather. Purchased from Howes Bookshop, Hastings, October 1967.

Account book, 1808-1814, of G. Haldimand, recording his expenses while travelling in England, Wales, Scotland, France and Switzerland, sometimes accompanied by his brother, William Haldimand (1784-1862), philanthropist.

A volume containing early nineteenth century abstracts of, and extracts from, the Middle English romance of 'Torreine of Portyngale; and contemporary extracts, but in a different hand, from 'Le Roman de Brut' of Robert Wace, entitled 'Maitre Wace's description of K. Arthur's coronation at Caerleon in Glamorganshire. Harl. MS. 6508'.

Torion papur newydd yn cynnwys erthyglau gan G. M. Roberts ac Eliseus Howells o'r Goleuad. (Gynt Eliseus Howells MS 14.) Rhwng byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Mrs Eliseus Howells, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, Mawrth 1970.

Casgliad o dorion papur newydd, 1928-1958, yn cynnwys erthyglau gan T. H. Parry-Williams ac adolygiadau o'i weithiau llenyddol, y rhan fwyaf ohonynt o'r Cymro a'r Faner.

Torion papur newydd o ddwy gyfres o erthyglau: a) 'Dechreuad a Chynnydd Methodistiaeth yn Llanllyfni' gan W. W. Jones ('Cyrus') a gyhoeddwyd yn ?Yr Herald Cymraeg; a b) 'Hen Gymeriadau Hynod Dyffryn Nantlle' gan 'Cofianydd' [?Evan Owen] a gyhoeddwyd yn Y Genedl Gymreig, 24 Hydref 1899 - 24 Ebrill 1900. Mae'r torion wedi'u pastio'i mewn i lyfr cofnodion, yn barhad o'r deunydd a geir yn NLW MS 19239D. (Gynt Bob Owen MS.) Byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Bob Owen, Croesor, Tachwedd 1959.

Torion papur newydd amrywiol eu natur wedi'u pastio'i mewn i gyfrol. Mae rhai o'r torion yn ymwneud â Chroesor, ac un arall yn disgrifio darganfod copi o'r Llyfr Gweddi Cyffredin (1621) a oedd yn eiddo i'r Parchedig John Peter ('Ioan Pedr'). (Gynt Bob Owen MS.) Byrddau. Prynwyd oddi wrth Bob Owen, Croesor, Tachwedd 1960.