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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)).

Travel journal belonging to Bryan Cooke of Owston, Yorkshire, recording various tours undertaken between 1790 and 1797 through Wales and the north of England and other journeys between his seats at Owston, [near Doncaster], and [Hafod-y-Wern], Wrexham.
The volume describes tours of North Wales, beginning and ending at Wrexham, 13-20 September 1790 (ff. 1 verso-3), the Lake District, 14 June-3 July 1793 (ff. 4 verso-9 verso), and South Wales (in the company of his second cousin George Cooke[-Yarborough] and his sons), 10-29 July 1793 (ff. 10 verso-19 verso), together with brief accounts of journeys from Owston to Wrexham, via Leeds and Ripon, 8-15 July 1790 (ff. i verso, 1), Wrexham to Owston, 23-25 September 1790 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, May 1791 (ff. 3 verso-4), Owston to Wrexham, via Kilnwick Percy, Ripon and Storrs, May 1797 (ff. 21, 22), Wrexham to Askrig[g], 9-[?10] August 1797 (ff. 22 verso-23 verso), and Askrig to Wrexham, 20-[?22] August 1797 (ff. 24 verso-25). Each account includes a table listing places visited, distances, inns visited, time on the road and remarks on the state of the roads, etc. (ff. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 21, 23, 25); the remaining pages contain general remarks and notes. Items found inside the pocket have been placed in an archival envelope (ff. 35-37). These include a table, [?1793], detailing a tour of Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, similar but not identical to that on ff. 10 verso-14 verso, possibly in the hand of George Cooke[-Yarborough] (f. 35 recto-verso).