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Date(s)
- 1819 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
98 ff. (paginated 1-196) ; c. 205 x 125 mm.
Half-leather over boards, with double gold fillets on spine; 'MISCELLANEOU[S]' (gold on spine).
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
'Mr and Mrs Woolrych's Romantic and interesting tour through Wales' on p. 196 in late nineteenth-century hand.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Edward Hall; Surbiton; Purchase (with NLW MSS 16628-9); January 1956
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Scope and content
Journal of a tour, July-November 1819, by a Mr and Mrs Woolrych, commencing in Redhill, [?Surrey], and proceeding into Wales where they visited parts of Denbighshire, Merioneth, Caernarvonshire, Anglesey, Cardiganshire, Radnorshire and (briefly) Monmouthshire.
Included in the itinerary were Worcester and Great Malvern (pp. 2-23), Shrewsbury (pp. 25-43), Snowdonia (pp. 47-112 passim), Bangor (pp. 50-53, 57-60), Anglesey (pp. 64-72, 79), Caernarfon (pp. 82-89), Dolgellau (pp. 120-151), Barmouth (pp. 151-160), Aberystwyth (pp. 165-174), and Hereford (pp. 178-187). The writers of the journal are possibly Humphry William and Penelope Woolrych of Hertfordshire.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 16630B). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4437852. Date: 20070305. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 16630) : Board detached from bookblock at front of volume and detached from spine in part, first half of bookblock missing. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 16630B). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4437852. Date: 20070420. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 16630B) : Reattached board to spine only, curator requires no more. Institution: WlAbNL.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
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English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Many leaves missing at beginning of volume; front cover detached from text.
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Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 16630B.
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
November 2006 and March 2015.
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- English
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Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans, and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones.