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Journal of a tour from Penarth to Leamington, etcby John Parker to study the styles of Gothic architecture. English. Boards. Donated by Mrs M. E. Leighton, Oswestry, February 1959.

Journal of a tour in Cornwall and Devon by A[ugusta] H[all], later Baroness Llanover. English. Between boards. Purchased from Winifred Myers, London, October 1963.

A journal [in the hand of Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller], of a tour of parts of North Wales, Cheshire, and Derbyshire, undertaken by the writer and his companion, Thomas Underwood, July - August 1799. The travellers, commencing their journey at Shrewsbury, visited or passed through Welsh Pool, Cans Office, Mallwyd, Dinas Mowddy, Dolgelly, Barmouth, Harlech, Manturogg, Bethkelert (with an ascent of Snowdon), Cearnarfon, Llanberris, Capel kerrig, Aber, Conway, Llanrwst, Denbigh, Northorpe, Haywarden, Chester, Northwich, Macclesfield, Buxton, Tiddswell, Castleton, Matlock, and Derby, whence the writer returned to London. En route, between Castleton and Derby, the travellers visited Chatsworth, Haddon Hall, and Kiddstone House. At the end of the account of the tour is a character sketch of the Welsh people, and, at the reverse end of the volume, observations on the various inns at which the travellers stayed. The volume contains some four pencil sketches of unnamed persons.

Journal, [mid 1820s] (watermark 1822), of a tour through parts of Monmouthshire, Glamorgan and Breconshire, [26] July-[?3] August 1822, in the company of the Rev. B[arton] B[ouchier] and his wife. The author is unidentified but was a resident of Monmouth; the journal was compiled by him after the fact from his notebooks. The tour began and ended in Monmouth, going west as far as Neath, then northwards to Brecon (NLW ex 2962 (i)).
Also included are: a volume of religious notes, [?1820s], in the same hand as the journal (NLW ex 2962 (ii)); and a mid-Victorian album of cartes de visite relating to the family of Edward Smalley Hutchinson of Radcliffe, Lancashire, and Longworth Hall, Lugwardine, Herefordshire, containing thirty-four photographs of family members and five depicting at least two different churches, one being the parish church of St Mary, Radcliffe (NLW ex2962 (iii)).

A commonplace book containing a copy, [?1812] (watermark 1808), of a journal of a picturesque tour in Wales and Ireland, 11 July-23 August 1812, probably written by William Osmund Hammond of St. Alban's Court, Nonington, Kent, describing scenery and points of interest, the weather, towns, people, inns, food, local customs and legends (ff. 17-148 verso).
The writer travelled by carriage in the company of his brother Maximilian [Hammond, later Dalison]. Departing from London on 11 July, the itinerary included Cheltenham and Gloucester (ff. 20-27), the lower Wye Valley (ff. 28-45), Brecon (ff. 49-52), Llandovery (ff. 53-54), Lampeter (ff. 58-60), Cardigan (ff. 61-62), Aberystwyth (ff. 65-71), Dolgellau (ff. 74-75) and Caernarfon (ff. 81-87), reaching Holyhead on 28 July (f. 87). In Ireland they stayed in Dublin (ff. 93-97), then travelled through County Wicklow (ff. 97-111) to Waterford (ff. 115-122) and Cork (ff. 123-126), reaching Killarney (ff. 128-148 verso) on 20 August. Included in the volume are descriptions of boat trips on the Wye from Ross-on-Wye to Chepstow (ff. 29-42) and around the Lakes of Killarney (ff. 131 verso-148 verso), the voyage from Holyhead to Dún Laoghaire (ff. 89-92), visits to a pin factory in Gloucester (ff. 22-24) and the glass blowing factory in Waterford (ff. 121 recto-verso), Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire (ff. 30-33), Tintern Abbey (ff. 38-41), Devil's Bridge, Cardiganshire (ff. 66-70), Snowdonia (ff. 78-80, 86), Caernarfon Castle (ff. 83-85) and Glendalough, County Wicklow (ff. 101-107). The Hammonds, and their friends and neighbours the Plumptres of Fredville (see ff. 20-21, 25), were acquaintances of Jane Austen (see Jane Austen's Letters, 4th edn, ed. by Deirdre Le Faye (Oxford, 2011), pp. 530, 562).

Journal of a Tour in Wales by the Reverend George Capper. English. Bound in paper covered boards with vellum back. Purchased from Henry Bristow Ltd, Ringwood, October 1974.

Journal of a tour in Wales taken by J. D. Dickinson and some companions. English. Purchased from Lord Kenyon, Whitchurch, Shropshire, June 1979.

Journal of a tour through Herefordshireby John Parker to study the styles of Gothic architecture. English. Between boards. Donated by Mrs M. E. Leighton, Oswestry, February 1959.

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.

A journal of a tour of parts of England and North and West Wales, July-August 1791, containing descriptions of towns, castles, inns and scenery and of incidents along the way.
The unnamed author, possibly a member of the Wilson family of Broomhead, Sheffield (based on contextual materials filed seperately), travelled with two companions, starting from Cambridge on 11 July 1791. The English itinerary included Oxford, Birmingham, Coalbrookdale and Shrewsbury (ff. 1-8, rectos only). In Wales they visited Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Llangollen, Bala, Conwy, Bangor, Caernarfon, Beddgelert, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, Aberystwyth, Devil's Bridge, Cardigan and Carmarthen (ff. 9-25, rectos only, 24 verso). The journal includes an eyewitness account of the Priestley Riots in Birmingham on 14 July (ff. 6-7), and of an altercation between [?Richard Tavistock] Price and three apothecaries in Bala, 21 July (f. 12). A recurring theme is their difficulty in hiring appropriate transport from various landlords (ff. 19, 20, 25). The volume includes three pencil sketches of scenery (ff. 26 verso, 27 verso, 28 verso) and rough accounts (f. 29 verso, inside back cover, front and back covers). The bill, [16] July 1791, for their stay at the Tontine Inn, opposite the Iron Bridge, Coalbrookdale, has been tipped in on f. 26.

Journal of a tour to South Walesby John Parker to study the styles of Gothic architecture. English. Boards. Donated by Mrs M. E. Leighton, Oswestry, February 1959.

An illustrated 'Journal of a very short Walking Tour in North Wales', 23 July-1 August 1853, by Walker Baily, Champion Park, Denmark Hill, London. The tour comprised Shrewsbury, Llangollen, Valle Crucis Abbey, Corwen, Cerrig-y-Druidion, Bettwys[sic]-y-Coed, Llanrwst, Conway, Bangor, Carnarvon, Llanberis, Pen-y-Gwryd, and Chester. The illustrations, largely in the form of mounted line engravings, are of Chirk Aqueduct and Viaduct; Dee Viaduct, Shrewsbury and Chester Railway; Llangollen Bridge; Llangollen and Bridge; Phillips's Hand Hotel and Posting House, Llangollen; Valle Crucis Abbey; Pont-y-Glyn, Cerrig-y-Druidion; Conway Falls; Bettws-y-Coed and Pont-y-Pair; Waterfall of the Swallow [Betws-y-Coed]; Llanrwst Bridge; Chapel in Gwydir Woods; Vale of Llanrwst; Great Ormes Head; Conway Tubular Bridge and Castle; Conway Town, Castle, and Tube; Penmaen Mawr, Aber; Penrhyn Castle; British Hotel, Bangor; Bangor; Bangor Cathedral Church; Menai Suspension Bridge; Britannia Tubular and Menai Suspension Bridges; The Britannia Tubular Bridge-Entrance from the Bangor side; Nant Francon; Fall of the Ogwen, Nant Francon; Welsh Costumes (2); Market Scene, North Wales; Castle Square, Carnarvon; Eagle Tower, Carnarvon Castle; W. Mathew [Hotel], At the foot of Snowdon; Llanberis Lakes and Dolbadarn Castle; The Summit of Snowdon from the Llanberis Ascent; Capel Curig; Beddgelert (2); Pont Aberglaslyn; Tremadoc; Caenant [Ceunant] Mawr, near Llanberis; Rhyl; View from Llangollen Bridge; Swallow Waterfall; Snowdon from Capel Curig Hotel; Snowdon and Llanberis Lakes; and Llanberis and Snowdon. The text also includes a list of the writer's daily expenses, and a few original vignettes and pictorial and decorative capital letters. At the end are two road maps entitled respectively 'River Wye (Ross to Monmouth)' and 'River Wye (Monmouth to Chepstow)' and a printed folded map of North Wales. The letters 'W. B.' are inscribed in gold on the upper cover.