5 volumes of a tour through England and Scotland by way of Bristol, Monmouth, Cardiff, Hereford, Warwick, Derbyshire, Lancashire, The Lakes, to Scotland, returning via Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Notts, Leicester, Oxford, Wilts and Dorset, by John Swete. Includes water colour drawings.
Tour through England and Scotland by way of Bristol, Monmouth, Cardiff, Hereford, Warwick, Derbyshire, Lancashire, The Lakes, to Scotland, returning via Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Notts, Leicester, Oxford, Wilts and Dorset, by John Swete
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Trv q 4 SWE
- Dates of Creation
- 1783-1784
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 5 quarto vols (798 pp.) Bound in original calf. The volumes include over 115 water-colour drawings. Vol. 5 contains loose genealogical notes in a later hand, including on the Swete family.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Swete, educated at Eton and University College, Oxford, became Prebendary of Exeter in 1781 and worked with the antiquary Richard Polwhele
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
From the library of Lord Brotherton
Note
In English