Travel Journals of John Parkinson

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. d. 2255-62, d. 2296-7, e. 2422-4
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1780-94
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 13 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Travel journals of John Parkinson in Switzerland, the West of England, the Netherlands, and on a 'Northern Tour', through Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Russia, Austria and Germany.

Administrative / Biographical History

John Parkinson (1754-1840) was a traveller.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).

Acquisition Information

The journals were bought and given, partly by the Friends of the Bodleian in 1990, and partly by the Canadian Friends of the Bodleian in 1991.

Note

Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A full description is available in the Library.

Custodial History

The journals were owned by Mrs Robinson

Bibliography

Parts of the Russian journals were printed in John Parkinson, A Tour of Russia, Siberia and the Crimea 1792-1794, ed. William Collier (London, 1971).