Journal of a tour

Journal of a tour of North Wales and the North of England, 11 July-8 August 1848, by the sisters E[lizabeth] and Jane Weston of Brixworth, Northamptonshire, and their nephew R[obert] Henry Hewitt of Dodford, Northamptonshire (ff. 1-22 verso). The volume is mostly in the hand of Elizabeth, except for a single entry by Henry (ff. 16 verso-17 verso) and possibly Jane (ff. 4 verso-5).
The Welsh itinerary included Conwy (ff. 1-2), Caernarfon (ff. 4-8), [Llan] Ffestiniog (ff. 9-12 verso), Llanberis (ff. 13-14 verso) and Caernarfon (ff. 14 verso-15). The group's excursions included visits to Anglesey (f. 2 verso), Llanddwyn Island (ff. 5-6), a Nantlle slate quarry (ff. 6 verso-7 verso), and Blaenau Ffestiniog (ff. 11-12) as well as to the various castles (ff. 1 verso-2, 2 verso, 5, 14 verso), waterfalls (ff. 9-10, 12) and other sights. In Llanberis they visited the grave of the Rev. Henry Wellington Starr of Northampton, who died on Snowdon in 1846 (f. 14). They subsequently went by ship to Liverpool (ff. 15-16 verso), and by train to Scarborough (ff. 16 verso-21), finally returning, via York (ff. 21-22), home to Northamptonshire. Items loose within the volume have been tipped in; these comprise a transcript, by Elizabeth Weston, of the inscription on the gravestone of the Rev. Starr (f. 24), a printed obituary relating to Daventry, 1863 (f. 25), and a printed hymn, 1864 (f. 26).

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Ken Spelman Books Ltd; York; Purchase; November 2012; 006339734.

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 24034B.

Spine worn.

January 2013.

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.

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Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 24034B). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6339734. Date: 20130416. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: I. B. James. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 24034B) : Tip in pages 24, 25 and 26 and reback volume. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 24034B). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6339734. Date: 20130913. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: G. Edwards. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 24034B) : Cleaned, repaired, reattached pages and rebacked volume. Institution: WlAbNL.

Purchased along with two copies of a printed work, Remains of the Late Rev. Henry Wellington Starr..., 1st edn (Northampton and London, 1847) and 2nd edn (Northampton and London,1848) (now Dyb 2012 A 983 and 984)

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