Tour of North Wales

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 22341B.
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1834
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • iii, 123 ff. (bound in incorrect order; f. 23 should be located after f. 41 and f. 6 after NLW MS 22340B, f. 54) ; 195 x 130 mm.
      Cloth covers (as NLW MS 22340B).
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Journal of Thomas Letts, August-September 1834, describing a tour mostly in Caernarvonshire and Merioneth, with sixty-three illustrations in pencil, watercolour and wash.
The tour included Dinas Mawddwy (f. 6 verso), Dolwyddelan (ff. 23 verso, 46 recto-verso, 48 recto-verso, 52 verso-53, 112 verso-114 verso), Penmachno (ff. 31 recto-verso, 36, 71 verso, 73), Caernarfon Castle (ff. 81 verso, 83 recto-verso) and Tremadog (ff. 85 recto-verso, 88). Many of the sketches relate to the Conwy valley (ff. 7 verso-76 passim) and the Vale of Ffestiniog (ff. 59-108 verso passim).

Note

Title based on contents.

Other Finding Aids

The contents are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).

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