| Description | Includes details of itinerary visiting Ferrybridge, Chesterfield, Rugby, Buckingham, Fawley, Amersham, Hitchin, Peterborough, Spalding, Boston, Horncastle, Lincoln, Brigg, Wintringham, Rowley and York, a journey of 476 miles.
Entries for visits to Kedleston Hall 9 Jun 1803, Darby 11 Jun 1803 'The silk mills once so celebrated are now almost out of employ'; Ashby de la Zouche, Bilton near Rugby, Fawley 25 Jun 1803 with notes on agriculture and bricks, Peterborough Cathedral 8 Aug 1803, Crowland Abbey 9 Aug 1803 and Lincoln Cathedral ' the whole has lately been daubed with a terrible buckskin wash, indiscriminately applied to every part , by which the beautiful sculptures over the whole, as well as or many of the toms has been almost obliterated'. Illustrated with sketches of architectural details of buildings visited at Ashby de la Zouch, Spalding, Peterborough, Boston
Also a copy of 'Pennnat's Tour in 1769' |