1st Edition

Travel and Tourism in Britain, 1700–1914 Vol 1

By Susan Barton, Allan Brodie Copyright 2015

    The British led the way in holidaymaking. This four-volume primary resource collection brings together a diverse range of texts on the various forms of transport used by tourists, the destinations they visited, the role of entertainments and accommodation and how these affected the way that tourism evolved over two centuries.

    General Introduction Editorial Principles Select Bibliography Part I: Travel Road Travel: G Keate, Sketches from Nature, 2 vols (1779), vol. 1, extract; S Shaw, A Tour to the West of England in 1788 (1789), extract; H B MacLellan, Journal of a Residence in Scotland (1834), extract Travel Writing: [Anon.], A Guide to Stage Coaches Mails Diligences Waggons ... [1795], extract Water Transport: J Greswell, Account of Runcorn and its Environs (1807), extract; J Chandler, The Seaman's Guide and New Coaster's Companion (1792), extract; J Cleland, Annals of Glasgow (1816), extract; C Guthrie, The Tourist's Companion (1822), extracts; E Parsons, The Tourist's Companion (1835), extracts; T H C, A Descriptive Tour in Scotland (1840), extract Travelling by Train: J Wyld, The London and Southampton Railway Guide (1839), extract; H B MacLellan, Journal of a Residence in Scotland (1834), extract; E Parsons, The Tourist's Companion (1835), extract; G Mansell, The London and Birmingham Railway Guide (1838), extracts New Transport: Royal Automobile Club, The Automobile Handbook (1904), extracts; [Ward, Lock & Co.], A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Cromer ... [1908], extracts; A J Wilson, Motor Trips at a Glance (1911), extracts; G C Home, The Motor Routes of England (1911), extract; [The Motor Union], The Motor Union of Great Britain and Ireland, British and Irish Handbook (c.1908), extract; C N Williamson and A M Williamson, The Lightning Conductor (1902), extract; R Greene, Cyclist, Northampton as a Cycling Centre, etc. (1889), extract; R Ferris, How to Fly (1910), extract Part II: Destinations London and Large Cities: J Macky, A Journey through England (1714), vol. 1, extracts; Rev W MacRitchie, Diary of a Tour through Great Britain in 1795 (1897), extracts; [Anon.], Sunday Walks, round London and Westminster (1795), extract; [Anon.], The Saturday Half-Holiday Guide to London and the Environs (1868), extract; A Gentleman of Oxford, The New Oxford Guide (1786), extract Exploring the Countryside: A Dennis, Journal of a Tour, through Great Part of England and Scotland (1816), extract; J J Hissey, A Holiday on the Road (1887), extract; J A Gotch, Holiday Journeys in Northamptonshire (1889), extract Country House Visiting: J Macky, A Journey through England (1722), vol. 2, extract; A F Hargrove, A Brief Description of Places of Public Interest in the County of York (1843), extract Wales: Reminiscences of a Gentlewoman of the Last Century: Letters of Catherine Hutton, ed. C Hutton Beale (1891), extract; G Lipscomb, Journey into South Wales (1802), extract Ireland: J Loveday, Diary of a Tour in 1732 through Parts of England, Wales Ireland and Scotland (1890), extract; E D Clarke, A Tour through the South of England, Wales and Part of Ireland (1793), extract; Adam and Charles Black, Black's Guide to Belfast, the Giant's Causeway and the North of Ireland (1888), extract Scotland: J Leyden, Journal of a Tour in the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland (1903), extract; H B MacLellan, Journal of a Residence in Scotland (1834), extract In Search of the Present and Future: G F A Wendeborn, A View of England towards the Close of the Eighteenth Century, 2 vols (1791), vol. 1, extract; T Quincey, A Short Tour in the Midland Counties of England (1775), extract; S Glover, The Peak Guide (1830), extract Editorial Notes List of Sources