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also about Bath.
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in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around
Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries.
Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to
Bath within the selected text.
This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places
other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.
| Traveller |
Section |
No. of Refs. |
| William
Camden |
Dorset and Somerset
|
16 |
| Daniel
Defoe |
Letter 6, Part 2: Oxford, Bristol and Gloucester
|
8 |
| Daniel
Defoe |
Letter 4, Part 2: Somerset and Wiltshire
|
6 |
| John
Wesley |
1739: Field-Preaching; "All the World my Parish"; Whitefield; Wales
|
6 |
| Henry
Vincent |
Feb. 26 to 27: Bath and Frome
|
6 |
| Henry
Vincent |
Apr. 8 to 13: Bath
|
6 |
| Daniel
Defoe |
Letter 8, Part 2: The Peak District
|
5 |
| William
Gilpin |
Bristol to London
|
5 |
| Henry
Vincent |
Mar. 24 to Apr. 1: Newport and Stroud
|
5 |
| Henry
Vincent |
Apr. 1 to 7: Aftermath of the "fracas"
|
5 |
| Charles
Wesley |
1749: Marriage to Sally Gwynne
|
4 |
| Celia
Fiennes |
1698 Tour: Shrewsbury to Bristol
|
4 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Apr. 3 - Sept. 22, 1741: Bristol and S. Wales again
|
3 |
| Charles
Wesley |
1745: London, Bristol and South Wales
|
3 |
| Daniel
Defoe |
Letter 7, Part 2: East Midlands
|
3 |
| Celia
Fiennes |
Bath via Warminster
|
3 |
| Henry
Vincent |
Feb. 28 to Mar. 9: Bristol, Cirencester and Stroud
|
3 |
| Henry
Vincent |
Apr. 29 to May 4: Trowbridge and London
|
3 |
| Arthur
Young |
1776 Tour of South Wales and South Midlands
|
3 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Jan. 3 - Aug. 31, 1737: Devon, and around London
|
2 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Jan. 2 - Feb. 27, 1743: Bristol and Bath
|
2 |
| Charles
Wesley |
May 2 - Aug. 31, 1744: Cornwall
|
2 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Jan. 1- Apr. 27, 1747: Yorkshire, Manchester and Bristol
|
2 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Nov. 29 - Dec. 6,1753: London and Bristol
|
2 |
| Daniel
Defoe |
Appendix to the second volume
|
2 |
| Henry
Vincent |
Mar. 16 to 23: Wye valley, Newport and Devizes
|
2 |
| Henry
Vincent |
Apr. 1: The Devizes Riot
|
2 |
| John
Byng |
A Tour of Bedfordshire in 1794: May
|
1 |
| William
Camden |
The Division of Britaine
|
1 |
| William
Camden |
Wiltshire and Hampshire
|
1 |
| William
Cobbett |
Nov. 9th to 21st, 1821: Gloucester to Berghclere
|
1 |
| William
Cobbett |
Aug. 31st Aug to Sept. 4th, 1826: Salisbury to Highworth
|
1 |
| William
Cobbett |
Sept. 6th to 11th, 1826: Highworth to Malmsbury
|
1 |
| William
Cobbett |
Sept. 12th to 27th, 1826: Malmsbury to Worcestershire
|
1 |
| William
Cobbett |
Sept. 29th to Oct. 2nd, 1826: Ryall to Burghclere
|
1 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Sept. 1 - Nov. 6, 1739: Preaching around Bristol and Bath
|
1 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Sept. 2 - Dec. 31, 1743: The Midlands
|
1 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Jan. 1 - Aug. 31, 1746: Bristol and Cornwall
|
1 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Sept. 2 - Dec. 31, 1746: The Midlands and the North-East
|
1 |
| Charles
Wesley |
May 3 - Dec. 28, 1747: Wales and Ireland
|
1 |
| Charles
Wesley |
May 1 - Aug. 31, 1748: London, Wales and Ireland
|
1 |
| Charles
Wesley |
Sept. 1- Dec. 31, 1748: Ireland and central Wales
|
1 |
| Daniel
Defoe |
Letter 3, Part 1: London to Winchester
|
1 |
| Daniel
Defoe |
Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales
|
1 |
| Daniel
Defoe |
Letter 10: Lancashire, Westmorland and Cumberland
|
1 |
| Celia
Fiennes |
1698 Tour: Bristol to Plymouth
|
1 |
| Robert
Gammage |
Eight months in Sherborne
|
1 |
| Robert
Gammage |
Hampshire, Lancashire, and final reflections
|
1 |
| George
Head |
The Peak District
|
1 |
| John
Wesley |
1744-5: First Methodist Conference; Pressgangs and Mobs
|
1 |
| John
Wesley |
1746-8: Severe Weather; Ireland; Wesley's Protest against Lawlessness
|
1 |
| John
Wesley |
1757-9: "I do Indeed Live by Preaching"; Advice to Travelers; French Prisoners
|
1 |
| John
Wesley |
1763-4: In Scotland Again; Methodist's Wealth; "No Law for Methodists"; Exhausting Days
|
1 |
| John
Wesley |
1777-80: On the Isle of Man; City Road Chapel; Wesley Visits Lord George Gordon
|
1 |
| John
Wesley |
1785-90: Collects Money for the Poor; Visits House of Lords; Reasons for his Long Life
|
1 |
| Karl
Moritz |
Chapter 10: Windsor to Oxford
|
1 |
| Henry
Vincent |
Apr. 15 to 20: Bristol and Newport
|
1 |
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