James Plumptre's Britain: The Journals of a Tourist in the 1790's

by James Plumptre

Ian Ousby and John Julius Norwich (Preface)

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James Plumptre was an Evangelical clergyman and Cambridge don who, between the ages of 19 and 29, made several tours of Britain. ("Journal of a Tour Through Part of North Wales", 1792; "Journal of a Tour into Derbyshire", 1793; "Journal of Pedestrian Tour by the Caves in the West Riding of Yorkshire to the Lakes and Home Thro Part of North Wales in the Year 1799"; "A Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey Through Some Parts of Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland to the Highlands of Scotland and Home by the Lakes and some Parts of Wales in the Summer of 1799"; "Memorandums Taken During a Five Weeks Tour in the Summer of 1800"; "Journal of a Tour to the Source of the River Can in July 1800). This book contains an edited selection of his accounts of these journeys, which offers a reminder of life in Britain 200 years ago.
  • ISBN10 0091754305
  • ISBN13 9780091754303
  • Publish Date 23 January 1992 (first published 1 January 1980)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 17 October 2003
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Cornerstone
  • Imprint Hutchinson
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Language English