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Journal of Mary Anne Eade describing a tour, May-June 1802, from Clapton through North Wales to Ireland, with an explanatory note, 1803, by her husband William Eade (f. ii).

Journal of a walking tour in Merionethshire and Caernarfonshire made in August and September 1884 by the geologist Dr Edward Greenly, later of Llandegfan, Anglesey, and described by him in his memoirs, A Hand through Time, 2 vols (London, 1938), I, 104-7. The journal includes four maps and is illustrated throughout with pen-and-ink drawings, the one on p. 194 of the journal, entitled 'Llyn-y-Gader', being reproduced as plate XVI in A Hand Through Time. A few annotations and corrections were added by Greenly in 1935 and 1939.

Journal of a tour of North Wales, 17 May - 2 June 1826, with sketches by the unidentified author.

The first of two volumes of a journal of a tour in North Wales made in August and September 1837 by an unidentified traveller from Harrogate, Yorkshire, the second volume not being present but the itinerary summarised on pp. 64-65.

Journal of a tour in North Wales and the Borders by Samuel Linder of London and his wife, Susannah, in August and September 1859, illustrated with engravings and lithographs, 1842-[1850s], and including pressed flowers and ferns collected on the tour.

Nine notebooks containing journals, 1845-1863, kept by Lady Marianne Lewis, of tours on the Continent and in Scotland, the earlier ones in the company of her husband Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court.
The journals contain accounts of tours in Belgium, Germany, Bohemia, Austria and France, 5 September-14 November 1845 (16583iC, ff. 1-48); Paris, 15 November-17 December 1845 (16583iiC, ff. 49-62); Scotland, 27 August-14 October 1848 (16583iiiC, ff. 79-108); Germany, Switzerland, Northern Italy and France, 8 June-31 July 1851 (16583ivC, ff. 111-135); Bohemia, Austria, Slovenia, Northern Italy, the South of France and Paris, 24 June-5 November 1855 (16583vC, ff. 136-177); Rome and Florence, 9 October 1856-11 January 1857 (16583viC, ff. 184-224); Rome and Naples, 26 November 1857-8 May 1858 (16583viiC, ff. 227-258); Switzerland, 30 July-27 September 1859, and Germany, 22 July-15 September 1860 (16583viiiC, ff. 273-293 verso); Austria and Switzerland, 22 August-3 October 1861, and Switzerland and Northern Italy, 23 July-4 November 1863 (16583ixC, ff. 295-316).

Journal of two tours in North Wales by Charles Edward Rawlins (1811-1884) of Liverpool, merchant and political writer, in June 1866 and September 1868, accompanied on the first by Isaac Bancroft Cooke and Samuel Bulley, both cotton brokers of Liverpool, and on the second by his wife and children, including his son, Herbert, whose later signature appears on f. i. Two maps showing the itineraries are included, and the second tour (ff. 27-110 verso) is illustrated with engravings, [1850s]-[1860s].

Journal of John Matthews of Birmingham, describing a tour which he made through France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria from May to October 1842 with his wife, Hannah Maria Matthews (1799?-1890) (ff. 1-86), and their tour in Wales, May to September 1844 (ff. 88-127), the latter section being illustrated with engravings, 1841-1842.

Eight notebooks containing journals, 1841-1843, kept by (Lady) Marianne Lewis, of tours on the Continent and in South Wales, in the company of her husband (Sir) Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court.
The journals contain accounts of their tour of France and Germany, 28 April-7 June 1841 (16582iC, ff. 1-20); Germany, Austria and Switzerland, 9 June-29 August 1841 (16582iiC, ff. 21-73); Italy (mainly Rome and Naples), 30 August 1841-[19] January 1842 (16582iiiC, ff. 74-128), 20 January-10 March 1842 (16582ivC, ff. 129-148), 11 March-10 April 1842 (16582vC, ff. 149-163), and, 12 April-27 May 1842 (16582viC, ff. 171-194 verso); and Germany and Belgium, 31 May-10 July 1842 (16582viiC, ff. 195-220); followed by a tour of South Wales, 16 October-30 December 1843, where she accompanied her husband and other members of the Commission of Inquiry into the Rebecca Riots (16582viiiC, ff. 242-259 verso).

A typescript transcript of a journal of a tour through South Wales (author not identified), commencing at Birch Grove, July 1782, and ending at Bristol, March 1783.

A journal of a tour through parts of Wales, July-August 1860, and of a visit to Cambridge, May 1860.

A journal of 'A Picturesque Trip', 1850, to Aberystwyth, Oswestry, Llangollen, Bangor, Caernarfon, Beddgelert, Tremadog and Dolgellau.

A journal, with sketches, of a walking tour from Kington to Aberystwyth and through parts of North Wales, 1828.

Journal of a tour through Wales and part of Ireland in August 1848 by Charles Lucey of Clapham and later of Henley, shipwright, with a map showing his itinerary and further notes added by him, 1856-1891.

A manuscript containing an account of a tour from London through parts of England and Wales, 1776.

A manuscript entitled Sketch of a pedestrian Tour Thro' parts of North and South Wales, &c. Begun Septemr 3d 1798. By G.N. D.J.J. R.P.

A typescript journal, dated 1 February 1906, of a tour in North Wales in June 1905 by Fred T. Sissons of North Ferriby, Yorkshire, including photomechanical prints, newspaper cuttings and maps.

A transcript of two letters written by Lord George Lyttelton (1709-1773) from Brynkir, 6 July 1755, and from Shrewsbury, 14 July 1755, describing a tour in North Wales.

A volume containing an account of a tour in North Wales in the form of transcripts, [18 cent., last ¼], of four letters, dated 20-28 September 1776, sent from Caernarfon (pp. 1-25), Tan-y-Bwlch, Merioneth (pp. 27-49), Denbigh (pp. 50-74) and 'Rhyd Dyn' [Rhyddyn], Flintshire (pp. 75-95), commenting mainly on Welsh history and castles.
The transcripts have been heavily corrected and emended in a different hand. The author, who appears to have resided at Rhyddyn, is not named but may be the Rev. William Warrington. His correspondents are identified as a Mr Eyton (p. 1) and a Dr Jeffries (p. 49). Also included are a preface (ff. v-vii) and several versions of a passage, in the same hand as the emendations, relating an encounter with some Irishmen (f. i verso).