Lake District. Europe - United Kingdom - England. General region.
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, diary, verse and other papers of and relating to John Wilson ‘Christopher North’, author and journalist [1785-1854].
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13436
Scope and Contents
The bulk and principal interest of the papers lie in the letters written by John Wilson to his mother, sister Jane and his wife Jane. Many of the letters relate to Wilson’s early life and shed light on his relations with his family, his life as a student in Glasgow and later in Oxford, and also at Elleray in the Lake District.
Dates:
1798-1854, undated
Letter of J G Lockhart to John Wilson.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11001
Scope and Contents
Concerns a visit by Sir Walter Scott and his party to the Lake District, and a projected meeting there with George Canning.
Dates:
1825.
Letter of John Bright to his sister, Priscilla Bright McLaren.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5829
Scope and Contents
Mainly about his journeys in the Lake District.
Dates:
1879.
Photocopy of a tour of the English Lake District and Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8139
Scope and Contents
Text in verse with many illustrations and calligraphic embellishments.
Dates:
1857.
Postcards, purchased photographs and ephemera relating to travels of Isabella Plumb outside India, including China, Toronto, Victoria, Quetta, the Lake District and London., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.12680/40
Tours of Scotland and England by A L.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10285
Scope and Contents
Locations include: Edinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, the Clyde canal, the English Lakes, via Hawick and Langholm and the Highlands.Account of 1785 tour to Edinburgh and around Glasgow begins at Berwick. The author travels with Mr Heron. Account of 1786 tour of the English Lakes accompanied by Mr Heron, Mr Ruddock and Mr Wilson, begins at Berwick.Account of the 1788 tour to the Highlands begins at Alnwick. The author travels to Edinburgh where he...
Dates:
1785-1788.