Commons:British Library/Mechanical Curator collection/Synoptic index/Wales

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These pages contain a subject and place index (still under construction!) to the books scanned to create the British Library's Mechanical Curator collection of images.

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The index is not (yet) complete. As of January 22, 2014 the titles in the detailed part of the index below accounted for about 40% of the images in the whole collection. A further 35% of images can be found through a more loosely organised set of "to do" pages constructed based on the books' class-marks, while a further 20% of images occur in books which are classed below as fiction, plays, verse or works. The focus of the indexing so far has been mostly geographical, with little development as yet of thematic classification.

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Wales

See also: ./to do/EngScotWal

• Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales, in the year 1797 ... With plates from Rowlandson, Pugh, Howett, etc. Aquatinted by T. Hill (1800; 23 images, 23 plates; no maps)
• A Tour in Wales, 1770 [or rather 1773. (Supplemental corrections and additions to the first volume of the Welsh Tour.) Plates [by Mr. Griffith.]] (1810; 50 images, 44 plates; 5 maps  to georef )
• Letters on the Scenery of Wales; including a series of subjects for the pencil ... and instructions to pedestrian tourists (1821; 18 images, 8 plates; no maps)
•  (Book cat (100%))  A Topographical Dictionary of Wales ... with an appendix, describing the electoral boundaries of the several boroughs, etc (1833; 49 images, 12 plates; 12 maps ); 1843 edition (37 images; no maps)
• The Beauties of Cambria; consisting of sixty views, in North and South Wales, each view accompanied by a page of letter-press (1823; 61 images, 60 plates; no maps) (by Hugh Hughes)
• Picturesque Scenery in Wales, illustrated by thirty-seven engravings on steel, by H. Adlard, Allen, Gastineau and others. With descriptions by J. Tillotson (1860; 39 images, 39 plates; no maps)
• Tales and Sketches of Wales (1879; 20 images; no maps)
• From Snowdon to the Sea. Striking stories of North and South Wales (1895; 52 images, 9 plates; no maps)
• Teithiau yn Nghymru; ref, Cyfieithiad o'r “Tours in Wales” ... Ynghyda chyfieithiad o'r nodiadau a'r rhagymadrodd, yn yr argraffiad Seisoneg diweddaf. Gan ... John Rhys ... Hefyd, nodiadau, hanes bywyd yr awdwr, a rhagarweiniad i hanes y llwythau gan W. Trevor Parkins. With plates, including a portrait. (1883; 56 images, 43 plates; 4 maps)
• Welsh Pictures drawn with Pen and Pencil ... Edited by R. Lovett, with ... illustrations (1892; 87 images, 72 plates; no maps)

• Picturesque Wales: a handbook of scenery accessible from the Cambrian Railways, etc. (1891; 55 images, 16 plates; 4 maps)
• A Souvenir of the Cambrian Railways. Gems of picturesque scenery in Wild Wales. Reproduced from photographs, etc (1895; 61 images, 58 plates; no maps)

• Narrative of a Journey, associated with a Fly, from Gloucester to Aberystwith, and from Aberystwith through North Wales (1840; 12 images, 12 plates; no maps)
• Four Welsh Counties. Brecknock, Caernarvon, Merioneth and Pembroke. A holiday book (1891; 4 images, 4 plates; no maps)

• Introduction to the History of Cambria, from the first invasion of Britain by the Romans to ... 1188, etc. By Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart. Progress of Architecture from a period nearly coeval with the Conqueror, to the sixteenth century, illustrated by a series of designs taken from existing remains in South Wales, etc. [Reprinted from a work entitled “The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales, A.D. 1188, by G. de Barri. Translated into English ..., with ... annotations, ... by Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart.”] (1806; 16 images, 16 plates; 5 maps )
• The Kymry, their origin, history, and international relations (1891; 35 images; no maps)
• The history of Wales, in nine books, with an appendix. (1823; 8 images, 3 plates; no maps)
• The History of Wales from the earliest times to its final incorporation with the kingdom of England etc (1853; 76 images, 76 plates; no maps)
• Royal Visits and Progresses to Wales, and the border counties of Cheshire, Salop, Hereford, and Monmouth, from the first invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the friendly visit of Her most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria ... Illustrated with an approved portrait of Her Majesty, and a profusion of pictorial and historical engravings (1850; 74 images, 44 plates; no maps)
• An Account of the Progress of his Grace Henry the first Duke of Beaufort through Wales, 1684. And Notitia Cambro-Britannica. Edited from the original MS. ... by Charles Baker. Followed by “A Statement of the services and expenses of the Marquis of Worcester, for his king and country.” (1864; 167 images; no maps)
• The Marches of Wales. Notes and impressions on the Welsh Borders, etc (1894; 114 images, 31 plates; no maps)

North Wales

• Four Picturesque Views in North Wales, engraved in aquatinta by Alken, from drawings made on the spot, by the Rev. B. Broughton ... With poetical reflections on leaving that country. (1801; 7 images, 7 plates; no maps)
• Wanderings and Excursions in North Wales, with 51 engravings, by Radclyffe, from drawings by Cattermole, Cox, etc. (1853; 51 images, 49 plates; 1 map )
• Notes of family excursions in North Wales, taken chiefly from Rhyl, Abergele, Llandudno, and Bangor (1860; 6 images; no maps)
• North Wales: how to see it for four guineas. With a map. (1869; 14 images, 2 plates; 1 map)
• Views in North Wales from original drawings by T. L. Rowbotham ... With archæological, historical, poetical and descriptive notes (1875; 26 images, 6 plates; no maps)
• The Pictorial Itinerary, an illustrated guide to the railways and coach-roads of North Wales, etc (1884; 194 images, 2 plates; 2 maps )
• Tourists' Guide to North Wales, etc (1886; 8 images, 5 plates; 1 map)
• The pictorial guide and itinerary for the railways and coast-roads of North Wales. Containing 150 sketches (1889; 196 images, 2 plates; 1 map)
• Hartley's illustrated coaching guide to North Wales (1889; 39 images, 9 plates; 2 maps )
• Through North Wales with a knapsack. By four Schoolmistresses (1890; 5 images, 2 plates; 2 maps)
• The Birds, Wild Flowers, Ferns, Mosses and Grasses of North Wales (1895; 34 images, 1 plate; no maps)
• Health and Holiday Resorts of North Wales. Northern section (1899; 30 images, 23 plates; no maps)

• The Conway in the Stereoscope. Illustrated by Roger Fenton ... With notes, descriptive and historical, by James Bridge Davidson (1860; 17 images, 16 plates; no maps)
• The River Dee, its aspect and history, etc (1889; 125 images, 35 plates; no maps) [North Wales]; 1887 edition (123 images, 26 plates; no maps) ; 1875 edition (118 images, 36 plates; no maps)
• The Carboniferous Limestone and Cefn-y-Fedw Sandstone of the country between Llanymynech and Minera, North Wales. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society, with slight additions, etc. With plates. (1879; 17 images, 7 plates; 1 map )

• Kalendars of Gwynedd; or, Chronological lists of lords-lieutenant, custodes rotulorum, sheriffs, and knights of the shire, for the counties of Anglesey, Caernarvon, and Merioneth ... Compiled by E. Breese ... With notes by William Watkin Edward Wynne (1873; 23 images; no maps) Decorative fillers only

– Anglesey

• Cemaes: as we saw it. With illustrations. L.P (1890; 7 images, 6 plates; no maps)

– Caernarfonshire

• History of Carnarvon Castle and the antiquities of Carnarvon, with a guide ... to the surrounding scenery (1849; 8 images, 8 plates; no maps)

• Bedd Gelert: its facts, fairies, & folk-lore. (Based upon the articles by Mr. William Jones in Y Brython.) ... With translations of poetry by the Rev. H. E. Lewis and an introduction by Principal J. Rhys (1899; 74 images, 5 plates; no maps)
• Catherall's Hand Book. The Stranger's best guide to Llandudno and the Great Orme's Head ... With illustrations (1855; 10 images, 4 plates; no maps)
• The Tourist's Gude to Llandudno ... and its picturesque neighbourhood. Compiled by W. Bridge. With plates. (1858; 6 images, 6 plates; no maps)
• Llandudno: its history and natural history, etc (1861; 6 images, 4 plates; 2 maps )
• William's complete guide to Llandudno. The ninth thousand of Llandudno; its history and natural history ... illustrated (1864; 32 images, 12 plates; 2 maps ); Another copy (1864; 27 images, 11 plates; 3 maps )
• J. Heywood's illustrated Guide to Llandudno and neighbourhood (1886; 14 images, 3 plates; no maps)

– Denbighshire

• The Mediæval History of Denbighshire. vol. 1. The Records of Denbigh and its Lordship, etc (1860; 6 images, 2 plates; no maps)
• Companion to St. Asaph, with maps and illustrations (1898; 60 images, 4 plates; no maps)
• Hand-Book for the Vale of Clwyd; containing a topographical and historical description of the towns of Rhyl, Abergele, Saint Asaph, Denbigh, and Ruthin; with all the adjacent villages, castles, mansions, churches, monuments, antiquities, picturesque scenery, and every object of attraction, etc. With illustrations and a folding map. (1856; 7 images, 1 plate; 1 map )
• The Vale of Llangollen, and the course of the Dee ... With contributions from distinguished writers. Map by Bartholemew sic. 30 illustrations (1888; 67 images, 12 plates; 1 map )

– Flintshire

• Historic Notices, with topographical and other gleanings descriptive of the Borough and County-town of Flint. ... With illustrations, etc (1883; 47 images, 11 plates; 2 maps)
• Notes and Papers to serve for a Memorial of the parish of Hanmer in Flintshire. ... Second edition (1872; 8 images, 5 plates; 2 maps)
• A Memoir of Hawarden Parish, Flintshire, containing short introductory notices of the Princes of North Wales ... By a Parishioner (Richard Willett). With a map. (1822; 22 images, 1 plate; 2 maps )
• The Hawarden visitors' hand-book (1883; 13 images, 5 plates; no maps)
• Handy Guide to Mold, and the neighbourhood, etc (1891; 14 images, 3 plates; no maps)

Mid Wales

– Brecknockshire

• The Illustrated History and Biography of Brecknockshire ... Illustrated by ... engravings and portraits (1886; 22 images, 10 plates; 1 map )
• A History of the County of Brecknock, etc. Reprinted from the edition of 1805-09. With biography of the author by G. E. F. Morgan. (1898; 59 images, 45 plates; 4 maps)

– Cardiganshire

• Hanes plwyf Llandyssul. With a portrait. (1896; 11 images, 1 plate; no maps)

– Montgomeryshire

• The History of the Parish of Llangurig. Extracted partly from “Collections Historical & Archæological relating to Montgomeryshire” and partly from “Archæologia Cambrensis.” With plates. (1875; 25 images, 7 plates; 2 maps)
• Welsh Pool and Powys Land, etc. An offprint from “Collections Historical & Archæological relating to Montgomeryshire and its borders.” (1897; 11 images, 1 plate; no maps)

South Wales

• A Topographical and Historical Description of South Wales ... Illustrated, etc (1815; 36 images, 35 plates; 1 map )
• The Book of South Wales, the Wye, and the Coast. With illustrations. Reprinted from the “Art Journal.” (1861; 254 images, 25 plates; 5 maps  to georef )
• Rambles and Studies in Old South Wales ... With illustrations (1881; 28 images, 17 plates; no maps)
• An historic and picturesque guide from Clifton through the Counties of Monmouth, Glamorgan and Brecknock, etc (1802; 34 images, 4 plates; 1 map )

• A Description and History of the Castles of Kidwelly and Caerphilly, and of Castell Coch. With plates. (1852; 10 images, 10 plates; 5 maps  to georef )

– Glamorganshire

• Hanes Morganwg. With plates, including a portrait and a map. (1874; 11 images, 4 plates; 1 map)
• An Attempt at a concise history of Glamorgan. F.P (1879; 6 images; no maps) Decorative fillers
• Cartæ et alia munimenta quæ ad dominium de Glamorgan pertinent ... Curante G. T. Clark (1885; 14 images, 2 plates; no maps)
• A Booke of Glamorganshire's Antiquities ... Edited by J. A. Corbett (1887; 14 images; no maps)

•  (Book cat (100%))  Cardiff: an illustrated handbook. By various contributors. Edited by J. Ballinger (1896; 36 images, 24 plates; 4 maps )
•  (Book cat (100%))  The Port of Cardiff. With map. (1882; 6 images, 3 plates; 2 maps)
• Thirteen Views of the Castle of St. Donat's, Glamorganshire, with a notice of the Stradling family (1871; 15 images, 13 plates; no maps)
• A History of West Gower, Glamorganshire. (pt. 2. Historical Notices of the Parishes of Llanmadoc and Cheriton, etc.-pt. 3. Historical Notices of the Parishes of Llangenydd and Rhosili, etc.-pt. 4. Historical Notices of the Parishes of Penrice, Oxwich and Nicholaston, etc.) (1877; 168 images, 80 plates; no maps)
• Guide to the beauties of Glyn Neath. With engravings, coloured. (1835; 19 images, 5 plates; 1 map )
• History of Llangynwyd parish, with illustrations (1887; 6 images, 2 plates; no maps)
• Llantwit Major: a fifth century university (1893; 14 images; no maps)
• Illustrated Report of the Merthyr Tydfil Incorporation Inquiry, 1897. By John G. E. Astle (1897; 29 images; 1 map )
• History of Oystermouth, etc (1899; 7 images, 7 plates; 1 map)
• The Smelting of Copper in the Swansea District, from the time of Elizabeth to the present day. (1881; 19 images, 10 plates; 1 map )
• A Complete and reliable Guide to Swansea and the Mumbles, Gower, etc. With maps. (1883; 6 images, 4 plates; 3 maps)

– Monmouthshire

• Papers on Monmouth Castle and Priory. The Raglan Castle. Grosment. Skenfrith. Whitecastle. Pembridge, etc (1896; 31 images, 13 plates; 6 maps)
• The Stranger's Illustrated Guide to Chepstow and its Neighbourhood, etc. With plates. (1843; 7 images, 7 plates; no maps)
• Guide to Chepstow and Neighbourhood. With illustrations, and a map of the surrounding district (1896; 8 images, 2 plates; 1 map)
• Isca Silurum, Caerleon. A visit of the British Archaeological Association to the remains of that ancient city, August 25th, 1892, etc. With illustrations. (1892; 10 images, 5 plates; no maps)
• History of St. Gwynllyw's Church, Newport-on-Usk, together with some historical notes on the immediate neighbourhood. (Subscribers' edition.) (1893; 22 images, 10 plates; 2 maps )

South-West Wales

– Carmarthenshire

• Carmarthen and its neighbourhood. Notes topographical and historical. (1879; 11 images, 5 plates; 5 maps)
• The Antiquities of Langharne and Pendine, Carmarthenshire, S. Wales, with some notice of their neighbourhoods, and illustrations. (1880; 24 images, 4 plates; no maps)
• Llandilo, present and past; an illustrated guide to the ancient Castles and other antiquities of the neighbourhood, etc (1868; 8 images; 2 maps)

– Pembrokeshire

• Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire. Drawn and described by H. T. Timmins. L.P (1895; 125 images, 27 plates; 2 maps  to georef )
• The History of Little England beyond Wales, and the Non-Kymric Colony settled in Pembrokeshire (1888; 108 images, 44 plates; 4 maps )

• Haverfordwest and its Story; with Old Pembrokeshire Parishes, their traditions, histories and memories. (Old Pembrokeshire Parishes in the Hundred of Roose. By Christopher Cobbe-Webbe pseudonym of John Brown, writer on Pembrokeshire.) [The whole work by J. Brown.] (1882; 17 images, 1 plate; no maps)
• Tenby; its history, antiquities, scenery, traditions and customs (1860; 51 images, 9 plates; 1 map )
• Leach's Handbook to Tenby and district ... Illustrations and map (1899; 12 images, 1 plate; 1 map)

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