The Beauties of England and Wales (1801–1815) is a series of books describing the topography and local history of England and Wales. Produced by a variety of London publishers, the work appeared in 18 multi-part volumes arranged by county, individually authored by John Bigland, Edward Wedlake Brayley, J. Norris Brewer, John Britton, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Joseph Nightingale, Thomas Rees, and Frederic Shoberl. Each volume contained engraved illustrations by artists such as Thomas Hearne, J. M. W. Turner, John Varley, Benjamin West.[1][nb 1] Readers included Charles Dickens.[3]
Further reading
- J. Norris Brewer (1818), Introduction to the Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, Intituled 'The Beauties of England and Wales', Beauties of England and Wales, London: J. Harris, OL 14646871M
- John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley (1801), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 1, London: Vernor & Hood, hdl:2027/yale.39002013182044
- Contents: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire (+ Index)
- John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley (1809), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 2, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, hdl:2027/nyp.33433075909006
- Contents: Cambridge, Cheshire, Cornwall (+ Index)
- John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley (1802), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 3, London: Vernor & Hood, hdl:2027/nyp.33433075909014 [4]
- Contents: Cumberland, Isle of Man, Derbyshire
- John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley (1803), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 4, London: Vernor & Hood [5]
- Contents: Devonshire, Dorsetshire (+ Index)
- John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley (1810), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 5, London: Vernor & Hood
- Contents: Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire (+ Index)
- John Britton; Edward Wedlake Brayley (1805), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 6, London: Vernor & Hood, hdl:2027/yale.39002040781875
- Contents: Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Herefordshire (+ Index)
- Edward Wedlake Brayley (1808), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 7, London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, hdl:2027/nyp.33433075909048 [6]
- Contents: Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent (+ Indexes)
- Edward Wedlake Brayley (1808), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 8, London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, hdl:2027/mdp.39015063565728
- Contents: Kent (+ Index)
- John Britton (1807), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 9, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, hdl:2027/mdp.39015063565736 [6]
- Contents: Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (+ Index)
- Edward Wedlake Brayley (1810), London and Middlesex, Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 10, London: Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe (+ Indexes)
- Edward Wedlake Brayley (1814), London and Middlesex, Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 10, London: J. Harris, hdl:2027/mdp.39015004276906 (+ Index)
- Joseph Nightingale (1815), London and Middlesex, Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 10, London: J. Harris (+ Index)
- J. Norris Brewer (1816), London and Middlesex, Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 10, London: J. Harris (+ Index)
- John Evans; John Britton (1810), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 11, London: Vernon, Hood & Sharpe
- Contents: Monmouthshire, Norfolk
- John Hodgson; Francis Charles Laird (1813), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 12, London: J. Harris, hdl:2027/mdp.39015063565785
- Contents: Northumberland, Nottingham (+ Indexes)
- J.N. Brewer (1813), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 12, London: J. Harris, hdl:2027/yale.39002040781982
- Contents: Oxfordshire, Rutlandshire (+ Indexes)
- Joseph Nightingale (1813), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 13, London: J. Harris
- Contents: Shropshire, Somersetshire (+ Indexes)
- Joseph Nightingale (1813), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 13, London: J. Harris
- Contents: Staffordshire (+ Indexes)
- Frederic Shoberl (1813), Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 14, London: J. Harris, hdl:2027/mdp.39015063565827
- Contents: Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex (+ Indexes)
- John Britton; et al. (1814), Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Westmoreland, and Worcestershire, Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 15, London: J. Harris, hdl:2027/nyp.33433075909105
- John Bigland (1812), Yorkshire, Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 16, London: J. Harris, hdl:2027/hvd.hxjf83 + Index
- John Evans (1812), North Wales, Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 17, London: J. Harris
- Thomas Rees (1815), South Wales, Beauties of England and Wales, vol. 18, London: J. Harris
- The British Atlas; comprising a series of maps of all the English and Welsh counties; and also plans of cities and principal towns; intended to illustrate and accompany 'The Beauties of England and Wales'. London: Vernor, Hood and Sharpe. 1810. OCLC 24210573.
Notes
References
- ^ Rosemary Sweet (2004), Antiquaries: the Discovery of the Past in Eighteenth-Century Britain, London: Hambledon and London, ISBN 1852853093
- ^ Gavin Lucas (2003). "Reading Pottery: Literature and Transfer-Printed Pottery in the Early Nineteenth Century". International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 7 (2): 127–143. doi:10.1023/A:1025032201278. JSTOR 20853020. S2CID 160406571.
- ^ Jane Helen Berard (2006), Dickens and Landscape Discourse, Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Peter Lang Publishing, ISBN 9780820450049
- ^ Arthur Aikin, ed. (1803), "British Topography and Antiquities, Art. 2", Annual Review and History of Literature for 1802, vol. 1, London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, hdl:2027/umn.31951000736958l
- ^ Arthur Aikin, ed. (1804), "British Topography and Antiquities, Art. 24", Annual Review and History of Literature for 1803, vol. 2, London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees
- ^ a b Griffiths, Ralph; Griffiths, G. E. (February 1810), "Art. 4", Monthly Review, vol. 61, London
External links
- Hathi Trust. The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of each County, 1801-1815
- Europeana. Beauties of England and Wales