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british library cataloguing in publication data
Travel and tourism in Britain, 17001914.
1. Tourism Great Britain History 18th century Sources. 2. Tourism
Great Britain History 19th Century Sources. 3. Tourism Great Britain
History 20th century Sources.
I. Barton, Susan (Susan Renou) editor of compilation. II. Brodie, Allan editor
of compilation.
338.479141-dc23
ISBN-13: 978-1-84893-412-2 (set)
Typeset by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited
DOI: 10.4324/9781003112990
CONTENTS
The Development of the Seaside Holiday
Part I: Health and the Seaside
Science and the Practice of Sea Bathing
The Medical Value of Seawater at Scarborough
J. Atkins, A Compendious Treatise on the Contents, Virtues, and Uses of Cold and Hot Mineral Springs in General (c. 1730), extract
T. Short, The Natural, Experimental, and Medicinal History of the Mineral Waters of Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire (1734), extract
A. Relhan, A Short History of Brighthelmston (1761), extract
[T. G.], A Description of the Isle of Thanet (1765), extract
G. Keate, Sketches from Nature, 2 vols (1779), vol. 1, extract
J. Harvey, Harveys Improved Weymouth Guide, etc. (c. 1800), extract
T. Hinderwell, History and Antiquities of Scarborough (1811)
The Role of Medical Practitioners
J. Awsiter, Thoughts on Brightelmston (1768), extracts
T. Reid, Directions for Warm and Cold Seabathing (1795), extract
J. Crane, Cursory Observations on Sea-Bathing (1795), extract
J. H. Packard, Sea-Air and Sea-Bathing (1881), extract
Medical Institutions
Hinderwell, History and Antiquities of Scarborough (1811), extract
H. Mahomed, The Bath; a Concise History of Bathing, as Practised by Nations of the Ancient and Modern World (1843), extract
[Anon.], The Visitors New Guide to the Isle of Thanet, etc. (1850), extract
[Keble], Kebles Illustrated Penny Guide to the Isle of Thanet, Margate, etc. (c. 1886), extract
London Samaritan Society and Homerton Mission, Particulars of Beach Rocks Sea-Side Convalescent Home, Sandgate, Kent (c. 1895), extract
J. Hatton, Deaf-and-Dumb Land (1896), extracts
Air, Sun and Climate
The History of Great Yarmouth by Henry Manship, ed. C. J. Palmer (1854), extract
A. Relhan, A Short History of Brighthelmston (1761), extracts
R. Sickelmore, History of Brighton and its Environs, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time (1827), extracts
T. Shapter, The Climate of the South of Devon (1842), extracts
P. Brannon, The Illustrated Historical and Picturesque Guide to Poole and Bournemouth (1856), extract
Packard,
Part II: Entertainment
Harvey, Harveys Improved Weymouth Guide, etc. (c. 1800), extract
[Anon.],An Historical Guide to Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk (1806), extract
W. Batcheller,A New History of Dover (1828), extracts
[Anon.], The Guide to Hayling Island near Havant, in the County of Hants (1843), extract
Brannon, The Illustrated Historical and Picturesque Guide to Poole and Bournemouth (1856), extract
The Master of Ceremonies and Subscribing for Entertainment
O. Goldsmith, The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq (1762), extracts
J. Sprange, The Tunbridge Wells Guide (1786), extract
[T. G.], A Description of the Isle of Thanet (1765), extract
[Anon.], A Journey from London to Scarborough, in Several Letters (1734), extract
Assembly Rooms
On the Polite Assembly, the Ball and Other Recreations at the Long Room. By Mr. D. (1733), extract
[Anon.], Letters of Momus, from Margate (1778), extract
Keate, Sketches from Nature (1779), vol. 2, extract
Circulating Libraries
T. Wilson, The Use of Circulating Libraries Considered (1797), extracts
J. P. [J. B. Papworth, F. Wrangham and W. Combe], Poetical Sketches of Scarborough (1813), extract
E. Hargrove, A Catalogue of Hargroves Circulating Library at Harrowgate (1801), extracts
[Anon.], Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Containing the Epsom Circulating Library (1823), extracts
Theatres
J. P. [J. B. Papworth, F. Wrangham and W. Combe], Poetical Sketches of Scarborough (1813), extract
Piers, Towers and New Attractions
[Anon.], Holidays at Brighton; or, Sea-Side Amusements (1834), extract
J. G. Bishop, The Brighton Chain Pier: In Memoriam (1896), extracts
[Anon.], Life beneath the Waves, and a Description of the Brighton Aquarium (1871), extract
An Interest in Nature
Frederick FAG [J. Johnson], The Recess or Autumnal Relaxation in the Highlands and Lowlands (1834), extracts
P. H. Gosse, Tenby: A Sea-Side Holiday (1856), extract
R. W. Fraser, The Seaside Naturalist (1868), extracts
Tourism at the Giants Causeway
P. D. Hardy, The Northern Tourist (1830), extracts
A. Black and C. Black, Blacks Guide to Belfast, the Giants Causeway and the North of Ireland (1888), extracts
Royalty and Tourism
[D. Williams], Royal Recollections on a Tour to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester and Places Adjacent, in the Year 1788 (1788), extract
W. Lee, Ancient and Modern History of Lewes and Brighthelmston (1795), extract
Harvey, Harveys Improved Weymouth Guide, etc. (c. 1800), extract
J. Evans, Recreation for the Young and the Old (1821), extract
Sickelmore, History of Brighton and its Environs, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
