Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Conham within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Charles Wesley Jan. 1 - Aug. 31, 1746: Bristol and Cornwall 5
Charles Wesley 1745: London, Bristol and South Wales 2
Charles Wesley 1749: Marriage to Sally Gwynne 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Hanham 0 2
Brislington 0 2
St George 0 2
Stockwood 0 1
Knowle 0 2
Two Mile Hill 0 2
Moorfields 0 1
Barton Hill 0 1
Oldland 0 2
Kingswood By Bitton 0 2
Lawrence Hill 0 1
Easton 0 3
Fishponds 0 2
Weir 0 2
Warmley 0 2
Whitchurch 0 4
Stapleton 0 2
Queen Charlton 0 4
Keynsham 1 3
Montpelier 0 1