A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Ross. You may be able to find further references to Ross in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.
| Place | Type of entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| ROSS | a town, a parish, a sub-district, and a district | Imperial |
| ROSS and MONMOUTH railway | a railway | Imperial |
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 Ross 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. |
|---|---|---|
| William Cobbett | Nov. 9th to 21st, 1821: Gloucester to Berghclere | 5 |
| William Gilpin | London to Ross | 4 |
| William Gilpin | To the source of the Wye | 4 |
| Edwin Russell | Oct. 11 to Nov. 1: Condition of Farm Labourers | 3 |
| William Gilpin | Ross to Monmouth | 2 |
| Edwin Russell | Sept. 2 to 6: South West Herefordshire | 2 |
| Edwin Russell | Nov. 26 to Dec. 7: Western Herefordshire | 2 |
| Henry Vincent | Mar. 10 to 16: Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Hereford | 2 |
| William Camden | Hereford, Radnor, Brecon, Monmouth and Glamorgan | 1 |
| William Cobbett | Aug. 30th to Sept. 1st, 1823: Sussex and Kent | 1 |
| William Cobbett | Sept. 6th to 11th, 1826: Highworth to Malmsbury | 1 |
| Charles Wesley | 1750: Bristol and London | 1 |
| Charles Wesley | Jan. 1 - Aug. 26, 1751: London to Bristol and the north | 1 |
| Daniel Defoe | Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales | 1 |
| Celia Fiennes | 1698 Tour: Shrewsbury to Bristol | 1 |
| William Gilpin | The Wye | 1 |
| William Gilpin | Monmouth to Tintern | 1 |
| Edwin Russell | Oct. 3 to 9: Northleach, then to Herefordshire | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilton | 1 | 2 |
| Bridstow | 0 | 2 |
| Brampton Abbotts | 0 | 2 |
| Walford | 1 | 2 |
| Weston under Penyard | 6 | 2 |
| Peterstow | 0 | 2 |
| Greytree | 0 | 2 |
| Bishops Wood | 0 | 2 |
| Sellack | 0 | 2 |
| Flanesford | 0 | 2 |
| Foy | 0 | 2 |
| Eaton Tregose | 0 | 2 |
| Marstow | 0 | 2 |
| Hope Mansell | 0 | 2 |
| Lea Bailey | 0 | 2 |
| Upton Bishop | 0 | 2 |
| Goodrich | 5 | 2 |
| Kings Caple | 0 | 2 |
| Linton | 0 | 2 |
| Lea | 0 | 3 |