The Beauties of England and Wales

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. Readers included Charles Dickens.

Further reading

Contents: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire (+ Index)

Contents: Cambridge, Cheshire, Cornwall (+ Index)

Contents: Cumberland, Isle of Man, Derbyshire

Contents: Devonshire, Dorsetshire (+ Index)

Contents: Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire (+ Index)

Contents: Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Herefordshire (+ Index)

Contents: Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent (+ Indexes)

Contents: Kent (+ Index)

Contents: Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire (+ Index) (+ Indexes) (+ Index) (+ Index) (+ Index)

Contents: Monmouthshire, Norfolk

Contents: Northumberland, Nottingham (+ Indexes)

Contents: Oxfordshire, Rutlandshire (+ Indexes)

Contents: Shropshire, Somersetshire (+ Indexes)

Contents: Staffordshire (+ Indexes)

Contents: Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex (+ Indexes)

+ Index

Notes

References

External links HathiTrust. The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of each County, 1801-1815 Europeana. Beauties of England and Wales