Humphrey, many thanks for your link to Vision of Britain. Fabulous site.
Regards
Frank
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Researching the family and history of Alexis Bénoist Soyer (1810-1858) and
Nicolas Soyer (1863-1937). En recharchant l'histoire familiale d'Alexis
Bénoist Soyer (1810-1858) et Nicolas Soyer (1863-1937).
Please see web page: www.soyer.co.uk
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From: "Humphrey Southall" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:42 PM
Subject: "Great British Journeys" and Vision of Britain
> The current BBC series "Great British Journeys" features eight journeys
> around Britain. The full text by four of the original writer forms part
> of the Vision of Britain web site, within the Travellers' Tales section:
>
> Celia Fiennes
> William Cobbett
> Gerald of Wales
> Daniel Defoe
>
> For more about the series, visit:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/greatbritishjourneys
>
> However, while that site includes an "interactive map" with just eight
> points on it, Vision of Britain provides links to its travel narratives
> from 2,641 places, including just about EVERY town in the country:
>
> http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/travellers
>
> The best way to find text by travellers about a particular place you are
> interested in is usually to search from our main home page, as our place
> linkage allows for the sometimes very different spellings of placenames in
> historical texts:
>
> http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk
>
> Humphrey Southall
>
> ====================================
> Humphrey Southall
> Reader in Geography/Director,
> Great Britain Historical GIS Project
> Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth
> Buckingham Building, Lion Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 3HE
>
> GIS Project Office: (023) 9284 2500
> Home office: (020) 8853 0396
> Mobile: 0796 808 5454
>
> About Britain: http://www.VisionOfBritain.org.uk
> About us: http://www.gbhgis.org
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