Newdigate (part 3)

Archive Unit

Scope and Content

Contains photocopies of original material relating to Sir Roger Newdigate, held at Warwickshire County Records Office, including:

-travel notes, 1739-40

-travel notes, Naples, 1775

-travel notes, 1774-1776

-travel notes, Florence, 1775

-letter from Consul at Venice, Udny, 1775

-travel notes, Venice

-letter from William Parry, 1790

-letters from John Strange, resident at Venice, 1775

-notes from Conyers, 1774

Access Information

Open for research. Readers must fill in an 'Reader Agreement Form' which outlines the reading room rules and conditions concerning privacy and Data Protection

Alternative Form Available

The material has been scanned and documents (which are out of copyright) are available for free consultation or download in The Paul Mellon Centre from The Grand Tour database at www.grandtour.amdigital.co.uk

Bibliography

Brinsley Ford’s archive was the basis of John Ingamells (ed.) ‘A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800’, (Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1997)