Fifth Viscount Torrington in Askrigg, Wensleydale - 16 June, 1792

from A Tour to the North, 1792, pages 83–84:

I enter’d and walk’d around Askrig [sic] Church,wherein they were practising the Psalm singing for the morrow; and remark’d the pews, formerly belonging to the Metcalf family.

cite as

John Byng, A Tour to the North, 1792. In C. Bruyn Andrews (ed.), The Torrington Diaries Containing the Tours Throughout England and Wales of the Hon. John Byng (Later Fifth Viscount Torrington) Between the Years 1781 and 1794, volume 3 (London, 1936), p. 83–84. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1546538979539 accessed: 12 December, 2024

location of experience: Askrigg, Wensleydale

Listeners

Fifth Viscount Torrington
Army officer, civil servant, diarist
1743-1813

Listening to

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church choir practice performed by church choir

Experience Information

Date/Time 16 June, 1792
Medium live
Listening Environment indoors, in public, solitary

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Thu, 03 Jan 2019 18:09:39 +0000
Approved on Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:56:54 +0000