Fifth Viscount Torrington in Higham Ferrers - 14 July, 1793, in the morning
from A Tour to North Wales, 1793, page 204:
In a cool parlour [at the inn] I breakfasted comfortably; wrote letters; and then enquired about church going;―my landlord thought it would be evening-service, but it proved to be morning:―So I powdered my hair, enter’d the church, and was shewn into a good pew amidst some farmers. A large church; but a small congregation.… more >>
John Byng, A Tour to North Wales, 1793. 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. 204. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1546539300974 accessed: 1 December, 2024
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Experience Information
Date/Time | 14 July, 1793, in the morning |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
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