Travels of a Victorian
Frances Evans' (born Phelps) Travels
Transcribed in July 2015, by Penelope Forrest, born Phelps, from a photograph of the list handwritten by Fanny, now housed at the Ashmolean Museum. (JE/A/4/7) She died 22 September 1890.
The original was photographed by Judith F Hubbard in May 2013.
Entries
1826
Frances Phelps born 21st August in England
1828
from England to Madeira, May
1844
from Madeira to England, June
1844
short tour in Belgium, July
1848
Stay at Boulogne with C. Cootes & Emma Evans
1849/50
Wintered in Madeira
1854
Paris with the Baymans & Plowdens, May
1858
To Madeira from January to June
1858/59
Wintered in Madeira with Kate Hayward
1859
July Wedding trip to English Cathedrals
1863
North of Ireland with Elizabeth Evans
1865
North Germany & Denmark
1867
Paris Exhibition, France & Switzerland, Mr Franks, Sir Pantblock
1868
Leeds Exhibition Durham & Scotland
1870
Denmark & Sweden
1871
Driving tour in the Midlands with Mr & Mrs Prestwich
1872
Austria-Hungary Moravia Gallicia
1874
via Holland to Prehistoric Congress Stockholm Denmark with the girls
1876
BudaPesth with the girls via Lyon Verona Venice
1878
To the Brit Assn Meeting in Dublin Killarney with girls
1879
To meet A.J.E. & Margt & Alice at Gratz, Trieste, Ravenna &c
1880
To Paris, Spain & Lisbon with Alice, Frances Hubbard, Countess Donneman
1881
Hanover, Berlin, Saxony, The Rhine
1882
Denmark Sweden Aastrup & Baye
1883
Normandy
1884
Driving tour Bucks, Wilts, Gloucestershire AJ & ME [Arthur John Evans & his wife]
1885
Coreybrough Aberdeen, Monreith, Mirahouse
1886
Holland Rhine Switzd, Hungary, Berlin, Stettin Island of Rügen-Gotland, Sweden, N. Germany
1887
Rome Naples with AJ & ME, Bologna, Paris - Minets & M Baynes met us. January February
1887
Driving tour through Herts in July
1887
Cathedrals in North of France in August
1888
Paris, Madrid, E Coast of Spain, South of France Jan & Feb
1888
Cöln, Anthrop Congress at Bonn, August
1888
Brit Assn Meeting at Bath - Newport & Caerleon Sept
1889
Holland & Antwerp April
1889
Norway, Sweden, Gotland, Denmark, Paris, Prehistoric Congress July August
1890
Bassett Down Gloucestershire
1890
Aug Driving tour through Cambr, Norfolk & Suffolk