Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Ross. You may be able to find further references to Ross in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
ROSS a town, a parish, a sub-district, and a district Imperial
ROSS and MONMOUTH railway a railway Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Ross within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
William Cobbett Nov. 9th to 21st, 1821: Gloucester to Berghclere 5
William Gilpin London to Ross 4
William Gilpin To the source of the Wye 4
Edwin Russell Oct. 11 to Nov. 1: Condition of Farm Labourers 3
William Gilpin Ross to Monmouth 2
Edwin Russell Sept. 2 to 6: South West Herefordshire 2
Edwin Russell Nov. 26 to Dec. 7: Western Herefordshire 2
Henry Vincent Mar. 10 to 16: Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Hereford 2
William Camden Hereford, Radnor, Brecon, Monmouth and Glamorgan 1
William Cobbett Aug. 30th to Sept. 1st, 1823: Sussex and Kent 1
William Cobbett Sept. 6th to 11th, 1826: Highworth to Malmsbury 1
Charles Wesley 1750: Bristol and London 1
Charles Wesley Jan. 1 - Aug. 26, 1751: London to Bristol and the north 1
Daniel Defoe Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales 1
Celia Fiennes 1698 Tour: Shrewsbury to Bristol 1
William Gilpin The Wye 1
William Gilpin Monmouth to Tintern 1
Edwin Russell Oct. 3 to 9: Northleach, then to Herefordshire 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Wilton 1 2
Bridstow 0 2
Brampton Abbotts 0 2
Walford 1 2
Weston under Penyard 6 2
Peterstow 0 2
Greytree 0 2
Bishops Wood 0 2
Sellack 0 2
Flanesford 0 2
Foy 0 2
Eaton Tregose 0 2
Marstow 0 2
Hope Mansell 0 2
Lea Bailey 0 2
Upton Bishop 0 2
Goodrich 5 2
Kings Caple 0 2
Linton 0 2
Lea 0 3