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John Claudius Loudon Garden Tour Dates

See also:  The Claudians: gardens, landscapes, reason and faith: John Claudius Loudon and Claudius Buchanan, Tom Turner (Kindle, 2024

  • 1803 journey from Edinburgh to London (probably without visiting gardens) but on arrival he set off to visit English gardens
  • 1804 Scone and Scotland 
  • 1804 -1806 All the counties in Britain
  • 1811 Ireland
  • 1813-1814 Sweden, Germany, Poland Russia
  • 1815 Paris (about money and probably to see Versailles, mentioned at time of 1828 visit)
  • May-October 1819 Italy, Belgium France, returning home over the Simplon 'Loudon's Grand Tour'

  • 1828 France and Germany
  • July-August 1829 Home Counties
  • May-July 1831 London to Manchester and Liverpool & B’ham, with Jane 
  • July-Sept 1833 Berks Bucks Oxford Wilts Dorset Hants
  • Oct 1825 (written up in 1835) North of London
  • May 1839 London to Sheffield. (railway to B’ham opened in 1838)
  • May 1840 Lincs and Staffs
  • July-August 1841 Scotland
  • West Country Sept 1842

See also: Gardenvisit.com appreciation of John Claudius Loudon.