George Head, A Home Tour through the Manufacturing Districts of England in the Summer of 1835

Picture of George Head

George Head, who was knighted in 1831, was born at Higham in Kent in 1782. He was educated at Charterhouse and joined the army in 1808, serving in the Peninsular war against Napoleon in Portugal, Spain and France, then later in Canada. In 1829 he published his reminiscences of Canada, which led to a number of further travel books including two about Britain. He died in London in 1855. He seems to have been the inspiration for 'George Head', an intrepid explorer suffering from double vision who appeared in the first series of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Note that we also hold Head's other book about Britain, A Home Tour through various parts of the United Kingdom in 1837.

The following sections are available:
Introduction
Liverpool
The Wirral
Southport
Cheshire
Manchester
Warrington and St. Helens
The Peak District
The West Riding
Leeds
Selby and Goole
Hull
East Riding
North Riding
Tees-side
Durham Coast
Newcastle upon Tyne
Carlisle and the Solway Firth
Greenock
The Solway Coast
Workington and the Lake District
Whitehaven
North Lancashire