Itinerary of Henry Rope 1901

As well as the diary of his cycling adventures, Rope also deposited some of his maps and guidebooks at the archives. I discovered among these a Bartholomew's Cyclist's Touring Map of England and Wales published in 1901, the exact same year that he cycled across the country and wrote our diary. The map is well used, in fact it has fallen apart at many of the folds and it seems very likely that he took it with him on his travels. He seems to have meticulously annotated every road that he cycled along, not only on the numerous trips recorded in the 1901 diary but also all the many other trips he must have taken before and since. Most of the roads around Shrewsbury are highlighted, as well as those around Oxford, but also those as far south as Cornwall and as far north as Berwick on Tweed. He undoubtedly travelled beyond Berwick - I wonder if we have a similar map of his for Scotland?

Rope's annotated copy of the Bartholomew's Cyclist's Touring Map of England and Wales 1901 [Shropshire Archives 2192/3]

Shrewsbury to Barmouth: 

Friday 

• Shrewsbury 

• Montford Bridge 

• Nesscliff 

• West Felton 

• Whittington 

• Gobowen 

• Chirk 

• Llangollen 

• Corwen 

• Cerrigydrudion 

• Cernioge 

• Pentrefoelas 

• Betws-y-Coed 

Saturday 

• Betws-y-Coed 

• Capel Curig 

• Pen-y-Gwryd 

• Beddgelert 

• Pont Aberglaslyn 

• Tremadog 

• Criccieth 

Sunday 

• Criccieth 

Monday 

• Criccieth 

• Chwilog 

• (Llanaelhaearn – not mentioned, but deduced) 

• Llandwrog 

• Caernarfon 

• Pont-rug 

• Llanrug 

• Cwm-y-glo 

• Llanberis 

• Pen-y-Pass 

• Pen-y-Gwryd 

• Pont Aberglaslyn 

• Criccieth 

Monday (???) 

• Criccieth 

• Porthmadog 

• Penrhyndeudraeth (parts ways with his uncle) 

• Harlech 

• Llanfair 

• Barmouth 

Suffolk to Shrewsbury: 

Thursday 

• Little Glemham 

• Marlesford 

• Eaton (Easton) 

• Brandeston 

• Cretingham 

• Framsden 

• Helmingham 

• Gosbeck 

• Coddenham 

• Needham Market 

• Stowmarket 

Friday 

• Stowmarket 

• Elmswell 

• Woolpit 

• Beighton (Beyton) 

• Bury St. Edmunds – parts ways with Uncle Edwin 

• Kentford 

• Newmarket 

• Quy 

• Cambridge 

Saturday 

• Cambridge 

Sunday 

• Cambridge 

Monday 

• Cambridge 

• Madingley 

??? 

• Enstone 

• Chipping Norton 

• [Chastleton?] 

• Moreton(-in-Marsh) 

? 

• Moreton(-in-Marsh) 

• Bourton(-on-the-Hill) 

• Broadway 

• Evesham 

• Spetchley 

• Worcester 

• Shrewsbury 
  

Rope Diary: Additional Trips 

• Pitchford (walking) – 21st June 1901 

• [gap] 

• Oxfordshire – 27th May 1901 

• High Ercall (cycling) – Jan 1902 

• Keble-chapel (walking) – May 1901 

• Bicester (cycling) – 28th May 1901 

• Garsington-church (cycling) – 24th May 1901 

• North Hinksey and Cumnor (walking) – 18th May 1901 

• Stratford-upon-Avon (cycling) – 13th May 1901 

• Horsepath, Foresthill, etc. (cycling) – 14th May 1901 

• Littlemore, Cowley and Cliffton Hampden (cycling) – 12th May 1901 

• Kingston-Bagpuize (cycling) – 12th May 1901 

• Dorchester (walking and railway) – 11th May 1901 

• Water Eaton and Kidlington (walking) – 10th May 1901 

• Whitehorse Hill, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) (cycling) – 4th May 1901 

• Elsfield, Woodeaton and Islip (walking) – 9th May 1901