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Published on 2 December, 2020 · Last updated on 7 April, 2025
Anne Lister travelled widely throughout her life.
Anne Lister travelled widely throughout her life.
She documented her journeys and observations in journals, travel journals and letters to friends and family, many of which are held in archive by West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale.
Anne's writings about her travels offer us a unique insight into her world and that of her contemporaries. They reveal what travelling was like in the early nineteenth century, whether taking a short sightseeing excursion or embarking on a grand European tour. Anne's observations detail long sea voyages, steamboat rides, mountain ascents, and of course long uncomfortable periods in bumpy stagecoaches and carriages.
"Going abroad always likely to do good - People should not grow mouldy at home -"
"Going abroad always likely to do good - People should not grow mouldy at home -"
Mrs. John Edwards to Anne Lister, 3 Nov 1834
A group of transcribers and travel enthusiasts have created these digital maps as immersive guides, tracing the footsteps of Anne Lister during her cross-country adventures, brief holidays, and city explorations across Britain and Europe from 1819 to 1840.
They offer an engaging platform for individuals to virtually embark on journeys that mirror Lister's own, or can serve as immersive guides to take along and reference during your own trips.
Bon voyage!
You can also follow along with this workshop from the Anne Lister Summit, and use this guide to get started making your own StoryMaps!
Travel Maps on display at ALBF 2025!
Travel Maps on display at ALBF 2025!
Packed with Potential contributed to the 2025 celebration of Anne Lister's birthday with a series of posters showcasing Anne's travels closest to Halifax. These were created from existing travel maps you can see on this page and are now also included here so anyone who missed them in Halifax can see them!
Walking Tours
Walking Tours
Copenhagen Walking Tour
by Adeline Lim in collaboration with Anne Lister Italia(May 2022)
London Walking Tour, 1824 (Part 1)
by Adeline Lim and Steph Gallaway (March 2020)
London Walking Tour, 1824 (Part 2)by Adeline Lim and Steph Gallaway (March 2020)
A Walking Tour of Oxford, 1826
by Amanda & Alex Pryce (December 2021)
Walking Tour of Trier, 1833
by Adeline Lim (May 2020)
Highlights of Lake Geneva
by Adeline Lim (June 2022)Travels between 1819-1829
Travels between 1819-1829
Samuel Lister in Ireland, 1812-1813
by Marlene Oliveira(August 2024)
Paris to London via Normandy, 1819
by Mhairi and Adeline Lim (April 2020)
Anne Lister's Tour of North Wales, 1822
by Jenna Beyer(July 2020)
The Craven Excursion, 1823 (Part 1)
by Kerstin Holzgraebe and Helen Childers (September 2021)
The Craven Excursion, 1823 (Part 2)
by Kerstin Holzgraebe and Helen Childers (February 2022)
Anne Lister's Journey to Paris via Dover, 1824by Adeline Lim and Steph Gallaway (March 2020)
The Lake District, 1824
by Mhairi M, Kate Igoe and Adeline Lim (April-May 2020)
Buxton and the Peak District, 1825
by Lynn Shouls(February 2023)
Wales & Dublin, 1826
by Janneke van der Weijden & Susanne Piotrowski(August 2020)
Going to Italy, 1827Anne Lister's Italian journeyby Francesca Raia, Lucia Falzari, Irene Trotta & Adeline Lim
Tour of Venice, 1827
by Adeline Lim (May 2020)
Anne Lister's Soleure, Switzerland 1827by Adeline Lim (April 2021)
Tour of Scotland, 1828 (Part 1)by Leigh Mitchinson and Amanda Pryce (March 2020)
Tour of Scotland, 1828 (Part 2)
by Leigh Mitchinson, Amanda Pryce & Janneke van der Weijden (April 2022)
Tour of Aix-la-Chapelle, Aachen, 1829
by Susanne Piotrowski & Janneke van der Weijden(April 2022)Travels between 1830-1839
Travels between 1830-1839
John Walker Jr & Frances Esther Penfold's Honeymoon, 1830
by Diane Halford(October 2020)
Tour of The Netherlands, 1831
by Adeline Lim and Janneke van der Weijden(February 2020)
A Solo Tour of Southern England, 1831
by Jenna Beyer(July 2021)
Copenhagen to London, 1833
by Janneke van der Weijden and Susanne Piotrowski
(May 2021)
Anne Lister & Ann Walker
Paris Walking Tour, 1834
Anne Lister & Ann Walker
The Honeymoon, 1834
South of France & Northern Spain, July 1838
by Jessica Betik and Alex Pryce (April 2020)
Tour of Belgium & Journey to Paris 1838
by Dorjana Sirola and Adeline Lim (April 2020)
London to Copenhagen Sprint, 1839
by Adeline Lim (July 2020)
The Ann(e)'s Tour of Denmark, 1839
by Adeline Lim(July 2020)
Tour of Sweden, 1839 (Part 1)
by Adeline Lim and Ylva Nilson (August 2020)
Tour of Sweden, 1839 (Part 2)
by Adeline Lim and Ylva Nilson (August 2020)
Tour of Sweden, 1839 (Part 3)
by Adeline Lim and Ylva Nilson (October 2020)
Tour of Norway, 1839
by Henriette Stensdal (March 2025)Cover Image: Andrew Neel
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