If you are looking for mentions of particular places in Britain, you will be better off searching using the main home page, as our travellers often use very old-fashioned versions of place-names. Use this form to find mentions of places outside Britain, locations that do not fit our definition of "place", such as landed estates, or any other term you are interested in.

Searching for "places" via the main home page will take you straight to the first mention within the text, but this more general facility simply takes you to relevant selections and you must then use your browser's search facility to find the actual reference.

One particular "place" had to be treated differently: London. We have excluded it from our marking-up of place names, because it was constantly mentioned by travellers wherever they were; for example, Boswell mentions London in every single chapter of his tour of Highland Scotland. Conversely, detailed descriptions of the metropolis seldom mention "London", only districts within the city. Follow these links to reach detailed accounts of London by Defoe, Fiennes and Moritz.

We also excluded from our marking-up references to counties or larger areas, and most geographical names when used to identify particular people: the Earl of Salisbury, the Bishop of Winchester, William of Malmesbury.

As far as possible, selections are the chapters in the original book and each begins with a clickable map of the places mentioned.