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Celia Fiennes


Born
in Newton Tony, The United Kingdom
June 07, 1662

Died
April 10, 1741

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Celia Fiennes was an English travel writer. Born at Newton Tony, Wiltshire, she was the daughter of an English Civil War Parliamentarian colonel, who was in turn the second son of William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele. Celia Fiennes died in Hackney in 1741.

She travelled around England on horseback between 1684 and about 1703, "to regain my health by variety and change of aire and exercise" (Journeys). At this time the idea of travel for its own sake was still novel, and Fiennes was exceptional as an enthusiastic woman traveller. Sometimes she travelled with relatives, but she made her "Great Journey to Newcastle and Cornwall" of 1698 accompanied only by one or two servants. Her travels continued intermittently until at least 1712 and
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Through England on a Side S...

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