"Soil and Surface":  Looking at Landscape through Agricultural Tours of Wales 

Professor Mary-Ann Constantine takes a new look at the 'Welsh Tour' and considers how the picturesque and the practical collided in agricultural reports commissioned by the government in the 1790s.

These 'Statistical Surveys' were designed to improve economic productivity during a period of war and scarcity. Accounts of the journeys undertaken to collect information are fascinating historical documents - not least for what they tell us about moral and aesthetic responses to landscapes and the people who work them. Focused on Breconshire, this talk explores some of the stories behind the statistics.

Tickets are free. There will be a retiring collection with proceeds towards the Society’s educational work.

Booking is open at Theatr Brycheiniog www.brycheiniog.co.uk 01874 611622

The lecture will be livestreamed. For details contact libbyrees@gmail.com