William  Henry Maddock

William Henry Maddock was a printer, engraver and lithographer in Plymouth and appears to have been active from circa 1848 to the mid-1880s. His only known publishing venture would seem to be the map below, dated 1848, and there may have been a reprint in 1853 (see Brockett). Although there is no address on the map below, Maddock was at 32 Frankfort Street 1852-56 but in 1890 the address was 86 Treville Street. He seems to have been a specialist lithographer and as well as printing the three maps listed below also printed two for John Heydon of the same area; he also lithographed a map of Exeter for Jewitt - a Plan Of The City Of Exeter appeared in a guide book to the Agricultural Exhibition in Exeter in 1850 (published by H. J. Wallis, Exeter, and R. Lidstone, Plymouth) and which bears the signature of Maddock & Balderston Lithographers, 17, Bedford St Plymouth; and a Map Of Salcombe, Kingsbridge, And Surroundings for James Fairweather (c.f.) of 1884 has the signature W H Maddock, Lith, Plymouth.


Advert and crest for Maddock and Balderston in Jewitt´s guide to Exeter

Maddock 1 - map of Plymouth

Size: 425 x 665 mm. SCALE OF 9 CHAINS TO THE INCH (10 + 80 = 250 mm).

A NEW MAP OF PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT, STONEHOUSE, STOKE & MORICE TOWN, WITH THE RAILWAYS & RECENT IMPROVEMENTS. (Ea). Date 1848 immediately below and signature below this: Published & Lithographed By W. H. MADDOCK, Plymouth.

Description: detailed block plan of the area from Hamoaze to east coast of Catwater with Deadman's Bay. North as far as Keyham House and Rose Hill House. Railway lines shown to vicinity of King Street, then dotted to Intended Term (inus) and out to Stoke and dotted to Intd Station and out past Keyham House. Scale bar (Ce-Cd). 

1. 1848 Cover title.

Maddock’s Strangers’ Guide to Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse, Stoke. And Morice Town
Plymouth. W H Maddock. 1848. KB.

Maddock 2 - Cornelius Guide to Dawlish

W M Cornelius had premises at 15 Strand, Dawlish where he traded as Printer, Bookbinder, Bookseller and Stationer. In common with many booksellers in Devon at the time, he offered a number of supplementary services such as shoe warehouse, Berlin and fancy repository, sold jewellery of every description and also toys and fancy goods in great variety. In co-operation with Mudie's he operated a Circulating Library. In his guide he also advertised the Dawlish Times (published every Thursday) and may have been responsible for the Dawlish Times Arrival Book – kept at the Library, where Visitors are requested to enter their Names that they may be correctly inserted in the Directory.
Cornelius published, and probably wrote, a guide to the area: Cornelius's Guide. Dawlish: Historical And Topographical, which had reached a fourth edition by c.1878. The guide included an advertising section and a rather simple and sketch-like fold-out plan of Dawlish, on the reverse of which were two attractive lithographic views of Dawlish executed by James Townsend of Exeter. Townsend and S Eland published Devonshire Antiquities by John Chudleigh together which contained a map by Townsend in 1892.


Size: 340 x 300 mm. No scale.

MAP OF DAWLISH and its Vicinity. (Ea) in plain panel with imprint: Published by W M CORNELIUS, 15, Strand. Dawlish. Engraver’s signature: Maddock, Lith, Plym (Aa).
The area covered is from Clevelands (Ae) along the coast and as far east as Seckmaton (Farm or House) (Ec) and north as far as Little Weston (Da). Illustrated.

1. 1868

Cornelius's Guide. Dawlish: Historical And Topographical, ...
Dawlish. W M Cornelius. (1868). KB, BL[1].

Cornelius's Guide. Dawlish:  ...Second Edition
Dawlish. W M Cornelius. (1873). DevA.

2. 1874 Engraver’s signature removed. Gent's and Ladies’ Bathing Coves added.

Cornelius's Guide. Dawlish:  ...Third Edition
Dawlish. W M Cornelius. (1873). DevA.

Cornelius's Guide. Dawlish:  ...Fourth Edition
Dawlish. W M Cornelius. (1878[2]). KB, [DevA, NDL].


Maddock 3 - Eyre Brothers

Maddock published this new map of Plymouth etc. in 1881 and the following year it was included in Eyre Brothers’ Post Office Plymouth and Devonport District Directory. Subsequent issues of the directory, which was published by Eyre Brothers from 1880 to c. 1904, included either a map by Brendon (see Worth 1) or lithographed by John Smith (see Smith, J). Some time before 1887 the map was acquired by Wood & Tozer who reissued it in covers for tourists.

William Wood published a number of maps and it is not clear why he chose to republish the second map, below, at a larger size. The name W P Cooper appears for the first time, although W G Cooper signed a later version of the map appearing in The Hand Book To South Devon And Dartmoor published by William Wood in 1872 (c.f.). The map was much rediuced lithographically before being included in an album of views of Plymouth and Devonport in the 1890s. Although the album has no publisher’s details, it may have been issued by or on behalf of Wood and Tozer as their imprint has been left on the map. It is a typical leporello-style collection of photo-gravure illustrations in cloth boards with gilt design, produced in Germany towards the end of the century.

Size: 280 x 315 mm. (1/2 = 66 mm) 6 INCHES TO A MILE.


MAP OF PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT, STONEHOUSE, STOKE, MORICE TOWN, & FORD, (De). Signature below: LITHOGRAPHED & PUBLISHED BY W. H. MADDOCK, TREVILLE ST, COPYRIGHT 1881 and above the scale. North point (Ac, in Hamoaze).

1. 1881  Description: Highly detailed block plan of the area from Hamoaze to west half of Catdown with Deadman's Bay. North as far as Ford, Outland and Mannamead. GWR and L&SW railways.

Map of Plymouth, Stonehouse, Stoke, Morice Town & Ford
Plymouth. W H Maddock. 1881. DevA.

2. 1882 Size is increased to: 320 x 460 mm. The scale now measures approx. 76 mm.

Eyre Brothers’ Post Office Plymouth and Devonport District Directory, ...2nd Edition
London. Eyre Brothers. 1882-83. NLS (Illustrated).


 

3. 1887     The scale now measures 72 mm and two extra lines have been added for 1380 and 2040 yards. The imprint is now: PUBLISHED BY WOOD & TOZER, FORE STREET, DEVONPORT. COPYRIGHT 1887. Signature (Ae): W. P. COOPER, LITHOGRAPHER, UNION STREET, PLYMOUTH. New developments at Trusham Villa (Ec), by Jude's Terrace (Ed) and Johnston Terrace (Aa). The name MORICE TOWN has been shifted slightly. Illustrated.

 


Map of Plymouth, Stonehouse, Devonport and Suburbs – Orange paper covers
Devonport. Wood & Tozer. 1887. KB.

4. 1890 Size is reduced to: 175 x 255 mm. The scale now measures 43 mm. Imprint as before but signature removed. Detail lost at Mt Edgcumbe and Mt Batten (i.e. impression very light).

The Album of Plymouth and Devonport Views – red cover printed in Germany
[Devonport. Wood & Tozer. 1890.] KB.

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NOTES:


[1] BL 10368.aaa.19 with accession date 22 JU 69. This first edition contains 5 attractive vignettes by Rock and Company. Text was written in 1868; a reference on page 16 states “this year (1868)”.
[2] Text has been revised as pointed out in the Preface. A footnote on page 94 mentions a fire at the theatre on 13th June 1878. This edition has two views of Dawlish on the reverse.

 


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