Wednesday, 18 August 2021

Rev. W R B Brownlow

In 1886 the Rev. William Robert Bernard Brownlow, Bishop of Clifton, wrote an extensive survey covering Babbacombe and St Marychurch. The book was a result of a talk delivered to the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science and originally published in their transactions. The Rev. Brownlow also reported on a Visitation to St Marychurch 1301, also printed in the society’s Transactions. The Torquay distributor was Andrew Iredale.

At least two of Rev. Brownlow´s sermons were published and / or distributed by both Edward Cockrem and Edward Croydon of Torquay: "A Little Child shall lead them." A few memorials of George Matthew Hoare, contained in notes to a sermon preached in S. John's, Torquay, May 18th, 1862 the Sunday after his funeral [1862]; and

The Church of England and its Defenders. A second letter to Anglican friends .. In reply to the Rev. J. W. Patterson [i.e. to “The Church of England versus the Roman Church in England”], and Rev. J. Walter Moore [i.e. to “Some Critical Remarks,” etc. 1873.

Size: 210 x 550 mm. Scale – One Acre of 10 square chains (10 = 30).
COPY of MANOR MAP of ST MARY CHURCH circa 1775 (Ee) with note: Reduced ½ - and printed by kind permission of R S S Cary Esq of Tor Abbey.
The map shows the coastal areas of Babbacombe with the Bay (Ae) oriented almost horizontal, ie with north facing bottom right. There is a north point with True Meridian (Ca). St Mary Church is shown as well as the areas enclosed by the manor of Coomb-Pafford (sic) with Shiphay and Kingskerswell Parish.

1.1886 St Marychurch in Saxon and Norman Times

Plymouth. W Brendon & Sons. 1886. TQ, KB.

Papers on the Subject of St Mary Church in the County of Devon
Plymouth. W Brendon & Sons. 1886-1898. BL [1].

[1] This volume has a second additional title page (placed at front) with this title and Compiled by William Bartlett, of Liverpool. It includes not only St Marychurch in Saxon and Norman Times by Brownlow but also the Pedigree of the Family of Bartlett of St. Mary Church co. Devon. BL 09915.aa.3 with accession February 1899.

Robert Brindley

Not much is known of Robert Brindley besides him being the artist and engraver of the map below for The Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport Directory in 1830 which was also published by Byers.
William Byers was printer, bookseller and bookbinder with various addresses in Fore Street from 1823 to 1852[1] although he originally registered his press in 1818 (19/2/1818, DRO Q/S 52). He was the proprietor and publisher of Devonport Independent and Plymouth and Stonehouse Gazette from about 1840 to 1852 and published later editions of A Walk Round Mount Edgcumbe.a popular guide (see Byers / Cooke). He was also one of the leading producers of lithographs of local scenes.
He published the second and subsequent editions of Henry E Carrington‘s The Plymouth and Devonport Guide with issues from 1830 to 1850 (c.f. below and Becker 1). He advertised himself as Bookseller &c to Duke of Clarence 1828-1830 and subsequently as Bookseller etc. to (late) King William IV (up to) 1843. Byers is also noted in Somers Cocks for a number of Devon scenes, some after leading artists such as J D Harding and Louis Haghe, sometimes in association with S Saunders[2].

Brindley

Size: 180 x 243 mm. Scale of Miles (1 = 76 mm) 1 Mile.
THE THREE TOWNS OF PLYMOUTH, STONEHOUSE AND DEVONPORT. Signatures[3]: Drawn and Engraved by Robt Brindley Architect & Surveyor Devonport (AeOS) and Engraved by Lionel James Pelham London. Scale bar (Ba-Ca) with Scale of Miles below.
Plan of the three towns with Torpoint shown (Aa) and the Breakwater (Ce) and as far as "New line of Road" to the new Laira bridge (Ed). (E).

1. 1828 The Plymouth And Devonport Guide ... by Henry E Carrington ... with Lithographic Views by Worsley [4]

London: Longman & Co. Devonport: Byers.1828. FB.

The Plymouth And Devonport Guide ... by Henry E Carrington ... 2nd edition [5]

Devonport. Byers. 1830 KB.

The Plymouth And Devonport Guide ... by Henry E Carrington ... 2nd edition [6]

Devonport. W Byers. 1833. KB, BL.

The Plymouth And Devonport Guide ... by Henry E Carrington ... 3rd edition

London: Longman & Co. Devonport: Byers. (1836). [assumed].

The Plymouth And Devonport Guide ... by H E Carrington... Fourth Edition [7]

London: Longman & Co. Devonport: W Byers. (1840). E, KB.

[1] First at 109, Fore Street, Dock 1823; then 32, Fore Street, Devonport 1830-1844; and 116, Fore Street 1850-1852.

[2] See for example Somers Cocks S.91, S. 97, S.111, S.114.

[3] Both signatures are very badly executed and sometimes virtually illegible.
[4] BL 579.a.40 lacks map; last date 1827 (p.5). Somers Cocks lists an 1829 edition as well as copies for 1837 (probably 4^th edition below) and 1843 (see Becker 1).
[5] Bookseller and Printer to HRH The Duke of Clarence. Text has been reset and updated: last date in text is 1828 (p.4, reference to Union Savings Bank).
[6] Bookseller to His Majesty. The 1833 edition is identical to 1830 edition except the Appendix, pp. 291-302, and a final page with list of subscribers (first side) and advert for Byer’s works is lacking. BL copy 10361.a.1 lacks pp. 1-2.
[7] Bookseller to his late Majesty. The last date in text is December 1837 (p.7) and the dedication to King William IV (died June 1838) but there is a note on page 78 that the British Association will honour the town by holding their annual meeting there in 1841; BL dates its copy to 1840 - 10368.aa.22 but this contains a new map by Becker (c.f.). Exeter copy is dated 1837 but probably based on last date in text.

A & C Black 7 - Railways

Black's Picturesque Guide first appeared in 1843 and, like all other A & C Black guide books, was republished regularly. The first edition contained a map of England and Wales; by 1845 there were 10 maps, by 1848 there were 14 and by 1855 a total of 25 maps were being issued. The first editions were not numbered, but by 1855 adverts within the volume were advertising the 3^rd edition. The editions from 1878 had 54 maps when the title was also changed. The map below has the signatures of Schenck and M’Farlane but these were soon removed and the signature of John Bartholomew is found on most maps used by the Blacks.
Friedrich Schenck was born in Offenbach, Germany, in 1811 (full name Emil Ernst Friedrich Theodor Schenck) and died in Edinburgh in 1885. He trained as lithographer and artist in Munich and Paris. In 1840 he moved to Edinburgh at the invitation of Samuel Leith and proceeded to give talks on lithography to the R.S.S.A. (he was later awarded their gold medal) and wrote the article on lithography for the 8th edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. At the time that the first Black’s guides of Devon appeared he was working with William Husband M’Farlane but the partnership was dissolved in 1859, which explains the change in signature of several of the maps described below. Although Macfarlane[1] continued as Schenck and M’Farlane, Schenck had set up again as Friedrich Schenck. His son, Frederick, was taken into partnership, but the partnership only lasted 1866-1868. Friedrich Schenck retired in 1875[2].
In 1895 a new set of small area maps was introduced to supplement the existing set by Bartholomew; these were prepared by Walker & Boutall (c.f.).

For the maps of Devon used by A & C Black use the following links to The Victorian Maps of Devon:

Entry 130: Devon and Cornwall in Black´s Tourist Guide 1855-1859 (Schenck & McFarlane) - click here

Entry 142: Devon and Cornwall in Black´s Tourist Guide from 1862 (Bartholomew) - click here

Entry 153: Devon in Black´s Handy Atlas and other works from 1877 (Bartholomew) - click here

Entry 156: Devon (key map) in Black´s Tourist Guide from 1882 (Bartholomew) - click here

A total of 6 maps showing parts of Devon were used in Black's Picturesque Guide to Devonshire and Cornwall (including maps on one sheet as one map):

Black 1: General map showing the railway systems - see below
Black 2: Map of Torquay - click here
Black 3: General maps showing the River Tamar and of Dartmoor - click here
Black 4: General map of Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse - click here
Black 5: Map of Exeter - click here
Black 6: Map of Ilfracombe - click here

Black 1

Size: 200 x 145 mm. No scale.
GREAT-WESTERN & SOUTH-DEVON RAILWAYS. BRISTOL TO EXETER & PLYMOUTH (CaOS). Signatures: Schenck & M^cFarlane Edinr. (AeOS) and Drawn & Eng^d by J Bartholomew Edin^r (CeOS) with imprint below: Published by Adam & Charles Black, 6, North Bridge, Edinburgh. Railways shown to date, eg to Plymouth and line to Tiverton. Illustrated.

1. 1855

Black's Tourist's Guide to Devonshire & Cornwall including the Scilly Islands

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1855 (1856), 1855 (1858), 1855 (1859). BL[3], KB; (P); KB.

2. 1861 Signature changed: Printed by W H Macfarlane Edinr. (AeOS)

Black's Picturesque Tourist And Road And Railway Guide Book ... (Third Edition) [4]

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1860 (1861). KB.

3. 1872 Printer's signature deleted. Railways added: L&SWR to Exeter from Honiton with branch line to Exmouth. GWR routes to Ashburton and Kingsbridge (although not built until 1893) and the Dartmoor railway line (all right hand map) and three new routes near Taunton (e.g. Barnstaple and Minehead (left hand portion).

Black's Guide to England and Wales ... Tenth Edition

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1872. KB.

4. 1881 Railways added: Line towards Hemyock (right hand map) and one further routes SE of Bristol in Somerset (left hand portion).

Black's Guide to England and Wales ... Twelfth Edition

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1881. KB.

[1] The printer used both spellings: Macfarlane and M^cFarlane.

[2] Taken from the Scottish Book Trade Index (SBTI) online.

[3] The BL copy is hardback, the author´s is in publisher´s original printed paper covers. Both have an advertising section for 1856 and several adverts are dated 1856. The 1858/1859 copies have adverts dated for those years. No 1855 copy has been found and there may not actually be one.

[4] Other editions are known for 1843 (1845), 1848, 1850, 1851, 1854 and 1857.

A & C Black 2 - Torquay

Whether John Bartholomew had friends or relatives in Torquay is not known, but the constant updating of his map of Torquay certainly suggests he had. While most of Blacks maps were sparingly altered, Torquay was updated in some small way for almost every edition from 1862 to 1900.

Size: 195 x 145 mm. Scale of ½ a Mile (1/2 = 35 mm).

TORQUAY. (Ea). Signatures: Printed by W H M^cFarlane, Edin^r. (AeOS); and J. Bartholomew Edin^r (EeOS). Imprint: Published by A & C Black, Edinburgh (CeOS). Torquay Branch Railway with one station (at Torre). Illustrated above.

1. 1862 Black’s Guide To The South-Western Counties Of England. Devonshire.

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1862. KB.

Black’s Guide To The South-Western Counties ... Dorsetshire, Devon, And Cornwall

Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1862, 1862 (1863). [BL]; KB.

2. 1863 Printer's signature removed.