Banfield 3


Size: 205 x 350 mm. No scale.

1. 1844 A MAP OF THE NORTH OF DEVON Engraved For BANFIELD'S Guide to Ilfracombe. There is no imprint or signature. The key (Aa) lists six different categories of roads.

The map extends from just below Hartland to a point just east of Oare, with Barnstaple more or less at the centre. There is a dotted line heading south from Barnstaple along the banks of the Taw river which may be the (intended) railway but it finishes short of the lower border (completed in 1854). Illustrated.

A Guide to Ilfracombe and the Neighbouring Towns ... Third Edition[1]
Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1844). DevA, BL, KB.

2. 1845 SOMERSETSHIRE added vertically just east of Oare.



A Guide to Ilfracombe, Lynton, Clovelly and the Neighbouring Towns ... A New Edition 
Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1845). KB[2].

A Guide to North Devon... A New Edition 
Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1848). KB[3].

A Guide to Ilfracombe, Lynton, Clovelly ...... A New Edition
Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1850). BL[4].

A Guide to Ilfracombe and the Neighbouring Towns ...... A New Edition
Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1856). DevA[5].

Banfield’s Shilling Guide-Book to North Devon (and cover title)
Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1858[6]). DevA, KB.


3. 1861 Railway added to Barnstaple (pecked line, possibly only projected). 


Banfield’s Guide-Book to North Devon (cover title as last)
Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1861[7]). DevA.

KB copy has pecked railway line – these two are probably one and the same.

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NOTES:


[1] Has 146 pp. inc. index. Populations for 1841 added as footnotes. Last date in text is 1843 with reference to a new road to Braunton (p.58). Chapter on libraries added; Banfield’s own, that of Lammas and Bowden’s. BL copy is 10368.aaa.26 and has a m/s inscription on flyleaf that it was bought during a tour in 1844. Also includes Banfield 4.


[2] Has 154 pp. inc. index. Last date in footnote to p. 60 given as 1845 – silver mine at Combe Martin reopened recently. Three full page engravings and five half-page as chapter headings. Also includes Banfield 4.

[3] Has 154 pp. inc. index. Population figures are for 1841, with last date in text to p. 50 given as 1848 - in the silver mine having closed. Five full page engravings. Also includes Banfield 4. Chapter on libraries only refers to Banfield’s own. Text reset but virtually that of previous entry.

[4] BL 10352.a.53. Also includes Banfield 4.

[5] Flyleaf is dated, also contains Banfield 4 below. BL 10368.aaa.25 (1852) lacks map.

[6] Last date in text is 1857 (page 34). 

[7] Text is identical to that of the previous entry. This also contains Banfield 6.

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