John Bartholomew 4 - for Milligan 

The Rev. Tugwell´s North Devon Handbook was written and published by John Banfield c.1855 and four editions are known to c.1877. A large number of shorter guides with text extracted from Tugwell’s work were also issued, often as Banfield’s Shilling Guide. Banfield must have ceased trading c.1872 and his businees was taken over by Stewart who in turn handed the business over to Milligan.  

Milligan took over 9 High Street, Ilfracombe, c.1879 and continued to offer the services previously provided by Banfield and Stewart. He obviously took over The Library, Ilfracombe, from Stewart and continued selling anything to do with paper. In his guide of c.1879 he was advertising the Library (established 1823 and now boasting 9000 volumes), Ilfracombe Steam Printing (est. 1820) and he was selling the Ilfracombe Gazette (est. 1854) from his premises. As Banfield and Stewart before him, he was not amiss to looking for any opportunity to make money and was also advertising visitor's souvenirs, playing cards and all forms of written music (and even offering pianofortes for hire). 

Milligan & Co's business, however, was soon taken over by Twiss sometime after 1882 as both businesses were operating simultaneously in that year. The Twiss family took over the library  which was now boasting 10,000 volumes.

Although Milligan was already using a map of the Ilfracombe area (see Stewart 2) he introduced a map by Bartholomew for his edition of Ilfracombe and North Devon Guide by Rev. George Tugwell published about 1884. This was very similar to the map already published and distributed by W H Smith during the 1880s but covered a smaller area, consequently not covering half the county (see Victorian Maps of Devon B&B 150).

The area covered by this map is almost identical to that in the map published by Abel Heywood a few years later in his Guide to Ilfracombe and Clovelly (c.f.). 

Bartholomew Imperial Map 4 (Milligan 1)

 


Size: 250 x 370 mm.          Scale Of Miles (8 = 50 mm). 

NORTH DEVON &c (Aa) with scale bar below. No imprints but signature: J Bartholomew Edinr.

Shows an area from Cambeak in the south west to Watchet and just including Exeter. Railway is shown from Exeter to Morebath and Bampton (completed in two stages 1884 and 1885). 

1. 1884 
Milligan & Co.'s Ilfracombe and North Devon Guide by Rev. George Tugwell
 Ilfracombe. Milligan & Co. (1884)[1]. DevA.


Milligan & Co.'s Ilfracombe and North Devon Guide … Twelfth Edition 
Ilfracombe. Milligan & Co. (1887). BL[2].

Twiss & Son’s Late Milligan & Co.s Ilfracombe and North Devon Guide… Eleventh Edition [3]
Ilfracombe. Twiss & Son. (1885)[4]. KB.

Twiss & Son's Shilling Guide to Ilfracombe and North Devon ...12th Edition
Ilfracombe. Twiss & Son. (1893). [DevA].


For further Bartholomew maps:

Bartholomew Imperial Map 1 - and introduction to Bartholomew

Bartholomew Imperial Map 2 - W H Smith´s Exeter and Environs / Plymouth & Dartmoor

Bartholomew Imperial Map 3 - maps published by Houlston & Wright / Houlston & Sons

Bartholomew Imperial Map 5 - hunting maps for Hiorns & Miller

Bartholomew Imperial Map 6 - The Royal Atlas

Bartholomew Imperial Map 7 - Abel Heywood´s guide to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 8 - Pearson´s Gossipy Guide

In addition Bartholomew produced two further maps of South Devon for W H Smith:

Bartholomew - W H Smith 1

Bartholmew - W H Smith 2

[1] Last date in text implies a post-1883 date.

[2] BL 010360.p.15.

[3] Cover title is: Twiss & Sons’ Shilling Hand-Book to Ilfracombe & Neighbourhood.

[4] Last date in text is 1884 on page 63, but a reference in adverts to the new pier suggest a post-1884 date.

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