Besley 5 

         


Size: 365 x 215 mm. Scale of Miles (2 = 45 mm).

PLAN OF TORQUAY, From the Ordnance Survey (Ea). Imprint: Printed & Published by Henry Besley, Directory Office, South Street, Exeter.[1] (CeOS). Signature: Engraved by Becker & Son, Stationers' Court, London. (EeOS). Torquay Branch Railway (to Torre which is not named). Direction from Cockington (Ac). Most houses are numbered. Illustrated.

1. 1856 South of Devon and Dartmoor
Exeter. H Besley. (1856[2]). TQ, KB.

2. 1865 Torquay Branch Railway (Torre not named) then dotted, Intended Railway from Dartmouth. Direction from Cockington and Paignton (Ac). House numbers deleted. Reservoir added on Warberry Hill.

The Route Book Of Devon ... New Edition
 Exeter. H Besley. (1865), (1869[3]). KB, RGS, DevA; DevA.

3. 1864 Dartmouth Railway to Torquay; neither station named. St Mathias Church at near Kents Cavern; the Manor House added at the Lincombes. Scale bar altered: 40 Chains = 60 mm.

South of Devon and Dartmoor
 Exeter. H Besley. (1864). KB.

4. 1870 Railway to Torquay; neither station named. Development at Wellswood near Kents Cavern; the Lincombes extended with new roads and houses.

South of Devon and Dartmoor
Exeter. H Besley. (1870). DevA.

5. 1871 Large areas now developed, eg Tor and Wellswood. Torre station named and railway continues to edge of map. Windmill Hill added and old name deleted. Developments at Tor Abbey and Pleasure Grounds with two New Roads (eg today's Belgrave Road) and west of St. Marychurch Rd.

The Route Book Of Devon ... New Edition
Exeter. H Besley. (1871). KB[4].

6. 1873 New title: TORQUAY, ST. MARYCHURCH AND BABBACOMBE (Ae). Becker signature removed. Size: 370 x 245 mm. Babbacombe and St Marychurch included. Illustrated.

South of Devon and Dartmoor ..
Exeter. H Besley. (1873). KB.

South of Devon and Dartmoor ...
Exeter. H Besley & Son. (1875). KB.

The Route Book Of Devon ... A New Edition
 Exeter. H Besley & Son. (1877). BL, KB.

South of Devon and Dartmoor ...
Exeter. H Besley & Son. (1880). KB.

7. 1897 Signature now: H, B, & S., E. (i.e. Henry Besley & Son).  Sea is printed pale green. Large areas have been developed, eg area behind Torre Abbey, Upton and beginnings of Chelston and Shiphay. Parish Boundary in key.

A New Pictorial and Descriptive Guide To Torquay, Paignton, Totnes ...
 Torquay. Andrew Iredale[1]. (1897). KB.

8. 1900 Imprint: WARD, LOCK & Co LTD, WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY Sq EC (CeOS). Cary Park has a few more houses and is now named, Cockington is named, directions at Torquay station altered (now To and not From), Shag Rock and Thatcher Stone included and the Public Gardens at Meadfoot become Manor Gardens.

A New Pictorial and Descriptive Guide To Torquay, Paignton, Totnes Third Edition
 London, New York and Melbourne. Ward, Lock and Co., Ltd. (1900).   KB.



[1] The imprint is approx. 11 mm below the lower border and is sometimes cut and sometimes cut off.

[2] The final page is an advert for Besley’s works Patronised by the Queen and relates to Her Majesty’s visit to the county in August 1856. Last text date 1856 (p.69). Map is cut narrowly at bottom, removing any imprint.

[3] Contains advertising section in which two pages have (69) in the bottom right corner.

[4] Page trimmed losing (possible) imprint.

[5] The signature is an abbreviation for Henry Besley & Son, Exeter. This map replaces a simple sketch map used from 1884 (see Ward & Lock 1). This volume was actually part of Ward & Lock's Pictorial Guide series (it has the usual red cover with London, Ward, Lock & Co. on the spine), but this issue has a title page attributed to Andrew Iredale - a local bookseller at The Library at 13, The Strand.

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