John Bartholomew –  for W H Smith – SOUTH DEVON II 

This is the second map produced by John Bartholomew which seems to represent an experiment in hill shading. Here very subtle tones have been used to render the hills. A copy of North Devon in the same manner has not been seen. This map is only known in one state, and the date can only be conjectured using the railway progression. However, a second copy has been seen (on ebay) which is apparently the same map  but in blue covers with the title The Pocket Series of Touring Maps published by John Walker & Co., Ltd of Farringdon House, Warwick Lane, London. The corresponding map of North Devon in this series was that used by W H Smith in approximately 1893: a transfer from the Imperial Map (see Victorian Maps of Devon, Second Edition, entry 150.11b). 

Bartholomew – W H Smith 2

Size: 515 x 490 mm.   SCALE 1 : 126,720 - 2 MILES TO AN INCH  (6  = 75 mm). 

REDUCED ORDNANCE MAP OF SOUTH DEVON (CaOS). Imprints: COPYRIGHT (AaOS), and: JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, F R G S. (EeOS). Scale bar (CeOS) with note on railways.

Map covers an area of the county comprising Dartmoor and the South Hams: Plymouth (Ad), Bolt Head and Prawle Point, Exeter (Ea). Railways are consistent with a date of 1893-98: line to Kingsbridge but not to Yealmpton. Hill hachuring is carried out in a subtle brown style. 

1. 1893  Folds into orange covers with title below. Illustrated above.

The New Reduced Ordnance Survey Map of South Devon
London. W H Smith & Son. (1893). KB.

Folds into blue covers with title below (illustrated). 

The Pocket Series of Touring Maps South Devon. 
London. John Walker & Co., Ltd. (1893). [P].



Bartholomew Imperial Map 1 - Return to Main List

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 4 - maps used by Milligan etc. for guides to Ilfracombe

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 one further map of South Devon for W H Smith:

Bartholomew - W H Smith 1

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