A & C Black 5 - Exeter 

A map of Exeter was first introduced into Black’s Guide To Devonshire in 1882, twenty years after the first edition. The map had already been used in Black's Guide to England and Wales of 1881 and may have been available earlier. This, original map, was larger and clearer than the version included in the Guide to Devonshire. This map was then used in editions up until 1895 when it was replaced by a new map by Walker & Boutall (c.f.). During this time the only change to the map area itself took place in 1892.

An interesting note to the list added below the map in 1882 is the information that the distance from London by L&SWR trains is 172 miles taking 4 hours while by GWR the distance is 194 miles and takes 4 hours 15 minutes. 

Size: 90 x 140 mm.                                                                         Scale of ¼ Mile = 23 mm. 

EXETER (CaOS). Imprint: A & C Black. Edinburgh. (CeOS). Signature: J Bartholomew. Edinr (EeOS). Scale (Ee).

The only property on the west of the river is St Thomas the Apostle Church (the rest is empty space) and the plan extends east to Polsloe Park to include the Workhouse. Map has City Prison and New Cemetery. Illustrated. 

1. 1881  Black's Guide to England and Wales ... Twelfth Edition                         Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1881. 

2a. 1882  Size reduced to 90 x 80 mm deleting all but the minimum on the west (i.e. just leaving St Thomas Church) and deleting everything east of the end of Paris Street. Title moved (now CeOS). No imprint or signatures. List added below map title has hotels, railway stations, distance from London etc., location of Post Office and population (1881) given as 37,608. List ends: Returns 2 M.P.‘s (sic). Scale bar moved to centre (Ce). 

                Black’s Guide To Devonshire ... Eleventh Edition
                Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1882, 1883, 1883 (1884).     

2b. 1884  Population (1881) now corrected to 37,665. Hotel list now has Royal Clarence and The Globe. Illustrated below. 

                Black’s Guide To Devonshire ... Twelfth Edition

                Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black. 1884, 1885, 1885 (1886), 1886, 1886 (1887), 1886 (1888), 1889, 1889 (1890), 1889 (1891), 1892, 1892 (1893), 1892 (1894).  

2c. 1889 M.P. information deleted. Hotel list now has Royal Clarence before Pople’s New London. 

                 Black’s Guide To Devonshire ... Thirteenth Edition

3. 1892  New deleted at cemetery and City Prison now Rougemont Hotel. New Theatre added near castle. Post Office now at end of High Street. Population (1891) now given as 37,580. Hotel list begins with Pople’s New London. 

                Black’s Guide To Devonshire ... Fourteenth Edition


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