John Cary - 

The IMPROVED MAP of ENGLAND and WALES

Cary's Improved Map of England and Wales with a considerable part of Scotland consisted of a total of 65 maps and was first published in parts by John Cary, in London between 1820 and 1830. Cary sold the sheets as a boxed set of folding maps and as an atlas in 1832. After Cruchley obtained the maps he continued to sell each sheet separately in covers as Cruchley's Reduced Ordnance Map of England and Wales, and in a variety of different covers, each section being approximately 500 by 630 mm. Cruchley even went to the lengths of cutting six maps to size to compile a map of Devon from the five sheets containing Devon plus the Somerset sheet, No. 17 (see B&B 138A). Similarly, George Richmond took parts of these sheets to produce his Exeter map in c.1876. The sheets were used again by Seeley c.1890, by A H Swiss for his fox-hunting maps in c.1890 and parts appeared in the Homeland Handbooks at the end of the century. The listing below is only a small fraction of the maps that are probably extant.

At the very beginning of the twentieth century the sheets were used by Gall and Inglis[1] to produce a county map of Devonshire on one sheet. This was then sold in covers under the name Cruchley’s County Maps of England. Devon for Cyclists, Tourists &c. This was extremely misleading as the company had been selling Cruchley’s copies of the one sheet folio map (B&B 71 but originally issued as early as 1807) under this title for some years. This latter work was the Cary ½” map but reduced to 1/3”.[2]

Cary Improved 1 (Improved Map as sheets 2, 3, 9, 10 and 16)

 Size: 500 x 630 mm (+/‑ 10).                                       Scale of English Miles (20 = 250 mm).

No Title but all maps have the following distinguishing feature: Plate No. (EaOS); Continuation followed by direction and Sheet number on all four sides outside border; Imprint (CeOS); and scale bar (CaOS). Map sheets 2, 3, 9, 10 and 16 show Devon.

1.1820  As described with imprint: LONDON: PUBLISHED BY G & J CARY, 86 ST. JAMES'S STREET, JULY 1ST. 1820. on maps 2, 9 and 10, or JULY 2ND 1821 maps 3 and 16.  

Cary's Improved Map of England and Wales with a considerable part of Scotland    London. G & J Cary. 1820.  FB. 

 2.1832  As described with imprint: LONDON: PUBLISHED BY G & J CARY, 86 ST. JAMES'S STREET, JULY 2nd. 1832.

Cary's Improved Map of England and Wales (sheet from boxed set ‑ Sheet 3)   London. G & J Cary. 1832.  (KB).

 3.1860  As described with imprint: LONDON: PUBLISHED BY G F CRUCHLEY, MAP‑SELLER & GLOBE MAKER, 81, FLEET STREET (LATE CARYS). Illustrated.  

Cruchley's Reduced Ordnance Map Sheet 10 in stiff covers with overview of 65 maps           London. G F Cruchley. (1860).  KB. 

4.1870  As described with imprint: LONDON: PUBLISHED BY G F CRUCHLEY, MAP‑SELLER & GLOBE MAKER, 81, FLEET STREET. 

Cruchley's Reduced Ordnance Map (in yellow card covers with overview ‑ Sheet 2)    London. G F Cruchley. (1870).  KB. 

5.1880  As described with imprint: PUBLISHED BY GALL & INGLIS. EDINBURGH & LONDON, 25, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. Railway to Ilfracombe (Sheet 16). 

Cruchley's Reduced Ordnance Map   London & Edinburgh. Gall & Inglis. (1880)[3].   KB.

6.1886  As described with imprint: PUBLISHED BY GALL & INGLIS. EDINBURGH & LONDON, 25, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. (Sheet 9). Printer’s mark (?) P2x (AeOS). Railway only projected from Holsworthy (1879) to Bude (1898), but Halwill-Launceston completed (1886). 

The ‘Half Inch’ Map of England for Cyclists Tourists Etc.    London & Edinburgh. Gall & Inglis. (1886)[4].    KB.

 7.1892  As described with imprint: PUBLISHED BY GALL & INGLIS. EDINBURGH & LONDON, 25, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. (Sheet 2). Printer’s mark (?) J4x (AeOS). Railways to Turnchapel from Plymouth not included and no line to Kingsbridge (1893). 

Cruchley’s Cycling and Touring Map of England & Wales ... with the principal roads colored.    London & Edinburgh. Gall & Inglis. (1892)5].  KB.

Images in following order:

Sheet 2 with Cruchley imprint

Shhet 3 with Cary imprint

Sheet 9 with Cruchley imprint

Sheet 10 with Cary imprint

Sheet 16  with Gall & Inglis imprint





Examples of later covers - Cary typically only had marbled green covers with several maps in one slipcase.


 

Another late example of Gall & Inglis exploiting their stock of old Cary maps is a map of the Exeter area for a local motoring company. Early in the 1900s (1910) Gall & Inglis printed a map especially for Standfield and White of Sidwell Street, Exeter. They were Automobile Engineers and Motor Body Builders. The map, 390 mm x 525 mm (borders) covers an area from Paignton to Bampton and Chulmleigh to Honiton and has the usual radiating circles centred on Exeter. Folding into blue covers with details of the firm´s activities, the scale is shown as 10 miles to 130 mm.


An obituary of Sebastian Morton White can be found in Grace´s Guide. He acquired another business in 1901 and established the company. At first car builders, they gave this part of the business up about 1913 and became dealers including agents for Wolseley. A film of an outing in 1932 can be seen at Exeter Memories.


For Cary´s county maps refer to 

The Printed Maps of Devon entries 51, 54, 55, 69, 71, 73 and 92. 

Click reference number to open directly.

For Cary´s Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by Cary and others - click here.

For the section of Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by John Heydon - click here.

For the section of Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by A H Swiss - click here.

For the section of Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by Arthur Westley - click here.

For the section of Improved Map of England and Wales as issued by Thomas Doidge - click here.

For the 2 sections of Improved Map of England and Wales as used by Beatrix Cresswell - click here.

For the section of Cary´s Reduced Ordnance Map of England and Wales as issued by G F Cruchley to show Dartmoor Maneouvres - click here.

To return / access the Catalogue of Maps in this work - click here

[1] Gall and Inglis had worked together wirth A H Swiss before, see B&B 166.

[2] See also Victorian Maps page 178. Two copies known, one in collection of author, the other in collection of Mr Eugene Burden who was very helpful in identifying this map.

[3] Large front cover label with map title and index map of coverage: Sold by George Philip & Son, Educational and Geographical Depot, 32, Fleet Street, London. Ordnance Survey Depot.

[4] In red covers with logo top left: large circle with sheet number inside and SHEET NUMBER to right. Label: George Philip & Son, Map, Chart and Geographical Depot, 32, Fleet Street, London. Inside cover has Cruchley’s County Maps and index map of 62 sheets.

[5] Cover has address of George Philip and Son and inside cover has list of their maps for Cycling Season 1892-93. Back cover has index map of 65 sheets.

 

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