Cockrem 7 

Please note: New Cockrem 7

 Cockrem´s Guide Book to Torquay – Map 2

 Was previously Westley 2

The first edition of Cockrem's Tourist's Guide to Torquay appeared in 1856[1] but did not contain any map. There appear to be two editions of this: an illustrated version with up to 14 views by Rock & Co. (240pp.); and a cheaper verion with illustrations but lacking sections such as geology, climate etc. (163 pp.). There was no map included which is surprising, given that Cockrem had already published three good maps (Cockrem 3, 4 and 5) which could have been exploited.

A revised edition was published circa 1865.[2] This edition included two new maps, both supplied by Stanford in London (see next entry). The guide now had 208 pages and just one frontispiece illustration. Reprinting took place in circa 1870 (last date in text p. 20 with Belgrave Congregational Church) and circa 1875 (p. 13 to do with the Petty Sessions Court built by W A Goss), both guides now having 220 pages, two maps and a list of Hackney Carriage Fares. By this time Edward Cockrem had died (on 4th September 1872) and the guide was published by Westley & Co. shortly after they took over his business. A final revised edition appeared circa 1882, now under Westley´s title and imprint and simultaneously with a pocket-sized handy version with only one map (see previous entry).

 

Size: 155 x 200 mm.  Scale 3 Inches to a Mile (4 (furlongs) = 40 mm) ½ Mile. 

PLAN OF THE TOWN OF TORQUAY. Signature: Stanford's Geogl. Est, Charing Cross, London. (EeOS).

The area covered is from Livermead and Torquay Cemetery (west) and to Kilmorie and Anstis Cove (east). Ilsam (sic) Farm is shown. Map is coloured to show the various suburbs – six wards.

 

1. 1865            Cockrem's Tourists' Guide to Torquay

                        Torquay. E Cockrem. (1865)1].   KB.

 

                        Cockrem's Tourist's Guide to Torquay

                        Torquay. E Cockrem. (1870).      [CUL[2]].

 

2. 1875            Imprint: Torquay: Westley & Co. (late Cockrem) Librarians (CeOS).

 

                        Cockrem's Tourists' Guide to Torquay

                        Torquay. Westley & Co. 1875.      DevA .

 

3. 1878            Cheap pocket edition: Cover has Westley´s Torquay Guide 1/6. Imprint: Torquay: Westley's Library (CeOS). Map is now black and white with various changes of which the most notable are: deletion of reference table; Long Avenue is now Lime Avenue (with buildings) and what was Long Avenue (today's Kings Drive) is changed and added along realigned boundary line west of Tor Abbey; and Sea Road added at Meadfoot.

 

               Westley And Co's Tourists' Guide to Torquay And Its Neighbourhood.
Torquay. Westley And Co. (late Cockrem). (1878). [3].  DevA, KB.

 

4. 1882    Map coloured and Reference table has been reinstated and now has seven wards (Torwood split into Torwood and Ilsham). Ilsham Farm has been corrected and the Great Western Hotel near station added and named at Corbon's Head (sic). [4] Illustrated.


 

                 Westley's Tourists´ Guide to Torquay And Its Neighbourhood.
Torquay. Westley's Library. (1882). [5]    DevA, BL.

 

                Westley's Tourists´ Guide to Torquay And Its Neighbourhood.
Torquay. Westley's Library. (1882). [6]       KB.

 

5. 1884            Title as before but reference table deleted (map is black and white). Scale moved to map section (Be) and imprint removed. There is some change to hotel information: Great Western Hotel is present but not named; Imperial added to word Hotel; Victoria and Albert Hotel is named[7].

                        Map occupies central panel of a double page advertising layout: upper band has adverts for Westley’s publications; left and right borders are lists of banks, institutions, hotels etc.; and the lower border has information on physicians, surgeons and post office details below a line advertising the products of Shapley and Austin. Illustrated.

 

                Illustrated Guide to Torquay and Neighbourhood by Joye C Kerr

               Bristol. Mardon, Son & Hall. 1884.   DevA, KB.



For The Panorama of Torquay (1830/1832) click here.

For Cockrem and Elliott´s A Guide to Torquay (1841) click here for access.

For Cockrem´s Map of the country ... neighbourhood of Torquay (1842) click here for access.

For Cockrem´s Plan of the Town of Torquay (1853) click here for access.

For Cockrem´s Map of Torquay and the Adjacent Country (1856) click here for access.

For Cockrem´s Map of Torquay and the Adjacent Country (by Stanford) (1864) click here for access.

For Cockrem´s Plan of the Town of Torquay (by Stanford) (1864) click here for access.

For an overview of Cockrem´s life and works (and connection with the "Alphington Ponies") click here for access.


[1] This edition has 220 smaller pages (140 x 90 mm) with no advertisements (2 page index 1 Hackney Carriage Fares).

[2] Tow copies dated 1868 and 1870.

[3] This edition has only 159 pages, of which 115-159 are advertisements. Although the last date in the text is 1873 (p.15) there is an advertisement for a Perinet’s champagne of 1874 as well as a footnote (on p.23) mentioning White's History of Torquay to 1878 recently published.

[4] The date is based on dates and information contained in two advertisements for insurance companies in the advertising section. One company, The Northern Insurance Company, was established in 1836 and includes information on Financial Position at close of 45th year. The second, the North British and Mercantile, lists Establishment (ie leading officers) for 1882. Both printings have same adverts.

[5] This edition has xx plus 185pp. of which 121-185 are advertisements, 140 x 85 mm. BL copy 10358.a.39.

[6] The work itself has been considerably expanded and rewritten. It now has Xvi plus 284 pp. of which 219-284 are advertisements, 160 x 100 mm

[7] The hotel information is confusing. Why delete one name but add another? Hotels in the panel list are not all shown on the map. This may indicate that this is in fact the earlier state. The map has a second plan on the reverse (see Mardon, Son and Hall).



 

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