THOMAS TEDRAKE

 Thomas Tedrake of Bideford produced a small pocket guide in 1894. This was printed and published by the Western Express Office. Thomas Tedrake was a printer and publisher with premises at 40 Mill Street. He published both the Western Express (published every Tuesday and Saturday) and the Torrington Chronicle. It would appear that there was no little rivalry between him and Crosbie Coles (c.f.), as two guides to Bideford appeared almost simultaneously.

Tedrake resurrected the Western Express (it was started in the 1860s) and published it together with the Torrington Chronicle from the mid-1880s into the first decade of the twentieth century. About 1908 his wife died and he became ill. Tedrake found buyers who took over the printing of the newspapers and were to pay for the business in instalments. The payments ceased and Tedrake was forced to take repossession only to find ther business was virtually bankrupt. He endeavoured to find a new buyer and thought he was successful only to discover that the prospective purcaser’s wife objected. A protracted court case ensued to recover the promised deposit but Tedrake lost and the papers ceased circulation about 1919.

Size: 85 x 115 mm. ENGLISH MILES (10 = 13 mm).

No title. Simple outline map of the area around Bideford. No signature or imprint. The area covered is from Bude (Ae) east to Down St Mary (Ee) and The Foreland and inland to include Down St Mary and Exmoor Forest.

1. 1894 Tedrake's Guide to Bideford and North Devon Illustrated
            Bideford. Western Express Office. 1894. DevA, KB.

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  WILLIAM STEWART

For Stewart´s map 1 executed by Charles King click here.

For Stewart´s map 2 executed by Halfyard see below.

Stewart 2 (Halfyard)

William Stewart had had a map produced, originally lithographed by Charles King of Exeter, for his own reprints of The North Devon Handbook (see Banfield and especially Stewart 1) which appeared in a number of guides between 1872 and 1878. However, shortly before, or immediately after, his business was taken over by Milligan a new plate was engraved. This second map was lithographed by the company of F J Halfyard, of Exeter. Copies of the Fourth Edition of the North Devon Handbook (under Stewart’s imprint) have been seen with either the earlier or the later map. Either Stewart needed new map sheets but did not possess the original plates (or they had become damaged or worn); or Milligan acquired ready-printed copies of the North Devon Handbook which lacked the map and had to have a new map printed before selling the surplus Stewart stock he had.

The new map (by Halfyard) is difficult to differentiate from the first map by King without a direct comparison: however, Halfyard does not name The Tors (on the Ifracombe map); nor does he note the Walk from the Valley of the Rocks (on the Lynton-Lynmouth plan). In the plan of Lynton there appears to be a chain of hills in the lower right corner: in King’s map the hills blend together and are difficult to count; in Halfyard’s map there are 16 definite mounds (although they look more like tussocks!).

Milligan took over the Library at Ilfracombe from W Stewart 1878-79 and immediately began selling the same stock of guide books as his predecessor. This takeover must have occurred shortly after Stewart had printed off a stock of the fourth edition of his Handbook. Milligan & Co.s` Arrival List, Gazette & Advertiser appeared from July 1879 to September 1882 and this may well be roughly the period he ran the Library.

A second map which appeared in guides first printed and published by Milligan was a transfer taken from Bartholomew’s Imperial Map plates. This is a map of North Devon covering a slightly smaller area than that published by W H Smith in the 1880s and 1890s (see B&B 150 states 2, 6 and 10; see Bartholomew for Milligan).

Size: 305 x 385 mm (total). SCALE OF MILES (10 = 75 mm).

Three maps on one sheet: COAST OF NORTH DEVON (scale as above). There are town maps of ILFRACOMBE (155 x 260 mm; SCALE OF CHAINS 5+10 = 37 mm) and LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH (155 x 125 mm; SCALE OF CHAINS 5+20 = 50 mm) below. Imprint: PUBLISHED BY W STEWART, BOOKSELLER, STATIONER & ARRIVAL LIST OFFICE, HIGH STREET, ILFRACOMBE, JUNE 1878. (CeOS). Signature: F J HALFYARD, LITHO, EXETER. (AeOS).

1. 1878 The map shows the coast from Harland to Minehead. The railway is shown to Ilfracombe.

Stewart's Shilling Guide Book to North Devon: New Edition
Ilfracombe. W Stewart. (1878). BL[1], [P].

2. 1878 Imprint: PUBLISHED BY MILLIGAN & CO. BOOKSELLERS & ARRIVAL LIST OFFICE, HIGH STREET, ILFRACOMBE, 1878. (CeOS).

The North Devon Handbook: Fourth Edition
London: Simpkin, Marshall, And Co. Ilfracombe: W Stewart. (1877)[2]. DevA.

3. 1879 Date in imprint changed to 1879. Illustrated.

Milligan & Co.'s (Late Stewart's) Shilling Guide Book to North Devon. New Edition
Ilfracombe. Milligan & Co. (1879). KB, [Bid].

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[1] BL copy is RB.23.a.26316 and a further copy sold by Roger Collicott: Catalogue 60:220.

[2] BL and author have copies with Stewart 1.

 WILLIAM STEWART

William Stewart took over John Banfield‘s business (c.f.) and library circa 1872 and began to issue the same guide books as Banfield based on the work of Tugwell. Although Banfield had already used a map of the North Coast of Devon, Stewart had a new map made including plans of both Ilfracombe and of Lynton with Lynmouth. This was lithographed by Charles King of Exeter. Stewart’s map may well have been based on the similar map by Besley which was first published at about the same time as King also lithographed Besley's map (see Besley 7). This map was replaced by an identical map c. 1878 (see next entry).

For Stewart´s map 1 executed by Charles King see below.

For Stewart´s map 2 executed by Halfyard click here.

Stewart 1

Size: 305 x 385 mm (total). SCALE OF MILES (10 = 75 mm).

Three maps on one sheet: COAST OF NORTH DEVON (scale as above). There are town maps of ILFRACOMBE (155 x 260 mm; SCALE OF CHAINS 5 + 10 = 37 mm) and LYNTON AND LYNMOUTH (155 x 125 mm; SCALE OF CHAINS 5 + 20 = 50 mm) below. Imprint: Published By W Stewart, Bookseller, Stationer &c. Arrival List Office, High Street Ilfracombe, 7 June 1872. (CeOS). Printer's signature: Chas King, Lith, 8 Alma Terrace, St Sidwells, Exeter. (EeOS). Illustrated.

The map shows the coast from Hartland to Minehead. Railways to Ilfracombe, and Barnstaple to Taunton.

1. 1872 Stewart's (late Banfield's) Shilling Guide Book to North Devon: Eighth Edition
Ilfracombe. W Stewart. 1872. TQ, BL[1] .

The North Devon Handbook: Second Edition [2]
Ilfracombe. John Banfield (William Stewart ). (1876). KB.

2. 1872 Printer's signature deleted.

Stewart's Guide to the North of Devon ...The North Devon Guide ... Ninth Edition
Ilfracombe. W Stewart. (1872). KB.

Stewart's Shilling Guide Book to North Devon... Ninth Edition
Ilfracombe. W Stewart. (1876)[3]. KB.

Stewart's Shilling Guide Book to North Devon... New Edition
Ilfracombe. W Stewart. (1876)[4], (1880). KB; DevA.

The North Devon Handbook: Fourth Edition
London: Simpkin, Marshall, And Co. Ilfracombe: W Stewart. (1877)[5]. KB, BL.

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[1] BL catalogue has two titles; Banfield's shilling guide-book to North Devon ... Third edition and Stewart's (late Banfield's) six-penny guide-book to North Devon Eighth edition. BL YA.2000.a.14944.

[2]  Edition is same as Banfields’s Second Edition with substitution of Stewart for Banfield on cover title only. Also contains a second map of North Coast, see Banfield 5.

[3] Identical to the New Edition below, probably earlier and title page amended to sound more up to date.

[4] Although the map is dated 1872, the copy known (KB) has a text with latest date of 1876. The text is that of the earlier editions with a number of additions. The Eighth Edition has list of charges dated 2^nd August 1867 on pages 35-36. The Ninth Edition and the New Edition have information on a new aisle of 1876 on page 38.

[5] Exeter has a copy with Stewart 2, a close copy of this map.

 E SMITH

The Picnic guide to Ilfracombe and neighbourhood was published in the late 1880s by E Smith & Co. of Bristol with a text attributed to W H Turner of Bristol. A second edition, Picnic: an illustrated guide to Ilfracombe and North Devon, (dated 1890) has been seen with no maps, but the third edition has a total of three maps. In addition to the two maps described below, a further map – Map of the Bristol Channel - was included[1].

Smith, E 1a

Size: 380 x 500 mm. No scale.

MAP OF Ilfracombe SHOWING ROADS, STREETS, TERRACES, CHURCHES, HOTELS, VILLAS ETC. (De in rectangle). Imprint: [PUBLISHED WITH “PICNIC GUIDE” BY E SMITH & Co, BRISTOL] (EeOS) and REGISTERED (AeOS).

Description: Stretches from Holy Trinity Church (Ae) to the Promenade Pier (Ea). Water areas coloured light green as is title panel.

Smith, E 1b
Size: 175 x 475 mm. Scale of (5 = 47 mm) miles.

Map of the COAST OF NORTH DEVON. (Ae). No imprint or signature.

Description: Stretches from Hartland Quay (Ad) to Porlock (Eb). Although key is for roads, only coach roads are shown. Steamer destinations are also illustrated. Water area coloured light green.

Both maps found in:

1. 1891 Picnic: an illustrated guide to Ilfracombe and North Devon, with notes on Lynmouth, Clovelly, Lundy and adjacent regions, including a description of the journey by steamer from Bristol to Ilfracombe / by W.H.Turner.. - Third Edition Bristol. E Smith. 1891. BL, DevA.

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NOTES:

[1] This map is 103 x 195 mm has no scale and has an imprint: Published by E Smith, Stone Bridge. It also shows southern Wales with Swansea, Cardiff and Newport. All illustrations courtesy of Devon Archives and Heritage Centre.