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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