Edward Croydon 4

Shortly after the arrival of the South Devon Railway into Teignmouth, Edwad Croydon published a detailled plan of the town. This very large plan has a lot of empty space! The map shows all of the town dwellings and the surrounding area. Teignmouth Station (see detail below) is shown with the tunnel on the east but goes no further. As the station was officially brought into service on 30th May 1846 and the railway proceeded as far as Newton Abbot the following year, the plan should date to 1846. However, the Roman Catholic Church on Myrtle Hill (actually Church of our Lady and S. Charles), built 1854 and opened 1855 is also shown. On the Dawlish Road the property Dunesk is shown: this became a Convent of the Benedictine Sisterhood 1862-63 [1]. A date of 1856-1861 is therefore suggested.

 Size: 620 x 770 mm.  (1 = 320 mm) MILE.                                                                                                              

Plan of the TOWN OF TEIGNMOUTH and its Environs. (Ed-Ee) with imprint below: PUBLISHED BY EDWARD CROYDON, Bookseller and General Stationer ROYAL LIBRARY – REGENT PLACE. Lithographer´s signature: W Spreat, Lith, Exeter. (Ee). Note: Registered According to Act of Parliament (CeOS).

Shows the area from Pole Sand and Shaldon Villa (Be) across to the junction of Holcombe Road and Dawlish Road with Smuggler’s Lane (Eb) and inland north as far as Haldon-Holcombe Cross (Ca). Shaldon and Teignmouth shown in detail. Compass (Aa). The South Devon Railway is shown only to the station itself.

 1. 1860            Plan of the Town of Teignmouth and its Environs (cover title)

                        Teignmouth: Edward Croydon. (1860).       KB.

To view all Croydon´s maps:

Croydon 1 - A Map of Teignmouth and Vicinity - click here.

Croydon 2 - The Teignmouth Guide (later also The Torquay Guide) - click here.

Croydon 3 - Torquay and its Neighbourhood - click here. 

Croydon 4 - A Plan of the Town of Teignmouth -  click here.

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[1]  . See Croydon’s Teignmouth Guide (16^th Edition).