Cockrem 5 

Although Cockrem’s map of Torquay and Teignmouth was only about 15 years old, he had a new map drawn up, possibly as he thought the emphasis on geology was no longer apt (see Cockrem 3). The new map was executed by Edward Appleton who had drawn a map of Torquay about the same time for Matthews (see Appleton) and there are distinct similarities between the coastlines of both maps. W Spreat was chosen to do the lithographic printing. Edward Cockrem died in 1872 and Westley took over his business including this map.

Edward Appleton was an architect who worked for the local board of health as surveyor. He was listed at 2 Woodville, in Abbey Road, Torquay in Kelly’s Directory of Devonshire for 1856. The first meeting house and library of Torquay Natural History Society was built by Appleton and housed the Freemason’s on the first floor. Constructed in 1857 it still survives as the Masonic Lodge.[1] In 1861 he was appointed Captain to the Volunteer Engineers and commanded the Torquay Company from 1874.[2] There are records that he designed the Vicarage at Kingswear which was built by the company of W B and H B Crocker of Torquay in 1885-86 (it cost £750)[3].

An early state of this map (3 below) has been tipped in to an attractive and intrigueing manuscript diary with the title Drives in and about Torquay (see next entry). 

 

Size: 640 x 430 mm.   SCALE _ TWO INCHES TO A MILE.   

MAP OF TORQUAY AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRY. WITHIN A DISTANCE OF 8 MILES. (Ee).  With imprint below: Published by EDWARD COCKREM, BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, DIRECTORY OFFICE, TORQUAY. 1856. Signatures: EDW^D APPLETON, ARCH^T TORQUAY, DEL^T (AeOS) and W. SPREAT, EXETER, LITHOG. (EeOS). Scale is written below map (CeOS).

The coast is shown from Mudstone Rocks at Brixham as far as Cleveland, just north of Lower Holcombe near Teignmouth. The granite railway to Teigngrace (Aa) is shown as well as the village of Cornworthy (Ae). The Torquay Branch Railway is shown only as far as Torre (not named). 

1. 1856            

Map Of  Torquay And The Adjacent Country  

Torquay. Edward Cockrem. 1856.       TQ.

 2. 1859 Date changed to 1859. Railway proceeds to Torquay and on to Paignton. 

Map Of Torquay And The Adjacent Country
Torquay. Edward Cockrem. 1859. TM[4].

3. 1868 The date below title is now: 1868.

Tipped in to a scrapbook titled Drives in and about Torquay -
Unpublished manuscript by H.M.A DevA.

4. 1880   The imprint below title is now: Published by WESTLEY & Co., Booksellers, Stationers, & Librarians, 10. STRAND, TORQUAY. Signature of Appleton and C & E LAYTON, LITHO, 150, FLEET ST LONDON replaces that of Spreat (EeOS).   The Dartmouth & Torbay Railway proceeds to bottom of map with Torre, Torquay and Paignton stations shown.  Brixham Railway also shown. Illustrated. 

Map Of Torquay And The Adjacent Country ... Eight Mile Radius
Torquay. Westley & Co. 1884. BL[6].

Map Of Torquay And The Adjacent Country
Torquay. Westley & Co. 1880[5]. KB.

 

For Cockrem´s The Panorama of Torquay (1830/1832) click here for access.

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 (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.

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[1] See http://www.torbay.gov.uk/torquay_harbour_conservation_area_appraisal.pdf.
[2] See http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/ExeterS.DevonVolunteersmembershiplist.htm.
[3] See http://www.kingswear-devon.co.uk/NewsletterNumberOne14%2023.10.06.pdf.
[4] This map has added manuscript geological information in colour with a key added in margin (right), folding into cloth boards with the label of Edward Stanford.
[5] Date is conjectural; Westley seems to have taken over Cockrem’s business soon after he died and this edition could date to 1872-1875. The New Harbour is shown (1870) and the New Drive at Kilmorie (became Lincombe Hill Drive circa 1880). 
 [6] This BL copy (accession date stamp of 1884) has been mounted on linen and the (front) cover pasted on reverse. Orange paper cover with title Westley’s Map of Torquay and Adjacent Country Within an Eight Mile Radius.

Edward Appleton / W Spreat 

Edward Appleton was an architect and surveyor working in Torquay between 1850-60. He either surveyed the greater Torquay district or, more likely, copied the Ordnance Survey maps of the area to produce two maps which were published in Torquay about this time. The earlier map was executed for Edward Cockrem (c.f. Cockrem 5) and appeared as a separate map in covers. The second map was produced for Edward James Matthews, another Torquay printer. Matthews was listed by both Kelly (1856) and Billing (1857) as bookseller, stationer and printer at 14 Strand, Torquay. In common with most booksellers of the time he also advertised other services; printer, bookseller, artist’s colourman, and agent for the Minerva Life Assurance Company and operated a circulating library (Billing). Matthews is only known from one work which he seems to have published himself, Hand Book For Torquay.

The map for this work was lithographed by William Spreat of Park Place and 229 High Street, Exeter. William Spreat Junior is known to have lithographed many Devon maps including two large maps of the parishes of Dalwood and Stockland - two areas involved in land transfers between Devon and Dorset: he printed a plan of Rowden’s Estate near Teignmouth; as well as printing maps of Torquay (Cockrem 5), Teignmouth (Croydon 4), Sidmouth (Hutchinson 1) and for Pulman’s The Book of the Axe (Moss 1). Most of his map work seems to have been carried out 1840-1860.

Both of Appleton’s maps were lithographed by Spreat. While the former map covered an area extending  from the Mudstone Rocks at Brixham as far as Cleveland, just north of Lower Holcombe near Teignmouth, the map for Matthews was confined to the Torquay area. The Torquay Branch Railway is shown only as far as Torre (which is not named) which it reached in 1848.

Matthews’s Hand Book for Torquay was reissued in 1856. This New Edition has new pagination and the title page is slightly different: Hand Book for Torquay or Visitor’s Guide ... . The map of Torquay seems to have been replaced by a vignette frontispiece view of Torquay by Kershaw & Son (view No. 511).[1] Matthews’ address is printed on this edition and there are a number of adverts which were not included in the first printing. 

Size: 405 x 300 mm.              SCALE OF MILES (3 = 150 mm). 

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MAP OF TORQUAY, AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, Published by E. J. MATTHEWS, BOOKSELLER, &c. TORQUAY, FOR THE TORQUAY GUIDE. Taken from the New Ordnance Survey. (Ee). Signatures: EDWARD APPLETON. SURVEYOR. DELT TORQUAY. (AeOS) and W. SPREAT. LITH. EXETER. (EeOS). Scale bar (CeOS). North star (Ea).

Shows south coast from Goodrington north to Stoke in Teignhead and and west to Marldon and Kingskerswell. Shows railway to Torre but noted only as Railway Station (1848). 

1. 1854     Hand Book for Torquay being a Guide ...

Torquay. E J Matthews. 1854[2].                        KB.

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[1] The Bodleian copy of this edition can be seen and downloaded at http://books.google.com. Also includes four other views by Kershaw & Son of London: 851, 514, 320 and 861.

[2] The BL has a copy which they date 1851 but with no map according to COPAC listing (but may be the 1856 issue). The cover title of both works is Hand Book For Torquay; Or Visitors Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood.