JOHN WALLIS

John Wallis was the son of a well-known London map publisher of the same name. John Senior was joined by his son, Edward (who was thus possibly older than John Junior), and the younger John moved to Sidmouth where he worked as a book and print seller at the Royal Marine Library.

The first map associated with John Wallis was a small map executed by Neele (c.f.) included in the work A Descriptive Sketch of the Beauties of Sidmouth. Although not dated, it appeared ca. 1810, just a year after Wallis had established his library on the beach. A very attractive work by H Haseler and H Cornish, Scenery on the Southern Coast of Devonshire: Comprising Picturesque Views at or near the Fashionable Watering Places, Sidmouth, Budleigh Salterton, Exmouth, Dawlish, Teignmouth, and Torquay, was published by John Wallis about 1819 and included 30 plates. George Rowe‘s Forty-Eight Views of Cottages and Scenery at Sidmouth, Devon, appeared circa 1826 with 48 lithographs.

The map below does not seem to have been published in book form originally and was possibly a so-called broadsheet, i.e. sold separately. It was, however, reissued by J Harvey when it was included to illustrate two books by local people. The first was a guide book of the area by the Rev. T H Mogridge whose A Descriptive Sketch Of Sidmouth appeared only in 1836. A year later the map appeared with minor changes in an autobiography by the well-known local smuggler, John Rattenbury, in his memoirs.

John Rattenbury, Smuggler

This map has also been seen as a folding map in covers but together with a smaller sketch map of the town of Sidmouth which must be at least 30 years later (c.f. Culverwell). After nearly 70 years the map was republished by C Culverwell in later post-1900 editions of An Illustrated Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Sidmouth. This was a guide book written by Peter Orlando Hutchinson in the 1850s.

Size: 255 x 435 mm. (1/2 + 10 = 135 mm) SCALE OF MILES.

MAP OF THE COUNTRY ROUND SIDMOUTH to the extent of 20 miles. In frame with imprint: Published August 12th 1822, by JOHN WALLIS, at the ROYAL MARINE LIBRARY, SIDMOUTH. (Aa).

The area covered is from The Ness at Teignmouth (Ae) along the south coast as far as Lyme Regis (Ee) and including Crediton (Aa) and Pitminster (Ea). The map is oriented with the coast horizontal, ie to the northeast. The map is a close copy of part of sheet 10 from the Cary 65-sheet set.

1. 1822 Loose sheet as described, probably sold separately. KB.

2. 1836 Imprint changed: SIDMOUTH: Published and Sold by J HARVEY. 1836. (Aa).

A Descriptive Sketch Of Sidmouth by Rev. T H Mogridge
Sidmouth. J Harvey. (1836), (1838). KB, [NDL], [Sid]; BL[1].

Map Of Sidmouth (folding into covers with map Culverwell 1 on inside cover)
Sidmouth. J Harvey. (1836). DevA.

3. 1837 The map is now titled: MAP OF THE COUNTRY ROUND BEER to the extent of 20 miles. The date is changed to 1837. (Aa). BEER replaces Beer.

Memoirs of a Smuggler Compiled from his Diary and Journal
Sidmouth. J Harvey. 1837. BL, KB, [DevA], [Sid].

4. 1894 Original title with new imprint: Published & Sold by C Culverwell Sidmouth. Map is lithographically reproduced. Railways added (including Sidmouth and Hemyock, 1874 and 1876). The lines are printed red, as are the names of the stations.[2]

An Illustrated Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Sidmouth; ... Eighth Edition
Sidmouth. E Culverwell. (1894). BL, DevA.

The map also appeared post-1901:

5. 1903 Title and imprint as above. Railways added (including Exmouth to Budleigh Salterton, 1903). The lines are printed red, as are the names of the stations.[3]

An Illustrated Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Sidmouth; ... Ninth Edition
Sidmouth. E Culverwell. (1903 or later). KB.

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NOTES:

[1] The BL copy is BL 01360.p.11, it is not known why they date the copy to 1838 as on page 14 there is a clear reference to the text being written in 1836; their copy of Rattenbury’s memoirs is BL 10827.a.14.
[2] Hardback editions of the Eighth Edition only.
[3] Hardback editions of the Eighth Edition may have included this map.

 Charles Gregory 

Charles Gregory, like most aspiring authors, underestimated how long it would take him to complete his guide to Brixham. In his Preface he writes: I have to make apologies for the delay in producing the book. I fully hoped to see it finished by the middle of March, but I found it impossible to do this, as the book now contains more than twice the number of pages that I had originally prepared for the Press. This apology was extremely important as Gregory had partly financed the publication by getting advance orders so purchasers were eagerly awaiting their copies. Additionally, he had to explain to his sponsors that the book would cost double what he had originally expected.

Little is known about Gregory but much of the guide is devoted to fishermen and fishing, much to be expected in a guide about one of Britain’s most important fishing towns (at the present time, too). It would be intriguing to know whether Gregory was the W Charles Gregory who advertised in the guide book as Fish Salesman and Commission Agent from the Quay at Brixham or maybe the apprentice of William Penny indentured in 1859 and who served on the Betsy and Triumph boats in or around 1866 and received his Skipper’s Certificate of service in 1883[1].

The work was printed at the “Times” and “Western Guardian” Offices in Totnes by the Mortimer brothers who also published guides to the Dart and Berry Pomeroy (c.f. T & A Mortimer).

Size: 232 x 377 mm.        Scale (1/2 MILE and 880 YARDS = 87mm.). 

A MAP TO ACCOMPANY GREGORY`S GUIDE TO BRIXHAM (Ee).  Imprint: London. Stanford’s Geog^l Estab^t. (EeOS). Note: Reproduced from the Ordnance map by permission of the Controller of H.M.’s Stationery Office. (AeOS).

 Plan shows area from Churston Cove and Monksbridge TP in the west to include Higher Brixham across to Berry Head and Cod Rock (name cutting border) in the east. 

1. 1896     Brixham in Devonia. An Illustrated Guide, to Brixham and Torbay, by Charles Gregory.

                 Brixham. C Gregory. (1896).[2]         KB.

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[1] Brixham Heritage Database has documents relating to these stages in the life of Charles Gregory of Brixham.

[2] The book was published by the author, as made clear in the Preface. The author’s copy has m/s date June 1896 and this is the date given on most catalogue records.

 Mardon, Son and Hall

 

In 1884 Mardon, Son and Hall of the Caxton Works in Bristol published a delightful guide book to Torquay written by Joye C Kerr. This thin guide book was produced using the newly popular chromolithograph technique. This style, popular on the continent had been used by British publishers to produce postcards but was not used extensively in guide book production. Kerr’s volume contained 14 full colour chromolithograph pages as well as including adverts on both inside covers for Shapley & Austin’s Co-operative Stores at 2, Strand in bright colour (illustrated below).

This guide book was especially written and many of the local suppliers are mentioned in the text which includes a potted history as well as suggestions for day’s outings. Two maps were also included, one was a plan of Torquay previously published by Westley in his own guides to Torquay (see Westley 2) – a map produced by Stanford’s in London. The second, smaller map was specially produced by Mardon’s and showed the area around Torquay.

 Size: 100 x 133 mm.    Scale of One Mile (1 = 20 mm). 

MAP OF TORQUAY AND DISTRICT (Ea) with scale bar below. Imprint: MARDONS’ BRISTOL (CeOS) and COPYRIGHT (EeOS).Map covers the area from just west of Marldon to Watcombe and Barton Cross in the north. 

1. 1884     Illustrated Guide to Torquay and Neighbourhood by Joye C Kerr

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

For more information on the Strand, Torquay see my web page: Edward Cockrem.

 John Heywood 

John Heywood is well known for a long-running series of cheap atlases that he published during the second half of the nineteenth century. Some time between 1852 and 1858 John Heywood took over the copper plates , or more likely the lithographic stones, to a series of county maps originally used by Henry Teesdale (B&B 99) and subsequently reissued by Henry George Collins and William S Orr between 1830 and 1850. Heywood made further lithograph copies of these maps and issued the set as his Travelling Atlas of England & Wales. These were typically on sale as paperback atlases for the price of 1/-. The stones were used by Heywood until c.1882 with continual updating.

Shortly after the plates were retired after 50 years of service, John Heywood began to publish a series of paperback Illustrated Guides. The first guide seems to have appeared in 1886 with a guide to Llandudno with Heywood’s native Manchester not appearing until c.1890. A vast number of guides were produced and from 1891 they included a map: A special feature of this year's issue is the addition of a two-page map of the place or district. The aim was that "Each guide has been specially written or revised for the season. (1897)" There were guides to Torquay (from c.1891), Ilfracombe (not yet located), and Devonport with Plymouth (see below). The most popular were reissued up to 35 times with the series running until 1929-30 and a copy of Torquay from 1922 is known. Besides the Devon towns there were guides to all the expected tourist destinations but also to such places as Alton Towers.

The series certainly met with a favourable press: The Manchester Courier, as early as 1891, wrote that the guides "Contain a great deal of information concerning the places described which will enable the visitor to see and know all that is of interest. The guides to localities within easy distance of Manchester are remarkably valuable." The Pall Mall Gazette was even more lavish with its praise: "These little books are certainly the cheapest, and are probably the best, of the kind that are issued." Certainly they were cheap, being on sale at just one penny or twopence with free post.

Heywood 1 - Torquay

Size: 160 x 220 mm.    No scale. 

TORQUAY. (Ea). No signature or imprint.

Description: Sketch map of Torquay from just west of the railway line (only Torquay station named) to Kilmorie in the east. Sea front road to Paignton as Cockingston Road (sic). New Pier is shown as straight line with octagon at seaward end. Illustrated.

1. 1891     John Heywood’s Illustrated Guide to Torquay and Neighbourhood
                Torquay: Westley's Library. Manchester and London:[1] John Heywood. 1891. KB.

 2. 1897     Torre station now shown and named. New Pier is shown as straight line with a "dog-leg" in the middle.[2]

                  John Heywood’s Illustrated Guide to Torquay ...

                 Manchester and London. [3] John Heywood. 1897.  KB.

  

Heywood 2 - Plymouth and Devonport

John Heywood’s Illustrated Guide to Torquay of 1891 advertises some 49 different titles in the series but the only Devon town included was, in fact, Torquay and Neighbourhood. The series must have been very lucrative as the Torquay guide for 1897 advertises some 130 different titles in the series although both Devonport and Plymouth are listed separately as well as Ilfracombe. The guides were updated frequently: both the text and the advertising sections were expanded or altered. The guides can be fairly accurately dated from railway adverts in the advertising sections. 

Size: 160 x 220 mm.         No scale. 

PLAN OF PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT. (Ea). No signature or imprint. Description: Sketch map of Plymouth and Devonport from Hamoaze to Catwater and Cattedown Road in the east. 

1. 1894   John Heywood’s Illustrated Guide to Plymouth and Devonport
                London, Liverpool and Bristol. John Heywood. 1894[4]. TQ.

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[1] John Heywood gives his address on the title page as Deansgate and Ridgefield, Manchster; 1, Paternoster Buildings, London. However the cover itself has Westley's Library. 10, Strand, Torquay.

[2] It is interesting to compare the photographs (by Frith & Co.) on page 4 of each guide. The later picture clearly shows the new pier and the layout of the extended (reclaimed) gardens in front of Rock Walk.

[3] John Heywood gives his address on the title page and cover as Deansgate and Ridgefield, Manchster; 29 & 30, Shoe Lane, London, E.C. The map was unchanged for editions from 1897 to 1910 and much of the text was kept, although some updating did occur.

[4] A railway advertisement is dated.

 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 4^th 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.

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[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).