John Bartholomew – The Imperial Map

 Among the earliest of major cartographic works of John Bartholomew II (1831-1893) was his engraving of the Imperial Map of England & Wales, published in 1868. Although originally printed on 16 sheets covering England and Wales from north to south[1] it was not long before both county and regional maps were being prepared from the plates. Archibald Fullarton was the publisher of the Imperial Map and it was issued both in book format and as separate sheets (from which it would be possible to form a wall map).

Shortly after the Imperial Map first appeared both W H Smith and A & C Black were offering copies of the same sheets under their own imprints. Black’s offered a New Large Map of England & Wales in 16 sheet. About 1890 W H Smith offered the Cyclist’s Road Map of England & Wales in 16 sheets from the Ordnance Survey. In addition Houlston and Wright, later Houlston & Sons, were offering various maps of Devon taken from the Imperial Map plates.

The Thorough Guides series published by Dulau and Co. from 1888 onwards (see B&B 157 and separate entry) was the first work to make extensive use of the plates to produce sectional maps of Devon and Cornwall. Towards the end of the century updated transfers were taken to produce excursion maps and local guide maps for other publishers such as G W Bacon & Co., Charles Pearson, Houlston & Wright and Abel Heywood (see below), Varnan Chown & Co. (1903)[2]. and Darlington (1908)[3] and maps in The Royal Atlas of England and Wales (circa 1900) originally came from the Imperial Map and for cyclists small pocket sized county maps from this atlas were prepared for the Pattisons (see Victorian Maps of Devon entry 175) . G W Bacon seems to have been cooperating with John Bartholomew in the early 1900s and copies of the full county map appeared with Bacon’s typical covers: eg Bacon's County Map of Devonshire with parts of adjoining counties from circa 1905 until the 1920s.

Click the entry below to go directly to the map(s) in question:

Bartholomew Imperial Map 1 - See below

Bartholomew Imperial Map 2 - W H Smith´s Exeter and Environs / Plymouth & Dartmoor

Bartholomew Imperial Map 3 - maps published by Houlston & Wright / Houlston & Sons

Bartholomew Imperial Map 4 - maps used by Milligan etc. for guides to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 5 - hunting maps for Hiorns & Miller

Bartholomew Imperial Map 6 - The Royal Atlas

Bartholomew Imperial Map 7 - Abel Heywood´s guide to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 8 - Pearson´s Gossipy Guide

In addition Bartholomew produced two further maps of South Devon for W H Smith:

Bartholomew - W H Smith 1

Bartholmew - W H Smith 2

 

Bartholomew Imperial Map 1a                   

Size: 460 x 680 mm.  SCALE 4 MILES TO AN INCH (12 = 75 mm). 

No title but IMPERIAL MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES (AaOS). Imprint: A FULLARTON & CO. LONDON & EDINBURGH (CaOS). Engraver's signature: DRAWN & ENGRAVED BY JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, F R G S. (EeOS). Sheet number: SHEET 15 (EaOS). Elaborate border left side only. Scale below map (BeOS). Grid B-L horizontally and Z-f vertically.

Map covers a large area of the county: south Wales at top and complete north coast of Devon and Cornwall as far as Trevose Head and Somerset to Watchett; everything west of Sidmouth and north of Dawlish is included. Railways are consistent with a date of 1865-66: to Exmouth, Moreton, Launceston and Bideford with planned lines to Bude, Ilfracombe (erroneously via Bittadon) and Dartmoor Loop with the stretch to Sampford Courteney as completed. Illustrated above. 

1. 1868      The Imperial Map of England & Wales

                  London. Fullarton & Co. (1868).  KB (boxed set), KB (Atlas).

 

2. 1870s     No title but BLACK’S NEW LARGE MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES (AaOS). New imprint: PUBLISHED BY A & C BLACK, EDINBURGH. Folds into green covers with title label on cover: BLACK’S NEW LARGE MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES.

 

                   Black’s New Large Map Of England & Wales.

                  Edinburgh. A & C Black. (1870).  KB.

 

3. 1892    No title but REDUCED ORDNANCE MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES (AaOS). No imprint. Folds into blue covers with title below and small index map on cover. Coast from Padstow and Dawlish in south to south coast of Wales. Note that the N in county name (DEVON) is missing and that railway lines from Holsworthy to Bude and Barnstaple to Lynton have not yet been added.

 

                  Cyclist’s Road Map of England & Wales

                  London. W H Smith & Son. (1892).   KB. 

Bartholomew Imperial Map 1b

Size: 235 x 680 mm.  No scale. 

No title and no imprint. Engraver's signature: DRAWN & ENGRAVED BY JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, F R G S. (AeOS). Sheet number incomplete: SHE (EaOS). Elaborate border left and bottom sides only. No scale. Grid C-L horizontally (letters in circles) and f-h vertically.

Map covers all of the county missing southwards from 1a above: all of south Devon and Cornwall below Tavistock. Railways are consistent with a date of 1865-66: to Ashburton and Kingswear as well as line from Plymouth to Penzance, however, Kingsbridge is included (not built until 1890s). 

1. 1868    The Imperial Map of England & Wales

                London. Fullarton & Co. (1868).  KB (boxed set), KB (Atlas).

 

2. 1870s   No title but BLACK’S NEW LARGE MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES (AaOS). New imprint: PUBLISHED BY A & C BLACK, EDINBURGH. Also has SHEET 16 (EaOS). Folds into green covers with title label on cover: BLACK’S NEW LARGE MAP OF ENGLAND & WALES. Illustrated above.

 

        Black’s New Large Map Of England & Wales.

        Edinburgh. A & C Black. (1870).  KB.

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[1] Actually printed on 15 full-size sheets with sheet 16 being split into three sections roughly 1/3 size, sheet 16a covering the south of Cornwall and the south of Devon - below a line from Dawlish to Padstow and the English Channel – 16b and 16c covering the English Channel south of England.
[2] Varnan, Chown & Co.s "Half-Inch To Mile“ Map Of North Devon District. Signatures: The Edinburgh Geographical Institute (AeOS) and Copyright – John Bartholomew & Co. (EeOS). 290 mm x 560 mm..Scale 2 Miles to an Inch (5=65 mm) (CeOS). Inset PLAN OF ILFRACOMBE. Railways to Lynton and Northam and planned to Appledore. Map reverse covered in adverts. Folded into yellow cardboard covers c.1903.
[3] Darlington’s Devon and Cornwall guide (c.1908) used a transfer of North Devon.

 John Bartholomew –  for W H Smith – SOUTH DEVON I

Bartholomew was providing W H Smith and Son with maps from circa 1874, two of the earliest Imperial Map sections being sold as North Devon and South Devon quite soon after the publication of the Imperial Map. However, John Bartholomew was known to be experimenting with hill shading in the 1880s and the Bartholomew records show various printings of the map below in the years 1884-1887 (probably referring to the first one below). Two maps have been found, both executed by the Bartholomew company and both sold in W H Smith covers, and displaying attempts at portraying heights. The first used a very harsh hachuring to achieve hill shading, but the later version uses a very subtle brown tone to give the impression of height (c.f. next entry). These seem to be the precursors for Bartholomews Reduced Ordnance Survey Maps published in 1895/1896.

W H Smith advertised maps of both North Devon and South Devon in its Travelling Maps series, however, North Devon was available at 4 miles to an inch (i.e. the Imperial Map scale) and only South Devon was sold at 2 miles to an inch, indicating that parallel versions of North Devon were not produced. Four separate versions of the map below have been found but the actual sequence remains unclear and all seem to have the same map detail, the differences lie in imprint, railways and covers although it is assumed that it is the first state that seems to have a different title. This first state has also been seen in covers as published by Robert Cranford in Dartmouth, this is the only version so far seen laid on linen and in cloth covers.

Bartholomew – W H Smith 1 

Size: 480 x 700 mm.  SCALE 2 MILES TO AN INCH (6 = 75 mm). 

W. H. SMITH & SON’S REDUCED ORDNANCE MAP OF SOUTH DEVON & Dartmoor (Ee). Imprint below border: London: W H Smith & Son, 186 Strand (CaOS).

The map covers an area from Looe and Liskeard to Sidmouth and Prawle Point (breaks three-line border) to Exeter and Okehampton Station. Railways are clearly shown in red to Sidmouth, Exmouth, Dartmouth and Brixham, Moreton Hampstead and Ashburton, Dartmoor Loop, Launceston, into Cornwall, and proposed line to Kingsbridge (dashed). 

1a. 1884
Typical W H Smith covers (extreme left in illustration below)[1]. Typically folds to 100 x 116 mm (w x h of cover).

W H Smith & Son’s Reduced Ordnance Map Of South Devon and Dartmoor
London. W H Smith & Son. (1884). DevA

1b. Addition of Robert Stanford´s stamp above title. Laid on linen and folding into green cloth covers and label of Stanford (see illustration above). Folds to 120 x 180 mm (w x h of cover).

Map Of South Devon and Dartmoor
Dartmouth. R Cranford. (1884). KB.

2. 1885 Title of map reprinted and reduced to South Devon. The Kingsbridge line (dotted red) has been removed (but engraving marks remain). Map has added railways: lines toward Holsworthy and to East Looe added in red although not engraved; Line to Ashton with both Ashton and Chudleigh stations shown (Sta); mineral line to Princetown. 

W H Smith & Son’s Reduced Ordnance Map Of South Devon and Dartmoor
London. W H Smith & Son. (1885). KB.

3. 1886 Imprint closer to border; 3-line border dropped slightly so Prawle Pt is now inside lowest line. Ashton and Chudleigh stations not shown. Line to Halwill shown (opened 21st July, 1886); mineral line at Calstock. Decorated cover illustrated below second from left[2].

W H Smith & Son’s Reduced Ordnance Map Of South Devon & Dartmoor
London. W H Smith & Son. (1886). KB.

4. 1887 No imprint, wider margins and Prawle Point now within three lines of the four-line border border. As 3 above. Cover title redesigned and title shortened (see two illustrations on right below)[3].

W H Smith & Son’s Reduced Ordnance Map Of South Devon 
London. W H Smith & Son. (1887). KB, DevA.

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[1] The first and second state W H Smith covers (as listed here) are the same: red cloth with simple printed label – South Devon and Dartmoor.

[2] The cover has an elaborate label with foliate designs above and below the title.

[3] The cover is more modern printed boards, red (KB copy) or blue (DevA) with a plain text label South Devon centrally (and omitting reference to Tourists).

For further Bartholomew issues: 

Bartholomew Imperial Map 1 - Bartholomew Main Listing

Bartholomew Imperial Map 2 - W H Smith´s Exeter and Environs / Plymouth & Dartmoor

Bartholomew Imperial Map 3 - maps published by Houlston & Wright / Houlston & Sons

Bartholomew Imperial Map 4 - maps used by Milligan etc. for guides to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 5 - hunting maps for Hiorns & Miller

Bartholomew Imperial Map 6 - The Royal Atlas

Bartholomew Imperial Map 7 - Abel Heywood´s guide to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 8 - Pearson´s Gossipy Guide

In addition Bartholomew produced one further map of South Devon for W H Smith:

Bartholomew - W H Smith 2

John Bartholomew 7 – for Abel Heywood 

Abel Heywood's series of Penny Guide Books included transfers from the Imperial Map. A map covering most of North Devon can be found in A Guide to Ilfracombe and Clovelly published by Abel Heywood and Son in Manchester in 1900 (compare to Imperial Map 4). Heywood, a bookseller and publisher of radical literature began his series of penny guides in 1866 with Buxton and Kent appearing in 1872.

Abel Heywood was born in Prestwich, near Manchester, in 1810.[1] His family were poor, moreso after the father's death when Heywood was only five. As a result Abel received little formal education, and at the comparatively young age of 9, he became an apprentice to Thomas Worthington who owned a warehouse in High Street in Manchester. We know that Heywood attended the Bennett Street Sunday School, and later the Mechanics' Institute of which he was one of the first members. Despite his own limited access to education he rose to become a prominent figure.

By 1830, Heywood had opened acquired the agency for the sale of the Poor Man's Guardian.This was a working man's newspaper which sold for one penny, which would become a popular format around the middle of the century. However, at this time all newspaper publishers were expected to pay the stamp duty due on all newspapers, but many publishers refused on the grounds that it was a tax on knowledge. By 1832 Heywood had opened a shop in Oldham Street in Manchester. He was also prosecuted several times for selling this "illegal" newspaper even serving  4 months in jail. In 1837, the government finally reduced stamp duty from four pence to one penny. Heywood’s business flourished, and by 1840 he was selling 18,000 copies of his newspaper a week. When he came into conflict with the law again with accusations that he sold material containing "blasphemous" matter it only served to raise great local sympathy for his "free" press principles. His reputation had so grown by 1835, however, that he was appointed as Commissioner of Police in that year, and later elected as a member of the new Manchester Corporation.

Meanwhile he continued newspaper printing and sales, opening his own paper mill in Stockport, and publishing journals such as "The Northern Star", "Ben Brierley's Journal", and his own publication, the "Manchester Spectator". A follower of Robert Owen's philosophies on social reform, he actively promoted educational expansion for the city. He was elected and served as Alderman for the city, and was twice made Mayor, though his bid to be elected as a Member of Parliament failed in 1859.

Abel Heywood died in 1893 aged 84 years, and is buried at his residence "Summerfield" in Rose Hill, Bowden, There is a statue of him in Manchester Town Hall. 

Bartholomew Imperial Map 7 (Abel Heywood) 

Size: 260 x 390 mm.                  SCALE 4 MILES TO AN INCH (8 = 50).

 

MAP OF THE ENVIRONS OF ILFRACOMBE (CaOS) together with imprint: PUBLISHED WITH ABEL HEYWOOD & SON'S SERIES OF PENNY GUIDE BOOKS (PRICE TOGETHER 2D). Imprint below map: Abel Heywood & Son. 56 & 58 Oldham Street. Manchester. Signature: John Bartholomew & Co. Edinr. (EeOS) and Copyright (AeOS).

Coast from Tintagell Head to Dunster and south as far as Tintagell Head and Topsham. Note that the county name (DEVON) is missing from this section and that railway lines from Holsworthy to Bude and Barnstaple to Lynton have not yet been added. 

1.1900   A Guide to Ilfracombe and Clovelly

                Manchester. Abel Heywood and Son. 1900.               MCL[2].

For other Bartholomew maps:

Bartholomew Imperial Map 1 - Return to main list

Bartholomew Imperial Map 2 - W H Smith´s Exeter and Environs / Plymouth & Dartmoor

Bartholomew Imperial Map 3 - maps published by Houlston & Wright / Houlston & Sons

Bartholomew Imperial Map 4 - maps used by Milligan etc. for guides to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 5 - hunting maps for Hiorns & Miller

Bartholomew Imperial Map 6 - The Royal Atlas

Bartholomew Imperial Map 8 - Pearson´s Gossipy Guide

In addition Bartholomew produced two further maps of South Devon for W H Smith:

Bartholomew - W H Smith 1

Bartholmew - W H Smith 2

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[1] The following information is taken from www.manchester2002-uk.com/buildings/townHall.html. All copyright is the property of the website.

[2] Illustration courtesy of Manchester City Library (942.35L). All rights reserved.

 

 John Bartholomew 6 – ROYAL ATLAS 

As well as taking transfers from the Imperial Map to provide sectional maps for guide books as illustrated, from March 1899 to May 1900 Bartholomew also used transfers to produce a new set of regional maps. These were published in 20 parts to produce The Royal Atlas of England and Wales (edited by J Bartholomew and published by George Newnes Limited). South Devon was sheet XXXI with North Devon on sheets XXV and XXVI.

Also included in the Atlas was a second overview map of England and Wales on six sheets with a map of the West Country (Plate 12). Transfers from this map[1] were used to produce a cyclist’s map specially prepared for the Pattisons whisky company. Around the county map there are vignette scenes from the Pattisons` distillery and two of their products. The reverse is titled Pattisons` Scotch Whisky is invaluable to all Travellers & Sportsmen Abroad or at home who go in for Cycling - Golfing - Curling - Hunting - Coaching - Yachting - Shooting - Fishing and there are delightful little engravings of each of the sports listed and the addresses of the Pattisons company.[2]

The atlas also contained a number of town and city plans including that of Plymouth and Devonport which has been included here. 

Bartholomew Imperial Map 6a-c (Royal Atlas) 

Size: 320 x 425 mm (each). SCALE 4 MILES TO AN INCH (12 = 75 mm).               

Three maps cover Devon. Each map has ROYAL ATLAS OF ENGLAND & WALES (AaOS) with SECTION (Roman numerals) (area covered) (CaOS) and PLATE (number) (EaOS). Signature: John Bartholmew & Co., Edinr. Delt (EeOS). A key (BeOS) to different categories of roads.

A. SECTION XXV, BARNSTAPLE – PLATE 44: The coast is shown from Trevose Head at Padstow as far as the The Foreland in the east and south including Moreton Hampstead.

 

B. SECTION XXVI, EXETER – PLATE 45: The coast is shown from Countisbury as far as Burnham in the north and from Teignmouth to Portland Bill in the south. The map covers everything east of Chulmleigh and north of Newton Abbot.

 

C. SECTION XXXI, PLYMOUTH – PLATE 50: The coast is shown from Fowey as far as Otterton and. The map covers everything south of Launceston and Moreton Hampstead. Two insets show Plymouth and Tor Bay in more detail (2 miles to the inch). 

1. 1900  Royal Atlas Of England & Wales

                London. George Newnes. 1900.      KB.              

As well as the three maps covering the county, Bartholomew also included a map of the Plymouth area in the section at the back of the Royal Atlas for town and city plans.  Although clearly not taken from the Imperial Map it has been included here.

The map is an extremely close copy of the map used by G W Bacon from 1884 in his New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas and which was published in the same atlas but with other titles until about 1893 (see Victorian Maps of Devon B&B 134). The city plans were discontinued when the atlas appeared as Commercial and Library Atlas. The map below is the only one of several city plans included in both Bacon’s Ordnance Atlas and in Bartholomew‘s Royal Atlas which look in any way similar. The differences to Bacon’s earlier map are that the  map size is altered from 330 mm in the height and 460 mm width (although within the frame lines the height is almost identical). The title of Bacon’s map is PLAN OF PLYMOUTH, DEVONPORT AND STONEHOUSE &c within the map area (De) with the scale. The right hand margin has been brought in, and the remaining areas almost filled in with new housing developments. Ford, previously little developed, is now comprehensively redrawn with new estates etc. Some roads and lettering are identical while some coastlines show minimal differences (cf Bacon 2).

No other map has been seen which Bartholomew took over from Bacon. Additionally, Bartholomew is not known to have copied the work of others, and did not copy any of the other city plans used by Bacon and clearly prepared new and very different plans for cities which he included. This map remains a bit of an anomaly.

 Bartholomew Imperial Map 6d (Royal Atlas) 

Size: 330 x 425 mm.   Scale 6 Inches to a Mile (1/2 = 75 mm).

Same format as the maps covering Devon. The map has ROYAL ATLAS OF ENGLAND & WALES (AaOS) with PLYMOUTH & DEVONPORT (area covered) (CaOS) and PLATE 69 (EaOS). Signature: John Bartholmew & Co., Edinr. Delt (EeOS). Fairly detailed map of the area covered by the two towns. Railway sations at Millbay and Friary as well as at Sutton Harbour. Mount Edgcumbe (Ae) and Mt Batten (Ee) and north to Outland (Ca).         (DevA).

 

1. 1900  Royal Atlas Of England & Wales ... Edited by J Bartholomew.

                London. George Newnes. 1900.      KB.

Bartholomew Imperial Map 1 - See below

Bartholomew Imperial Map 2 - W H Smith´s Exeter and Environs / Plymouth & Dartmoor

Bartholomew Imperial Map 3 - maps published by Houlston & Wright / Houlston & Sons

Bartholomew Imperial Map 4 - maps used by Milligan etc. for guides to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 5 - hunting maps for Hiorns & Miller

Bartholomew Imperial Map 7 - Abel Heywood´s guide to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 8 - Pearson´s Gossipy Guide

In addition Bartholomew produced two further maps of South Devon for W H Smith:

Bartholomew - W H Smith 1

Bartholmew - W H Smith 2

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[1] This became Bartholomew’s Tourist’s Map of England & Wales, 1040x820, still in use in the 1900s.

[2]  See Batten & Bennett; Victorian Maps; entry 175.

 John Bartholomew 8 - for Charles Pearson 

Charles Arthur Pearson produced a number of Gossipy Guides at the beginning of the 20th century. Styled along the lines of the Ward and Lock series of guides they were full of photographic material in a handy pocket size. The two guides relating to Devon were the Guide to Ilfracombe and District (cover title; number 4 in the series) and Guide to South Devon (number 8 in the series). Both British Library volumes have accession dates of 1901.

It is interesting that Pearson took maps from different sources to include in his two Devon guides. The map of South Devon included in the South Devon Guide was a transfer of Bartholomew’s map: however, the map of North Devon is taken from the plates prepared by Ravenstein for George Philip & Son in 1899. The scale reveals that this is a Philip’s map (see Pearson 1). 

Bartholomew Imperial Map 8 (Pearson) 

Size: 257 x 385 mm.                              English Miles (8 = 50 mm).

 

PEARSON’S MAP OF SOUTH DEVON. (CaOS). Imprint: C Arthur Pearson, Limited, London, W C (CeOS) with Copyright (EeOS). Scale (Ee).

Area covered is from Whitesand Bay to Lyme Regis and inland as far as Crediton. 

1. 1901  Pearson’s Gossipy Guide to South Devon including Torquay

                London. C Arthur Pearson Ltd. (1901).         DevA, BL[1].

Bartholomew Imperial Map 1 - See below

Bartholomew Imperial Map 2 - W H Smith´s Exeter and Environs / Plymouth & Dartmoor

Bartholomew Imperial Map 3 - maps published by Houlston & Wright / Houlston & Sons

Bartholomew Imperial Map 4 - maps used by Milligan etc. for guides to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 5 - hunting maps for Hiorns & Miller

Bartholomew Imperial Map 6 - The Royal Atlas

Bartholomew Imperial Map 7 - Abel Heywood´s guide to Ilfracombe

In addition Bartholomew produced two further maps of South Devon for W H Smith:

Bartholomew - W H Smith 1

Bartholmew - W H Smith 2

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[1] BL 10358.cc.61 has green cover; cover title is Pearson’s Gossipy Guide to South Devon Torquay Dartmouth Paignton Totnes etc etc. There are five sketch route maps for cyclists on pages xxxii to xxxvi. Accession date stamp: 29 OC 1901. Contains 182 pages of which 174-182 (and inside back EP) are book advertisements and local ads.

John Bartholomew 5 - Hiorns & Miller 

Bartholomew Imperial Map 5 (Hiorns & Miller)

The company of Hiorns and Miller would appear to have specialised in Naval and Military matters. Certainly the title to their hunting map makes this clear: Published By Hiorns & Miller Navy & Army Printers & Stationers.[1] The firm were listed in Kelly’s Directories in 1910, at 107 Fore St & Granby St Devonport as 'printers and stationers’ and in 1939, as Hiorns and Miller (Successors), Statnrs, still at 107 Fore St Devonport. One illustration is listed, that of Meavy Church, in Hiorns and Miller's Series 42282, circa 1908. The publisher of Elizabeth Brabazon´s Exmouth and its environs was N L Hiorns in 1866 and may have been a relative. 

Size: 405 x 360 mm.                              Scale 2 Miles to an Inch (5 = 65). 

HIORNS & MILLER’S MAP OF THE DARTMOOR HUNT (Aa) in panel together with imprint: PUBLISHED BY HIORNS & MILLER NAVY & ARMY PRINTERS & STATIONERS 107 FORE STREET DEVONPORT. Signature: John Bartholomew & Co. (EeOS) and Copyright (CeOS) and The Edinburgh Geographical Institute (AeOS). Note: The numbers of the meets run consecutively from left to right as near as possible in title panel.

Part of Bartholomew’s map of South Devon completed circa 1895[2]. Coast from Rame to Stoke Fleming and north as far as Lydford and Chudleigh. Note that Ramilies Cove is missing and that railway lines to Yealmpton (1898) and Calstock (1908) have not yet been added. Dousland Station is Dowsland Sta. Numbers have been added for the hunts and the geographical name of hunt underlined. Illustrated. 

1.1898   Hunting Map – Dartmoor Hunt (cover title)

                Devonport. Hiorns and Miller. (1898).           KB. 

2.1898   Meets as before but 4 extra meets added with a letter A added to numbers (and named) as 7A, 8A, 22A, 32A as well as an old meet now named Whinfield. 

                Hunting Map – Dartmoor Hunt (cover title)

                Devonport. Hiorns and Miller. (1898).           TB.

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[1] Other publications recorded at the Devon Libraries are in the same vein: Ronald Hopwood’s The Laws of the Navy reprinted from Army and Navy Gazette of 23^rd July 1898 and published in the same year (Exeter Westcountry Studies Library – 3^rd impression); Henry Whitfield’s Plymouth and Devonport – in times of war and peace (pub. 1900 with E Chapple); War services of the 1/5th Battalion the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 1914-1919 (pub. C.1919 - Record no: 15528, Plymouth); H W Hawkins’ Elements of citizenship, 1947 (Exeter Westcountry Studies Library Record no: 38256); and Arthur Duckworth’s An Introduction to the Naval Court-Martial Procedure (pub. 1955).

[2] This map (see Victorian Maps of Devon B&B 174) was originally issued c.1895. By early 1900 Ramilies Cove had been added and the Dousland Station correct.

 John Bartholomew 4 - for Milligan 

The Rev. Tugwell´s North Devon Handbook was written and published by John Banfield c.1855 and four editions are known to c.1877. A large number of shorter guides with text extracted from Tugwell’s work were also issued, often as Banfield’s Shilling Guide. Banfield must have ceased trading c.1872 and his businees was taken over by Stewart who in turn handed the business over to Milligan.  

Milligan took over 9 High Street, Ilfracombe, c.1879 and continued to offer the services previously provided by Banfield and Stewart. He obviously took over The Library, Ilfracombe, from Stewart and continued selling anything to do with paper. In his guide of c.1879 he was advertising the Library (established 1823 and now boasting 9000 volumes), Ilfracombe Steam Printing (est. 1820) and he was selling the Ilfracombe Gazette (est. 1854) from his premises. As Banfield and Stewart before him, he was not amiss to looking for any opportunity to make money and was also advertising visitor's souvenirs, playing cards and all forms of written music (and even offering pianofortes for hire). 

Milligan & Co's business, however, was soon taken over by Twiss sometime after 1882 as both businesses were operating simultaneously in that year. The Twiss family took over the library  which was now boasting 10,000 volumes.

Although Milligan was already using a map of the Ilfracombe area (see Stewart 2) he introduced a map by Bartholomew for his edition of Ilfracombe and North Devon Guide by Rev. George Tugwell published about 1884. This was very similar to the map already published and distributed by W H Smith during the 1880s but covered a smaller area, consequently not covering half the county (see Victorian Maps of Devon B&B 150).

The area covered by this map is almost identical to that in the map published by Abel Heywood a few years later in his Guide to Ilfracombe and Clovelly (c.f.). 

Bartholomew Imperial Map 4 (Milligan 1)

 

Size: 250 x 370 mm.          Scale Of Miles (8 = 50 mm). 

NORTH DEVON &c (Aa) with scale bar below. No imprints but signature: J Bartholomew Edinr.

Shows an area from Cambeak in the south west to Watchet and just including Exeter. Railway is shown from Exeter to Morebath and Bampton (completed in two stages 1884 and 1885). 

1. 1884 
Milligan & Co.'s Ilfracombe and North Devon Guide by Rev. George Tugwell
Ilfracombe. Milligan & Co. (1884)[1]. DevA.

Milligan & Co.'s Ilfracombe and North Devon Guide … Twelfth Edition 
Ilfracombe. Milligan & Co. (1887). BL[2].

Twiss & Son’s Late Milligan & Co.s Ilfracombe and North Devon Guide… Eleventh Edition [3]
Ilfracombe. Twiss & Son. (1885)[4]. KB.

Twiss & Son's Shilling Guide to Ilfracombe and North Devon ...12th Edition
Ilfracombe. Twiss & Son. (1893). [DevA].

For further Bartholomew maps:

Bartholomew Imperial Map 1 - and introduction to Bartholomew

Bartholomew Imperial Map 2 - W H Smith´s Exeter and Environs / Plymouth & Dartmoor

Bartholomew Imperial Map 3 - maps published by Houlston & Wright / Houlston & Sons

Bartholomew Imperial Map 5 - hunting maps for Hiorns & Miller

Bartholomew Imperial Map 6 - The Royal Atlas

Bartholomew Imperial Map 7 - Abel Heywood´s guide to Ilfracombe

Bartholomew Imperial Map 8 - Pearson´s Gossipy Guide

In addition Bartholomew produced two further maps of South Devon for W H Smith:

Bartholomew - W H Smith 1

Bartholmew - W H Smith 2

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[1] Last date in text implies a post-1883 date.

[2] BL 010360.p.15.

[3] Cover title is: Twiss & Sons’ Shilling Hand-Book to Ilfracombe & Neighbourhood.

[4] Last date in text is 1884 on page 63, but a reference in adverts to the new pier suggest a post-1884 date.