Tourist Maps of Devon

  Banfield 7 Size: 215 x 265 mm (map border, 225 x 310 outside border). No scales. 1. 1868  MAP OF THE NORTH COAST OF DEVON (Aa), 80 x 270 mm, printed together above PLAN OF THE TOWN OF ILFRACOMBE PUBLISHED BY JOHN BANFIELD. Library, Ilfracombe, 135 x 265 mm. Signature in lower border: C King Lith, Alma Terrace, Exeter. Apl 1868.   The large Reference To The Plan (panel to right) lists sites alphabetically A-Z and a-q including the initial letters of some residences, eg HC is Hill Cottage. There is a note at bottom of panel referring to Freehold Villa Sites, presumably for sale, by the Ilfracombe Land and Investment Company. This is a new, and better executed, version of Banfields 2 and 3. North at top. Banfield's Shilling Guide-Book to North Devon Fourth Edition Ilfracombe. John Banfield. (1868) [1] . KB. Banfield's Shilling Guide-Book to North Devon Fifth Edition Ilfracombe. John Banfield. (1869 [2] ). DevA. Banfield's Shilling Guide-Book to North Devon Sixth Edition ...

  Banfield 6 Size: 205 x 250 mm (between upper and lower borders). No scales. 1. 1861   A MAP OF THE NORTH COAST OF DEVON  (Aa), 75 x 245 mm, above  A PLAN OF THE TOWN OF ILFRACOMBE  PUBLISHED BY J BANFIELD. Library, Ilfracombe, 120 x 245 mm. No imprint or signature. Large Reference panel (Ea of plan) lists 18; second Reference panel (right of maps) has further sites listed alphabetically A-Z and a-o, finishing Britannia Hotel.  A better version of Banfields 2 and 3. North at top. Banfield's Shilling Guide Book 2nd Edition Ilfracombe. John Banfield. (1861). DevA. 2. 1863 Reference “p” added for Montpelier Road. Illustrated. Banfield's Shilling Guide Book 3rd Edition Ilfracombe. John Banfield. (1863). BL [1] . Banfield's Shilling Guide Book 4th Edition Ilfracombe. John Banfield. (1865). BL. Guide to North Devon Ilfracombe. John Banfield. (1865). DevA. A Guide to the North of Devon Second Edition Ilfracombe. John Banfield. (1867 [2] ). KB. 3. 1870 Referen...

  Banfield 5 The Reverend Tugwell's North Devon Handbook was written c.1855 (last date in text concerning funds to build a new church, p.7) and first appeared c.1857 with a map (Banfield 5, below) executed by W Gauci of London which is dated 1856. It was possibly commissioned by Banfield as his name appeared on the cover of the second edition. This must have appeared c.1863 as there is a reference to a new wing of the North Devon Infirmary opening in September of that year (p.17). There was a preface to each volume but undated. When the fourth edition appeared c.1877 the prefaces to the first and second editions were included and are now dated. The first preface has a date of 1857, the second 1860 and the preface to the fourth edition is dated 1877. This back-dating was obviously incorrect as far as the second edition is concerned. Size: 330 x 745 mm. SCALE OF MILES (2 = 90 mm). 1. 1857  A Map of the NORTH OF DEVON AND PART OF SOMERSET.  Imprint: Published by John Banfie...

  Banfield 4 Size: 145 x 230 mm. No scale. 1. 1844   PLAN of the Town of ILFRACOMBE Published by J Banfield. Library, Ilfracombe. There is no signature. The Reference (Ca) lists Banfield's Library and Reading Rooms, Bowden's Do. and the Clarence Hotel. This is a close, but better executed, copy of Banfield 2, first issued in 1842. South at top. Illustrated. A Guide to Ilfracombe and the Neighbouring Towns ... Third Edition Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1844). DevA, BL [1] , KB. A Guide to North Devon Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1845). DevA [2] . 2. 1845 Sundry buildings added, eg Runnamede Villa east of Runnamede House, Park Cottage and an unnamed building at Borough House. A Guide to Ilfracombe, Lynton, Clovelly and the Neighbouring Towns ... A New Edition Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1845). KB. 3. 1848 Unnamed building is now given as Borough Lodge. Ditto (i.e. Do) removed by Bowden’s reference. Illustrated. A Guide to North Devon Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1848). KB. A Guide to Il...

  Banfield 3 Size: 205 x 350 mm. No scale. 1. 1844   A MAP OF THE NORTH OF DEVON Engraved For BANFIELD'S Guide to Ilfracombe.  There is no imprint or signature. The key (Aa) lists six different categories of roads. The map extends from just below Hartland to a point just east of Oare, with Barnstaple more or less at the centre. There is a dotted line heading south from Barnstaple along the banks of the Taw river which may be the (intended) railway but it finishes short of the lower border (completed in 1854). Illustrated. A Guide to Ilfracombe and the Neighbouring Towns ... Third Edition [1] Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1844). DevA, BL, KB. 2. 1845 SOMERSETSHIRE added vertically just east of Oare. A Guide to Ilfracombe, Lynton, Clovelly and the Neighbouring Towns ... A New Edition   Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1845). KB [2] . A Guide to North Devon... A New Edition   Ilfracombe. J Banfield. (1848). KB [3] . A Guide to Ilfracombe, Lynton, Clovelly ...... A New Edition ...

  Banfield 2 Edwin Hamblyn Lammas was a printer, bookseller, librarian and even house agent (1844) in the 1840s. His guide book, Lammas’s Guide – Ilfracombe As It Is. 1839 (cover label) appeared 1839 and he is variously listed at addresses in Ilfracombe until 1855 (Montpelier Terrace in 1850; High Street 1852-1855). Somers Cocks credits three prints to Lammas (all 1840-41); however, none of these describes the two prints included in the guide book [1] . The map which appeared in this guide was lithographed and printed by George Rowe. Size: 135 x 225 mm. 1 Inch (6 = 25 mm) Miles. 1. 1839   PLAN of the Town of ILFRACOMBE Published by J Banfield. Library, Ilfracombe . Signature below title:  Lithographed and Printed by G Rowe Exeter Ho Cheltenham . The Reference (Ca) lists Banfield's Library, Lammas's (Library) and the Clarence Hotel. The map is a detailed plan of Ilfracombe from Longstone Cottage (Aa) to Langleigh House (Ec) and showing the coast with Ladies and Gentlemen's...

  John Banfield John Banfield [1]  established Banfield's Library in 1823 and by the 1840s was advertising 3000 volumes in addition to "the most popular works", and leading periodicals for the use of visitors to the area. The "comfortable and commodious" reading room was open to both Ladies and Gentlemen at moderate fees, and subscriptions could be taken out per week for the benefit of holidaymakers to the north coast. His first guide appeared in 1830 with a map, probably drawn by George Rowe and lithographed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co. In Billing's Directory of 1857 Banfield is entered as printer, bookseller, stationer, and lodging-house keeper; stamp distributor, and Actuary of the Savings Bank; library and fancy repository at 9, High Street. He registered as a printer as early as 1820 and was a registered newspaper agent by 1832 (see Exeter Flying Post ). About 1856 he started Banfield's arrival list. A total of 7 different maps printed for...