48.     John Murray II                                                                           1879 


So popular were John Murray’s red-bound books that the company separated Devon & Cornwall in the 9th edition of 1879 and introduced a new, and considerably improved, map for Exeter (replaces 41) for the Devonshire handbook. The plan was used in the Tenth (above) and Eleventh Editions of Murray’s A Handbook for Travellers in Devonshire until 1901. 

Title: EXETER for Murray’s Handbook for Devon

Size: 160 x 190 mm but no scale.

Signature: Edwd Weller (engraver) and publisher’s imprint: London: John Murray Albemarle St. 

The plan covers the area from St. Thomas to Polsloe Park and from the Canal Basin to Exwick. It is the first map to have a grid system to aid finding locations. Although rather a small map it is accurate and detailed and would have been a useful aid to the traveller.

Revised copies of the plan were used in the later 10th edition of 1887 (with only minor amendments – List of 14 buildings and Bridewell (at B3) becomes Governors and Chaplains houses). The 11th edition (below) of 1895 has roads added and named, especially in quadrants A5-6 and E5; a tunnel under the Tiverton Road for S. W. Railway (A7); and the area northwest of the Workhouse and west of Diocesan Trinity College is extensively developed (C-D6).


Return to Catalogue

Comments

Popular posts from this blog