52.     Dulau / Bartholomew                                                                  1884 


The Dulau company began their famous Thorough Guide Series in 1882 (North Devon and Cornwall) and 1884 (South Devon and Cornwall, illustrated above). The editors (and probably authors) were M J B Baddeley and Charles Slegg Ward, hence the series became known as the Baddeley & Ward series.

Mountford John Byrde Baddeley (1843-1906), a school master, earned his reputation as the compiler of these Thorough Guide books for pedestrians. He settled in the Lake District which he popularized as a pleasure resort. According to the advertising text in the guides: In English topographical writing for tourists, the Thorough Guide Series is so far ahead of any other that there can scarcely be said to be a good second to it. (Saturday Review, August 28th, 1886). The Times (August 3rd, 1887) even went so far as to compare a Baddeley with a Baedeker. A cursory glance at the contents page and page numbering of different editions seems to imply little up-dating, however, a lot of new detail was added for each issue.

In the two volumes, a total of 28 maps of Devon and Cornwall areas were included. The Exeter map was included in both the South and the North guides from 1884. 

Title: EXETER

Size: 150 x 205 mm with Scale of 1/4 Mile (40 mm).

Signature: J Bartholomew Edinr. 

Initially the map has a scale, and even has a reference to Tramway Routes[1], but the plan has no shading and no graticule (see top illustration, South edition 1884). It only shows the main roads and the principal buildings. The map appeared in all the following: 

Thorough Guide ... North Devon And North Cornwall Second Edition, Revised (1884)

Thorough Guide ... North Devon And North Cornwall Third Edition, Revised (1885-1886)

Thorough Guide ... North Devon And North Cornwall Fourth Edition, Revised (1888)

Thorough Guide ... North Devon And North Cornwall Fifth Edition, Revised (1891-92)

Thorough Guide ... North Devon And North Cornwall Sixth Edition, Revised. (1892-1894)

Thorough Guide ... North Devon And North Cornwall Seventh Edition, Revised. (1896-1901)

 

Thorough Guide Series: No. VII ... South Devon And South Cornwall. First Edition (1884)  

Thorough Guide ... South Devon And South Cornwall Second Edition, Revised (1885-1887)

Thorough Guide ... South Devon And South Cornwall Third Edition Revised. (1889-1890)

Thorough Guide ... South Devon And South Cornwall Fourth Edition, Revised. (1891-1892)

Thorough Guide ... South Devon And South Cornwall Fifth Edition, Revised. (1895-1901)

 

The only major changes were carried out prior to the 1890 South Devon issue. A list of Railway Stations and Hotels has been added outside the map area (left). The Key now has City Walls. A graticule (grid system) has been laid over the map and there are numerous new inclusions, e.g. Barnfield Road and Barnfield Crescent. Some building names have changed, e.g. Bude Haven Hotel (now Bude Hotel), Cavalry Barracks is Higher Barracks and Free Ch. (now Wesleyan Chapel) etc.  The original theatre has now become the Drill Hall (the old theatre in Bedford Street) and there is a New Theatre in Longbrook Street, the foundation stone was laid in May and the theatre opened in October 1886.

For some 1892/1893 and 1901 issues the List of Railway Stations and Hotels has been moved inside the map area (see illustration).

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[1] The first horse-drawn tram route was opened between St. Sidwell and Heavitree in 1882.

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