25.     Richard Creighton                                                                         1835

 

Samuel Lewis issued his A Topographical Dictionary of England in 1831 (B&B 103) which contained county maps inserted at the relevant section of the text. In 1835 he produced a new supplementary volume comprising a Representative History of England which contained county and borough maps showing the electoral boundaries and changes following the 1832 Reform Act. This made up Volume V to the third edition of Topographical Dictionary. The View of the Representative History of England was issued as a separate publication in 1835 and 1840 with a total of 116 maps.

All the maps in this later work were drawn by Richard Creighton. The Representative History included Plate XIX – the county map, Plate XX – Exeter and Tavistock together; Plate XXI – Barnstaple, Tiverton, Ashburton and Dartmouth; Plate XXII – Devonport, Plymouth, Honiton and Totnes. The maps were engraved by the well-known partnership of John and Charles Walker who also engraved county maps. 

Title: EXETER (The right half of the sheet shows Tavistock). Sheet Number: XX.

Size: Sheet 180 x 235 mm – Exeter 180 x 120 mm with Scale of Miles (or 1 Mile = 34 mm).

Signature:  Drawn by R Creighton

Imprint:  Engraved by J & C Walker 

The Exeter half of the sheet has both title and north point. The map shows both the old and the new borough boundaries, from Alphington to just below Pynes House and from just east of Barley House to East Wonford. The map is essentially a copy of Dawson but at a smaller scale and does not reveal anything new.

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