Select Bibliography of Books on Devon Maps

 Devon is one of the best researched counties in England and Wales in terms of its mapping and over the past 15 years a large number of important books have been published detailing some of the thousands of maps representing parts of the county. The following is a useful resource list of books which include aspects of Devon mapping. If you are aware of any further works which would be useful to those researching Devon's history through maps and charts, please let us know. 

The first point of reference for anyone researching any aspect of Devon printing and publishing must be the work of Ian Maxted. His Exeter Working Papers in Book History is perhaps the most complete listing of any county’s publishing history and there are numerous lists and biographical information for the researcher. Go to the Home page at - https://bookhistory.blogspot.com/2014/10/homepage.html.

The new Devon Archives and Local Studies is a useful starting point, access their on-line catalogue at -  http://library-cat.swheritage.org.uk/home.

Barker, Katherine & Kain, Roger

 Maps & History in South-West England

University of Exeter Press

1991

Batten, Kit & Bennett, Francis

The Printed Maps of Devon 1575-1837*

Devon Books (private printing)

2nd edition on-line at

https://www.printed-maps-of-devon.eu/

1996 (2008)

Batten, Kit & Bennett, Francis

The Victorian Maps of Devon 1838-1901*

Devon Books (private printing)

2nd edition on-line at

https://www.victorian-maps-of-devon.eu/

2000 (2010)

Batten, Kit & Bennett, Francis

The Printed Maps of Exeter 1587-1901#

Little Silver Press

2010

Batten, Kit

Christopher Saxton and his Map of Devonshire 

Monograph (copy at EWSL)

1990

Batten, Kit 

John Cooke Engraver and Publisher*

Monograph (copy at EWSL) Now on-line at

https://john-cooke-cartographer.blogspot.com/

2009 (2020)

Batten, Kit

The Tourist Maps of Devon 1810-1901* 

Little Silver Press 

2012

Bennett, Francis 

Road-Books, Road-Maps of Great Britain 1535-1850*

Privately Printed & Published 

2007

Bennett, Francis

The Roads of Devon and Cornwall*

Privately Printed & Published

2007

Gray, Todd (Ed.)

Devon Documents

Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries

1996

Gray, Todd (Ed.)

Tudor and Stuart Devon (Essay on John Hooker)

University of Exeter Press

1992

Harley and O’Donoghue

The Old Series Ordnance Survey Maps

Harry Margery

1977

Kain, Roger

Tithe Maps of England and Wales

Cambridge University Press

1995

Ravenhill, M and Rowe, M

Maps of Georgian Devon (selection of manuscript maps)

Friends of Devon’s Archives

2002

Ravenhill, M and Rowe, M

Devon Maps and Map-Makers (pre-1840 m/s maps)

Friends of Devon’s Archives

2002

Ravenhill, M and Rowe, M

Early Devon Maps (selection of manuscript maps)

Friends of Devon’s Archives

2000

Ravenhill, W L D

A Map of the County of Devon (B Donn's map)

Devon & Cornwall Record Society

1965

Somers Cocks, J V

Devon Topographical Prints 1660-1870 (lists local engravers' works)

Devon Library Services

1977

Stewart, Elisabeth

Lost Landscapes of Plymouth

1991

 

 Alan Sutton

 

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