49.     A & C Black / Bartholomew                                                       1881                                                            

    

Adam Black (1784-1874) started the Edinburgh firm in 1807, his nephew Charles not joining the firm until 1833. Their first Scottish guides appeared in 1839 and in 1843 they published their first Guide to England and Wales. The first guide to the southwest appeared in 1855 with a new, completely revised edition, appearing in 1862 (Devon with Cornwall and Dorset). However, the Devon text was extracted and used concurrently in Black’s Guide to Devonshire. From the 12^th edition of Black’s Guide to England and Wales (1881 above) and the 11^th edition of Black´s Guide to Devonshire (1882) a map of Exeter was included. Apart from the size the two maps were virtually the same. Though only acknowledged in the former work the map was executed by John Bartholomew of Edinburgh. 

Title:  EXETER

Size: 90 x 140 mm with Scale of ¼ mile (20mm) (or 1 Mile = 80 mm).

Signature:  J.Bartholomew, Edinr. and imprint A. & C. Black, Edinburgh.   

A simple street plan from St. Thomas to Polsloe Park and St. David’s Station to Deaf and Dumb Inst. Churches, main roads and principal buildings are noted. Published in 1881 in Black’s Guide to England and Wales (12^th edition) as described.

In 1882 the map appeared for the first time in a county guide, Black’s Guide to Devonshire (11th edition, see illustration). The title remained the same but the map was reduced to 90 x 80 mm and signature removed. A topographical note below shows Hotels; Railway Stations; the Distance from London; the Post Office; Population of Municipal Borough (1881) 37,608; Returns 2 M.P’s (sic).

The map remained unchanged in the subsequent county editions: 12th (1884 above), and 13th (1889 below) but the information below the map changed. In the 14^th edition of Black’s Guide to Devonshire Castle St Ch is rewritten to give space for the New Theatre, the Post Office has moved from Queen Street to High Street, the Cemetery has lost the word New. The Topographical Guide includes Poples New London hotel, and the Bude, White Lion and the City Commercial hotels and the population figure is altered (1891) 37,580.

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62.     Walker & Boutall                                                                          1895 

In 1895 the Black’s fully revised their 15th edition of the Devon Guide (illustrated, see also 48). It was edited by A R Hope Moncrief and included a new and clearer plan of the City although still covering the same area. Published in Black’s Guide to Devonshire from the 15th edition. 

Title: PLAN OF EXETER

Size: 95 x 82 mm with Scale 1/8 Mile  (¼ = 20 mm, or 1 Mile = 80 mm).

Imprint: Walker & Boutall sc.   

It is a simple and precise street plan with only main streets named, a North point, a scale bar and 12 numbered references below the map. The railways have the distinctive railway pattern with both the Great Western Railway and the London & South Western Railway with the tunnel by Queen Street Station, and the branch line to the Basin. The key has reference to the Electricity Works (14), i.e. the Rockfield Works in New North Road, built in 1889. The guide was reissued from 1898 with 24 references below the map (and added numbers in map, illustrated below) and with the Public Hall now Victoria Hall.

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