A bibliometric analysis of the effect on the mental map of Devon on the varying numbers of prints published depicting different localities between 1660 and 1870

1. The heritage of the book in Devon and Exeter
D-42
The changing view of Devon
through topographical prints,
1656-1876
A series of presentations
to celebrate the designation
of Exeter
as UNESCO city of literature
in 2019
The book fool, from The ship of fools,
translated by Alexander Barclay in 1509.
The first book by a Devon writer
to appear in print.

2. Place 1656-
1876
1656-
1799
1800-
1810
1810-
1819
1820-
1829
1830-
1839
1840-
1849
1850-
1859
1860-
1869
1870-
1876
Plymouth 503 56 20 17 68 139 84 67 33 18
Torquay 482 0 1 24 51 72 124 91 75 40
Exeter 392 44 20 20 58 106 53 46 30 15
Sidmouth 238 1 0 63 89 34 25 10 10 6
Ilfracombe 222 1 2 3 13 51 24 80 43 5
Lynton & Lynmouth 181 2 6 2 15 30 35 55 33 3
Teignmouth 158 1 4 24 26 23 31 29 15 5
Dawlish 146 1 1 15 24 17 32 18 28 10
Dartmouth 136 9 4 3 24 22 26 39 7 2
Exmouth 100 1 3 3 12 14 27 13 6 21
Tavistock 93 7 8 5 16 14 31 1 7 4
Okehampton 64 8 12 10 12 8 8 4 0 2
Tiverton 64 7 1 7 6 21 17 5 0 0
Berry Pomeroy 58 5 6 5 10 3 17 10 2 0
All places 4494 251 178 352 753 825 903 670 389 173
Devon topographical prints. A tabulation by place and date of publication

4. Topographical prints, 1656-1799
All places 242
Plymouth 56
Exeter 44
Eddystone 16
Dartmouth 9
Okehampton, Thorncombe 8
Tavistock, Tiverton 7
Lydford 6
Berry Pomeroy, Lundy, Powderham 5
Plympton 4
Honiton, Kenn, Shaugh Prior, Tamar 3
Bishopsteignton, Dartington, Filleigh, Kenton, Lynton & Lynmouth, Mamhead,
Plymstock, Shute, South Brent, Tamerton Foliot, Tawstock
2
Appledore, Axminster, Bideford, Buckfastleigh, Buckland Monachorum, Chudleigh,
Colyton, Dawlish, Dunkeswell, Exe Valley, Exmouth, Frithelstoke, Great Torrington,
Hartland, Holbeton, Ilfracombe, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, Kingsteignton, Kingswear,
Ottery St Mary, Sidmouth, Teigngrace, Teignmouth, Uffculme, Westleigh,
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Yealmpton
1

5. The west prospect of the
cathedrall church of Exeter
D: King sculp. No. 44
The south prospect of the cathedrall church of
Exeter
D: King sculp:
From: The cathedrall and conventuall churches of
England and Wales. Orthographically delineated by
D K. anno MDCLVI (London : printed and sold by
Iohn Ouerton, anno 1656).

6. The south-west prospect of the city of Exeter. (No. 26)
Saml & Nathl Buck delin et sculpt
[London] : [S.& N.Buck] , [1736]
Copper line engraving ; 270x786mm
From: Antiquities, or venerable remains of above four hundred castles, monasteries, palaces
etc. in England and Wales.
SC0925

7. Topographical prints, 1790-1799
All places (45) 91
Plymouth 10
Exeter 9
Tiverton 5
Dartmouth 4
Honiton, Kenn, Maker, Shaugh Prior, Tavistock 3
Bishopsteignton, Kenton, Lydford, Lynton, Mamhead, Okehampton, Plympton,
Plymstock, Shute, South Brent, Tamar River, Tamerton Foliot
2
Appledore, Axminster, Berry Pomeroy, Brixham, Chudleigh, Colyton,
Dartington, Dawlish, Dunkeswell, Eddystone, Exmouth, Great Torrington,
Hartland, Holbeton, Horrabridge, Kingsbridge, Kingsteignton Kingswear,
Powderham, Sidmouth, Tawstock, Teignmouth, Uffculme, Yealmpton
1

8. Honiton church / by and after T. Bonner. – London : R. Polwhele,
1796. – Copper line engravng 120x176 mm. Inscribed to Mr John
Feltham. – Somers Cocke 1180. In: Polwhele, Richard. History of
Devonshire.

9. Topographical prints, 1800-1809
All places 172
Exeter 20
Plymouth 20
Okehampton 12
Drewsteignton, Plympton, Tavistock 8
Berry Pomeroy, Lynton & Lynmouth, Powderham 6
Ivybridge, Paignton 5
Dartmouth, Teignmouth, Yealmpton 4
Bickleigh (Plymouth), Bishopsteignton, Eddystone, Exmouth, Lydford, Sowton,
Tamerton Foliot
3
Chudleigh, Dunsford, Ilfracombe, Kenn, Marldon, Meavy 2
23 places, including Crediton, Dawlish, Tiverton, Torquay, Totnes 1

10. The palace tower at Paignton & the church,
Devonshire / engraved by J.Greig, for the
Antiquarian & Topographical Cabinet
[after] S.Prout
[London] : [W.Clarke] , [1808]
Copper line engraving ; 60x85mm
From: The antiquarian & topographical
cabinet
SC1868
View in the Valley of Stones / T.H.Williams.
London : Murray & Highley , [1802?]
Etching ; 130x178mm
From: Williams, Thomas Hewitt,
Picturesque excursions in Devonshire and
Cornwall. Part 1, Devonshire
SC1644

11. Topographical prints, 1810-1819
All places 332
Sidmouth 63
Teignmouth 24
Torquay 24
Exeter 20
Plymouth 17
Dawlish 15
Chudleigh 10
Okehampton 10
Tiverton 7
Berry Pomeroy, Eddystone, Egg Buckland, Plympton, Salcombe Regis, Tavistock, Totnes 5
Bishopsteignton, Chagford, Lydford, Plymstock, Powderham 4
Branscombe, Dartmouth, Drewsteignton, Exmouth, Ide, Ilfracombe, Kingsteignton,
Northlew, Paignton, Tamerton Foliot
3
15 including Kingsbridge, Lynton & Lynmouth 2
27 including Budleigh Salterton, Clovelly, Ottery St. Mary, Salcombe 1

13. Wallis’s Library shed. Extracted
from:
Sidmouth, Devon
Hubert Cornish Esq. ; engraved by
Havell
Sidmouth : J. Wallis , 1815
Aquatint : col ; 294x2700mm
SC 2473
Shury, J. Croydon's Public Library
Noble delin ; Shury sc.
[Teignmouth] : [E.Croydon] , [1817].
Aquatint : col ; 100x159mm
From; Croydon, Edward. Guide to watering
places on the coast between the Exe and the
Dart, including Teignmouth, Dawlish and
Torquay.
SC2826

14. The Public Library, Reading, Billiard Room, and Printing Office, kept by Mr. CROYDON, is a new and elegant building, and in its various
departments forms a very desirable lounge for the visitors to this favorite [sic] watering-place. The Library contains an extensive and
well selected collection of books, to which new publications are continually added, and is fitted up with every possible convenience. An
extensive assortment of books, stationary, perfumery, jewellery, fancy and ornamental articles of every description, for sale, is kept here.
Music and drawings are also let to hire. The terms of subscription are exremely [sic] moderate. This truly may be said to be the principal
place of resort for such as wish to vary the joys of retirement by the pleasing recreations of a shew [sic] shop, lounge, library, or reading
room.
Society here entwines its wreaths,
Good nature o'er each meeting breathes.
Terms of Subscription to the library,
and Reading Room.£ s. d.
Per Annum……………………..1 11 6
-----Half Year……………….…1 0 0
-----Quarter………………….…0 10 6
Per Month………………………0 6 0
-----Week……………………….0 3 0
To the LIBRARY only.
Per Annum……………………..1 1 0
-----Half Year…………………..0 12 0
Per Quarter……………………..0 3 6
To the READING ROOM, for PAPERS.
Per Annum…………………….1 1 0
-----Half Year………………….0 12 0
-----Quarter…………………….0 8 0
Per Month……………………...0 4 0
-----Week………………………0 2 0
The Reading Room is open, from eight o'clock in the morning till night, and the following papers, &. are for perusal.
The GLOBE, STAR, and COURIER, London daily Papers, and EXAMINER, (Sunday), and in addition to the above, the following provincial
ones:
Monday…..The Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury.
Tuesday…..The Western Luminary.
Thursday…The Exeter Flying Post.
Saturday….Woolmer's Gazetter.
Sunday…...The Plymouth and Dock Telegraph.
Lloyd's List, every Thursday and Sunday.
Terms of the Subscription Billiard Room.
Per Annum…………………….1 1 0
-----Half Year………………….0 12 0
Croydon, Edward. Guide to watering places on the coast between the Exe and the Dart, including Teignmouth, Dawlish and Torquay.
Teignmouth: E. Croydon, 1817. p.20-22

15. Gores Library, on the beach, Dawlish
H.Haseler delt. ; D. Havell sculpt.
Sidmouth : J.Wallis , [1819]
Aquatint : col ; 87x133mm
From: Haseler, Henry, Scenery on the
southern coast of Devonshire
SC0652
View of the tower and surrounding scenery
from Exe Bridge, Tiverton
H.Haseler delt. ; F.C.Lewis sculpt.
Exeter : J.Chaplin & H.Haseler , 1819
Aquatint : col ; 169x249mm
From: Chaplin, J. Picturesque views on the
River Exe
SC2992

16. Hartland Pier, North Devon
drawn & engraved by Wm.Daniell
London : Longman & W. Daniell , 1814
Aquatint ; 165x239mm
From: Daniell, William, A voyage round
Great Britain undertaken in the summer of
the year 1813 and commencing from the
Land's End, Cornwall (text by Richard
Ayton)
SC1140
Chagford
drawn & etched by S.Prout
London : T.Palser , 1811
Soft ground etching ; 135x195mm
From: Prout, Samuel, Picturesque
delineations in the counties of Devon and
Cornwall, imitated from the original
studies
SC0328

17. Topographical prints, 1820-1829
All places (111) 711
Sidmouth 89
Plymouth 68
Exeter 58
Torquay 51
Teignmouth 26
Dartmouth, Dawlish 24
Holne, Tavistock 16
Lynton & Lynmouth 15
Ilfracombe, Lydford and Dartmoor 13
Exmouth, Okehampton 12
Berry Pomeroy 10
Clovelly, Milton Abbot 9
Buckland Monachorum, Plympton, Powderham, Totnes 8
Barnstaple, Bicton, Buckfastleigh, Chudleigh, Eddystone, Tiverton 6
Bickleigh (Tiverton), Kingswear, Petertavy, Tamerton Foliot, Werrington 5
7 places including Newton Abbot, Seaton 4
13 places 3
28 places 2
30 places 1

18. Castle Hill, Devonshire.
drawn by G.B.Campion
engraved by J.Henshall.
From: The history of Devonshire, by
Thomas Moore (London: Jennings &
Chaplin, 1829-33)
SC1115.
Castle-Hill, near South Molton, Devonshire.
The seat of Hugh, Earl Fortescue
T.Allom ; T.Dixon
From: Devonshire illustrated, by John Britton
and Edward Brayley (London: Fisher, Son and
Co., 1829-1832)
SC1116.

19. Topographical prints, 1830-1839
Calculated totals (93) 784
Plymouth 139
Exeter 106
Torquay 72
Ilfracombe 51
Sidmouth 34
Lynton & Lynmouth 30
Teignmouth 23
Dartmouth 22
Tiverton 21
Dawlish 17
Exmouth, Tavistock 14
Clovelly, Plympton 10
Barnstaple 9
Okehampton 8
7 places including Bideford, Chudleigh, Totnes 6
7 places including Eddystone, Honiton, Powderham 5
6 places including Dartington, Ivybridge 4
15 places including Berry Pomeroy, Newton Abbot 3
16 places including Crediton and Ottery St. Mary 2
26 places 1

20. Capstone Hill - Ilfracombe
G.Rowe, lith. Cheltenham
Ilfracombe : J.Banfield , [1835?]
Lithograph vignette ; 110x190mm
From a set of at least nine lithograph
vignette views of north Devon mostly
by & after George Rowe.
SC1226
Lynmouth
lithographed & printed by G.Rowe,
Cheltenham
Ilfracombe : J.Banfield , [1837?]
Lithograph ; 168x258mm
From: Scenery in the north of Devon.
A set of at least 32 lithographs, made
up into booklets with 19 and other
numbers of plates
SC1606

21. View of the Axmouth landslip from Dowlands, looking westward upon the undercliff and
new beach raised from the bottom of the sea on the 25th Decr. 1839 drawn on the spot by
Mary Buckland 30th Decr. 1839. On zinc by G. Scharf. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
[London] : [John Murray] , [1840].
Zincograph ; 227x711mm
From: Ten plates comprising a plan, sections and views, representing the changes produced
on the coast of east Devon, between Axmouth and Lyme Regis, by the subsidence of the land
and elevation of the bottom of the sea, on the 26th December, 1839, and 3rd of February,
1840, from drawings by W. Dawson, W.D. Conybeare and Mrs. Buckland ; with a
geological memoir by W.D. Conybeare ; the whole revised by Professor [William]
Buckland. London : John Murray, 1840.
SC0051

22. Topographical prints, 1840-1849
All places 869
Torquay 124
Plymouth 84
Exeter 53
Lynton & Lynmouth 35
Dawlish 32
Tavistock, Teignmouth 31
Exmouth 27
Dartmouth 26
Sidmouth 25
Ilfracombe 24
Mamhead 18
Berry Pomeroy, Tiverton 17
Axmouth 16
Milton Abbot, Ottery St. Mary, Powderham 9
Bideford, Okehampton, Totnes 8
Manaton, Paignton, Wembury 7
7 places including Barnstaple, Budleigh Salterton 6
6 places including Ashburton, Clovelly 5
5 places including Axminster, Ivybridge 4
13 places 3
22 places 2
62 places 1

23. Cadbury Church
sketched and drawn on stone by W.Spreat
; printed by C.Hullmandel
Lithograph ; 140x216mm
SC0326
From: Spreat, William. Picturesque
sketches of the churches of Devon.
Exeter: W. Spreat, 1842. 59. Cadbury
Fan tracery vault, Lanes Chapel,
Collumpton Church, Devon
E.Ashworth, archt. delt. ; W.Spreat, lith
Lithograph ; 239x180mm
SC0436
From: Transactions of the Exeter Diocesan
Architectural Society, 1861.

24. Exeter from the Black Boy road
London : J. Harwood , 1846
Steel line engraved vignette ; 95x155mm
From: Scenery of Great Britain. A series
of nation-wide views, maonly
anonymous, published from 1841 to
1854.
No. 714. Shows brick kilns.
SC0960
Tiverton Castle
London : Kershaw & Son , [1845?]
Steel line engraved vignette ; 73x99mm
Series: Kershaw & Son ; no. 728.
From a series of nation-wide line
engraved vignettes, normally
anonymous, undated but published
probably c1845-c1860.
SC2976

25. Dawlish, Devon
London : Rock & Co. , [1848?]
Steel line engraved vignette ; 59x92mm
SC0584
Rock & Co. ; no. 401
Exmouth, Devon
London : Rock & Co. , [1848?]
Steel line engraved vignette ; 64x90mm
SC1079
Rock & Co. ; no. 421. Framed version
from strip of ten views

26. Exeter (N.W.)
G.Townsend, del. Exeter
Exeter : H.Besley , [1848?]
Steel line engraved vignette ; 110x183mm
SC0948 - original state of plate
Exeter : H.Besley , [1862?]
SC0948-2 - shows rebuilt station
Exeter : H.Besley , [1870?]
SC0948-3 - adds spires of two churches
Devonshire. Series of larger line engraved vignettes, publisher Henry Besley, Exeter, 1848-1871

27. Topographical prints, 1850-1859
Calculated totals 648
Torquay 91
Ilfracombe 80
Plymouth 67
Lynton & Lynmouth 55
Exeter 46
Dartmouth 39
Teignmouth 29
Dawlish 18
Cullompton 15
Barnstaple, Exmouth, Newton Abbot, Totnes 13
Berry Pomeroy, Berrynarbour, Sidmouth 10
Bicton 7
Clovelly, Ivybridge 6
Axminster, Crediton, Tiverton 5
Bideford, Mortehoe, Okehampton 4
9 places including Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Honiton 3
9 places including Budleigh Salterton, Chudleigh, Powderham 2
35 places 1

28. Exeter Cathedral, west front
G.Townsend, del. Exeter
[Exeter] : H.Besley , [1853]
Steel line engraved vignette ; 60x95mm
SC0841
Views in Devonshire ; No. 100
Exeter Cathedral, west front
G.Townsend, del. Exeter
[Exeter] : H.Besley , [1867?]
Steel line engraved vignette ; 60x95mm
SC0841-2
No. 100. Re-engraved to show rebuilding
of St Mary Major

29. Blatchford Viaduct, South Devon
drawn on stone by O.Angel ; from a
sketch by Miss E.M.Fox
Exeter : O.Angel , 1850
Lithograph ; 196x294mm
From: [Viaducts on the South Devon
Railway].
A set of at least 5 lithographs by J.
Mason and Owen Angel
SC0424
Ladies' bathing cove, Ilfracombe
drawn & engraved by William Willis
Ilfracombe : J.Banfield , [1855?]
Steel line engraved vignette ; 65x110mm
From: Tugwell, George. The north Devon hand
book. London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co ;
Ilfracombe : J. Banfield , [1855?]
SC1202

30. Topographical prints, 1860-1869
All places 376
Torquay 75
Ilfracombe 43
Lynton & Lynmouth 33
Plymouth 33
Exeter 30
Dawlish 28
Teignmouth 15
Barnstaple 11
Sidmouth 10
Newton Abbot 8
Dartmouth, Tavistock 7
Exmouth 6
Bideford 5
Budleigh Salterton, Paignton, Totnes 4
Westward Ho! 3
10 places including Berry Pomeroy 2
30 places 1

31. Mount Edgcumbe House
Sketched by W.Hake
Devonport : W.Wood , [1865?]
Steel line engraved vignette ;
70x103mm
From: Wood, William: Six views of
Plymouth, Second or later series.
SC2124
Valley of Rocks, Lynton, North Devon
drawn & engraved by William Willis
Ilfracombe : J.Banfield , [1860?]
Steel line engraved vignette ; 100x165mm
SC1670
From: Banfield's views of north Devon.
Ilfracombe : J. Banfield, [l860?]. A set of 24
line engraved vignettes chiefly by & after W.
Willis.

32. Armytage, Henriette Mathilda. Drives &c. in and about Torquay. Manuscript, 1863-4.

33. Topographical prints, 1870-1876
All places 169
Torquay 40
Exmouth 21
Plymouth 18
Exeter 15
Dawlish 10
Sidmouth 6
Budleigh Salterton, Ilfracombe, Teignmouth 5
Tavistock 4
Lynton & Lynmouth 3
9 places including Axminster, Dartmoor, Dartmouth, Okehampton 2
19 places 1

34. Albert Memorial Museum & Free Library,
Exeter
London : Rock & Co. , 1 Feb. 1876
Steel line engraved vignette ; 65x93mm
SC1014
Rock & Co. ; no. 6901
On the Dart, near Totnes
E.M.Wimperis, pinxt ; T.Heawood sculpt
[London] : Cassell & Co. Ltd , [1876]
Steel line engraving ; 151x280mm
SC3394
From: Picturesque Europe, vol. 2 facing p.
207.

35. Breach of the railway line between Teignmouth and Dawlish
Illustrated London news, March 1855

36. Roberts, J
Opening the new bason at Exeter, Septr. 29th 1830.
Arrival of the shipping at the upper wall
Drawn and printed by J.Roberts
Exeter : J.Roberts , [1830]
Lithograph ; 160x255mm
SC0747

37. Devonshire illustrated,
by Francis Bedford.
1620. Exeter Cathedral
– the west front
1410. Lynmouth –
junction of the streams
at Watersmeet
Stereoscopic
photographs published
in the 1860s.

38. Some significant publishers of Devon topographical prints
Place Total
London 2121 Rock 422 Lewis 137 Virtue 116
Exeter 709 Spreat 213 Besley 212 Rowe 71
Sidmouth 277 Wallis 224 Marsh 9 Harvey 25
Ilfracombe 136 Banfield 116
Plymouth 133 Hearder 38 Williams 16 Rowe 13
Torquay 88 Croydon 32 Cockrem 24
Teignmouth 84 Croydon 73
Tavistock 28 Commins 32
Tiverton 23 Boyce 17 Dunsford 3
Barnstaple 18 Wildman 12 Cornish 4
Exmouth 17 Bounsall 14
Dawlish 13 Westcott 9 Gore 4
Bideford 13 Wilson 9
Totnes 5 Hannaford 5
Kingsbridge 5 Southwood 5

39. Images on county maps of Devon 1579-1879
Vignette views (Rock) 1851 (3 of 19 places otherwise unrepresented)
Exeter panorama 1610, 1689, 1868
Exeter Cathedral 1763, 1817, 1829, 1833, 1857, 1868
Exeter Guildhall 1836
Exeter, County Sessions 1836
Eddystone Lighthouse 1724, 1743, 1744, 1868
Coastal scene 1765, 1819, 1868
Babbacombe Bay, Torquay 1831
Dartmouth Castle 1816
Tavistock Abbey 1836
Plymouth Royal Hotel, Theatre & Athenaeum 1857
Plymouth Docks 1868
Archaeological finds 1724
Coats of arms, frequent but multiple arms 1579, 1645, 1732

40. William Rock’s map of Devonshire 1851 with 19 circular vignette views

41. Gosse, Philip Henry. A
naturalist’s rambles on the
Devonshire coast. - London : J.
Van Voorst, 1853.
Chanter, Charlotte. Ferny combes. 3rd
edition. – London : Lovell Reeve, 1857.

42. Exeter working papers
in book history
This talk is one of a series produced
during Lockdown 2020 to celebrate the
designation of Exeter as UNESCO city
of literature in 2019.
Most of them are also accessible
through the
Exeter working papers,
Devon bibliography and
Etched on Devon’s Memory
websites as part of the
World Book Heritage
initiative.
The book fool from Alexander Barclays’ translation of
The ship of fools (1509)