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33. Large map of Plymouth and surrounding areas

33.1. Title: THE ENVIRONS OF PLYMOUTH DEVONPORT AND STONE HOUSE. Added title below this: A Companion to the Different Guides of the Neighbourhood. The title itself is within a lozenge (Ae) with two notes within its borders: on 4 Plates (top) and to Subs.5s. Sellg. Pr. 7s (bottom).
Date: [1828].
Size: Printed on four plates, each c. 246 x 273 mm. When combined map size is c. 485 x 550 mm.
Imprint(s): Engraved & Sold by John Cooke Union Stt Stonehouse below title in lozenge.
Signature(s): see above.
Location(s): see below.

Comments: This completed map is made up of four sheets (Plates) as described in John Cooke´s Proposals and in his letter to the Mayor, Pridham. Each plate has a piano key border on two sides and a plain two-line border on the ‘joining’ sides. A note above the border reads PLATE. 1. (2, 3, or 4). Scale of Statute Miles (2 = 49 mm) below title lozenge.

PLATE.1 - Portwrinkle to the Mew Stone and north to St Budeaux
PLATE.2 - continues north to Tavistock,
PLATE.3 - continues east to Avon Mouth,
PLATE.4 - completes the rectangle to Dartmeet.

Comments: The maps are well detailed and owe much to the Ordnance Survey while omitting all hachuring. The use of two separate titles at an early stage (states 1 and 2 below) is confusing, as is the order of printing. The plates were obviously prepared without two-mile squares forming a grid and centred on Plymouth. The reference to this, added vertically along the north-south grid line below Plymouth was also added about this time. The composite map held at WDRO seems to be a mixture.

Although most often seen combined to form a map from all four sheets, two separate versions of the “western” section were issued. When the guide books appeared they used a combination of plates 1 and 2 to form one map (western section). When the plates were included in The Three Towns Almanack for 1861, 1865 and 1868 the western section was extended slightly to include the mouth of the River Yealm (extended western section). Folding maps typically combined all four plates.

33.1. 1830 Four Plates combined on one sheet (485 x 550 mm). Title lozenge reads: on 4 Plates (above) and to Subs.5s. Sellg. / Pr. 7s. (below). Main title as above but continues as A Companion to the Different Guides of the Neighbourhood. No 2-mile grid and no note on the lines or squares.
 
The Environs of Plymouth Devonport And Stone House
Stonehouse. John Cooke. (1830). BL[1].


33.1A. Four Plates on one sheet. The 2 eastern plates have a two-mile grid but no explanation. WDRO.

33.1B. Plate 1 only (i.e. the southwest plate). The title lozenge now reads: On 12 Plates above title and Each Plate by Subscription Price 1s6d (see illustration) and main title continues Also the neighbourhood of Exeter with the coast and other principal roads, and all the new important communications by way of Dawlish, Teignmouth, Torquay, Paignton &c. to Plmyo (all capitals). Grid present with explanation. Utrecht Univ.


33.2. Maps combined on one sheet (485 x 550 mm). The title lozenge as 33.1A: On 12 Plates above title and Each Plate by Subscription Price 1s6d (see illustration) and main title continues Also the neighbourhood of Exeter ... (all capitals). Grid present.  KB.


33.3. 1840 Map issued in two vertical sheets (of 2 plates) with the borders adjusted accordingly. Title re-engraved: THE ENVIRONS OF Plymouth, Stonehouse and Devonport. Imprint now: Published by William Wood Fore Street, Devonport omitting price etc. North point added (Be). The breakwater strengthened and railway shown into Plymouth with Mutley Tunnel.
 
The Environs of Plymouth Devonport And Stone House. 
Devonport. W Wood. (1840). WDRO[2].

33.4. 1850 Map now issued on one sheet, 490 x 554 mm, piano key border all round. In covers:

Twenty Miles around Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse. 
Devonport. W Wood. (1850). DevA.

33.5. 1854 Western section only; signs of single line border to right. The planned CORNWALL RAILWAY already shown (opened 1859) as single line compared to three-line of completed railway. Railway shown through Stonehouse as far as Mill Bay. In:

The Stranger's Handbook ... Seventh Edition ... with map of the towns.
Devonport. W Wood. (1854). KB[3].

33.6. 1858 Western section only; Cornwall Railway shown but not named. Railway to Plymouth stops on outskirts. In:

The Stranger’s Handbook ... . Seventh Edition ... with maps and illustrations. 
Devonport. W Wood. (1858). WDRO.

33.7. 1859 Complete map: the railway as far as Tavistock is shown (opened 1859).

Rambles about Plymouth & Devonport 
Devonport. W Wood. (1859). KB[4].

33.8. 1861 Extended western section. This edition only has addition to title: Shewing the existing and PROPOSED FORTIFICATIONS Published by William Wood 52 Fore Street. Devonport. A note added below (CeOS): The Sites for Works recommended by Royal Commission - coloured red, Existing Works & those in Progress - coloured green. The new forts are added and named. In: 

Three Towns' Almanack. 1861. 
Devonport. W Wood. 1861. DevA.

33.9. 1861 As 33.7. Proposed Tamar, Kit Hill and Callington Railway shown pecked (begun 1864). Folding map backed with card with full title:

WOOD’S MAP of the Neighbourhood around Plymouth and Devonport, Showing the New Forts, Walks, Rides & Drives, Rivers & Railways. 
Devonport. W Wood. (1861). TQ.

33.10. 1865 Extended western section. Date 1865 added to title which includes line SHEWING THE NEW FORTS. New imprint (BaOS): Presented with the Three Towns' Almanack for 1865. Notes outside border; Launceston & Okehampton Line (opened 1865) (CaOS) - Coswick River (DaOS) - Aveton Gifford (EeOS) - Avon River (EcOS) - Avon Mouth, Bantham & Thurlestone (EeOS).

Three Towns' Almanack 1865. 
Devonport. W Wood. 1865. DevA[5].

33.11. 1865 Complete map now dated below title imprint. No reference to the almanack or forts (i.e. not in title). Defence lines added and numbered. In:

Rambles about Plymouth & Devonport. 
Devonport. W Wood. 1865. KB[6].

Also issued as folding map in covers:

Twenty Miles around Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse. 
Devonport. W. Wood. 1865. KB.

33.12. 1868 Extended western section. Presented with ... (CaOS). with date 1868 added.

Three Towns' Almanack 1868. 
Devonport. W. Wood. 1868. DevA[7].


33.13. 1875 Complete map dated below title imprint. No reference to the almanack. Cover label: Defence lines not numbered (this edition only).

Twenty Miles around Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse. 
Devonport. W. Wood. 1875. KB.

33.14. 1880 As state 11. Tamar, Kit Hill and Callington Railway completed (opened 1872).

The Environs of Plymouth Devonport And Stone House 
Devonport. W. Wood. (1880). TM.

Also issued as folding map with cover title:

Map of the Neighbourhood Around Plymouth & Devonport 
Devonport. W. Wood. (1890). KB[8].


33.15. 1890 Railway to Prince Town (opened 1883).

Rambles and Excursions about Plymouth & Devonport. 
Devonport. Wood and Tozer. (1890)[9]. DevA, BL.



Title panels used from 1828 to 1880.
John Cooke imprints (top); William Wood (below).


[1] BL Maps 2123. (52.). Copyright Trustees of the British Museum. Do not reprint without full citation. 
[2] The map seen at WDRO in the late 1990s is now missing. Francis Bennett had a photocopy.
[3] The Stranger’s Handbook to Plymouth Devonport And Stone House. Reference to October 1853 and Devonport New Workhouse erected in 1852-3-4 (page 96). The text was unaltered so this and the WDRO example may be in the wrong sequence. KB copy also has Wood 1 and 4 (see Tourist Maps of Devon).
[4] Full title (cover label only, no title page) ... with a tinted (sic) map, showing the highways, byeways, and railways.. Last date in text on p.27 is 1855 and there is reference to E R P Bastard (died 1856). The same text was used for several years so this edition could be earlier as well as later.
[5] Has various adverts on the reverse, e-g. Plimsaul and Western Mutual Insurance.
[6] Title and text is identical to the edition listed as 1856 above.
[7] The map is missing from the Almanack itself, however the map has been extracted and is stored as a flat map separately. The imprint makes it clear that the two belong together.
[8] Imprint on cover label: WOOD & TOZER 49 FORE STREET, DEVONPORT.[9] Copies have 111 pages and nine pages of adverts. Last text date on p.18: HRH Prince of Wales visits Apple Tree Cot in 1879 but before completion of Douglas’ Eddystone lighthouse. British Library copy is BL 10368.cc.19. DevA date this to 1880 but Wood & Tozer do not seem to have worked together before 1887.

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