Saturday, 29 November 2025

 APPENDIX IV - White 11 - Devonshire


Title Page to Toronto University copy at Internet Archive




The Maps


White 11
 
 
 
Devon
 
1850
DEVONSHIRE with signature: BY J. & C. WalkerImprint (below centrally): Published with W Whites History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of Devonshire, in 1850. Size 32 x 38 cm. J & C Walker B&B 116-8A.
Devon
2nd
1878
DEVONSHIRE with signature: BY J. & C. Walker. Imprint (below centrally just breaking border line): Published with WHITE’S HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY of the County of Devon. 1878. List of hundreds according to the Quarter Sessions in 1830 and below right of the list is a note For alterations since 1830, see White’s Devonshire, pages 27, and 87-98. Size 32 x 38 cm. J & C Walker B&B 116-18.
Devon
3rd
1890
County Map Of Devon Showing all the Railways And Names of Stations ... (Ee). Imprint (below title): Published with White´s History, Gazetteer, And Directory. Of The County Of Devon. 1889. Signature: Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh. (EeOS). Late reissue of Cary 1807: B&B 71.U. Size 482 x 537 mm.


NOTE; B&B refers to entry in The Printed Maps of Devon by the author with Francis Bennett. This is online and entry 71 (Cary) or 116 (J & C Walker) can be accessed by clicking here. 


Devonshire 1850 - image copyright Kit Batten.



Devonshire 1877 - image copyright Kit Batten. 



Devonshire 1890 (detail) - image copyright Devon Archives. 


Location of Copies

Column 3. Date of first edition (red) and subsequent editions.

Column 4. Notes on title page (or Preface) concerning Price and / or inclusion of maps. Extant copies of the directory in national institutions are then listed (using JISC Discover): Blue bold signifies copy is available on-line (click to access), underlined signifies a map is referred to in the JISC Discover listing for that institute.

Toronto IA is the copy at Toronto University available at Internet Archive

UoL SC is the University of Leicester Special Collections (they don´t indicate source of the online volume).

White 11
 
 
 
Devon

 

1850

In one volume with a map of the county. Price to subscribers only
British Library
Devon & Exeter Institution

Institute of Historical Research Library

University of Leicester
Senate House Library, University of London

Victoria and Albert Museum libraries

The National Archives Library
University of Leeds Library
Author´s collection (with map illustrated)

Devon

 

1878
Price only.
British Library
National Library of Scotland
University of Cambridge Libraries
University of Exeter Library
Author´s collection (with map illustrated)
Devon

 

1890
Not available online
British Library
Devon & Exeter Institution
National Library of Scotland
University of Cambridge
University of Exeter Library
University of Leicester
University of Plymouth Charles Seale-Hayne Library
Trinity College Dublin

 

 

 

 

Note: all 3 editions are available via Devon Archives in Exeter, but the first two are thought to be held at the North Devon Athenaeum in Barnstaple (did not reply to request for information).




THE MAPS – Maps produced for William White´s county directories

Note 1: Go to the following pages for details of the following maps

Appendix I. Description of the maps in the Directory of Yorkshire (Baines 1);
Appendix II. Description of the maps in the Directory of Lancashire (Baines 2);

Appendix III. Description of the maps in the Directory of Durham and Northumberland (White 1 - William White and William Parson).

White 2 - Cumberland & Westmorland 

White 3 - Nottinghamshire

White 4 - Staffordshire

White 5 - Norfolk

White 6 - Yorkshire (later editions)

White 7 - Lincoln

White 8 - Suffolk

White 9 - Leicestershire with Rutland

White 10 - Essex

White 11 - Devonshire

White 12 - Hampshire with Isle of Wight

White´s city directories



William White´s Directories:


Click the entry below to access relevant page.


1. Early Years - William White and Edward Baines
2. William White & Co.
3. Rivalry and Family Feud
4. Francis White
5. Maps
6. William White Co. - Later Years

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