APPENDIX III - White and Parson - White 1

Directory of DURHAM and NORTHUMBERLAND 1827-1828

Title page taken from Harvard copy at Hathi Trust

Full title: 

History, directory, and gazetteer, of the counties of Durham and Northumberland, and the towns and counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Together with Richmond, Yarn, and detached places appertaining to the bishopric and palatinate of Durham; including copious lists of the seats of nobility and gentry, and a variety of commercial, agricultural, & statistical information.

. / By Wm. Parson and Wm. White.

Published; [Leeds] : Printed for W. White & Co. By Edward Baines & Son, at the Leeds Mercury Office; and sold by the publishers, at their offices, Bell´s Court Pilgrim-Street, Newcastle; by the agents, and by the booksellers. 1827.

The Maps and Tables

The following maps were contained in two separate booklets/ wallets

(All images - and general text - courtesy of Michael Kemp, Sheerness, Kent.)

2 parts. Oblong 4to. 2 folding maps, 3 folding tables. Original wrappers a little worn. Very Scarce. The Library Hub lists Durham University as the only location. In common with other directories published by White and Baines, the maps and tables, although stated on the title pages, were too bulky to insert in the small 8vo. volumes, so were issued separately either in boards, or, as here, in wrappers. They rarely survive together. Over 40 years I have had the Yorkshire and Lancashire separately printed maps and plans a handful of times, but this is the first copy of the Durham and Northumberland volumes which I have seen. They consist of:

Volume 1. 

A New Map of Durham Divided Into Wards, Exhibiting Its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c. By John Cary Engraver 1827. Title bottom left with attractive vignette View of Durham Cathedral from the New Bridge top left. Size: 530 x 630 mm. 

With sheet: A Table of the Reciprocal Distances of all the Market Towns in the Four Most Northern Counties of England. This has List of Fairs at bottom. Below this White´s imprint: Price One Shilling – Published to Accompany W White and Co´s History, Directory, and Gazetteer of Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmoreland – Edited by W Parson.

Volume 2. 

A New Map of Northumberland Divided Into Wards, Exhibiting Its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c. By John Cary Engraver 1828. Title top left with attractive vignette view Ruins of Lindisfarn Cathedral top right. Size: 650 x 525 mm. 

With sheet: A Table of the Reciprocal Distances of the Principal Market Towns of Great Britain and Ireland. This also includes Mail Coach Routes.

Both maps have an imprint below: London. Published by J Cary, Engraver & Map seller, No. 86 St. James´s Street. Note below this: Note: The Numbers attached to the description of each Stratum refer to the Geological Table of British Organized Fossils, which may be had of the Publisher, Price 1s6d.

The county maps are later editions of William Smith´s county maps as prepared by John Cary. Changes include the deletion of the date in the imprint and the addition of a vignette scene. See, for example, map of Durham at BADA.org.

 Copies are available as follows.

Hathi Trust Digital Library – Harvard University copy freely available online, but there is no mention of the maps.

The following institute lists "maps" and tables in the JISC catalogue entry and are thought to also have some or all of the maps contained in the separate booklet.

Chetham's Library  (maps)

Harvard University has wallet and one distance table illustrated at Hathi Trust

The following institutes have copies of the work.

British Library

Durham University Library and Collections

Leeds Libraries

University of Leicester Library

National Trust Libraries (Townend)

University of Oxford Libraries

Ushaw College

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

Appendix I. Description of the maps in the Directory of Yorkshire (Baines)
Appendix II. Description of the maps in the Directory of Lancashire (Baines)
Appendix III. Description of the maps in the Directory of Durham and Northumberland (White & Parson, White 1)

Appendix IV. Lists of White directories - locations, date of issue, reference to maps.

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