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Guide to Ilfracombe, Lynton and Lynmouth, with Maps

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons (1908), illus, maps, 81 pp.

Prepared by Michael Steer

During the Victorian and Edwardian periods, Ilfracombe in particular developed into a major seaside holiday resort. As well as arriving by road, many visitors travelled by paddle steamer. Ilfracombe, with its attendant beauty spots, was the main cruise destination for services from Bristol and Cardiff. In 1874 the Barnstaple and Ilfracombe Railway (later the London South Western Railway, Southern Railway and British Rail) first brought visitors to Ilfracombe by train. The single line railway was so successful that in 1888 work began on doubling the track to Barnstaple and it later carried direct trains from both Waterloo and Paddington, eventually handling some 10,000 passengers on summer Saturdays until its closure in 1970. The arrival of the railway was accompanied by many other changes. Lifestyles, fashions and people's outlook on life were influenced by new ideas and produce from throughout the empire. This small, 'handy', green-covered, cloth-bound guide to three of North Devon's major tourist spots, retailed for 6d in 1908. The Guide contains a description of the coastal region around Ilfracombe and Lynton with an account of "the best inland expeditions". The text is extracted from the North Devon and North Cornwall volume of Baddeley's series of Thorough Guides. The small book is replete with dozens of business advertisements and several lists of Thomas Nelson's products. This rare and much sought-after book was produced digitally by Google from a copy in the Harvard University Library collection and can be downloaded from HathiTrust. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.

 

Names extracted from advertisements in the un-paginated section preceding page 1
Baddeley 
Bailey, W H & Son 
Collingwood 
Fry 
Lossock, William 
Loveless, Henry 
Smyth, W H 
Tranter 
Wilson, Dr Andrew FRSE 
  
Names from the paginated text
  
 Page
A 
Ainsworth, Harrison76
Ashe, William66, 73
Austen, Jane77
Austin, Matthew66, 72
B 
Baddeley78
Beaconsfield, Lord71
Beaucaire, Monsieur66
Becket, Thomas A17
Bede, Adam76
Blackmoor, R D11, 46, 62
Bonaparte, Napoleon70
Borrow77
Bowden11
Bronte, Charlotte77
Brown, Tom76
Bunyan, John77
C 
Caffin13
Castle, Agnes & Egerton66, 69-70
Charity, John66, 69
Charles, Prince69
Chichester17
Clifford, Mrs W K66
Collingwood3
Constantine, Sir John66-7
Cooper, Fennimore77
Coventry, Kate76
Craik, Mrs77
Crusoe, Robinson77
D 
Defoe, Daniel77
Dickens, Charles76-7
Doone family44, 46-9, 52
Doone, Lorna46-7, 70
Dumas, Alexander77
Durward, Quentin76
E 
Eliot, George73, 76
Elsmere, Robert66, 73
Esmond, Henry Esq76
F 
Forbes, S Russell, PhD80
Fortescue19
Foster, W R79
G 
Gaskell, Mrs67, 77
Gissing, George66, 72
Granville3, 8, 79
Grieve, David66, 73
Gulliver, Lemuel77
H 
Halifax, John77
Hancock, Mrs62
Hannington, Bishop62
Harding11
Hardtmuth, L & C81
Hope, Anthony66, 71, 74
Horner38
Hughes76
Hugo, Victor76
Hyne, C J Cutcliffe66
J 
Jacobs, W W66, 70
Jennifried56
Jewell, Bishop11
K 
Kingsley, Rev Charles77
Kipling, Rudyard67, 70
L 
Lee14-6, 56-7
London, Jack66-7
Lovelace, Lord25
Lytton, Lord77
M 
Macnaughtan, Miss66-9
Malet, Lucas66
Marner, Silas76
Mason, A E W66, 69
Merriman, Mr Seton69
M'nab, Christina66-7
N 
Nauroy, Vicomte de67
Nelson, Thomas & Sons65, 73-6, 78-80
Newnes, Sir George23, 39
Norris, Frank66-7
Norris, W E66, 70, 72
P 
Parker, Sir Gilbert66, 69, 72
Pasture, Mrs H de la66-7
Phillpotts, Eden66, 70
R 
Reade, Charles77
Rhodes, Cecil71
Ronald24
S 
Scott76
Siegfried53
Sigmund, King53
Smith81
Snow, Nicholas Esq24
Steel, Mrs Flora Annie66, 70
Stevenson, Robert Louis67
Stowe, Mrs77
Swift, Jonathan77
T 
Tarkington, Booth66
Thackeray76
Tracey family17
Tracey, William de17
Twist, Oliver76
V 
Vachell, H A66, 69
Vellacott33
Victoria7-8
W 
Wade, C F25
Ward, Mrs Humphry66, 73-4
Waterman81
Whiteing, Richard66, 72
Whyte-Melville, G J76
Wichalse family57
Williamson, CA & CN66-7
Wogan, Captain69
Wood, Mrs Henry77