Barnstaple, Devon (1865)

Rock & Company
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RepositoryLibraryShelf
Devon West Country Studies M SC0073
Illustration Reference
SC0073
Location
CD 2 DVD 1
Publication Details
Date
1865
Publisher
Scope and Content
The route book of Devon: a guide for the stranger and tourist. Exeter: Besley, 1846. pp. 71-2.Barnstaple, from the increase of its population, now upwards of 8000, its wealth, and its local position, has within these few years, quite kept pace with other towns in its public improvements and extent of new and fashionable residences - its modern shops - its flag paved streets - its gas and water works. To these attractions the stranger will also be struck with the truth of the description of a modern tourist:- "As we approach Barnstaple, the view from some of the high grounds is very grand; composed on one side of Barnstaple bay, and on the other, of an extensive vale, the vale of Tawton, carrying the eye far and wide into its rich and ample bosom. The approach to Barnstaple from the low, is as beautiful as from the higher: the river, the bridge, the hills beyond it, and the estuary in the distance, make altogether a good landscape."[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
Format
Steel l.engr vign
Dimensions
61x90mm
Note
Rock & Co. ; no. 5352. 10 May 1865. On same sheet as SC2814
Aspects
From west
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Dates
1865