Bradshaw's Guide
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Bradshaw's was a series of railway timetables and travel guide books published by W.J. Adams of London. George Bradshaw initiated the series in 1839; after his death in 1853 the Bradshaw's range of titles continued until 1961.[1][2]
Contents
List of Bradshaw's by geographic coverage[edit]
British Isles[edit]
1840s–1850s[edit]
- Bradshaw's Descriptive Guide to the London & South Western Railway. London: Adams. 1845.
- Bradshaw's Guide through London and its Environs. London: Adams. 1857.
- Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain & Ireland. London: Adams. 1858.
1860s–1870s[edit]
- Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book of Great Britain and Ireland. London: W.J. Adams. 1860.
- Section 2: Berks, Buckingham, Wilts, Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucester, the South Wales districts, Oxford, Warwick, Salop, Chester, Flint, Carnarvon, Anglesea and through Ireland
- Bradshaw's Shilling Hand-Book of Great Britain and Ireland, London: W.J. Adams, 1860
- Bradshaw's Monthly Alphabetical Hand-book through London and its Environs, London: W.J. Adams, 1862
- Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book of Great Britain and Ireland, 1870
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland. 1876.
- Section 1: (London and southern England)
1880s–1900s[edit]
- Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland. London: W.J. Adams. 1882.
- Bradshaw's Through Routes to the Capitals of the World and Overland Guide to India, Persia, and the Far East: A Handbook of Indian, Colonial and Foreign Travel (1903)
- Henry de Salis (1904). Bradshaw's Canals and Navigable Waterways of England and Wales. London: Henry Blacklock.
France[edit]
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Guide through Paris and its Environs, London: W.J. Adams and Sons, 1880, OCLC 19043482
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to France, London: W.J. Adams and Sons, c. 1889
- J.W.C. Hughes (1896), Bradshaw's Hand-book to Brittany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons
- Bradshaw's Hand-book to Normandy and the Channel Islands, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896
Germany and Austria[edit]
- Bradshaw's Notes for Travellers in Tyrol and Vorarlberg, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, c. 1873
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896 + Index
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1873 + Index
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany and Austria, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896 + Index
India[edit]
- Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India. London: W.J. Adams. 1864.
- Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Bombay Presidency and North-Western Provinces of India. London: W.J. Adams. 1864.
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-Book to the Madras Presidency, and the Central Provinces of India. London: W.J. Adams. 1864.
Italy[edit]
- J.R. Morell, ed. (1870), Bradshaw's Pedestrian Route-book for Switzerland, Chamouni, and the Italian Lakes, London: W.J. Adams, OCLC 1659797
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Italy, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1894 + Index
Syria[edit]
- Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Turkish Empire, 2: Syria & Palestine, London: W.J. Adams, c. 1873
Turkey[edit]
- Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Turkish Empire, 1: Turkey in Europe, London: W.J. Adams, c. 1872 + Index
List of Bradshaw's by date of publication[edit]
1830s–1840s[edit]
- Bradshaw's Railway Time Tables and Assistant to Railway Travelling, 1839[3]
- Bradshaw's Railway Companion, 1840[3]
- Bradshaw's Monthly Railway Guide, 1841[3]
- Bradshaw's Descriptive Guide to the London & South Western Railway. London: Adams. 1845.
- Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, 1847[3]
1850s–1860s[edit]
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Travellers in Belgium, London: W.J. Adams, 1856
- Bradshaw's Guide through London and its Environs. London: Adams. 1857.
- Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain & Ireland. London: Adams. 1858.
- Bradshaw's Shilling Hand-Book of Great Britain and Ireland, 1860
- Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Bengal Presidency, and Western Provinces of India. London: W.J. Adams. 1864.
- Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Bombay Presidency and North-Western Provinces of India. London: W.J. Adams. 1864.
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-Book to the Madras Presidency, and the Central Provinces of India. London: W.J. Adams. 1864.
- Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland. 1866.
1870s–1880s[edit]
- Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book of Great Britain and Ireland, 1870 + Index
- J.R. Morell, ed. (1870), Bradshaw's Pedestrian Route-book for Switzerland, Chamouni, and the Italian Lakes, London: W.J. Adams, OCLC 1659797
- Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Turkish Empire, 1: Turkey in Europe, London: W.J. Adams, c. 1872
- Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Turkish Empire, 2: Syria & Palestine, London: W.J. Adams, c. 1873
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Travellers' Hand-Book to France, London: W.J. Adams, c. 1873
- Bradshaw's Notes for Travellers in Tyrol and Vorarlberg, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, end of 1883/beginning 1984 Check date values in:
|date=(help) - Bradshaw's Illustrated Guide through Paris and its Environs, London: W.J. Adams and Sons, 1880, OCLC 19043482
- Bradshaw's Monthly Continental Railway, Steam Transit, and General Guide, for Travellers Through Europe. London: Adams & Sons. July 1887.
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to France, London: W.J. Adams and Sons, c. 1889
1890s–1900s[edit]
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Italy, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1894
- Richard Stephen Charnock (1894), Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Spain and Portugal, W.J. Adams & Sons, OCLC 36885426
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Belgium and the Rhine; and Portions of Rhenish Germany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896
- J.W.C. Hughes (1896), Bradshaw's Hand-book to Brittany, London: W.J. Adams & Sons
- Bradshaw's Hand-book to Normandy and the Channel Islands, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896
- Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book to Germany and Austria, London: W.J. Adams & Sons, 1896
- Henry de Salis (1904). Bradshaw's Canals and Navigable Waterways of England and Wales. London: Henry Blacklock.
- Bradshaw's Through Routes to the Capitals of the World, and Overland Guide to India, Persia, and the Far East. London: Henry Blacklock. 1903.
References[edit]
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- ^ John Leighton (3 November 1906), "Early Railway Guides: a Retrospective", Chambers's Journal, 9
- ^ "Bradshaw Legacy". Bradshaw's Guides. UK: Old House Books & Maps. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d "George Bradshaw", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1910, OCLC 14782424