4. Locations of Butcher / Cole / Percy / Eyre Bros. Works 

4.1 Directories 1873-1904 

4.1.1 Percy / Butcher / Cole and G P Butcher Directories 1873 - 1882

Fig. 50a. Bournemouth ... Directory published by Butcher, Cole & Co. 1874.

Publication	Publisher	Date	Location of copies
Percy, Butcher & Co.´s Cardiff & Newport [including Penarth and Llandaff] Directory	Percy, Butcher & Co. 18 Lansdowne Place	1873-74	BL (P.P.2508.tpa), New.
Percy, Butcher & Co.´s Swansea & Neath (incl. Briton Ferry, Oystermouth, … Directory	Percy, Butcher & Co. St Paul´s Chambers	1873-74	BL, BUL, SW, NLW, (9125PV0754), NPT.[i]
The Hereford Directory A	Percy, Butcher & Co.	1873-74
Percy, Butcher & Co.´s City of Worcs. & Malvern B	Percy, Butcher & Co. St Paul´s Chambers	1873-74	WCL (900.1873).
Percy, Butcher & Co.´s Stratford-Upon-Avon, Leamington and Warwick Directory B	Percy, Butcher & Co. St Paul´s Chambers	1873-74	BL (P.P.2508.hhd), SuA.
Percy, Butcher & Co.´s Coventry Directory C	Percy, Butcher & Co.	1873-4-5
Butcher, Cole, & Co.´s Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Dir. B	Butcher, Cole & Co. St Paul´s Chambers	1874-75	BLL (U769.014).
Butcher, Cole & Co's Directory Of The Towns Of South Dorsetshire B	Butcher, Cole & Co. St Paul´s Chambers	1874-75	KB (lacks TP), DHC (942.33).[ii]
Butcher, Cole & Co.´s Hastings, St Leonards, and Eastbourne Directory B	Butcher, Cole & Co. St Paul´s Chambers	1874-75	ESBHRO (BH 23097).
Butcher, Cole, & Co.´s Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Bridgewater, Taunton, … Directory B	Butcher, Cole & Co. St Paul´s Chambers	1874-75	Som (S WES19 WES 1874).[iii]
Butcher & Co.´s Kingston-upon-Hull DirectoryB	Butcher & Co. St Paul´s Chambers	1874-75	York (X-285717).
Butcher & Co.´s Borough of Portsmouth Directory inc.Gosport, Fareham, & Havant B	Butcher & Co. St Paul´s Chambers	1874-75	BL (P.P.2509.kcd),  Port (lacks maps).
Butcher & Co.´s Directory of Cardiff, Newport, Pontypool, Pontypridd, Llandaff B	Butcher & Co. Paternoster Row	1875-76	Card. (WG30(1875)), SW.
Butcher & Co.´s Directory Of Swansea, Neath, Llanelly, Bridgend B	Butcher & Co. Paternoster Row	1875-76	SW, NLW (1559111).
Butcher´s Cardiff District Directory: Including Pontypridd, Llandaff etc.	G P Butcher Manchester Chambers	1880-81	BL (P.P.2508.tpb), Card. (WG40.B).
Butcher´s Swansea District Directory Incl. Neath, Llanelly, The Mumbles, … (3rd Issue)	G P Butcher Manchester Chambers	1881	NLS (N.71.a), Bod (Dir. Glam. e.2).
Butcher´s Post Office Cardiff District Directory (4th Issue)	Eyre Brothers 26 & 27 Paternoster Sq.	1882-83	Leeds.
Percy´s Calendar and Register - Devonshire	Percy & Co. Paternoster Row	1876	DEI, DevA (s380.1025/DEV/1876).
Percy´s Calendar and Register – Cornwall & Devon	Percy & Co. Paternoster Row	1876	KB, KK.

Notes:

^A       Directory listed in an advert in Swansea 1st Edition 1873-74 (p.16).

^B       Directories listed together in a Butcher & Co. advert in Swansea 2^nd Edition (p.34), 1875 (Fig. 36.).

^C       Advertised in the Percy, Butcher & Co.´s Worcester & Malvern Directory (p.225).

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[i] Full title: Percy, Butcher & Co.´s Swansea & Neath (incl. Briton Ferry, Oystermouth, Sketty, Morriston & Llansamlet) Directory. BL copy is (P.P.2509.ka).

[ii] Two copies known with slightly differing Contents pages.

[iii] Full title: Butcher, Cole, & Co.´s Weston-super-Mare, Clevedon, Bridgewater, Taunton, Yatton, Wells, Wellington & Burnham Directory. 

 4.1.2 Plymouth Directories 1880-1904

Fig. 50b. P O Plymouth ... Directory published by Eyre Brothers 1880.

             Eyre Brothers’ Post Office Plymouth District Directory

Eyre’s Post Office Plymouth and Devonport District Directory 

Edition	Title / Publisher	Location of copies With / Without map	Map
1st 1880-81	Eyre Brothers’ P.O. … Directory Eyre Brothers	With map KB/ NLS[i]/ CUL[ii]/ PLY	Philips B&B 149.8
2nd 1882-83	Eyre Brothers’ P.O. … Directory Eyre Brothers	With map NLS/ CUL/ BOD[iii] No map DevA[iv]/ PLY	Maddock 3.2
3rd 1885-86	Eyre Brothers’ P.O. … Directory Eyre Brothers	With map NLS /BL[v]/ NDA[vi]/ CUL/ BOD  No map DevA/ PLY	Brendon & Son 1.3
4th 1888-89	Eyre’s P.O. … Directory   W H Hood	With map DevA No map PLY	Brendon & Son 2
5th 1890-91	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory W H Hood	With map NLS/ DevA / CUL/ BOD/SoG No map PLY [vii]	John Smith 1.1
6th 1893-94	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory J G Hammond & Co. Ltd	With map KB No map PLY/ (Shaw[viii])	John Smith 1.1
7th 1895	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory J G Hammond	With map DevA[ix]   No map PLY	John Smith 1.2
8th 1896	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory J G Hammond	With map NLS/ CUL/ BOD No map PLY	John Smith 1.3
9th 1897	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory J G Hammond	With map PLY[x] No map DevA[xi]	John Smith 1.4
10th 1898	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory J G Hammond	With map NLS/ CUL/ BL/ BOD No map PLY/ DevA (Shaw[xii])	John Smith 1.4
11th 1899	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory J G Hammond	With map BL (not in Shaw) No map PLY	John Smith 1.4
12th 1900	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory Theophilus Creber	With map BL No map DevA/ PLY	Creber 1
13th 1901	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory Theophilus Creber	With map CUL[xiii]/ BOD No map PLY/ DevA	Creber 1
14th 1902	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory Theophilus Creber	With map No map PLY/ DevA/ BL
15th 1903	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory Theophilus Creber	With map No map PLY/ DevA
16th 1904	Eyre’s P. O. … Directory Theophilus Creber	With map No map PLY/ DevA/ BL

NOTES:

1^st Edition is Eyre Brothers’ Post Office Plymouth District Directory; imprint 26 & 27 (late 10) Paternoster Square;

2^nd Edition is Eyre Brothers’ Post Office Plymouth and Devonport District Directory (same imprint address);

3^rd Edition is Eyre Brothers’ Post Office Plymouth and Devonport District Directory (reference to No. 10 omitted).

4^th Edition (and later) are Eyre’s Post Office Plymouth and Devonport District Directory with appropriate imprint.

With map - indicates the location of a directory and the inclusion of a map has been confirmed. 

No map - indicates the location of a directory which lacks a map. 

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[i] All NLS holdings are listed under accession N.72.f and, helpfully, maps are listed separately but as included in directory. NLS also has the first Swiss issue (1905) and this also has a map (V.380.f).

[ii] All CUL holdings have accession L481:26c.1.1 and contain a map. Maps in 5^th, 8^th, and 10^th editions based on NLS information who kindly provided details.

[iii] SOLO (library catalogue) lists all editions under Aleph 14738845 (1882 edition is on-line w/o map).

[iv]  In general, the Devon Archive´s holdings have the accession number 380 1025/PLY/#### with the last four digits being the year of publication, e.g., 380 1025/PLY/1902. 5^th Edition is (1890 / 1890r).

[v] BL catalogue - all under general reference P.P.2507.bdo (also in JISC catalogue). Shaw has 13^th and 15^th editions but these cannot be located (April 2021). Shaw omits 16^th edition but confirmed as present (April 2021).

[vi] NDA copy is (D380/EYE).

[vii] Leicester University Library has posted the 5^th (1890) and 7^th (1895) editions online as part of their Special Collections project but no map is shown. These are believed to be borrowed from Devon Archives. 

[viii] The main work of reference for all UK directories is: Shaw, Gareth and Tipper, Allison; 1998; British Directories – A Bibliography and Guide to Directories Published in England and Wales 1850-1950 Scotland 1773-1950 - 2^nd Edition; Bloomsbury Academic; London. See entry 356 for the Plymouth Directory. Shaw and Tipper list copies of the Plymouth directory at both the Bodleian and at Devon Archives.  According to correspondence it is not in their collections. The Bodleian does have the 8^th and 10^th editions of 1896 and 1898. Devon Archives also report they do not have the 8^th edition of 1896.

[ix] The map has been archived separately to the directory (at 380 025/PLY/1895) and is with all probability the map stored under PM B/PLY/1895/SMI.

[x] PLY copy is torn and repaired with adhesive tape. A loose copy of the map is held at the WDRO under 4237/15 with manuscript date 1898: this could be from the 9^th or 10^th Edition.

[xi] Devon Heritage has CD of 9^th edition (£5). Two issues (6^th and 8^th) listed by Shaw are not in Exeter collection.

[xii] Shaw and Tipper list a copy at DevA but according to correspondence it is not in their collection.

[xiii] The map that accompanies the 13^th edition is separate from the directory. “Theophilus Creber’s Copyright Plan of Plymouth, Devonport, Stonehouse and Neighbourhood”. WDRO have a loose copy stored separately at 2766; loose copy held by DevA listed under PM B/PLY/1904/CRE (illustrated); they are both probably from this edition. Further copy at CUL.

 

4.1.3 Eyre Bros. - Other Works 

Fig. 50c. Eyre´s Hotel Guide for Everybody published by W H Hood 1889.

Eyre Brothers’ Watering and Visiting Places of … England

Eyre´s Guide to the Seaside and Visiting Resorts of Devon & Cornwall

The Wales Register & Guide

Eyre´s Shilling County Guide

Eyre´s Popular Guide to Paris

The Stranger´s Guide to London

Eyre´s Hotels of the United Kingdom

The Coal Trades´ Directory

Publication	Publisher	Date	Location of copies
The Watering Places of the South of England	Eyre Bros.	1877 1st	KB, CHS, USL (Rare Books DA 665).
Eyre Brothers’ Watering & Visiting Places of the South of England 2nd	Eyre Bros.	1880* 2nd	EUL (Reserve 914.23 EYR), KB, NLW (PRINT 86MB5159).
The Watering & Visiting Places of the North of England	Eyre Bros.	1878 1st	DUL (SC 12282).
Eyre´s Guide to the Seaside and Visiting Resorts of Devon & Cornwall	Eyre Brothers	1878 1st	DevA (sWES/1878/EYR), KB.
The Wales Register & Guide	Eyre Bros.	1878	AUL (STORE DA735.W1), BUL (Rare Books X 1AA 7WAL), Card (WG6.E), NLW (PRINT XDA1223 W17).
Eyre’s Shilling County Guide …  Sussex	Eyre Bros.	1878	SAS, WSCL.
Eyre’s Popular Guide to Paris for 1878	Eyre Brothers	[1877]	-
The Stranger´s Guide to London	Eyre Brothers	[1877]	-
Dr Abbott´s Sea Bathing Guide	Eyre Bros.	[1870s]	-
Eyre´s Hotels of the United Kingdom	Eyre Brothers	1879 1st	BL (10349.i.2.), Bod (Dr.204 d.12), NLS (N.72.g), TCD (Gall.H.24.46).
Eyre´s Hotels of the United Kingdom	Eyre Bros.	1881* 2nd	KB.
Eyre´s Hotels of the United Kingdom and Continent	Eyre Brothers	1886** 7th	Bod (Dir.204 d.12).
The Coal Trades´ Directory	Eyre Bros.	1877	BL (P.P.2506.tei.).

*    Imprint address 26 & 27 (late 10), Paternoster Square.

    **  Imprint address 26 & 27, Paternoster Square. All other imprints are for No. 10, Paternoster Square.

 

4.1.4 Eyre Works by Later Directory publishers 

 

Fig. 50d. Picturesque Devonshire published by W H Hood 1890.

    Eyre´s Hotel Guide for Everyone

Picturesque Devonshire

Eyre´s Picturesque Devonshire & Cornwall

Eyre´s Picturesque Devon & Cornwall

Publication	Publisher	Date	Location of copies
Eyre´s Hotels of the United Kingdom and Continent	W H Hood	1887 and later	-
Eyre´s Hotel Guide for Everybody - Pocket Edition	W H Hood	1889	CUL (1889.6.822).
Picturesque Devonshire	W H Hood	1891	CUL (1897.17.12), WDRO (2588/4).
Eyre’s Picturesque Devonshire & Cornwall	W H Hood	1891 (2nd)	Bod (G A Devon b 3), CUL (1894.14.45), NLS (6.23(13)), BF.
Eyre’s Picturesque Devonshire & Cornwall	W H Hood	1892 / 93 (3rd)	KK, TQ[i].
Eyre’s Picturesque Devon & Cornwall	J G Hammond	1898 (9th)	Bod (G A Devon b 5), GUL (R8-x.13), TCD (25.cc.48).

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[i] The cover of the Torquay Library copy (112 pages) is torn but Hood´s address at 29, Ludgate Hill, London, is visible. The fourth edition was advertised as having 112 pages and these could be either the third or the fourth edition, depending on when Hammond took over from Hood.

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