Changing Times

Periodicals

American Railroad Journal and Advocate of Internal Improvements.

Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser.

Bulletin of the International Union of Railways, 1948, 19, 324.

Dolman’s Magazine.

Dublin Review.

Horological Journal.

Journal des Transports.

London & North Eastern Railway Magazine.

Niles’ Register.

Radio Times.

Railway World.

Revue Universelle Internationale Illustrée.

The Academy and Literature.

The Christan Miscellany.

Transport Salaried Staff Journal

Whitaker’s Almanack.

Timetables – editorial pages

ABC Coach Guide.

Appleton’s European Guide Book (New York: Appleton, 1888)

Bates, Alan, Directory of Stage Coach Services 1836 (Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1969).

Bradshaw, George, Bradshaw’s Railway Companion: Bradshaw’s Railway Time Tables, and Assistant to Railway Travelling with Illustrative Maps and Plans, No. 3, 25 October 1839.

Bradshaw, George, Bradshaw’s Railway Time Table: Bradshaw’s Railway Time Tables, and Assistant to Railway Travelling with Illustrative Maps and Plans, 19 October 1839.

Bradshaw, George, Bradshaw’s Railway Time Table: Bradshaw’s Railway Time Tables, and Assistant to Railway Travelling with Illustrative Maps and Plans, 25 October 1839.

Bradshaw’s Continental Guide, November 1905.

Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide and General Handbook: illustrated with local maps: special edition, 1913 (Oxford: Old House Books, 2012).

Bradshaw’s Continental Guide, August 1914.

Bradshaw’s Railway Guide, November 1938.

Bradshaw’s Railway Guide, July 1939.

Chaix, Livret: Guide Officiel des Voyageurs sur tous les Chemins de Fer Français, Mai 1914 (Paris: Éditions du Layet – Vie du Rail, 1982).

Cooks Continental Timetable, Centenary Issue, March 1973.

‘Easifind Railway Map of England and Wales, being a pictorial index to Best Routes and Through Trains at a glance’ in ‘Easifind’ Railway Timetable, 1, June 1927.

Great Britain Passenger Timetable (London: British Railways Board, 1975).

Great Western Railway, public timetables, various dates.

Great Western Railway: Service Time Tables: Reading, Chippenham, Westbury, Taunton and Weymouth, May, 1911

Hernaman, John, Time table for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, PRO RAIL 1157/1/7.

Jervis, G. P., Chemins de Fer Italiens: service hiver 1866–67 (Turin: Jervis, 1867).

Myers, G., introduction, British Rail Passenger Timetable, May 1982.

Official Guide of the Railways and Steam Navigation Lines of the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, The (New York, National Railway Publication Co.), various dates.

Orario Grafico, (Rome: Ferrovie dello Stato, 1906).

Price, J.H., introduction, Bradshaw’s August 1914 Continental Guide (Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1972).

Redpath’s Edinburgh and District Time Tables, December 1849.

Reid’s ABC Newcastle Air Services and Railway Guide (Newcastle upon Tyne: Andrew Reid, 1213 (until 20 Sept. 1953).

T.B.R. Guide [Travel By Road Motor Omnibus Guide and Charabanc Directory of England and Wales] (Rieu, Wylie and Co.), 1 June 1921.

Thomas, David St John, Introduction to Bradshaw’s August 1887 Railway Guide (Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1968).

Thomas, David St John, Introduction to Bradshaw’s July 1922 Railway Guide (Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1985).

Thomas, David St John, Introduction to Bradshaw’s July 1938 Railway Guide (Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1969)

Thomas, David St John, Introduction to the ABC Alphabetical Railway Guide, July 1923 (Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1986).

Topham’s Patented Railway Time-Table, May 1848.

Road books, Maps, Directories, and Reference books

Baker, Edward, The Railway Handbook, including an Index and a Supplement, forming a Chronicle of a Large Collection of Railway Publications and Relics, of Dates from 1807 to 1894, including Many of the Earliest Records of Railways and of Steam Navigation at Home and Abroad, together with some Archives on Steam Navigation (Birmingham: E. Baker, 1893).

Baedeker, Karl, Baedeker’s Guide to France (Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1902)

Baedeker, Karl, Paris and its Environs (Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1894).

Baker, Edward, The Railway Handbook, including an Index and a Supplement, forming a Chronicle of a Large Collection of Railway Publications and Relics, of Dates from 1807 to 1894, including Many of the Earliest Records of Railways and of Steam Navigation at Home and Abroad, together with some Archives on Steam Navigation (Birmingham: E. Baker, 1893)

Bianconi, Charles, Times of Departure and Arrival with Rates of Passage of the Royal Mail and Day Cars, Plying for the Conveyance of Passengers through the following places in the Provinces of Leinster, Munster, and Connaught, 2nd edn (Clonmel: Charles Bianconi, 1833).

Bradshaw, George, ‘A New Plan of the Town: Belfast, with the Improvements and Alterations, 1819’, two versions held at PRONI, Belfast.

Bradshaw, George, G. Bradshaw’s Map of Canals, Navigable Rivers, Rail Roads &c. in the Midland Counties of England from Actual Survey Shewing the Heights of the Ponds on the Lines of Navigation from a level of 6 feet 10 inches under the Old Dock Sill at Liverpool from Levels taken by Twyford & Wilson, Surveyors & Engineers, Manchester, 12 February 1829 on four sheets; second edition, February 1830 on one sheet.

Bradshaw, George, G. Bradshaw's Map of Canals, Situated in the Counties of Lancaster, York, Derby & Chester from Actual Survey; Shewing the Heights of their Pools from a Level of 6ft. 10in. under the Old Dock Sill at Liverpool. From Levels Taken by William Johnson and Son, Manchester, February 1830 on two sheets.

Bradshaw, George, Lengths and levels to Bradshaw's maps of canals, navigable rivers, and railways (London: Bradshaw, 1833).

Bradshaw, Thomas, Belfast General and Commercial Directory for 1819 … with a Directory and History of Lisburn … with a New Plan of Belfast (Belfast: Thomas Bradshaw, 1819).

Bradshaw, Thomas, The General Directory of Newry, Armagh and the Towns of Dungannon, Portadown, Tandragee, Lurgan, Waringstown, Banbridge, Warrenpoint, Rosstrevor, Kilkeel, Rathfriland, for 1820: Containing an Alphabetical List of the Merchants, Manufactures, and Inhabitants in General and Historical Accounts of the Respective Towns (Newry: Thomas Bradshaw, 1819).

British Roadster, The, or Stage Coach Companion, No. 19: being a Map and Description of the Road from London to Northampton and Leicester (London: Letts, 1834).

Cary, John, Cary’s British Traveller; or, an abridged Edition of his new Itinerary: containing the Whole of the Roads, direct and cross, throughout England and Wales, with many of the principal Roads in Scotland as described from his larger Work, from an actual Measurement made by Order of the Right Honourable the Post-Master General, for official Purposes, under the Direction and Inspection of Thomas Hasker, Esq. Surveyor and Superintendent of the Mail-Coaches. By John Cary, Surveyor of the Roads to the General Post-Office. Calculated for the Use of those Travellers by whom the Gentlemen’s Seats may not be considered essential; describing, at the Conclusion of each Route, the Names of those Inns which supply Post-Horses and Carriages, as well as all Places which are Market or Borough Towns, and have Post-Offices for the receipt and delivery of Letters; with a List of the Packet-Boats, and their Time of sailing ; accompanied with complete Indexes, bath for the direct and Cross-Roads; and a Map of England and Wales, fully adapted to the Use of the Work (London: John Cary, 1803).

Causton, Henry-Kent, Kent’s Original Tradesman’s Assistant: 1823; Being a Guide to all the Stage Coaches, Carriers, Coasting Vessels, &c. &c. containing an Account of the Time and Places to which they set out, and their Distance from London: the Market Days, and Number of Inhabitants; with a List of the Mail Coaches; new Stage Coach Act, the Rates of Carmen, Watermen, and Porters; fares of Hackney Coaches; and the Names of the Carriers; the Inns they put up at and Principal Places they go to. The Whole being Annually Corrected, and designed as a proper Assistant for Shopkeepers, Tradesmen and Others, who have occasion to write or send Goods into the Country (London: Henry-Kent Causton, 1823).

Coghlan, Francis, Handbook for European Tourists through Belgium, Holland, the Rhine, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France [...] Continental Railways, with Fares, Hours of Departure, and Regulations (London: Hughes, 1845).

Coghlan, Francis, The Iron Road Book and Railway Companion from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Liverpool, containing an account of the Towns, Villages, Mansions, &c. on each side of the line; Times of Arrival and Departure of the Trains at the several stations, Coaches and Omnibuses to the Towns in the Vicinity, with tables of distances and fares from station to station, &c., &c.: Illustrated with Maps of the entire Line (London: A.H. Baily & Co., 1838).

Coghlan, Francis, The Iron Road Book and Railway Companion; on a Journey from London to Birmingham containing an account of the Towns, Villages, Mansions, &c. on each side of the line; Times of Arrival and Departure of the Trains at the several stations, Coaches and Omnibuses to the Towns in the Vicinity, with tables of distances and fares from station to station, &c., &c.: Illustrated with Maps of the entire Line (London: A.H. Baily & Co., 1838).

Cornish, J., The Grand Junction, and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Companion, containing an Account of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, and all the Towns On or Near the Line; together with Every Thing Worthy the Notice of the Traveller on the Line; the Company’s Charges from One Station to Another; with their Regulations; Time of Departure & Arrival of Each Train; &c. &c. with Accurate Engravings of the Line of Road, a Section of the Line, &c. (Birmingham: J. Cornish, 1837).

Cornish, J., Guide and Companion to the London and Birmingham Railway, containing an Account of All the Towns On or Near the Line; together with Every Thing Worthy the Notice of the Traveller on the Road; the Company’s Charges for Conveyance; Time of Starting Each Train; &c. &c. (London: J. Cornish, 1839).

Drake, James, Drake’s Road Book to the Grand Junction Railway (Birmingham: James Drake, 1837).

Drake, James, Drake’s Road Book to the Grand Junction Railway (Birmingham: James Drake, 1838).

Drake, James, Drake’s Road Book to the Grand Junction Railway (Birmingham: James Drake, 1839).

Drake, James, Drake’s Road Book of the London and Birmingham Railway, Illustrated by an Accurate Map of the Line, and by Numerous Engravings (London: Hayward and Moore, 1839).

Drake, James, Drake's road book of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railways: being a complete guide to the entire line of railway from London to Liverpool and Manchester (London: Hayward and Moore, 1839).

Fenning, Daniel, The Federal Ready Reckoner; or Trader’s Valuable Guide, in Purchasing and Selling All Kinds of Articles, by Wholesale and Retail. Calculated in the Federal Currency. Shewing, at One View, the Amount of any Number or Quantity of Articles, Goods, &c. from One Mill, or the Tenth Part of a Cent, to Two Dollars, in Dollars, Cents and Mills (Worcester, MA: Leonard Worcester, 1795).

Freeling, Arthur, The Grand Junction Railway Companion to Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham (Liverpool: Henry Lacey, 1837),

Freeling, Arthur, The Railway Companion, from London to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester (London, Whittaker and Co., 1838).

Green Line Coach Map, 2 (London: London Transport, 1937).

Kearsley, John, Kearsley's Traveller's entertaining Guide through Great Britain; or, a Description of the great Roads, and principal cross Road ; marking the Distances of Places to and from London, and from each other: to which are added a Description of the principal Great Roads of Ireland; different Routes to Paris; and a Table of the Times of High Water at New and Full Moon; with a concise topographical History of the Cities, Towns, Watering Places, Chief Villages, Antiquities, Seats, &c. The Whole forming a General Tour through Great Britain. The Second Edition, much enlarged and improved (London: George Kearsley, 1803).

Love, Benjamin, Manchester As It Is: or, Notices of the Institutions, Manufactures, Commerce, Railways etc. of the Metropolis of Manufactures: Interspersed with Much Valuable Information Useful for the Resident and Stranger (Manchester: Love and Barton, 1839).

Maggs, Ed and Hugh Bett, Catalogue for Auction No 63: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper, including the McAlpine railway collection, 19 November (London: Forum Auctions, 2020).

Michel-du-Roc, Claude-Sidoine, Indicateur Fidèle du Voyageur François [Français] (Paris: à l’enseigne du Globe, 1764).

Osborne, Edward Cornelius, Osborne’s Guide to the Grand Junction, or, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester Railway, with the Topography of the Country through which the Line passes, and Complete Guides to the Towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester (Birmingham: E.C. and W. Osborne, 1840).

Osborne, Edward Cornelius, Osborne’s London and Birmingham Railway Guide, Illustrated (Birmingham: E.C. and W. Osborne, 1840)

Parson, William and Thomas Bradshaw, Staffordshire General and Commercial Directory, presenting an Alphabetical Arrangement of the Names and Residences of the Nobility, Gentry, Merchants and Inhabitants in General; to which is added, an abbreviated History of the Principal Towns and Villages of the County (Manchester: Parson and Bradshaw, 1818).

Parson, William and William White, History, Directory and Gazetteer, of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland, and the towns and counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed (2 vols) (Newcastle upon Tyne: W. White, 1827).

Parsons, Edward, The Tourist Companion; or, The History of the Scenes and Places on the Route by the Rail-Road and Steam-Packet from Leeds to Selby and Hull (London: Whittaker, 1835).

Paterson, Daniel, A new and accurate Description of all the direct and principal Cross-roads in England and Wales, and Part of the Roads of Scotland, with correct Routes of the Mail-Coaches, and a great Variety of new Admeasurements; also a Table of Heights of the Mountains, and other Eminences, from the grand trigonometrical Survey of the Kingdom, under the Direction of Major Mudge; an Account of Noblemen’s and Gentlemen’s Seats, and other remarkable Objects near the Roads; a general Index of the Roads to the different Towns, denoting the Counties in which they are situated, their Market-days, and the Inns which supply Post-horses; an Index to the Country Seats; a List of the Rates of the Postage of Letters, &c. &c. &c. The Whole greatly appointed and improved by the Assistance of Francis Freeling, Esq. Secretary to the Post-office, and of the Surveyors of the Provincial Districts, under the Authority of the Post-master General (London: Longman, 1803).

Preston, Lyman, Preston’s Complete Time Table (New York: Lyman Preston, 1834).

Robson, William, Robson’s Key to the Mail and Coach Conveyance List for 1837, comprising A List of Coaches Licensed to run TO and FROM London, and the BRANCH and OTHER Coaches LICENSED in the Country (London: William Robson, 1837), p. 1.

Smyth, Joseph, Smyth’s Directory to Belfast and its Vicinity (Belfast: Smyth, 1819).

Society for the Benefit of Sons and Daughters of the Clergy, New Statistical Account of Scotland, vol. 8 ‘Dunbarton–Stirling–Clackmannan’ (Edinburgh and London: Blackwood, 1845).

Wallis, John, Wallis’s Pocket Itinerary, being a new and accurate Guide to all the principal direct and cross Roads throughout England, Wales, and Scotland: containing the Roads of England and Scotland, both direct and cross; exhibiting in a progressive Series every Town, City, or remarkable Village, intersected by such Road; as also the best Inns, the Counties in which the different Cities, &c. are situated, their Market Days and Distances from London; each Borough being distinguished by appropriate Figures, shewing the Number of Members returned to Parliament; topographical Notices of Villas, together with the Names of their Proprietors, and likewise of the chief natural and artificial Curiosities occurring in each Rout; an alphabetical Table of the most distinguished Cities, Towns, &c. in Great Britain; together with their Distances from London, the Counties in which they are situated, the Rates of Postage for Letters, and the stated Days on which their respective Fairs are holden. The whole presenting to the Traveller every Information (both elegant and useful) upon a more comprehensive and portable Plan than in any similar Work hitherto published. Illustrated with accurate Maps of the Roads of England and Scotland (London: John Wallis, 1803).

Wyld, Thomas, London and Birmingham Railway Guide, and Birmingham and London Railway Companion: A Minute Description of the Railroad and every Object worthy of Notice; an Antiquarian and Topological Account of the Towns, Villages, Noblemen’s and Gentlemen’s Seats, within Ten Miles of the Railroad (London: James Wyld, 1838).

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