Bideford.
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BIDEFORD. Devon.
Bideford. Baulch, S. Fred. 1873. Author and publisher. Baulch, S Fred. Captain James Braund : pilot over Bideford Bar for over forty years; who never lost a vessel or a life / S Fred Baulch. - Bideford : [S Fred Baulch] , 1873. - i, 8p ; 18cm original but copy 30cm. - Copy from Ancestry.com of booklet reproduced later as The Braunds of Bucks: containing some account of the lives saved during a series of years, by means of a small boat only, in Bideford Bay [1890] S.F Baulch, Toronto.. - Held by: BAR: 929.2/BRA. - Subjects: Devon. Families. Braund family.
Bideford. Blight, William S. 1843. Printer. REYNOLDS, James Jones, b.ca. 1819. A sermon on the revival of the offertory, preached in the parish church of Abbotsham, Sunday, September the 3rd. 1843 / by the Rev. James Jones Reynolds, A.B. curate. - Bideford : printed by W.S. Blight ..., [1843]. - 22p ; 22cm. Cambridge ; Durham ; Worldcat.
Bideford. Blight, William S. 1845. Publisher. FORTESCUE, Robert Henry. A sermon on the duty of both the clergy and the laity, to conform to the rubrics of the Book of Common Prayer, preached in the Parish Church of Bideford, Devon on Septuagesima Sunday, 1845 / by Robert Henry Fortescue, M.A. Assistant Curate. - Bideford : Published by W.S. Blight ; London : Sold also by Edwards and Hughes ; Exeter : Hannaford ; Plymouth : Nettleton ; Barnstaple : Brightwell, [1845]. - [4], v,[1], 18,[2]p ; 18cm. - University of Cambridge Libraries ; University of Exeter Libraries ; Lambeth Palace ; Worldcat.
Bideford. Blight, William S. 1848. Printer. HARPER, T. Quietness the fruit of faith : a sermon preached at St. Mary's, Bideford, on Sunday evening, XVI. Sunday after Trinity, October 8th, 1848. - Bideford : W.S. Blight, [1848]. - Worldcat.
Bideford. Blight, William S. 1851. Printer. GOSSET, I. H. The Church's missionary work : a sermon preached in the Church of St. Michael, Great Torrington, April 30th, 1851 ... - Bideford : W.S. Blight, 1851. Worldcat.
Bideford. Blight, William S. 1851. Printer. The DOCTRINES of the United Church of England and Ireland : exhibited in a brief and clear manner, and the errors of Romanism unmasked / by a Protestant clergyman. - Bideford : W.S. Blight, 1851. - Worldcat.
Bideford. Cole, William. 1833. Printer. Walter, W. A selection from the new version of the Psalms of David : for the use of the congregation of Bideford Church by Rev W Walter, A. M. Rector. - Bideford : W. Cole , 1833. - 1 vol. - Held by: Barnstaple: 223.2/BT:BID/COL. - Subjects: Devon. Psalms.
Bideford. Coles, W. Crosbie. 1883. Printer. Granville, Roger. The history of Bideford / compiled from various sources by Rev.Roger Granville. - Bideford : W.Crosbie Coles , 1883. - 110p : ill,map,plates ; 30cm. - Matchcode GRAHIS1883. - Held by: WSL : sB/BID/0001/GRA ; Barnstaple: BT:BID/0001/GRA NDA : D900BID/GRA BID: Bideford: PC. - Subjects: Devon. Bideford. History. -1883
Bideford. Faning, J. 1802. Printer.
Bideford. Faning, J. 1802. Printer. NORTH Devon in an uproar. - Bideford : J.Faning , 1802. - 1 sheet. - Invitation to ball at Tapeley. - *Tapeley,near Bideford.
Bideford. Griffiths, Thomas [1]. 1789. Bookseller.
Bideford. Griffiths. 1789. Bookseller*. The EXETER and West-Country traders' memorandum-book, for the year 1790. - Exeter : Printed and sold by W.Grigg and Son; sold also by Mr. Barnikel, Plymouth; Mr. Cleave, Totnes; Mr. Barrett, Barnstaple; Mr. Eyre, Launceston; Mrs. Elliott, Falmouth; Miss Kirkup, Honiton; Mr. Griffiths, Bideford; Mr. Handford, Ashburton; Mr. Huxtable, Southmolton; and may be had of all other booksellers , [1789]. - New Exeter journal 10 Dec. 1789 etc.
Bideford. Griffiths. 1793. Bookseller*. Dillon, Henry. A sermon preached at the parish church of Stoke Damerel, by the Rev. Henry Dillon [...] on Friday the 19th day of April 1793, being the day appointed for a general fast. - Plymouth Dock : Printed and sold by E. Hoxland ; sold also by G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Paternoster Row in London ; Trewman and Grigg, Exeter ; Barnikel Plymouth ; Jackson, Dartmouth ; Griffiths, Bideford ; Cleave, Totnes ; and Whitfield, Tavistock , [1793]. - Advertised in Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 4 July 1793. Not in ESTC. - Held by: No copy traced. Subjects: Devon. Stoke Damerel. Churches. Stoke Damerel Parish Church. Sermons. 1793.
Bideford. Handford, T. 1805. Printer and bookseller.
Bideford. Handford, T. 1805. Printer and bookseller. HERRING, Edmund. Verses addressed to the Right Honourable William Pitt on the signal vistory obtained by the fleet under the command of the late Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson over the combined fleets of France and Spain, October 21st, 1805. By the Rev. Edmund Herring, rector of Newton St. Petrock, Devon. - Bideford : Printed and sold by T.Handford, High Street , [1805]. - 4°. - *Dredge p.3.
Bideford. Hayman, John Gould. 1845. Printer. Rooker. Instow, North Devon : to be sold, ... 4th day of September ... all those three newly-built dwelling houses, ... at Lane End .... - Bideford : J.G.Hayman , [1845]. - 1 sheet. - ROOINS1845. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: LE B/BID/1845/08/11. - Subjects: Devon. Bideford. Houses. Lane End. Auction sales. 1845.
Bideford. Honey, E. 1861. Publisher. Pridham TL, MRCS. Observations on the result of treatment of nearly one hundred cases of asthma / TL Pridham MRCS MSA. - Bideford : E Honey , 1861. - 62p ; 22cm. - Local author. - Held by: BAR: 616.2/BN/PRI. - Subjects: . Medical conditions. Asthma. 1861.
Bideford. Manning, Jane, Mrs. 1769 - 1795. Bookseller.
Bideford. Manning, Jane, Mrs. 1769. Bookseller*. HEAD, Isaac. A confutation of the observations on free masonry, by [...] I.Head, P.G.M.S. ... - Exeter : printed (for the author) by A. Brice and B. Thorn: and sold by Messrs. Hawes, Clarke, and Collins, Pater-Noster-Row, and Mr. Johnson, in Ludgate Street, London ; Mr. Goadby, Sherborne ; Mr. Furseman, Ashburton; Messrs. Haydon and Whitfield, Plymouth; Messrs. Manning and Martin, Launceston; Mr. Allison, Falmouth; Mr. Rogers, Helstone; Mr. Hewitt, Penzance; Mrs. Manning, Bideford; Mr. Thorn, Exeter; and by the Author, at St. Mary’s Island, Scilly, MDCCLXIX. [1769]. - [2],ii,102p ; 8°. - Dredge p.29 (Bibliotheca Cornubiensia); *ESTC t125943.
Bideford. Manning, Jane, Mrs. 1795. Bookseller*. Morrison, Thomas Hooper. The duty of arming for the defence of our country, in time of danger. Recommended in a sermon preached in the parish church of Hartland, on Sunday the 21st of December, 1794, before part of the North Devon Volunteers. By Thomas H.Harrison, M.A. fellow of New College, Oxford. - Exeter : Printed and sold by Trewman and Son, High Street, sold also by G. and T.Wilkie, London; Mrs. Manning, Bideford; and all other booksellers in town and country , [1795]. - 17,[1]p ; 8°. - *Devon Heritage Centre; ESTC t060067.
Bideford. North Devon Times. 1883. Printer. Thompson, Mrs. A Guide to some excursions around Dartmoor / by Mrs Thompson. - Bideford : North Devon Times , 1883. - 23p : ill ; 19cm. - Matchcode THOGUI1883. - Held by: WSL : pB/DAR 5/1883/THO. - Subjects: Devon. Dartmoor. Guides. 1883
Bideford. Perkin and Co. 1884. Printer. Vincent, Claud. Poems / by Claud Vincent. - Bideford : Perkin & Co. , 1884. - xii,95,[9]p ; 16cm. - Matchcode VINPOE1884. - Held by: WSL : Not acquired WSL ; North Devon Athenaeum: D821/VIN. - Subjects: Devon. Writers. Vincent, Claud. Works. Poetry
Bideford. Perkin, Frederick. 1883. Printer. Watkins, John. The history of Bideford / by John Watkins 1792. - Bideford : Frederick Perkin , 1883. - xiv,280p ; 17cm. - Matchcode WATHIS1883. - Reprint of work first published: Exeter : E.Grigg , 1792. - Held by: WSL : sB/BID/0001/WAT ; Barnstaple: BT:BID/0001/WAT ; North Devon Athenaeum: D900BID/WAT. - Subjects: Devon. Bideford. History. -1792.
Bideford. Ridley, E. H. 1879. - Granville, Roger. Holy communion generally necessary to salvation : a sermon preached at S.Mary's Bideford, on Sunday September 7th, 1879. - Bideford : E.H.Ridley , [1879]. - 15p ; 17cm. - Held by: : Devon Heritage Centre : p252/BID/GRA. - Subjects: Devon. Bideford. Sermons. Texts. 1879.
Bideford. Staveley, Henry Miles. 1860. Author and publisher. Staveley, Henry Miles. Barum : or, North Devonshire : a poem / by Henry Miles Staveley. - Bideford : Pr.for the author , 1860. - [4],20p : ill ; 19cm. - Cover title: Barnstaple poems. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: p821/STA ; North Devon Athenaeum: D821/BAR. - Subjects: Devon. Barnstaple. Poetry. Staveley, Henry Miles. Texts.
Bideford. Tedrake, Thomas 1880? Printer. The great maddle and puddle scheme for water supply Northam district. - Bideford : T.Tedrake, printer , [1880?. - 1 sheet. - Held by: WSL: ME B/NOR/1880. - Subjects: Devon. Northam. Water supply. 1880.
Bideford. Tedrake, Thomas. 1882. Printer. Vincent, Claud. First poems / by Claud Vincent. - Bideford : Thomas Tedrake , 1882. - 52p ; 19cm. - Matchcode VINFIR1882. - Subjects: Westcountry. Poetry. Texts.
Bideford. United Services College. 1881. Evans, H.A. A hand-list of the plants occuring within seven miles of the United Services College, Westward Ho. - Bideford : U.S.C , 1881. - 47,[5]p ; 21cm. - Held by: WSL : p581/WES/EVA ; North Devon Athenaeum: D040/NIN. - Subjects: Devon. Westward Ho!. Plants. Lists. 1881.
Bideford. Wilson Brothers. 1860. COPY of a letter of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. - Bideford : Wilson Brothers , [1860?].
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825 - 1865. Bookseller.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825. Printer. WILSON, J. [North Devon views]. - Bideford : J.Wilson , [1825?]. - Set of at least 8 line engravings. - Somers Cocks S61.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/35. Printer. Faith, hope, & charity ["Faith unto heaven points the way ..."]. - Printed and Sold by J. Wilson, Quay Bideford. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(459/460)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Jesus says there's room. - Printed and Sold by John Wilson, Bridge Street, Bideford . – Contents: Heaven is my home! ["I was a sinner far from God ..." and] The lovely name of Jesus! ["Come children, come and let us sing ..."]. Part of an uncut sheet with title: Jesus says there's room, Firth b.26(475). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(476)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The lovely name of Jesus!. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Part of a sheet of eight. See Firth b.26(467/468). Contents of this section: Old Towler ["Bright chanticleer proclaims the dawn ..." and] The woodpecker ["I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd ..."]. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(477)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Popular songs. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. – Contents: The painful plough ["Come all you jolly ploughmen of courage stout and bold ..." and] I've been roaming ["I've been roaming, I've been roaming ..."]. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(485) ; Harding B 11(2937) ;Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Home, sweet home ["Mid pleasures and places [sic] tho' we may roam ...", by John Howard Payne. With an additional verse] [and] Answer to Home, sweet home ["I was courted by a young man, who led me astray ..."]. – [Bideford] : [J.Wilson] , [1825/65]. Appear also in a sheet of eight ballads; see Firth b.26(467/ 468). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.27(365) ; Harding B 11(1564)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Jesus says there's room ["Tis Jesus voice I now do hear ..." and] The prodigal's welcome ["The wanderer no more will roam ...", by M.J. Walker]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(478) ; Firth b.34(152)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Old Towler ["Bright chanticleer proclaims the dawn ..."] [and] The woodpecker ["I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd ..."] . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Appear also in a sheet of eight ballads; see Firth b.26(467/ 468). The Woodpecker, written by Thomas Moore in 1801. A copy appeared in the Vocal Library in 1820; another in Little Warbler and Comic Songs as printed by Oliver and Boyd in Edinburgh 1820; yet another in the Model Song Book c.1848. Many separate printings by Pitts and Catnach and several other London printers - Hodges, Ryle and Paul, Batchelar, Taylor; outside London - Gibbs in Ledbury, Child and agents in Hereford and other towns in the south west midlands, Harkness; Swindells; Oliver in Darlington. Also Besley in Exeter. Baring-Gould states that the music was by Michael Kelly, a Dublin composer; and several copies note that John Braham sang it. It also evoked two known Answers, from Harkness and Evans. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(2832) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Ratcatcher's daughter ["Not long ago in Vestminster ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. The Ratcatcher's Daughter was not, apparently, widely printed. Only Harkness has been identified apart from Wilson. Harkness printed the piece in two forms, the one beginning 'In Westminster not long ago…' and the other adopting a fashionable V instead of a W. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.18(228) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Smoky house, and scolding wife ["The tale is true I've often heard [and] Second thoughts are best ["Come write me down ye powers above ..."]. - [Bideford] : [J. Wilson] , [1825/65]. See Firth b.26(467/468) for imprint. For the first illustration, see Davison catalogue, No. 322. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(3551)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Shepherds rejoice! ["Shepherds, rejoice, lift up your eyes ..." and] Star of Bethlehem! ["When marshall'd on the nightly plain ..." and] Teach me thy love ["Teach me thy love to know ..." and] While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night ["While shepherds watch'd their flocks by night ..."]. - A variety of Hymns printed & sold By John Wilson, Bideford. – Four carols on sheet. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(480) ; Firth b.34(62)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Smoky house, and scolding wife ["The tale is true I've often heard [and] Second thoughts are best ["Come write me down ye powers above ..."]. - [Bideford] : [J. Wilson] , [1825/65]. See Firth b.26(467/468) for imprint. For the first illustration, see Davison catalogue, No. 322. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(3551)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. Smoky house, and scolding wife ["The tale is true I've often heard ..." and] Second thoughts are best ["Come write me down ye powers above ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Part of a sheet of eight; see Firth b.26(467/468). Smoky House and Scolding Wife, after Wilson, the evidence for printings is small: Pitts and Hoggett in Durham. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.27(115) ; Firth c.20(111) ; Brown Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The fisherman's girl ["It was down in the country a poor girl was weeping ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. The Fisherman's Girl is one of those pieces in the Wilson repertoire perhaps associated with religious revivalism. In printers' catalogues from Pitts, Birt, Fordyce and Collard but not many printings extant besides that from Wilson: one from Swindells, some from Fordyce and one from Ordoyno in Nottingham. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.12 (447) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The new fashion'd farmer ["Good people all I pray attend ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. The New-Fashion'd Farmer lamented the change whereby farmers now aped the more sophisticated in society and their daughters, in similar style, took up the pianoforte, coincidental with the appearance of the fashionable upright as opposed to square piano mid-century. This piece has only been attributed to one printer, Pitts, apart from Wilson, although some unattributed copies exist. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.16(283) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The outlandish knight ["An outlandish knight came from the north lands ..."] . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Printed on green paper. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Harding B 11(2889)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The wandering boy ["When the winter wind whistles along the wild moor ..."], by Henry Kirk White [and] Old Towler ["Bright chanticleer proclaims the dawn ..."] [and] The mariner's compass ["Sam spritsail's a lad you delight in ..."] [and] The woodpecker ["I knew by the smoke that so gracefully curl'd ..."] [and] Smoky house, and scolding wife ["The tale is true I've often heard ..."] [and] Home, sweet home ["Mid pleasures and places [sic] tho' we may roam ..."]by John Howard Payne [and] Second thoughts are best ["Come write me down ye powers above ..."] [and] Answer to Home, sweet home ["I was courted by a young man, who led me astray ..."] . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. 8 ballads on sheet: 8. See Harding B 11(4026). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(467/468)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The wandering boy ["When the winter wind whistles along the wild moor ...", by Henry Kirke White, and] The mariner's compass ["Sam spritsail's a lad you delight in ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. See Firth b.26(467/468). The Wandering Boy was widely printed and both Pitts and Catnach indicated on copy that it was performed for popular entertainment - sung by a Master Hyde and by one Freyer at a London concert. The author was Henry Kirk White (1785-1806). Wilson's text takes a usual form, different from Pratt (Birmingham) which began, 'I was born in the country far over the mountains…' (another written piece by H Harrison Roberts). The Wilson form appeared on a Pitts songsheet which had the title Caroline Triumphant probably dating from 1820-1821 when George IV was trying to rid himself of his queen although the piece probably arrived in broadside repertoire before this. It also evoked an Answer from Walker in Norwich. Kendrew of York issued it alongside The Wandering Girl, another popular piece. The Mariners Compass appeared as a Pitts imprint and in several catalogues and in the Wilson form began 'Sam Spritsail's the lad you delight in'. Jennings and Catnach had the piece too. There was another version (not in Wilson's stock), seemingly issued mid-century, beginning 'You sons of the main that delight in the flood' - printed by Jackson and Harkness, for example. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.27(2) ; Harding B 11(4026); Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1825/65. Printer. The whole hog or none ["I've just arrived across the sea ..." and] The perfect cure ["Young Love he plays some funny tricks ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. The Whole Hog or None has many varients. Wilson refers to Sydenham Palace, a Mr Blondini, presumably Charles Blondini, who crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope several times during 1859-1860. Apart from Wilson, Fortey, Disley and Such are the only ascertainable names associated with issue and none offered the same text as Wilson which seems to be unique. The Perfect Cure is another mid-century piece. In one version he pays half-a-crown a week - not in Wilson where he merely pays 'for what I never done' (this is the same as in Harkness). In one other copy, the piece was evidently sung by a Master Simonds 'with applause at the Bell Hotel, Cheltenham'. Otherwise the piece does not appear to have had extensive take-up. -Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(481) ; Harding B 11(4169) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1827. Printer. BRENTANO, Peter. Translations from the Old Testament (dividing of time), explaining the causes of solidity and perpetual motion. By Peter Brentano. Published April and July, 1827. ... - Bideford : Printed by J.Wilson , [1827]. - 8°. - *Dredge, p.3.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1829. Printer. A SKETCH in humble imitation of the celebrated poetical, prosaical, philosophical, historical, biographical, metaphysical, and other remarkable, rise and progress of principal towns & villages in the north of Devon! Illustrating what has been said of Barnstaple, as the metropolis! Ilfracombe its Brighton! Bideford, Torrington, Appledore, Clovelly, Hartland, Lundy, &c. &c. ... - Bideford : Printed by J.Wilson; and sold by all booksellers , 1829. - [4],iv,57,[1]p ; 20cm. - Davidson p.10. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: s080/DEV/20 no. 7. - Subjects: Devon. North Devon. Poetry. Sketch. Texts.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1830/37. Printer. Christmas anthems. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. – Contents: England's golden days ["I'll sing, but 'tis an English song, and O! I love to praise ..." and] The red-cross banner ["England, if still thy patriot fires ..."] Firth b.26(455) originally a sheet with Firth b.26(471), Firth b.26(479) and Firth b.26(484); on the reverse is another ballad: The King, god bless him! [George IV]. Only Wilson recorded as printing England's golden days. The Red-Cross Banner appears to have been a mid-century production, an eulogy for England's glory. Apart from the Wilson copy, the piece appears in one or two catalogues, and is attributed to Fortey - the only other name pinpointed. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(455) ; Harding B 11(1073) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1830/37. Printer. Carry me back to ole Virginny shore ["Oh, if I was only young again ..."] [and] The mariner's grave ["I remember the night was stormy and wet ..."] . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Originally a sheet with Firth b.26(455), Firth b.26(479) and Firth b.26(484). On reverse, another ballad: The King, God bless him! [George IV]. Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny Shore , written by Charles T White in 1847 is not to be confused with the better-known Carry Me Back to Ole Virginny (1878). It was apparently sung by Confederate soldiers as they re-crossed the Potomac after the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg. It seems to have been a rarity in broadside printing terms, found only in Wilson's and Ryle's stock, although it appeared also in a couple of Christy Minstrel songbooks. The Mariner's Grave recorded mid-century amongst the major London printers, Ryle, Paul, Birt, Hodges, Disley and Such, also with Harkness, Ross, Walker and Allerton (York) in the north, Ringham in Lincoln and Sefton in Worcester. It appeared in various catalogues and in the New Concert Room Songster dating from 1854. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(471) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1835/37. Printer. The Rose of Allandale ["The morn was fair, the skies were clear ..." and] I've been roaming ["Ive been roaming, Ive been roaming ..." and] The moon is up ["The moon is up, and in the sky ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Originally a sheet with Firth b.26(455), Firth b.26(471) and Firth b.26(484). On reverse, another ballad: The King, God bless him! [George IV]. The Rose of Allandale first appeared in 1835. Pitts and Catnach printed The moon is up, also The London Melodist, printed around 1831, inthe provinces Williams in Portsea and Jackson and Pratt in Birmingham. I've Been Roaming popular in the concert hall, sung by Madame Vestris, by Catherine Stephens (and, in parody form, by one, Liston). On one copy a tune is given as sung by Catherine Stephens. The piece was widely printed and is credited to a George Soame, with music by C E Horne. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(479) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1835/45. Printer. New union hymn ["Come, saints and sinners, here [sic] me tell ..." and] The soul's enjoyment, or The road to Heaven ["Warm was his heart, his faith was strong ..."]. - Wilson, Printer and Stationer, High Street, Bideford. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.34(205)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1836. REMINISCENCES of the life and death of Captain Henry Clarke ... - Bideford : John Wilson , 1836. - In pamphlet and broadsheet versions.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1837. Printer. Alford, Henry. Manual of devotion for the visitation of the sick etc. to which / by Rev. Henry Alford, A.M., Master of the Grammar School, Bideford and Vicar of Launcells. - Bideford : J.Wilson , 1837. - 154p ; 18cm. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: s242.4/GEN/ALF. - Subjects: Christian church. Prayers. Sick persons. Manuals..
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1838/65. Printer. Answer to Jeannette and Jeannot ["Cheer up, cheer up my own Jeannette ..."] [and] The gipsy's tent ["Our fire on the turf and tent 'neath the hill ..."] [and] Life on the ocean wave ["A life on the ocean wave, a home on the rolling deep ..."], by E. Serjeant. . - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Illus. Three ballads on sheet. Printed on printer's waste; on reverse is part of a single- sheet gazetteer. The words of The Gypsy's Tent are credited to a 'Miss Cook', that is, Eliza Cook (1818-1889). It appeared in a number of printer's catalogues - Sanderson, Pearson, Johnson etc - and in the stock of several mid-century printers such as Paul, Ryle and Hodges in London, Jackson in Birmingham, Harkness in Preston and Walker in Durham - where the information suggests a date of issue before 1834. Such continued to print it. It re-emerged in the opera Loriena in 1882 as a piece with music by the American composer, Septimus Winner (1827-1902). Life on the ocean wave, now the celebrated march of the Royal Marines, dates from 1838, with words by one, Epes Sargeant (1812-1880), and music by Henry Russell (1810-1900). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(472) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1840. A SHORT sketch of the interesting scenery and historical records of Bideford and its vicinity. - Bideford : John Wilson , [1840?].
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1840/65. Printer. Jeannette and Jeannot ["You are going far away ..." and] The polka ["Among all classes high and low ...". To the tune of: Boatman's dance]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. - Printed on printer's waste, printing on reverse. Jeannette and Jeannot is also recorded by Ross, Harkess, Paul, Ryle, Pratt, Warr, Goode, Johnson etc. and it inspired an Answer printed by Henson in Northampton, Walker in Durham, Harkness in Preston, Ryle and Paul in London etc. which Wilson also printed and there was yet another piece entitled Jeannot's Return (not in the Wilson stock). Selkirk in Newcastle seems to have made the tale a special subject, printing Jeannette and Jeannot, Jeannette's Farewell and The Soldier's Wedding ('Give me your hand, my own Jeannette'). Jeannette's and Jeannot's Wedding appeared from Dalton in York. Pratt printed 'From the field of fight returning' another piece on the couple. But there are no Pitts or Catnach printings and the evidence emerging from the list of printers given above seems to point nearer to the mid-century mark for first issue. It also inspired at least a polka and a quickstep. The piece is credited to Charles Jefferies (1806-1863) with music by Charles W Grover (1807-1865) which might help pinpoint a first issue during the heyday of broadside printing during the 1830s and 1840s. The polka version would not have appeared until more or less mid-century: there is no evidence that the polka as form entered England before the 1840s, indeed, its invention is credited to a Bohemian girl around 1835. The Polka to the tune of the Boatman's Dance mentions 'Vic and Al' and 'old duke Nosey' (Wellington), also solidly mid-century. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.21(155) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1841. Printer. Alford, Henry Rev. A brief Introduction to the Study of the Scriptures : adapted to the capacity of youth / Rev. Henry Alford. - Bideford : J Wilson , 1841. - 342. - Rev Henry Alford Master of Bideford Grammar School - signed by John Paty March 1845. Questions and anwers on religious texts. - Held by: Barnstaple: 823/ALF. - Subjects: Devon. Religious Texts. Alford, Henry. Texts.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1847. Printer. Lady Franklin's lament ["My Franklin dear long has been gone ..."]. - Wilson Printer Bideford. On Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), lost in the Arctic. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.12(81) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1848/65. Printer. A dying son's farewell. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. – Contents: The Rose of Ardee ["When first to this country a stranger I came ..." and] Uncle Ned ["I once knew a nigger and his name was Uncle Ned ..."]. Originally a sheet with Firth b.26(455), Firth b.26(471) and Firth b.26(479). On reverse, another ballad: The King, God bless him! The Rose of Ardee is found in Pitts and Catnach and then in a number of country printers' stock. Uncle Ned, was a Stephen Foster composition dating from 1848 and is credited with an unusual degree of sympathy for the negro. The broadside take-up seems to have been limited - Hodges, Ross, Pratt and Jackson in Birmingham; but there were several printings in songbooks and the piece continued in popularity throughout the century. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(484) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1849. Printer. An account of the murder of Mrs. Henrichson at Liverpool, together with her two little boys, and an infant she gave birth to before she died of her wounds, and also of Ann Parr her servant, who gave witness before she expired in the hospital against a lodger by the name of Morris, perpetrated in Mar. 1849 and prisoner, whose name is not exactly known, remains to be tried summer assizes ... - [Bideford] : Wilson, printer, [1849].-- 1 sheet ([1] p.) : port. ; 27 x 18 cm. - Notes: First line of song concerning John Gleeson Wilson, who was convicted, on August 22, 1849, of the murder of Mary Parr, the servant of Mrs. Henrichson: Of all the crimes that guilty man.. - Sources: COPAC (British Library).
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1849. Printer. An electioneering "ditty", for the first day of November, A.D. 1849 ["There goes Richard Lake, with votes stiff as a stake ..."] . - Printed for the benefit of the cause, by Wilson, Printer, Alhalland Street, Bideford. To the tune of: Abraham Newland. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.16(469).
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1850. WILSON, John. Wilson's view of the universe &c., including the history of Bideford. - Bideford : John Wilson , [1850?].
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1850. Printer. NORTH Devon historical guide. - Bideford : John Wilson , [1850?].
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1850/65. Printer. Wait for the waggon ["Will you come with me my Phillis dear ..." and] Auld days ["The merry days of old! how dear ..." and] Minnie ["When the sun is high in the bright blue sky ..."]. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Wait for the Waggon first appeared around 1850. Only Wilson recorded as printing Auld days. Minnie seems to have been a mid-century concoction, issued by Fortey, Disley and Ryle in London, Bebbington in Manchester, Forth in Pocklington, Andrews in Leeds and Pratt in Birmingham. Ryle's copies indicate performance at the Drury Lane Theatre. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(482) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854. Printer. Free for All!. - Wilson, Printer, Bideford. Contents: The soldier's prayer ["It was autumn when we started from our homes and happy shore ..." and] I die for my country ["I must now bid adieu to the ocean ..."]. With a prose biographical sketch of Lord Raglan. On the Crimean War. Neither of these pieces appears to have been printed by anyone bar Wilson. - Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(483) ; Firth c.14(361) ; Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. Free for all!. - Printed and Sold by J. Wilson, Engraver and Bookbinder, Bridge-Street, Bideford, Devon. Two hymns on sheet. Contents: The Christian soldier ["I by faith enlisted am ..." and] I bid you all farewell ["I am a sinner quite undone ..."]. Part of an uncut sheet with: The Virgin Mary, Firth b.26(469). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(470)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. The Virgin Mary. - Printed and Sold by J. Wilson, Engraver and Bookbinder, Bridge Street, Bideford. – Contents: I love my Jesus ["I love my Jesus ..." and] The Masonic hymn ["Come all you freemasons that dwell 'round the globe ..." and] Saint's sweet rest ["While storms of distress and seas full of grief ..."]. Three hymns on sheet. Part of an uncut sheet with: Free for All!, Firth b.26(470). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(469)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. Christ is come to reign ["Yonder see the Lord descending ..."] [and] His trumpet sounds ["That day of wrath, that direful day ..."] [and] Heaven is my home! ["I was a sinner far from god ..."] [and] The sinner's wants ["I want to lay all sin aside ..."] [and] The stages of life! From the cradle to the grave ["His vain delusive thoughts are filled ..."] . - John Wilson, Printer, Bookbinder &c., Bridge Street, Bideford, Devon. 5 hymns on sheet: 5. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(486/487)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. Christ offering living water. Anti-strong-drink ["Since Balaam thou hast been rebuk'd ..."]. - Printed and Sold by J. Wilson, Engraver and Bookbinder, Bridge Street, Bideford, Devon. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth c.22(138)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. Jesus says there's room ["Tis Jesu's voice I now do hear ..."] and] Faith! Hope! ["Saith Faith, look yonder, there's my crown ..." and] The sinner's hymn ["Jesus, who made the meanest soul ..."]. - Printed and Sold by John Wilson, Bridge Street, Bideford. Part of an uncut sheet with: The lovely name of Jesus!, Firth b.26(476). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(475)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1854/63. Printer. The Virgin Mary. - Printed and Sold by John Wilson, Bridge Street, Bideford. – Contents: The gospel news is sounding ["Hark, the gospel news is sounding ..." and] The Christian's hope ["Our souls are in his mighty hand ..." and] Remember Calvary ["Sinners go along with me ..."]. Three hymns on sheet. Part of an uncut sheet with: The harvest home, Firth b.26(474). Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(473)
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1855. Printer. Bideford. Watch Committee. Regulations framed by the Watch Committee of the Borough of Bideford, .. police and constables... - Bideford : J.Wilson (printer) , 1855. - 19p ; 17cm. - Held by: North Devon Athenaeum: D363BID/WAT. - Subjects: Devon. Bideford. Police. Regulations. 1855.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1855. Printer. Wilson, John. Opening of the North Devon Railway from Bideford to Barnstaple, on Monday 29th. October, 1855. - Bideford : Wilson, printer , [1855]. - 1 sheet. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: LE B/BID/1855. - Subjects: Devon. Bideford. Railways. North Devon Railway. Opening. Poetry. 1855.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1856. Printer. The Braunds of Bucks! The Braunds of Bucks! - [Bedeford] : [J. Wilson] , 1856. On the heroics of James Braund, fisherman pilot (christened 31st December 1809, married Mary Ann 15th March 1832, lived at Bucks Mill Hamlet, Parkham, Devon) with the inscription: "James Braunds; within the last 8 years saved 7 lives, with a little herring-boat, besides vessels, and on going off to a ship in distress, she was driven over Bideford Bar, and his boat forced to follow the vessel's perilous track, miraculously escaping." - Sources: Brown, Roly.
Bideford. Wilson, John. 1863. Printer. The Gospel news. - Bideford: Printed for the Vendor, by J. Wilson, Bridge- Street, 1863. Contents: On the tree ["Behold, behold the Lamb of God ..." and] The lord will provide ["Though troubles assail ..." and] A dying son's farewell ["Weep not for me mother, because I must die ..."] and] Canaan, bright Canaan ["What has Jesus done for me? ..." and] The Christian's dream ["One night as I lay sleeping ..." and] Will you go? ["We're trav'ling home to heaven above ..."]. Six hymns on sheet. Sources: Bodleian (Allegro) Firth b.26(463/464)
Bideford. [s. n.]. 1863. Printer. Ye past, ye present and ye future of ye Burrows of Northam, being two lectures, read in November and December 1863, at the penny readings, at ... Bideford. - Bideford : [s.n.] , 1863. - 14p ; 25cm. - Held by: Devon Heritage Centre: p551.457/NOR/PAS ; Barnstaple: 719/NOR 1/PYN. - Subjects: Devon. Northam. Pebble ridges. Northam Burrows. Management. 1863.
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