Bradshaw's Guide

Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-Book for Travellers in Belgium, 1856

Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide, 1891

Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland, 1882

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]

List of Bradshaw's by geographic coverage

British Isles

1840s–1850s

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.
- Bradshaw's Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland. 1866. + Index

1860s–1870s

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
- Section 3: London and North Western, North Stafford, Lancashire and Yorkshire (Western section), Preston, Lancaster, and Carlisle, Ayrshire, Caledonian, and Scotch Railways + Index
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
- Section 1: Kent, Sussex, Hants, Dorset, Devon, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Wight + Index
Bradshaw's Illustrated Handbook for Tourists in Great Britain and Ireland. 1876.
- Section 1: (London and southern England)

Syria

Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Turkish Empire, 2: Syria & Palestine, London: W.J. Adams, c. 1873

Turkey

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

1830s–1840s

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

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

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

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.

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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.
1 2 3 4 "George Bradshaw", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., 1910, OCLC 14782424

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