Antique 19th Edition “Railway and Commercial Gazetteer of England, Scotland, and Wales” – McCorquodale & Co.
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A nineteenth edition of "The Railway and Commercial Gazetteer of England, Scotland, and Wales", published by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. of London. Based on the typography, content, and publishers, this volume likely dates to the late 19th or early 20th century—possibly around the 1890s–1910s.
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This is a commercial gazetteer—a comprehensive reference book listing towns, villages, railway stations, parishes, and hamlets in Great Britain. Its focus is:
Distances from London by rail and road
Lines of rail and nearest railway stations
Population data (from the last census at the time)
Postal and telegraph services
Money order offices
“Through Rate” freight and passenger logistics, useful for shippers and traders.
Essentially, this was a logistical bible for:
Merchants and manufacturers
Railway and freight operators
Postal and telegraph service planners
Local governments and commercial agents
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Publisher
McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. was a well-established printing and publishing firm that specialised in railway timetables, government printing, and trade directories. Their clients included the British Post Office and many railway companies.
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Historical Value
This book is:
A primary source of historical transport, logistics, and geography data from the pre-WWI era.
Useful for family historians, local historians, railway enthusiasts, and collectors of Victorian/Edwardian trade ephemera.
Representative of the golden age of British railways when the rail network covered even small towns and villages.
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Condition - poor:
A worn cloth-bound hard cover with faded text.
Detached or partially detached spine and binding.
Chipped and creased pages, especially the title page.
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Despite the wear, it retains its integrity as a reference object and is still highly usable for research or decorative purposes.