Bradshaw's Handbook

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Morell, John Reynell (1867). Bradshaw's Handbook to the Paris International Exhibition 1867. London: W.J. Adams & Sons . Retrieved 8 February 2020. In the Terry Pratchett Discworld novel “Raising Steam,” Moist Von Lipwig meets a Mrs. Georgina Bradshaw who subsequently begins writing guides to rail destinations for the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Lat Hygienic Railway. Arles, a very old place, on the River Rhone, is the Roman Arelate, on the Via Aurelia. There is some trade in the port, but the interest for the traveller is in the Roman remains. In Jerome K. Jerome's 1891 novel Diary of a Pilgrimage, contains an aside called A Faithful Bradshaw. This section describes a comical incident where the author always gets misled by referring to outdated guides.

CATHEDRAL of St. Maurice, Romanesque-Gothic, of 12th-13th cent.; carving on the facade. Interior has sculpture, tapestry, finely carved pulpit; handsome windows. On north side of the Cathedral is the Bishop’s palace. Bradshaw Legacy". Bradshaw's Guides. UK: Old House Books & Maps. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013 . Retrieved 24 August 2013.

Fitzgerald, Percy (1890). The Story of "Bradshaw's Guide". London: The Leadenhall Press– via Google Books.

Photochrom images taken from the Photochrom Print Collection, digitised by the Library of Congress (Prints and Photographs Division). Bradshaw's general railway and steam navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland, 1896:June - No. 755 In December 1841, acting on a suggestion made by his London agent, William Jones Adams, Bradshaw reduced the price to the original sixpence, and began to issue the guides monthly under the title Bradshaw's Monthly Railway Guide. [4]Apply to Continental Inquiry Office, Victoria Station, or Charing Cross Station, London; or to Capt. Dixon, Dover; in Calais, to Capt. Blomefield, Gare Maritime; in Paris, to Capt. Churchward, 14, Rue du 4 Septembre. Now a lot has changed since 1888 and if you’re travelling from the UK for example, you won’t be catching a steamer from Newhaven to Dieppe anymore, but more likely, you’d get the Channel Tunnel over (although you can go somewhat old school by taking the Dover to Calais ferry). The trains around Europe won’t be old-world sleeper cars (unless you’re in Switzerland or you’re prepared to fork out for the Orient Express) but rather high-speed trains that cut the need for overnight journeys down to a matter of hours. You can however, still use your copy of Bradshaw’s to trace a historic route across the Continent because there are many historic places recommended in the 1888 guide still operating. Let’s highlight a few… La Crèmerie in Paris, 6ème

Bradshaw's Monthly Continental Railway, Steam Transit, and General Guide, for Travellers Through Europe. London: Adams & Sons. July 1887. BANK.—Exchange. Société Generale (de Paris), 215, Boulevard de la Plage.—English spoken. Letters of Credit and Circular notes cashed. Credits opened, etc. Apply London, 65, Regent street, W. A married woman is deemed to be a subject of the State of which her husband is for the time being a subject. Bradshaw's general railway and steam navigation guide for Great Britain and Ireland, 1863:January - No. 354 Greece.—No Regulations in force, except as regards persons entering the country by the land frontier, who are sometimes required to be in possession of Passports.Section 3: London and North Western, North Stafford, Lancashire and Yorkshire (Western section), Preston, Lancaster, and Carlisle, Ayrshire, Caledonian, and Scotch Railways + Index

GRAND HOTEL.—Large hotel; equipped with every modern comfort. Lift; electric light; central heating. Restaurant. Moderate tariff. See Advt.

Kerr, Michael (9 November 2012). "Bradshaw: the man behind the guide". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 2 December 2013. a b "The Passing of "Bradshaw" ". The Railway Magazine. Vol.107, no.721. London: Tothill Press. May 1961. p.298. ISSN 0033-8923.