Local Studies


Image: Etched on Devon's Memory
Creator:	Rowe, George
Title:	[ Direction-pillar, Bicton] / drawn from ... by George Rowe
Imprint:	Sidmouth : J.Wallis
Date:	[1829]
Format:	Lith title vign ; 125x155mm
Ref. no.:	SC0179
Notes:	Untitled. Title taken from list of plates called for

Copies:	WSL: M SC0179

Coverage:	Devon . Bicton . Direction posts . . . 1829

Last Updated:	02/12/2004

Associated text:	The direction post illustrated above is situated at a cross roads near Bicton. The pillar is made of brick with stone table and mouldings. Quotations apposite to travel have been inset into each side, together with place directions. They read as follows: "To Woodbury, Topsham, Exeter.- Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. To Brixton, Ottery, Honiton. - O hold up our goings in the Thy paths that our footsteps slip not. To Otterton, Sidmouth, Culliton (probably Colaton Raleigh), A.D. 1743. - O that our ways were made so direct that we might keep they statutes. To Budleigh. - Make us to go in the paths of Thy commandments, for therein is our desire." The Rolle Obelisk can be seen in the distance. It was erected in 1730, just outside the park. It has no inscription, and its sole function appears to have been to enhance the landscape. This information has been put together from a variety of sources as no contemporary references to the subject matter of the illustration have been found.

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