An unusual Pigot's classified trade directory, that covers 6 major manufacturing towns in England.    

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One of the very comprehensive White's directories.    

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As is usual with any White's directory this is an incredibly detailed history and directory of Leeds.    

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The enormous pull out map will be a great benefit for researchers, even those who know Leeds now, it has changed quite a bit! Anyone researching Leeds should have a copy of this CD.    

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A superb example of William White's more localised directories covering Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Bingley, Keighley, Skipton, Settle, Todmorden and roughly six hundred villages and hamlets.    

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THE IDEAL COMPANION AND INDEX TO THE 1891 CENSUS A wonderfully comprehensive directory containing details of the residents and commercial traders in Leeds, Sheffield and Rotherham and their neighbourhoods.    

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With a coloured map and plan of Hull. Incredibly detailed information about the county and places. Excellent, comprehensive lists of residents with their trades.A fabulous resource for family historians    

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It is rare to find a White's directory this old. They are typically comprehensive for their time and include alongside the alphabetical lists of residents with their trades. A great resource!    

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One of the books that was loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by the Family Records Centre in London, as part of their co-operative venture to digitise their collection. The Post Office Directories (published by Kelly's) set a new standard in quality and detail, with every place included, right down to the smallest village, with lists of residents and their trades, together with a classified trades directory.    

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An incredibly detailed and comprehensive history, topography and directory of each town, village and hamlet in the Cleveland and Richmond Divisions of North Yorkshire. Includes a superb map of the area. Each place in every parish described in great detail with lists of residents and separate lists of farmers.    

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This localised directory covers the towns, parishes, townships and villages within a 20 mile radius of Sheffield. Includes: Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Worksop (Notts.) Bawtry, Tickhill, Penistone, Chesterfield (Derbys.) Matlock, Alfreton, Bakewell, Tideswell, Chatsworth, Haddon, Bolsover, Welbeck, Clumber, and more than eight hundred hamlets in the counties of York, Derby and Nottingham    

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This localised directory covers the towns, parishes, townships and villages within a 20 mile radius of Sheffield. Includes: Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Worksop (Notts.) Bawtry, Tickhill, Penistone, Chesterfield (Derbys.) Matlock, Alfreton, Bakewell, Tideswell, Chatsworth, Haddon, Bolsover, Welbeck, Clumber, and more than eight hundred hamlets in the counties of York, Derby and Nottingham    

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An extremely rare and early directory of Sheffield and surrounding villages. Particularly interesting as it contains all of the knife, etc. manufacturer's marks    

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This directory covers Sheffield, Rotherham and the suburbs around these towns, including, Abbeydale, Beauchief, Beighton, Bradford,Chapeltown, Denaby, Dronfield, Mexborough, Parkgate, Stannington, Stockbridge, Wadsley Bridge, amongst others. Chapters contain superb descriptions of Sheffield and it's amenities such as water works, gas works, drainage, banks, Churches, schools, theatres, clubs and transport, which makes for excellent background research. You can read all about how the town actually functioned and the role your ancestor's played in town life. You can identify people either by looking up their trade, their street or their name, a very useful book indeed.    

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Incredibly detailed descriptions of places and superb directories of almost every person, from gardener to gentleman. Includes Rotherham, plus Chesterfield and dozens of viilages in Derbyshire.    

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THE IDEAL COMPANION AND INDEX TO THE 1891 CENSUS A wonderfully comprehensive directory containing every detail of the towns and village in The West Riding. (Note: excludes Leeds, Sheffield, Rotherham and their adjacent villages - see 9031-2 below). In each place there are list of private residents and commercial traders, plus a huge alphabetical directory that covers the whole area. The larger towns have a house by house, street by street listing of households! The trick here is to use the directory to track your ancestor down, their name and where they lived. Then use the other information in the directory to build up a picture of what the village was like, where they bought their food, where they drank their ale, who ran the Post Office etc. This is what Family History is all about This book was kindly loaned to The Archive CD Books Project by The Family Records Centre (the PRO) in London.    

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Weighing in at 1619 pages, this directory cover the whole of the West Riding. The introductory pages describe the West Riding in general, its unions, registration districts, lists of the wapantakes and the places contained in them, parliamentary representation, military, hunting, fairs & markets. The West Riding County Council, magistrates, and a chapter on the geology. Then follows the main part of the directory. A gazetteer of all towns, villages and hamlets, each with a description, facilities, private residents and commercial residents and those with trades. Larger places (such as Huddersfield), have a complete street directory listing with numbered houses and all heads of household listed, plus an alphabetical listing of people. (All that takes up the first 1050 pages. There is a Private Residents Directory (although not all residents) amounting to 146 pages of small type in three columns; and finally a classified Trades and Professional Directory (pp. 1197-1619). (Note: this directory excludes Sheffield, Bradford, Rotherham and Leeds.)    

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An incredibly rare directory. Includes only the main towns and market towns, and not the villages in the county.    

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Contains an immense amount of information for both historians and genealogists.    

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An excellent early directory of Yorkshire, complete with its original map of 1828 that you can zoom in and in to the finest detail.    

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An early directory containing descriptions of the larger towns and villages in the county.An easy way to find ancestors and to discover more about their lives.    

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A huge directory of mainly the professional classes in the county as well as a beautiful and incredibly detailed map of the whole county.    

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Excellent history of the West Riding of Yorkshire and each town, with lots of detail about each place to add to your family history.    

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Each town village and hamlet has a description of its history and local facilities such as schools, churches and hospitals etc. plus directories of tradespeople and private residents.    

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