Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cornwall and Devon, 1783-1902

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><p>The aim of the project was to improve access to local and trade directories for the period 1750-1919 by making a substantial collection of English and Welsh directories available online as a Digital Library of Historical Directories.<br>
This digital resource comprises in total some 600 directories, covering every English county together with Wales, and ranging widely over the period 1750-1919 (the latter cut-off point chosen for copyright reasons). There is a particular focus on the 1850s, 1890s and 1910s, with at least one directory provided for each county in each of these decades.<br>
The digitisation of the volumes involved a two-stage process, in which (1) the hard-copy source was scanned to produce a graphic image of each page, and then (2) those images were processed using OCR software to generate a machine-readable text file.</p><p><br></p><p>An <a href="http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4" target="_blank">online version</a> of this resource can be found on the Website of the University of Leicester.<br>
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</p><br>This data collection includes the following directories:<br><br>- Bailey's&nbsp; Western&nbsp; and&nbsp; Midland&nbsp; Directory;&nbsp; or&nbsp; Merchant's&nbsp; and&nbsp; Tradesman's&nbsp; Useful&nbsp; Companion,&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; year,&nbsp; 1783.&nbsp; Containing&nbsp; an&nbsp; alphabetical&nbsp; list&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; names&nbsp; and&nbsp; places&nbsp; of&nbsp; abode,&nbsp; of&nbsp; the bankers, merchants, manufacturers, gentlemen of the law and physic, and other eminent traders ... [Cornwall section only] (1783)<br><br>- Pigot's&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Cornwall&nbsp; (1830)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; Journal&nbsp; and&nbsp; Almanack&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1850&nbsp; ...&nbsp; containing&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; most&nbsp; useful&nbsp; county&nbsp; and&nbsp; local&nbsp; information&nbsp; necessary&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; private&nbsp; gentleman,&nbsp; clergy&nbsp; and&nbsp; professional&nbsp; man,&nbsp; the&nbsp; merchant,&nbsp; tradesman,&nbsp; farmer,&nbsp; seaman,&nbsp; &amp;c.&nbsp; with&nbsp; complete&nbsp; memorandum&nbsp; and&nbsp; account&nbsp; book (1850)<br><br>- History,&nbsp; Gazetteer,&nbsp; and&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Devonshire,&nbsp; and the city and county of the city of Exeter (1850)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; Journal&nbsp; and&nbsp; Almanack&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1851&nbsp; ...&nbsp; containing&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; most&nbsp; useful&nbsp; county&nbsp; and&nbsp; local&nbsp; information&nbsp; necessary&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; private&nbsp; gentleman,&nbsp; clergy&nbsp; and&nbsp; professional&nbsp; man,&nbsp; the&nbsp; merchant,&nbsp; tradesman,&nbsp; farmer,&nbsp; seaman,&nbsp; &amp;c.&nbsp; with&nbsp; complete&nbsp; memorandum&nbsp; and&nbsp; account&nbsp; book (1851)<br><br>- A&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Plymouth,&nbsp; Stonehouse,&nbsp; Devonport,&nbsp; Stoke, and Moricetown, compiled from actual survey (1852)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; Journal&nbsp; and&nbsp; Almanack&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1852&nbsp; ...&nbsp; containing&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; most&nbsp; useful&nbsp; county&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; local&nbsp; information,&nbsp; necessary&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; private&nbsp; gentleman,&nbsp; clergy&nbsp; and&nbsp; professional&nbsp; man,&nbsp; the&nbsp; merchant,&nbsp; tradesman,&nbsp; farmer,&nbsp; seaman,&nbsp; &amp;c.&nbsp; with&nbsp; complete&nbsp; memorandum&nbsp; and&nbsp; account&nbsp; book (1852)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; Journal&nbsp; and&nbsp; Almanack&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1853&nbsp; ...&nbsp; containing&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; most&nbsp; useful&nbsp; county&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; local&nbsp; information,&nbsp; necessary&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; private&nbsp; gentleman,&nbsp; clergy&nbsp; and&nbsp; professional&nbsp; man,&nbsp; the&nbsp; merchant,&nbsp; tradesman,&nbsp; farmer,&nbsp; seaman,&nbsp; &amp;c.&nbsp; with&nbsp; complete&nbsp; memorandum&nbsp; and&nbsp; account&nbsp; book (1853)<br><br>- West of England Pocket Book, or gentleman's diary, with an almanack (1853)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; Journal&nbsp; and&nbsp; Almanack&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1854&nbsp; ...&nbsp; containing&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; most&nbsp; useful&nbsp; county&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; local&nbsp; information,&nbsp; necessary&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; private&nbsp; gentleman,&nbsp; clergy&nbsp; and&nbsp; professional&nbsp; man,&nbsp; the&nbsp; merchant,&nbsp; tradesman,&nbsp; farmer,&nbsp; seaman,&nbsp; &amp;c.&nbsp; with&nbsp; complete&nbsp; memorandum&nbsp; and&nbsp; account&nbsp; book (1854)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; Journal&nbsp; and&nbsp; Almanack&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1855&nbsp; ...&nbsp; containing&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; most&nbsp; useful&nbsp; county&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; local&nbsp; information,&nbsp; necessary&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; private&nbsp; gentleman,&nbsp; clergy&nbsp; and&nbsp; professional&nbsp; man,&nbsp; the&nbsp; merchant,&nbsp; tradesman,&nbsp; farmer,&nbsp; seaman,&nbsp; &amp;c.&nbsp; with&nbsp; complete&nbsp; memorandum&nbsp; and&nbsp; account&nbsp; book (1855)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; Pocket&nbsp; Journal&nbsp; and&nbsp; Almanac,&nbsp; with&nbsp; a&nbsp; memorandum and account book (1856)<br><br>- Post Office Directory of Cornwall (1856)<br><br>- The Exeter Pocket Journal and Almanack, with a memorandum and account book (1857)<br><br>- West&nbsp; of&nbsp; England&nbsp; and&nbsp; Trewman's&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; Pocket&nbsp; Journal, or Gentleman's Diary, with an almanac (1858)<br><br>- West&nbsp; of&nbsp; England&nbsp; and&nbsp; Trewman's&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; Pocket&nbsp; Journal, or Gentleman's Diary, with an Almanack (1859)<br><br>- A&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Redruth&nbsp; and&nbsp; its&nbsp; Neighbourhood;&nbsp; being&nbsp; an&nbsp; alphabetical&nbsp; list&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; residences,&nbsp; names,&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; trades&nbsp; of&nbsp; persons residing in the four parishes of Redruth, Illogan, Gwennap, and Stithians,&nbsp; with&nbsp; a&nbsp; brief&nbsp; history&nbsp; of&nbsp; Redruth,&nbsp; Carnbrea,&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Gwennap&nbsp; Pit,&nbsp; and a list of the mines and their managers (1866)<br><br>- Post Office Cornwall Directory (1873)<br><br>- History, Gazetteer and Directory of the county of Devon including the city of Exeter, and comprising a general survey of the&nbsp; county&nbsp; and&nbsp; separate&nbsp; historical,&nbsp; statistical,&nbsp; and&nbsp; topographical&nbsp; descriptions&nbsp; of&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; hundreds,&nbsp; unions,&nbsp; parishes,&nbsp; townships,&nbsp; chapelries, towns, ports, villages &amp; hamlets (1878-79)<br><br>- Kelly's&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Cornwall (1883)<br><br>- A&nbsp; Trade&nbsp; and&nbsp; General&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; City&nbsp; of&nbsp; Truro, with ... notice of its institutions, list of clergy in diocese, &amp;c. (1883)<br><br>- A&nbsp; Trade&nbsp; and&nbsp; General&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; City&nbsp; of&nbsp; Truro, with ... notice of its institutions, list of clergy in diocese, &amp;c. (1888)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Cornwall (1889)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Devonshire (1889)<br><br>- Eyre's Post Office Plymouth and Devonport District Directory,&nbsp; embracing&nbsp; also&nbsp; Stonehouse,&nbsp; Saltash,&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; district&nbsp; five&nbsp; miles&nbsp; round&nbsp; and&nbsp; including&nbsp; historical&nbsp; sketches&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; three&nbsp; towns&nbsp; and&nbsp; district (1890)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Post&nbsp; Office&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Falmouth&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Neighbourhood (1892)<br><br>- Kelly's&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Devonshire&nbsp; and&nbsp; Cornwall.&nbsp; [1893. Part 1. Devon: County &amp; Localities] (1893)<br><br>- Kelly's&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Devonshire&nbsp; and&nbsp; Cornwall.&nbsp; [1893. Part 2. Devon: Court &amp; Trades Directories] (1893)<br><br>- Kelly's&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Devonshire&nbsp; and&nbsp; Cornwall.&nbsp; [1893. Part 3: Cornwall &amp; Advertisements] (1893)<br><br>- Besley's&nbsp; Post&nbsp; Office&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; and&nbsp; Suburbs, for 1894-5 (1895)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Tiverton&nbsp; and&nbsp; District&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; 1894-5,&nbsp; comprising&nbsp; a&nbsp; specially&nbsp; compiled&nbsp; and&nbsp; carefully&nbsp; arranged&nbsp; list&nbsp; of&nbsp; residents in Tiverton and forty-three adjacent parishes (1895)<br><br>- Eyre's Post Office Plymouth and Devonport District Directory,&nbsp; embracing&nbsp; also&nbsp; Stonehouse,&nbsp; Saltash,&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; district&nbsp; five&nbsp; miles round, and including historical sketches of the three towns and district (1895)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Post&nbsp; Office&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Falmouth&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Neighbourhood (1895)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Post&nbsp; Office&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Exeter&nbsp; and&nbsp; Suburbs&nbsp; for 1895-6 (1896)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Cornwall (1897)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Post&nbsp; Office&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Falmouth&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Neighbourhood (1898)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Devonshire &amp; Cornwall, 1902. [Part 1: Devon] (1902)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Devonshire &amp; Cornwall, 1902. [Part 2: Cornwall] (1902)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Post&nbsp; Office&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Falmouth&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Neighbourhood (1902)<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR>The directories included are of many different kinds, commonly embracing trade, commercial, and private resident directories, together with gazetteers, almanacs, official information, etc. For the purposes of deposit in the UK Data Archive, the collection has been divided into 35 studies on a regional and temporal basis.<br>
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