Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland, 1783-1880

<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 Western &amp; Midland Directory for ... 1783. [Also 1784. Nottinghamshire only] (1783-84)<br><br>- Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce &amp; Manufacture, 1791-98. Nottingham &amp; Newark extracts (1791-98)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Leicester&nbsp; Directory,&nbsp; describing&nbsp; the&nbsp; bankers,&nbsp; manufacturers, and principal tradesmen with their places of residence, also the professors of law, physic &amp; divinity, the corporation, clergy, militia &amp;c. (1794)<br><br>- The Leicester Directory, containing a general list of&nbsp; the&nbsp; merchants,&nbsp; tradesmen,&nbsp; manufacturers,&nbsp; and&nbsp; principal&nbsp; inhabitants&nbsp; of&nbsp; Leicester,&nbsp; arranged&nbsp; in&nbsp; alphabetical&nbsp; order,&nbsp; separate&nbsp; alphabetical&nbsp; lists of each particular trade and profession (1815)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Nottingham&nbsp; Directory,&nbsp; containing&nbsp; a&nbsp; general&nbsp; list&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; merchants,&nbsp; tradesmen,&nbsp; and&nbsp; principal&nbsp; inhabitants&nbsp; of&nbsp; Nottingham, New Radford, and New Snenton (1815)<br><br>- Pigot's Directory of Leicestershire, 1822, 1828, 1835 (1822-35)<br><br>- Glover's&nbsp; Nottingham&nbsp; Directory,&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1825,&nbsp; being&nbsp; a&nbsp; general list of the merchants, tradesmen, and principal inhabitants of Nottingham, New Radford and New Snenton (1825)<br><br>- The&nbsp;&nbsp; Leicester&nbsp;&nbsp; Directory;&nbsp;&nbsp; containing&nbsp;&nbsp; an&nbsp;&nbsp; alphabetical&nbsp; list&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; inhabitants,&nbsp; a&nbsp; complete&nbsp; classification&nbsp; of&nbsp; trades,&nbsp; a&nbsp; new&nbsp; arrangement&nbsp; of&nbsp; coaches&nbsp; and&nbsp; carriers,&nbsp; a&nbsp; list&nbsp; of&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; civil&nbsp; officers&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; town&nbsp; and&nbsp; county,&nbsp; the&nbsp; public&nbsp; institutions,&nbsp; churches and chapels, &amp;c. (1827)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; county&nbsp; of&nbsp; Derby,&nbsp; containing&nbsp; upwards of fifteen thousand names ... accurately taken during the years 1827, '8, and '9 (1829)<br><br>- History,&nbsp;&nbsp; Gazetteer,&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; Directory&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; Nottinghamshire, and the ... town of Nottingham (1832)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Nottingham&nbsp; Annual&nbsp; Register;&nbsp; containing&nbsp; an&nbsp; almanack,&nbsp; useful&nbsp; tables,&nbsp; chronicle&nbsp; of&nbsp; parliament,&nbsp; and&nbsp; remarkable&nbsp; occurrences,&nbsp; also&nbsp; a&nbsp; new&nbsp; and&nbsp; corrected&nbsp; directory&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1840 (1840)<br><br>- A&nbsp; Guide&nbsp; to&nbsp; Leicester,&nbsp; containing&nbsp; a&nbsp; list&nbsp; of&nbsp; streets,&nbsp; lanes,&nbsp; yards,&nbsp; &amp;c.,&nbsp; a&nbsp; directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; principal&nbsp; inhabitants,&nbsp; classification of trades and professions ... with an almanack for 1843, county information, etc. (1843)<br><br>- History,&nbsp;&nbsp; Gazetteer,&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; Directory&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; Leicestershire,&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; small&nbsp; county&nbsp; of&nbsp; Rutland;&nbsp; together&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; adjacent towns of Grantham &amp; Stamford (1846)<br><br>- Lascelles and Hagar's Commercial Directory of the town&nbsp; and&nbsp; county&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; town&nbsp; of&nbsp; Nottingham;&nbsp; also&nbsp; the&nbsp; parishes&nbsp; of&nbsp; Basford,&nbsp; Bridgford,&nbsp; Carlton,&nbsp; Lenton,&nbsp; Radford,&nbsp; Sneinton,&nbsp; Wilford,&nbsp; and&nbsp; Wollaton (1848)<br><br>- Slater's Directory of Rutlandshire (1850)<br><br>- Freebody's&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Towns&nbsp; of&nbsp; Derby,&nbsp; Chesterfield,&nbsp;&nbsp; Alfreton,&nbsp;&nbsp; Buxton,&nbsp;&nbsp; Bakewell,&nbsp;&nbsp; Matlock,&nbsp;&nbsp; Wirksworth,&nbsp;&nbsp; Ashbourn,&nbsp; Belper,&nbsp; Melbourn,&nbsp; Ripley,&nbsp; Burtonupon-&nbsp; Trent,&nbsp; &amp;c.&nbsp; &amp;c.&nbsp; &amp;c. (1852)<br><br>- Melville&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Co.'s&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; and&nbsp; Gazetteer&nbsp; of&nbsp; Leicestershire,&nbsp; including&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; market&nbsp; towns,&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; adjacent&nbsp; villages, and containing a descriptive account of each place, followed by the directory (1854)<br><br>- Post&nbsp;&nbsp; Office&nbsp;&nbsp; Directory&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; Derbyshire&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; Nottinghamshire (1855)<br><br>- Post&nbsp;&nbsp; Office&nbsp;&nbsp; Directory&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; Derbyshire,&nbsp;&nbsp; Leicestershire,&nbsp; Nottinghamshire&nbsp; and&nbsp; Rutlandshire.&nbsp; [1855.&nbsp; Leics&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Rutland only] (1855)<br><br>- Slater's Directory of Rutlandshire (1858)<br><br>- Wright's&nbsp; Nottingham&nbsp; and&nbsp; Suburban&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1858 (1858)<br><br>- Commercial Directory of Leicestershire, containing an&nbsp;&nbsp; alphabetical&nbsp;&nbsp; list&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp; gentry,&nbsp;&nbsp; merchants,&nbsp;&nbsp; manufacturers,&nbsp;&nbsp; professions,&nbsp; trades,&nbsp; etc.;&nbsp; and&nbsp; separate&nbsp; historical,&nbsp; statistical,&nbsp; and&nbsp; topographical&nbsp; descriptions&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; hundreds,&nbsp; towns,&nbsp; parishes (1861)<br><br>- Gazetteer&nbsp; and&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Counties&nbsp; of&nbsp; Leicester&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Rutland;&nbsp; containing&nbsp; an&nbsp; alphabetical&nbsp; list&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; gentry,&nbsp; merchants,&nbsp; manufacturers,&nbsp; professions,&nbsp; trades,&nbsp; etc.;&nbsp; and&nbsp; separate&nbsp; historical,&nbsp;&nbsp; statistical,&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp;&nbsp; topographical&nbsp;&nbsp; descriptions&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp; hundreds, towns, parishes (1861)<br><br>- Slater's Directory of Leicestershire (1862)<br><br>- Wright's&nbsp; Nottingham&nbsp; and&nbsp; Suburban&nbsp; Directory,&nbsp; for&nbsp; 1862 (1862)<br><br>- History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the Counties of&nbsp; Leicester&nbsp; and&nbsp; Rutland,&nbsp; comprising&nbsp; general&nbsp; surveys&nbsp; of&nbsp; each&nbsp; county,&nbsp; and separate historical, statistical and topographical descriptions of all their hundreds, towns, parishes (1863)<br><br>- Buchanan&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Co.'s&nbsp; Postal&nbsp; and&nbsp; Commercial&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Leicester,&nbsp; including&nbsp; the&nbsp; market&nbsp; towns&nbsp; of&nbsp; Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Hinckley,&nbsp; Loughboro',&nbsp; Lutterworth,&nbsp; Market&nbsp; Bosworth,&nbsp; Market&nbsp; Harborough,&nbsp; Melton&nbsp; Mowbray,&nbsp; Mountsorrel,&nbsp; Whitwick,&nbsp; and&nbsp; surrounding&nbsp; villages (1867)<br><br>- Street,&nbsp; Alphabetical,&nbsp; and&nbsp; Trade&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Leicester (1870)<br><br>- C. N. Wright's Directory of South Derbyshire, also including Alfreton, Ashbourne, Wirksworth, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent and other&nbsp; places&nbsp; in&nbsp; Staffordshire,&nbsp; Notts.&nbsp; and&nbsp; Leicestershire&nbsp; within&nbsp; 12&nbsp; miles of Derby (1874)<br><br>- S.&nbsp; Barker&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Co.'s&nbsp; General&nbsp; Topographical&nbsp; and&nbsp; Historical&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; for&nbsp; the&nbsp; counties&nbsp; of&nbsp; Leicester,&nbsp; Rutland,&nbsp; &amp;c.&nbsp; ...&nbsp; The historic sketch of Leicester by James Thompson (1875)<br><br>- Commercial and General Directory and Red Book of Leicester and Suburbs (1875)<br><br>- The&nbsp; Post&nbsp; Office&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; counties&nbsp; of&nbsp; Leicester and Rutland (1876)<br><br>- Post Office Directory of Nottinghamshire (1876)<br><br>- History,&nbsp; Gazetteer&nbsp; and&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; Counties&nbsp; of Leicester and Rutland, comprising general surveys of each county and separate historical, statistical and topographical descriptions of all the hundreds, towns, parishes (1877)<br><br>- Commercial&nbsp; and&nbsp; General&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; and&nbsp; Red&nbsp; Book&nbsp; of&nbsp; Leicester &amp; six miles round, with Sileby and Mountsorrel (1878)<br><br>- Spencers' Illustrated Leicester Almanack, Diary, Peerage, Baronetage, Directory, and General Advertiser, for 1880 (1880)<br><br>- Commercial&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; General&nbsp; Directory&nbsp; of&nbsp; Leicestershire&nbsp; and Rutland, also Grantham, Stamford, and Atherstone (1880)<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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