Archive CD Books:History, Topography & Genealogy Books on CD:Great Britain:England:Berkshire:Directories
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Detailed directories of the major towns and villages with the names, address and occupations of their inhabitants. A fantastic resource, especially for those looking for leads in the 1841 census. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
Two Berkshire directories on one CD, both of which are a fascinating insight into the towns and villages of the time. Excellent short descriptions of each place and their facilities, plus lists of all people with trades, from the chimney sweeps to the doctors, bakers, dress makers, etc. Includes the original 1842 Pigot's map of the county. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
The Post Office Directories were the fore-runners of (and published by) Kelly & Co. Directories.
This excellent county directory comes with its original 1847 map of the county, that you can zoom in and in to the finest detail.
Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Huntingdonshire Berkshire Northamptonshire Oxfordshire
A special combined edition of all of the above six county Post Office Directories (they are available separately at £11.50 each). Price: £30.00 £35.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
Lists every person in the county who owned 1 acre of land or more, with name, place, extent of land and its value Also see the full set of all English counties Price: £8.94 £10.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
The directory lists people with their name, address and trade. It also gives interesting information about every village and town in the county. It's easy to locate your ancestors using this directory if they lived in Berkshire in 1876. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
A thorough description of the local history and facilities in each place, plus directories of private residents and traders.
The major town of Reading also has a superb street by street directory which names heads of households and shows their occupations Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
The major town of Reading also has a superb street directory. Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
Five huge volumes comprising the earliest directory for Great Britain, and one which is probably the most important directory for genealogists and historians that we have released on CD. For towns and villages the descriptions of the places are excellent, with details of their facilities, etc, and includes those residents with trades (even those such as farmers, hay-binders, labourers, bakers, shop keepers, etc.) and their addresses.
Although titled "Great Britain", this directory covers places in England and Wales. Volume 1 of the five is devoted to London, volumes 2 to 4 cover the places in the England and Wales in alphabetical order, and vol. 5 contains a number of the subsequent amendments and additions published in the next few years.
"The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture, comprehending Lists of the Inhabitants of London, Westminster, and Borough of Southwark; and of all the Cities, Towns, and principal Villages, in England and Wales; with the Mails, and other Coaches, stage-wagons, Hoys, Packets, and Trading Vessels. To which is added, a genuine Account of the Drawbacks and Duties chargeable at the Custom-House on all Goods and Mechandize, imported, exported, or carried coastwise, with a particular of the Public Offices of every denomination; His Majesty's Court, and Ministers of State; The Peers of the Realm, and Parliament of Great Britain; The Court of Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Aldermen, and Common-Council, of London; together with an Historical Detail of the Antiquities, Curiosities, Trade, Polity, and Manufacturers, of each City, Town, and Village. The whole comprising a Fund of useful and important Information, equally interesting to the Nobleman, the Gentleman, and Man of Business." More details about these volumes Price: £29.79 £35.00 Including VAT at 17.5%
