Archive CD Books:History, Topography & Genealogy Books on CD:Great Britain:England:Cambridgeshire:Directories
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One of the earliest directories, this one covers the whole of the county, with descriptions of all of the towns and main villages, churches, schools, etc. and a listing of people with trades. Everything from doctors to candle makers, dress makers working from home to chimney sweeps, butchers, bakers and bricklayers, etc. A huge amount of early 19th century information of interest to historians and genealogists.
This county directory was purchased from a book dealer as a loose collection of unbound pages with no cover. Originally it would have been part of a combined county volume, and therefore when we finally obtained all of the other parts of the book (over a period of time from many different book dealers) we decided to reinstate it as you see illustrated here. Beautifully rebound in half leather, with hand made marbled paper and real gold leaf lettering and lining on the spine. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
A complete directory of the county, quite small, but of immense value to historians and genealogists as it lists all those people with trades in a period before the first census. Good descriptions of each town and the major villages and their facilities, churches, institutions, carriers and coaches, postal services, schools, etc. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
Slater's directories are the successors to the Pigot's of earlier years.
More comprehensive than the earlier Pigot's, and contains listings of people with trades in all towns, villages and hamlets, plus descriptions of the facilities in each place. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
For its early date of 1851, this is an extremely comprehensive directory, and one that has good information on the history of the county too. Apart from the smaller (earlier) Pigot's directories, this is the first major directory published for the county, and as such is a superb reference source for historians and genealogists. Price: £12.13 £14.25 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 set for all English counties Price: £8.94 £10.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
An excellent resource for genealogists and family historians. This very comprehensive directory describes each place in the county in great detail with information about schools, churches, hospitals and other institutions.
Each town, village and hamlet has lists of private residents and commercial traders plus there is excellent court directory (an alphabetical list of private individuals in the county) and a classified trades directory. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
A comprehensive directory of the tradespeople of each place in the county along with wonderful descriptions of the local facilities such as churches, schools and hospitals.
Also included is a county-wide court directory (private residents and their addresses) plus a classified trades directory Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
Each town, village and hamlet in the county is described, with details of local history, facilities and institutions to help you understand the lives of your ancestors. Each place has its own lists of private residents and tradespeople.
There are also separate county wide directories of private residents and classified trades.
Kindly loaned to the Project by the Family Record Centre (the PRO) in London. Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
A comprehensive description of every town, village and hamlet in the county along with lists of private residents and commercial traders. Using this wonderful resource you can build up a picture of where and how your ancestors lived their daily lives.
Also included is a Court Directory (an alphabetical list of private individuals in the county) and a classified Trades Directory which lists the types of trades and the names and adddresses of those who performed those occupations. Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
A typically comprehensive Kelly's directory from a very interesting period of history, being right in the middle of the Great War of 1914-18.
It starts with an excellent description and history of the county, with details of fairs and markets, parliamentary representation, county council officers, magistrates etc.
Following this are descriptions of every town, village and hamlet in the county, with lists of private residents and commercial traders in each place. The county town of Cambridge also has a street by street, almost house by house directory of people, not just those with trades but ordinary private individuals too.
There is also a separate alphabetical list of private residents and their addresses throughout the county and a very comprehensive classified trades directory.
Also included is a beautiful map of the county. Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
A wonderfully comprehensive directory (with over 500 pages) of all of the households of Cambridge, including a detailed street by street listing of householders and their occupations, and a separate alphabetical listing too. Added to this is a comprehensive classified trades directory.
Looking at just a part of one street (Brewhouse Lane) we see:
51 Odell, A. Carman
52 Bond, Mrs
53 Hawkins, Chas., L,N.E.R. servant
54 Coltman, J
55 Pope, George
56 Huntlea, Charles, taxi-cab proprietor
57 Hutchinson, C.W., cycle agent
58 Joel, Wm., warehouseman
59 Wood, E., draper
60 & 61 Loates, Henry, labourer
62 Marsh, E.M., factory hand
and so on.
A superb reference source for those with ancestors in Cambridge. Locate your grandparents and their neighbours
Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
An unusual but fabulously useful directory in that it has indexes for each street and person in Cambridge and photographs of the town Councillors and Aldermen. It has lists of the committee members for every committee in Cambridge, and there were many! It even has details about Societies, Banks, Churches, Schools, Theatres and local bands.
A huge amount of information is contained in this directory. An excellent opportunity to discover not only your relatives trade and place of residence but also discover if they were in a society, who they lived close to, what the environment was like in 1938 and much more. Real family history!
Price: £15.11 £17.75 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%
