Archive CD Books:History, Topography & Genealogy Books on CD:Great Britain:England:Northumberland:Directories
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This book lists all of those entitled to vote in the Parliamentary elections at Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1777 and 1780,
These books are becoming very scarce indeed and finding two sequential Poll books will provide researchers with a fabulous idea of who voted in these elections and who they voted for. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
One of the typical early Pigot's county directories. Covers all towns and villages in the county, with detailed information about each place, its churches, schools, institurions, etc. Large lists of people with trades, from the candle makers through to the doctors, etc. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
Covers all towns and villages in the county, with detailed information about each place, its churches, schools, institurions, etc. Large lists of people with trades. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
This book was kindly lent to the Archive CD Books Project by Wilf Laidler.
With over a thousand pages, this excellent directory covers the history of the county in great detail, its facilities, details of all of the towns and villages, and tens of thousands of people listed, with their addresses and trades.
This is a major resource for genealogists and historians. Price: £15.11 £17.75 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 for all English counties Price: £8.94 £10.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
The Newcastle section is especially comprehensive, and has a street directory with house numbers (every house!) and names of each householder. It is really easy to locate where you are on a street, as road intersections are noted, and even the locations of churches, chapels, shops, public houses, etc. There is also a separate Court Directory for Newcastle, with all residents listed in alphabetical order.
The CD is produced in PDF format for viewing using Adobe Acrobat on any computer, and is comprehensively book marked so that you can find your way around easily. Price: £15.11 £17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%
A very comprehensive directory of the major city and towns of the north east of England. Each place has a fabulous street by street, house by house list of heads of households plus alphabetical Court and commercial directories which list peoples' names, trades and addresses.
A wonderful resource for those researching their ancestors in the north east. Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
A typical directory containing the names of residents along with their trades and addresses. Everyone is included from shirt makers and potato merchants to masons and surveyors. The first few pages of the history section are missing from this book but that doesn't deduct from the overall comprehensive history of Newcastle Upon Tyne. The history accounts starts with Norman times and covers dates up to around 1887 when the book was published. A great way to find out more about your ancestors life and times. Price: £15.11 £17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%
A very large and comprehensive book with detailed descriptions of each place and directories of local people and traders.
The Hexham division contains the following parishes;
Bellingham, Falston, Greystead, Simonburn, Thorneyburn, Warden, Wark, Haltwhistle, Kirkhaugh, Knarsdale, Lambley, Whitfield, Elsdon, Alwinton, Rothbury, Hexham, Allendale, St John Lee, St Oswalds, Bywell St Andrew, Bywell St peter, Whittonhall, Corbridge, Ovinsham, Shotley and Slaley. Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
By the late 1890s we start to see private residents included in the Kelly's directories in addition to the classified Trade Directory listings and descriptions and facilities in each town and village. This is a particularly important and useful reference book for those with Northumberland ancestors.
This book was kindly loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by the Family Record Centre (The PRO) in London. Price: £15.11 £17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%
It contains a wealth of county information and is illustrated with plenty of adverts and a large pull out map. Most importantly it has excellent descriptions of every town and village in Northumberland, lists of the towns residents, their address and trades. Price: £15.11 £17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%
An incredibly detailed directory of the North Eastern towns of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Wallsend, Jarrow, North & South Shields, Tynemouth and Whitley Bay. Each place has a virtually house by house street directory with names of residents and their occupations; plus alphabetical lists of all households and trades directories.
You could even find your grandparents in this book, and walk down the street to see who their neighbours were.
It is a really good way to put meat on the bones of your family history. Price: £8.50 £9.99 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%
