Archive CD Books:History, Topography & Genealogy Books on CD:Great Britain:England:Shropshire:Directories
A very early and rare directory which covers the market towns and principal villages of the county (Please note that smaller villages and hamlets are not included). The descriptions of each place are excellent with details about schools, hospitals, churches and other institutions plus detailed histories and directories of the nobility, gentry, clergy and classified directories of trades people. Also included is an excellent county map.
The places included in this directory are;
Bishop's Castle, Bridgenorth, Broseley and Madeley (with Coalbrooke-dale, Colport, Iron-Bridge and Benthall), Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Drayton, Ellesmere, Hales Owen, Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry and Whittington, Shifnall, Shrewsbury and Pontesbury, Wellington (with Wombridge and Wrockwardine), Wem and Prees, Wenlock, Whitchurch and Doddington. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
Three very rare directories on one CD
Note that these directories include only the main towns and market towns, and not the villages in each county.
Shropshire: Bishop's Castle, Bridgenorth, Broseley (including Coalbrook-Dale, Coalport, Iron-Bridge and Madeley), Church Stretton, Cleobury Mortimer, Drayton (Market Drayton), Ellesmere, Hales Owen, Ludlow, Newport, Oswestry, Shiffnal, Shrewsbury, Wellington, Wem, Wenlock, Whitchurch.
Herefordshire: Bromyard, Hereford, Kington, Ledbury, Leominster, Ross.
Worcestershire: Bewdley, Bromsgrove, Dudley, Kidderminster, Redditch, Stourbridge, Stourport, Worcester. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
One of the later and more comprehensive Pigot's county directories. Covers towns and villages in the county, with detailed information about each place, its churches, schools, institutions, etc. Lsts of people with trades, from the candle makers through to the doctors, etc. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
By this date the Post Office Directories, published by Kelly's, were becoming much more comprehensive. Each town and village in the county was surveyed and the history and details of the faclities was published along with lists of private residents and commercial traders.
Also included is a Court directory of private individuals and a classified trades directory.
The book was kindly loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by The Family Record Centre (The PRO) in London as part of our ongoing project to digitise *all* of their directories in order to make them more accessible and ease the pressure on these old and rare books. Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
A very comprehensive directory with descriptions of all of the towns and villages in Shropshire.
In the County directory you will find the places listed alphabetically with lists of residents and commercial traders. The Court directory has an alphabetical list of private individuals and there is also a classified trades directory which lists the types of occupations and the people who performed them.
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%
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%
A comprehensive directory of the trades people 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) and a classified trades directory . Plus a large colour map of the county.
Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
Typical of the 1930's period and one of the last county-wide Kelly's directories. In addition to the normal classified trade directory there are excellent descriptions and some history of each town and village. This is the book to track down the whereabouts of your grandparents and great grandparents and their related families. 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%
