Archive CD Books:History, Topography & Genealogy Books on CD:Great Britain:England:Surrey:Directories
By the late 1830s, the Pigot's directories were becoming more detailed. This one is particularly useful as it was published just before the first census of 1841, and is an invaluable aid to tracking down those elusive ancestors as well as giving detailed information about the towns and villages in the county. Price: £9.79 £11.50 Including VAT at 17.5%
Covers central London, and large parts of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Essex.
One of the very rare and sought-after earlier directories. The Post Office Directories were the fore-runners (and published by) Kelly's, and set a standard for the new type of county directory.
The contents include: The Official directory, 80 pages of the names of persons holding situations under The Crown.
The Commercial and Professional directory, over 500 pages of peolple's names, trades and addresses.
The Court directory, 80 pages of private individuals names and addresses.
The Parliamentary directory, 29 pages of details of the House of Peers and when those peerages were created, the Members of the House of Commons and the surnames of the Peers and Peeresses of the Realm and their eldest sons.
The Postal directory, 72 pages of details of details of the postal system for the whole of Britain.
The City directory, 2 pages of the names of the Lord Mayoy, Aldermen, Sherrifs and City Officers.
The Banking Directory, 43 pages of details of the banks and instituions
The Assurance directory, over 50 pages of details of Assurance Companies, their trustees, directors and auditors Price: £15.11 £17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%
Once part of a larger volume "The Six Home Counties Post Office Directory". This is one of the earliest directories published by Kelly's, and comes with a very detailed map of the county. The book lists all towns and villages (in alphabetical order), with their residents who have trades.
See also CD ref 0354 "Six Home Counties 1851 Post Office Court & Trade Directory" Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
The ideal companion to the 1851 Post Office Directory for the County.
This one contains the Court Directory (private residents, although the well-off ones who were able to pay to get an entry) and the Classified Trades Directory - combined for the counties of Essex, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, Kent and Hertfordshire. Price: £9.79 £11.50 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%
This Post office Directory, published by Kelly's includes the County Directory, Court Directory and Classified Trades Directory.
The book was kindly loaned by the Family Records Centre (PRO) in London. Price: £12.13 £14.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
A really excellent and comprehensive county directory in three parts.
The County Directory & Gazetteer, with descriptions and facilities of all towns and villages, plus residents with trades; The Court Directory (private residents, although not all households); The Classified Trades Directory.
This book was kindly loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by the Family Records Centre (The PRO) in London.
Price: £15.11 £17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%
A very large and comprehensive directory of the county. Each town, village and hamlet have excellent descriptions of their histories and facilities, plus directories of private residents and tradespeople. There are also county-wide directories of private residents (alphabetical) and tradespeople (classified).
There are far too many individual places to list here but to help you here are the REGISTRATION districts which fall within the county. Remember that each district will include dozens of other places;
Epsom, Chertsey, Guildford, Farnham, Hambledon, Dorking, Reigate, Godstone, Croydon, Kingston and Richmond.
Kindly loaned to the Project by the Family Record Centre (the PRO) in London. Price: £15.11 £17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%
A COUNTY DIRECTORY (places with their residents and trades)
A PRIVATE RESIDENTS DIRECTORY,
and a CLASSIFIED TRADES DIRECTORY
Plus a superb detailed colour map of Surrey in 1913
This directory comprises of a general description of the county, its landscape and geology (with map), its infrastructure, council, transport, etc.
A county wide directory of places with their facilities, churches, schools, etc. together with their inhabitants with trades
An alphabetical directory of people with trades
A classified trades and professional directory
Superbly detailed colour map. Price: £15.11 £17.75 Including VAT at 17.5%
By the 1930's Kelly's were still producing directories that covered the whole of London, enormous volumes with thousands of pages.
They also started to produce much more detailed directories of London districts which included incredibly comprehensive street by street listings of virtually every head of household, lists of private residents and commercial and trades sections 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%
