England Directories

The detail in each record will vary depending on the publication. The majority of the publications are directories, which will include business listings and usually descriptions of the local area. In the records you may find a combination of the following information:

• First name
• Last name(s)
• Address
• Occupation
• Business name

Additional detail found in these types of publications will provide a more in-depth study of your ancestor’s life and the local area.

Volumes included in this set

• Balshaw's Guide & Directory to Altrincham, 1855
• Barker & Co.'s Directory for Leicestershire & Rutland, 1875
• Bath Directory, 1846
• Bennett' Business Directory for Leicestershire, 1901-02
• Bennett's Business Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1888
• Besley's Directory of Exeter & Suburbs, 1915
• Besley's Directory of Exeter & Suburbs, 1916-19
• Buchanan & Co.'s Directory of Leicester & Market Towns, 1867
• Business Directory of London, 1884. [Part 1: Alphabetical Section]
• Butcher & Co.'s Directory of Swansea, Neath ..., 1875-76
• Butcher's Cardiff Directory, 1880-81
• Butcher's Swansea Commercial Directory, 1881-82
• Butcher's Swansea District Directory, 1881-82
• Canterbury & District Directory, 1917-18
• Cardiff Directory, 1901
• Cardiff Directory, 1909
• Cardiff Directory, 1911
• Cardiff Directory, 1914
• Cassey & Co.'s Directory of Shropshire, 1871
• City of Lincoln Directory, 1857
• Commercial & General Directory & Red Book of Leicester, 1875
• Cook's Newark Directory, 1892
• Cowell's Directory of Felixstowe & Walton, 1909
• Craven & Co.'s Commercial Directory of Norfolk, 1856
• Directory & Topography of Sheffield, 1862
• Directory for Maidstone & its Environs, 1850
• Directory of Bath, 1852
• Directory of Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire, 1862
• Directory of Birmingham, 1835
• Directory of City of Lincoln, 1894
• Directory of City of Lincoln, 1897
• Directory of City of Lincoln, 1901
• Directory of City of Lincoln, 1913
• Directory of City of Lincoln, 1919
• Directory of Derbyshire, 1829
• Directory of Leeds, 1817
• Directory of Leeds, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield ..., 1858
• Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1853
• Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne & Gateshead, 1801
• Directory of Northampton, 1853
• Directory of Redruth, 1866
• Directory of York, 1885
• Freebody's Directory of Derby, Chesterfield ..., 1852
• French & Son's Handbook and Directory for Worthing, 1859
• Gazetteer & General Directory of Sheffield, 1852
• General & Commercial Directory of Burnley, Nelson ..., 1896
• General & Commercial Directory of Leeds, 1826
• General & Commercial Directory of Leeds, 1834
• General & Commercial Directory of Preston, 1917
• General & Commercial Directory of Sheffield, 1825
• General Directory of Kingston-upon-Hull, and York, 1851
• General Directory of Sheffield, 1849
• General Directory of Sheffield, Rotherham ..., 1856
• Gillman's Devizes Directory, 1899
• Gillman's Devizes Directory, 1913
• Gillman's Devizes Directory, 1914
• Gillman's Devizes Directory, 1915
• Gillman's Devizes Directory, 1916
• Gilmours' Winchester Directory, 1854
• Glover's Nottingham Directory, 1825
• Gore's Directory of Liverpool & Birkenhead, 1900. [Part 2: Alphabetical Directory]
• Gore's Directory of Liverpool & Birkenhead, 1900. [Part 3: Trade & Official Directories]
• Gore's Directory of Liverpool & its Environs, 1853
• Gore's Directory of Liverpool, 1766 (reprint)
• Gore's Directory of Liverpool, 1827
• Gore's Directory of Liverpool, 1829
• Gore's Liverpool Directory, 1825
• Gravesend & Milton Directory, 1851
• Guide to Leicester, 1843
• Hagar & Co.'s Directory of the County of Durham, 1851
• Hampshire Directory, 1784
• Handbook to Harrow-on-the Hill, 1850
• Harrod & Co.'s Directory of Beds, Bucks ..., 1876
• Harrod & Co.'s Directory of Derbys, Leics ... , 1870
• Harrod & Co.'s Directory of Hampshire & Isle of Wight, 1865
• Harrod & Co.'s Post Office Directory of Glamorganshire, 1866
• History & Directory of Birmingham, 1849
• History & Directory of East Yorkshire, 1892
• History & Directory of Sheffield, Rotherham ..., 1833
• History & Directory of West Cumberland, 1883
• History, Directory & Gazetteer of Durham & Northumberland, 1827
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Devon, 1878-79
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Huntingdonshire, 1854
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1877
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1883
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1885
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Oxfordshire, 1852
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Shropshire, 1851
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Suffolk, 1891-2
• History, Gazetteer & Directory of Warwickshire, 1850
• History, Topography & Directory of Cumberland, 1901
• History, Topography & Directory of Herefordshire, 1858
• History, Topography & Directory of Northumberland, 1855
• History, Topography & Directory of Westmorland, 1885
• History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire, 1830
• Hunt & Co.'s Directory of Bristol and South Wales, 1850
• Hunt & Co.'s Directory of Dorset, Hants, Wilts, Som, 1851
• Hunt & Co's Directory of E. Norfolk & parts of Suffolk, 1850
• Hunt & Co's Directory of Gloucester & Bristol, 1849
• Ibbetson's Directory of Bradford, 1850
• Jakeman & Carver's Directory of Herefordshire, 1890
• Jones's Mercantile Directory of S. Staffordshire & E. Worcestershire, 1865
• Kelly's Berkshire Directory, 1848
• Kelly's Directory for Ealing, Acton ..., 1907
• Kelly's Directory for Ealing, Acton ..., 1911
• Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, 1890
• Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, 1910
• Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Beds, Hunts & Northants, 1898
• Kelly's Directory of Beds, Hunts & Northants, 1903
• Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, 1887
• Kelly's Directory of Bristol, 1902
• Kelly's Directory of Bristol, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1899
• Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1903
• Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1907
• Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, 1883
• Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, 1896
• Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, 1904
• Kelly's Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1892. [Part 1: Cambridgeshire]
• Kelly's Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1892. [Part 2: Norfolk]
• Kelly's Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1892. [Part 3: Suffolk]
• Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1896
• Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1902
• Kelly's Directory of Cheshire, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Cornwall, 1889
• Kelly's Directory of Cornwall, 1897
• Kelly's Directory of Cornwall, 1906
• Kelly's Directory of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Cumberland, 1894
• Kelly's Directory of Cumberland, 1897
• Kelly's Directory of Cumberland, 1906
• Kelly's Directory of Cumberland, 1910
• Kelly's Directory of Derbys, Leics ... , 1891. [Part 2: Leics & Rutland]
• Kelly's Directory of Derbys, Leics ... , 1891. [Part 3: Nottinghamshire]
• Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, 1912
• Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall, 1893. [Part 1. Devon: County & Localities]
• Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall, 1893. [Part 3: Cornwall & Advertisements]
• Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall, 1902. [Part 1: Devon]
• Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall, 1902. [Part 2: Cornwall]
• Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall, 1914. [Part 1. Devon: County & Localities]
• Kelly's Directory of Devon & Cornwall, 1914. [Part 3. Cornwall & Advertisements]
• Kelly's Directory of Devon, 1889
• Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
• Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1882
• Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1894
• Kelly's Directory of Essex, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Essex, Herts & Middx, 1894. [Herts & Middx only]
• Kelly's Directory of Gloucestershire, 1897
• Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1885
• Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1913
• Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire, 1899
• Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire, 1902
• Kelly's Directory of Hull, 1899
• Kelly's Directory of Huntingdonshire, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1882
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, 1913. [Part 1: County & Localities]
• Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891. [Part 3: Surrey]
• Kelly's Directory of Leeds, 1888
• Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1881
• Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1895
• Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1899
• Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1908
• Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1912
• Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1885
• Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1889
• Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1896
• Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1905
• Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1909
• Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1913
• Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire, 1919
• Kelly's Directory of Liverpool & Birkenhead, 1894. [Part 1: Liverpool]
• Kelly's Directory of Liverpool & Birkenhead, 1894. [Part 2: Birkenhead and Trade & Court Directories]
• Kelly's Directory of Middlesex, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire & S Wales, 1895. [Part 1: Monmouthshire Directory & South Wales Localities]
• Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1893. [Part 1: Places]
• Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1893. [Part 2: Court & Trade Directories and Hull]
• Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1913. [Part 1: Localities, Court & Trade Directories]
• Kelly's Directory of N & E Ridings of Yorkshire, 1913. [Part 2: York & Hull]
• Kelly's Directory of Newcastle-on-Tyne & Suburbs, 1886
• Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1896
• Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1904
• Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1912
• Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire, 1890
• Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire, 1906
• Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire, 1910
• Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Northumberland, 1894
• Kelly's Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1904
• Kelly's Directory of Reading, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1891
• Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1913
• Kelly's Directory of Somerset, 1889
• Kelly's Directory of Somerset, 1897
• Kelly's Directory of Somerset, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Staffordshire, 1904
• Kelly's Directory of Suffolk, 1912
• Kelly's Directory of Surrey, 1913
• Kelly's Directory of Sussex, 1905. [Part 1: County & Localities]
• Kelly's Directory of Tunbridge Wells, Southborough & Tonbridge, 1914
• Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire, 1912
• Kelly's Directory of West Riding of Yorkshire, 1881. [Part 1: County Information & Places A-K]
• Kelly's Directory of West Riding of Yorkshire, 1881. [Part 2: Places L-Y]
• Kelly's Directory of Westmorland, 1906
• Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire, 1889
• Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire, 1895
• Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire, 1898
• Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire, 1911
• Kelly's Directory of Wiltshire, 1915
• Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1892
• Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1896
• Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1900
• Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire, 1912
• Kelly's Ealing, Hanwell, Brentford & Southall Directory, 1914
• Kelly's London Suburban Directory, 1896. [Part 1. Northern: Localities]
• Kelly's London Suburban Directory, 1901. [Vol. I: Northern. Part 1: Street & Commercial Directories]
• Kent Messenger Directory of Maidstone, 1904
• Lascelles & Hagar's Commercial Directory of Nottingham, 1848
• Leeds & Clothing District Directory, 1830
• Leicester Directory, 1815
• Leicester Directory, 1827
• Littlebury's Directory & Gazetteer of Worcester & District, 1879
• Littlebury's Directory of Worcester, Malvern ..., 1908
• Long's Worthing Directory, 1892
• Lucy's Marlborough & District Directory, 1897
• Mason's Court Guide & Directory for Brentford, Kew ..., 1853
• Mathews' Bristol & Clifton Directory, 1851
• Melville & Co.'s Directory & Gazetteer of Leicestershire, 1854
• Melville & Co.'s Directory and Gazetteer of Sussex, 1858
• Melville & Co.'s Directory of Kent, 1858
• Melville & Co.'s Directory of Wolverhampton, 1851
• Melville's Directory & Gazetteer of Sussex, 1858
• Mercer & Crocker's Directory for Mon, Herefs ..., 1876. [Monmouthshire & Glamorganshire only]
• Morris & Co.'s Directory & Gazetteer of Cheshire, 1874
• Musson & Craven's Commercial Directory of Buckinghamshire & Windsor, 1853
• Nottingham Directory, 1815
• Owen & Co.'s Cardiff Directory, 1887
• Owen & Co.'s Cardiff Directory, 1891
• Owen & Co.'s Cardiff Directory, 1895
• Pearse & Brown's Swansea Directory, 1869
• Pearse's Commercial Directory to Swansea, 1854
• Pearse's Swansea Directory, 1856
• Percy, Butcher & Co.'s Swansea & Neath Directory for 1873-74
• Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Berks, Bucks ... , 1844. [Part 1: Berks to Glos]
• Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Berks, Bucks ... , 1844. [Part 2: Hants to Wilts, & Wales]
• Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Derbys, Dorset ..., 1842
• Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Yorks, Leics ... , 1841
• Pigot & Dean's New Directory of Manchester and Salford, 1821-22
• Pigot & Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1841
• Pigot's Directory of Kent, 1824
• Pigot's Directory of Norfolk, 1839
• Pigot's Directory of Sussex, 1839
• Pigot's Directory of Wiltshire, 1822
• Pigot's Sussex Directory, 1832-34
• Pike's Weald of Kent & Romney Marsh Directory, 1884-85
• Post Office Bath Directory, 1864-65
• Post Office Bath Directory, 1876-77
• Post Office Bath Directory, 1884-85
• Post Office Bath Directory, 1895
• Post Office Bath Directory, 1902
• Post Office Bath Directory, 1911
• Post Office Bradford Directory, 1879-80
• Post Office Bradford Directory, 1883
• Post Office Bradford Directory, 1891
• Post Office Bradford Directory, 1898
• Post Office Bradford Directory, 1912
• Post Office Directory of Berks, Northants ... , 1854
• Post Office Directory of Birmingham, 1867
• Post Office Directory of Birmingham, Staffordshire & Worcestershire, 1850
• Post Office Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1864
• Post Office Directory of Cambridgeshire, 1879
• Post Office Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk,1869. [Part 1: Cambridgeshire]
• Post Office Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk,1869. [Part 2: Norfolk]
• Post Office Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk,1869. [Part 3: Suffolk]
• Post Office Directory of Cornwall, 1856
• Post Office Directory of Cumberland & Westmorland, 1873
• Post Office Directory of Cumberland, 1858
• Post Office Directory of Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire, 1855
• Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire, 1855
• Post Office Directory of Dorsetshire, 1859
• Post Office Directory of Essex, 1874
• Post Office Directory of Essex, Herts, Kent ... , 1855. [Part 1: Counties & Localities]
• Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Bath & Bristol, 1856
• Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire & Dorset, 1875
• Post Office Directory of Hampshire, Wiltshire & Dorsetshire, 1855
• Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1856
• Post Office Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1855
• Post Office Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1876
• Post Office Directory of Lincolnshire, 1861
• Post Office Directory of Lincolnshire, 1868
• Post Office Directory of Middlesex, 1874
• Post Office Directory of Monmouthshire & South Wales, 1871
• Post Office Directory of Northumberland & Durham, 1858
• Post Office Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1876
• Post Office Directory of Surrey, 1878
• Post Office Directory of Sussex, 1851
• Post Office Directory of Sussex, 1866
• Post Office Directory of Westmorland, 1858
• Post Office Directory of Wiltshire, 1855
• Post Office Directory of Wiltshire, 1859
• Post Office Directory of Worcestershire, 1876
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1904. [Part 2: Alphabetical & Trades Directories, etc.]
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1905. [Part 1: Street & Commercial Directories]
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1906. [Part 1: Street & Commercial Directories]
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1907. [Part 1: Street & Commercial Directories]
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1908. [Part 1: Street, Commercial, & Trades Directories]
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1911. [Part 1: Street & Commercial Directories]
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1916
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1917
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1918
• Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1919
• Post Office London Directory (Small Edition), 1852
• Post Office London Directory, 1841. [Part 1: Street, Commercial, & Trades Directories)
• Post Office London Directory, 1895. [Part 5: Law, Court & Parliamentary Directories]
• Post Office London Directory, 1899. [Part 3: Commercial & Professional Directory]
• Post Office London Directory, 1910. [Vol. I. Part 3: Commercial & Professional Directory]
• Post Office London Directory, 1914. [Part 3: Commercial & Professional Directory]
• Post Office London Directory, 1915. [Part 3: Commercial & Professional Directory]
• Post Office Sussex Directory, 1859
• Robson's Birmingham & Sheffield Directory, 1839
• Rusher's Banbury List & Directory. [Part 1: 1882-89]
• Rusher's Banbury List & Directory. [Part 2: 1890-96]
• Scammell & Co.'s City of Bristol and South Wales Directory, 1852
• Slater's Directories of Important English Towns, 1847
• Slater's Directory of Altrincham, Bowdon ..., 1914
• Slater's Directory of Berks, Corn, Devon ..., 1852-53
• Slater's Directory of Birmingham, Worcester & the Potteries, 1851
• Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops & Wales, 1868
• Slater's Directory of Glos, Herefs, Mon, Shrops, & Wales, 1859
• Slater's Directory of Leicestershire, 1862
• Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1850
• Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1863
• Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1876. [Part 1: Alphabetical Directory]
• Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1877-78. [Part 1: Alphabetical Directory]
• Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1879. [Part 1: Alphabetical Directory]
• Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1883. [Part 1: Alphabetical Directory]
• Slater's Directory of Manchester & Salford, 1886. [Part 1: Alphabetical Directory]
• Slater's Directory of Rutland, 1858
• Slater's General & Classified Directory of Birmingham, 1852-53
• Slater's Manchester & Salford Directory, 1895. [Part 1: Alphabetical Directory]
• Slater's Manchester, Salford & Suburban Directory, 1903. [Part 4: Suburban Directory]
• Slater's Manchester, Salford & Suburban Directory, 1909. [Part 4: Suburban Directory]
• Spennell's Annual Directory of Coventry & District, 1912-13
• Staffordshire General & Commercial Directory, Part 3, 1818. [S. Staffordshire]
• Street & General Directory of Cambridge, 1913
• Street, Alphabetical & Trade Directory of Leicester, 1870
• Swansea & District Directory, 1887
• The Bath Directory, 1846
• The History of Walthamstow, 1861
• The Original Brighton & Hove Directory, 1854
• Wakeford's Cardiff Directory, 1855
• Wakeford's Cardiff Directory, 1863
• Ward's Directory of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1890
• Ward's Directory of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1898
• Ward's Directory of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1910
• Ward's Directory of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1916
• Ward's Northumberland & Durham Directory, 1850
• Warren's Winchester Directory, 1900
• Warren's Winchester Directory, 1913
• Webster & Co.'s Directory of Bristol & Glamorganshire, 1865
• Webster's Reading Directory, 1874
• Webster's Royal Red Book, 1897
• White & Co.'s Commercial & Trades Directory of Birmingham, Vol. I, 1875
• White & Co.'s Commercial & Trades Directory of Birmingham, Vol. II, 1875
• White's Directory of Bradford, Halifax ..., 1887
• White's Directory of Hull, 1882
• White's Directory of Leeds & the Clothing District, 1894
• White's Directory of Leeds & the West Riding, 1870
• White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham, 1901
• White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham, 1905
• White's Directory of Sheffield & Rotherham, 1911
• White's Directory of Sheffield, Rotherham ..., 1879
• White's Directory of York and Neighbourhood, 1895
• White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Lincolnshire, 1872
• White's General and Commercial Directory of Rotherham, Barnsley, Chesterfield and Worksop, 1879
• Wolverhampton Red Book & Directory, 1914
• Worthing & District Local Directory, 1914-15
• Wright's Directory of Leicester & Fifteen Miles Round, 1883-84
• Wright's Directory of Leicester & Six Miles Round, 1878
• Wright's Directory of Leicester and Twelve Miles Round, 1889-90
• Wright's Directory of Leicester, 1909
• Wright's Directory of Leicester, 1911
• Wright's Directory of Leicester, 1914
• Wright's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1880
• Wright's Directory of Leicestershire, 1887-1888
• Wright's Directory of Leicestershire, 1887-88
• Wright's Directory of Leicestershire, 1892
• Wright's Directory of Nottingham, 1910-11
• Wright's Directory of Nottingham, 1913-14
• Wright's Directory of Nottingham, 1915-16
• Wright's Nottingham Directory, 1858
• Wright's Nottingham Directory, 1862
• Wright's Swansea Directory, 1899