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Ref: ARB-GB0500
A fascinating source of information from the 1600s in London. Tradesmen, taverns and coffee houses had their own tokens (a currency), and they are described and listed in this excellent book published in 1855. What makes this an important resource for genealogists and historians is that it is one of the very few reference sources to people with trades in London in the seventeenth century. Effectively a trades directory of the 1600s.
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£14.25
Ref: ARB-1369
Fully searchable using Acrobat Reader. The London Directory of 1677 is the oldest printed list of the Merchants & Bankers of London.
£9.99
Ref: ARB-1134lon
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.
£35.00
Ref: ARB-GB0529
Two books bound into one. 'The Post Office London Directory for 1819': (444 pages) Being a list of more than 18,000 merchants, traders, &c. of London and parts adjacent. List of the Lord Mayor and Court of the Aldermen, bankers in London, 700 country bankers, public notiaries, London & country newspapers, Army & Navy Agents, East India Dock Companies, foreign ministers, etc. Plus a separate section of general information relating to the Post Office, including rates of postage, etc. By Critchett & Woods.
Ref: ARB-0514
The first of the Pigot’s directories of London. An extremely rare book. A historical and descriptive account of London, Post Office rates, collection times, etc. Official Directory. A huge classified Trades Directory, plus an alphabetical listing of traders, cross referenced to the Trade Directory. Separate directories of attorneys, consuls, physicians, surgeons, taverns, hotels, inns and coffee houses. An alphabetical list of streets, lanes and passages with a reference to their situation. Coach & Carriers list. An account of coasting vessels, wharfs, quays, etc., and a list of all of the bankers in the United Kingdom. London and provincial newspapers.
Ref: ARB-0207
A really excellent early directory covering the whole of London and including the adjacent areas of Middlesex, Surrey, Essex and Kent. The original volume of this book, when first published, also contained the directories of six other major manufacturing towns, plus a directory for the Isle of Man.
£17.75
Ref: ARB-GB0346
One of the most interesting directories, and a really beautiful and valuable book. The Royal Blue Book is in two parts: a complete street by street listing (with house numbers) for central London in 1833, together with a complete alphabetical listing of all heads of household, their occupation where applicable, and address.
Ref: ARB-GB0950
A very comprehensive early Pigot's Directory. 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.
Ref: ARB-GB0842
Published by Kelly's. Official directory, Commercial directory (people with trades), Court directory (private residents and their addresses, in alphabetical order, but not all), Parliamentary directory, Postage directory, Banking directory, Churches and Chapels directory, Schools, etc. Over 1600 pages. This book was kindly loaned to the Archive CD Books Project by the Barnet Archives Office.
Ref: ARB-0854
With over 1000 pages this is an extremely comprehensive directory of the fashionable and well off inhabitants of London. The first part is a street by street directory of private residents with, in some cases, details of their rank or profession. The second part is an alphabetical list of those people in the street directory which acts as a fabulous index. The final section contains details of academies, ambassadors, ministers and offices in the City, banks and financial institutions plus many advertisements. Kindly loaned to the Project by The Barnet Archives.
£21.00
Ref: ARB-0109S
Covers central London, and large parts of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent and Essex.
Ref: ARB-GB9035P
A very large book with over 1000 pages. This directory, unlike the 1848 Post Office directory, includes a full street by street directory of people in the London area in 1851, plus the commercial directory.
Ref: ARB-GB9036P
This massive 2650 page book is probably the most comprehensive London directory we have ever seen. It includes (and you really must read *all* of this!): Provincial inns for places throughout England and Wales, along with the names of the occupiers and the population total for the town in 1851 taken from the census records from that year. (20 pages).
Ref: ARB-GB0870
Contains a street by street directory of the more fashionable parts of central London and an excellent alphabetical list of the people who lived there. With well over 1000 pages this is an extremely comprehensive directory and the date of 1860 is an important one as it might provide an address to help you with searches in the 1861 census.
Ref: ARB-1269
Including a pull out map of the West End of London(1880) and many charming adverts. This wonderful book contains street and alphabetical listings of the name and abode in town and country of the nobility and gentry. Included are the family names of the nobility, Houses of Peers and Commons, the Foreign Ministers, Bankers, Army and Navy Agents, Government Offices, Public Societies and Institutions, Club Houses, Inns of Courts etc. Basically anyone who was anyone in 1880 London is listed here. The pull out map and street directories mean you can find where they lived on the map and see who lived next door.
Ref: ARB-GB0485
A Church calendar and general almanack for 1890 coontaining a variety of information for clergy and laity under the sanction of the Bishop of London.Contents include an alphabetical list of parishes, chapelries and ecclesiastical districts plus a directory of every member of the clergy in every parish in the Diocese of London, covering the County of London north of the Thames and the County of Middlesex with their address. This book will be invaluable to those researching ancestors who were members of the clergy in London. Not only contains the names & addresses of over 1000 clergy, but also the names and addresses of over 6000 laymen, all on the eve of the 1891 census.
Ref: ARB-9053
A fabulous and *incredibly* rare directory. Most larger suburbs contain a street by street directory which lists virtually every head of household by name, along with their trade. There are even people listed with an occupation such as 'clerk', 'householder' or 'jobbing gardener' so these are ordinary people in their homes, not just tradesmen at their place of work.
Ref: ARB-9054P
See the description of the Northern Suburbs above.
Ref: ARB-GB9037P
Probably the most important directory released. This massive directory, with over 3,500 pages! is a list of most heads of households and traders in London excepting those areas covered in the Suburban Directories.
Ref: ARB-GB0980
An enormous book with over 1400 pages which contain alphabetical and classified lists of people and their trades and businesses. Every imaginable occupation is included, from stockbrokers to dog biscuit makers!
Ref: ARB-GB0937
This is the 135th edition of The London Post Office Directory and is very special as it was the first to combine the Central London and the Suburban Districts into one book, thereby creating a single source for the whole of London. A massive book with 3,770 pages including a street by street directory, a list of private residents, commercial trades people and a classified trades directory.
£25.50
Ref: ARB-GB0742
A large chunk of North London, with incredibly comprehensive street by street listings of virtually every head of household, lists of private residents and commercial and trades sections.
Ref: ARB-GB0743
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.
Ref: ARB-0266
A complete street directory of Chiswick. With house numbers, and all heads of house and their occupations. Good detailed street map.
Ref: ARB-GB0735
Very similar to the 1934 directory described above, but it is amazing to see how transient the citizens of London still were at this time. Only a few short years after this book was published a huge number of the businesses and private residences in it had simply vanished due to the wholesale destruction of the capital by German bombs.
£25.00
Ref: ARB-0265
Literally a street directory, with house numbers and the names of all householders, plus an alphabetical listing.
Ref: ARB-0263
Literally a street directory, with house numbers and the names of all householders, plus an alphabetical listing. The CD also includes detailed street maps of 1939.
Ref: ARB-1358
This guide contains a street directory of the more fashionable parts of London being bounded by Hampstead on the North, the Chelsea Reaches of the Thames on the South, Bloomsbury on the East and West Kensington on the West. In addition to a map this edition includes particulars of the Royal Family, His majesty's Privy Council, Officers of State, Officials of Government Departments, House of Lords and the House of Commons. Also included are a list of the principal Clubs in London, seating plans for London Theatres and a classified list of Trades and Professions. With over 1700 pages this is an extremely comprehensive directory.
Ref: ARB-0264