10.5255/UKDA-SN-5101-1
Cornell, E., University of Leicester, Library
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire, 1841-1914
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919
UK Data Service
2021
[data collection]
1st Edition
<p>The aim of the project was to improve access to local and trade directories for the period 1750-1919 by making a substantial collection of English and Welsh directories available online as a Digital Library of Historical Directories.<br>
This digital resource comprises in total some 600 directories, covering every English county together with Wales, and ranging widely over the period 1750-1919 (the latter cut-off point chosen for copyright reasons). There is a particular focus on the 1850s, 1890s and 1910s, with at least one directory provided for each county in each of these decades.<br>
The digitisation of the volumes involved a two-stage process, in which (1) the hard-copy source was scanned to produce a graphic image of each page, and then (2) those images were processed using OCR software to generate a machine-readable text file.</p><p><br></p><p>An <a href="http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4" target="_blank">online version</a> of this resource can be found on the Website of the University of Leicester.<br>
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</p> This data collection includes the following directories:<br><br>- Pigot's Directory of Northamptonshire (1841)<br><br>- Directory of the Town of Northampton: with a complete list of the clergy, gentry, merchants, manufacturers, professions, trades, &amp;c., &amp;c., &amp;c.: also a detailed account of the Northampton charities, religious &amp; other local institutions (1853)<br><br>- History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Huntingdon; comprising a general survey of the county, and embracing separate historical descriptions of the united boroughs of Huntingdon and Godmanchester, and all the market towns, together with notices of every parish (1854)<br><br>- History, Topography, &amp; Directory of Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, to which is prefixed an abridgment of the early history of England (1862)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire (1890)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire (1890)<br><br>- Northampton Directory. Containing: directory of private residents, trades, professions, &amp; streets; county, municipal, topographical, and general information. (1893/94)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Hunts and Northamptonshire (1898)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Hunts and Northamptonshire (1903)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire (1906)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire (1910) [Bedfordshire only]<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Huntingdonshire (1910)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Northamptonshire (1910)<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire (1914) [Northamptonshire only]<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire (1914) [Huntingdonshire only]<br><br>- Kelly's Directory of Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire (1914) [Bedfordshire only] <br>