Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

This is an update of the old Directory of Directories which had many broken links.
Link to historical directories online http://cdm16445.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ ... 16445coll4


LIVERPOOL DIRECTORIES

1874 Green's Directory online:
http://www.archive.org/stream/agreencosdirect00cogoog


MaryA : 1766 Gores, 1767 Gores, 1769, 1773, 1790 Gores, 1825 Baines, 1827 Gores. Slaters 1847 (listing by trade), Gores 1853, Gores 1900, 1952 Gores for Preston.

Vicmar1: Kellys/Gores Street Dir - L'pool & Suburbs 1911 & 1938
Godfrey Ed. O.S maps of Lpool North 1906 [106.10]
-do- o.s maps of Toxteth 1906 [113.02] (PM for any requests)

Gore 1790 for Liverpool
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.b ... 98/mb.ashx

Liverpool Directory Baines 1824
1824 Baines
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.b ... 30/mb.ashx
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.b ... 31/mb.ashx
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.b ... 32/mb.ashx
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.b ... 33/mb.ashx
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.b ... 34/mb.ashx
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.b ... 35/mb.ashx

Baines 1825 Liverpool Street Directory
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.b ... 70/mb.ashx

Baines 1825 Manchester Street Directory
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.b ... 89/mb.ashx

Gore 1827 for Liverpool
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/topics.res ... 60/mb.ashx
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/topics.res ... 59/mb.ashx
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/topics.res ... 58/mb.ashx
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/topics.res ... 61/mb.ashx
http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/topics.res ... 62/mb.ashx

Pigot's 1828 Directory Extracts: Bury and Rossendale area
http://website.lineone.net/~davghalgh/pigot.html

1832 Poll Book
http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/1 ... ok1832.htm

1869 Wigan Directory
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/townd ... =townd1869

1881 Wigan Directory
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/townd ... =townd1881

Broughton in Furness 1882 from Mannex's directory of Furness and Cartmel
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Br ... s1882.html

Coniston 1882 from Mannex's directory of Furness and Cartmel
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Co ... s1882.html

Dunnerdale and Seathwaite 1882 from Mannex'x Directory of Furness and Cartmel
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Se ... s1882.html

Torver 1882 from Mannex's Directory of Furness and Cartmel
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/To ... s1882.html

Woodland & Heathwaite 1882 from Mannex's Directory of Furness and Cartmel
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Wo ... s1882.html

1925/6 Ince Directory
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/ince.php?opt=inced

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If you don't find what you want above, check this link http://www.electoralregisters.org.uk/pollbooks.htm

Note that the Poll Books for 1761, 1784, 1790, 1796 and 1806 that used to be on Keith Tinkler's site are no longer available as the site appears to be down.

Useful for Cheshire Directories
http://cheshiredirectories.manuscripteye.com/

Scottish Post Office Directories
http://www.nls.uk/family-history/direct ... ce=Glasgow

http://digital.nls.uk/directories/index.html

These are available to freely download

A. Green & Co.'s Directory for Liverpool and Birkenhead 1870 (https://archive.org/details/agreencosdirect00cogoog)

The Liverpool Directory, for the Year 1766: Containing an Alphabetical List of the Merchants (https://archive.org/details/liverpooldirect00unkngoog) - copying error mentioned in a previous post (https://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ ... 32&t=14959)

Annals of the Liverpool stage, from the earliest period to the present time, together with some account of the theatres and music halls in Bootle and Birkenhead (https://archive.org/details/cu31924026123822)

The place-names of the Liverpool district; or, The history and meaning of the local and river names of South-west Lancashire and of Wirral (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028139339)

City of Liverpool. Selections from the municipal archives and records, from the 13th to the 17th century inclusive (https://archive.org/details/cu31924028139156)

Bygone Liverpool Illustrated by Ninety Seven Plates reproduced from original paintings, drawings, manuscripts and prints with historical descriptions (https://archive.org/details/cu31924020673780)

The first year's working of the Liverpool Docks Scheme [published 1914] (https://archive.org/details/cu31924050068679)

Liverpool public libraries. A history of fifty years (https://archive.org/details/cu31924011513664)

http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Main_Page
Maybe not strictly a Directory but this is the description given
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 115,793 pages of information and 167,298 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Wiltshire
http://www.wiltshirerecordsociety.org.u ... rs_v47.pdf

Brighton 1899

Bristol 1897

Cardiff 1893

Chester 1896

Derby 1895

Leeds 1893

Lincoln 1900

Liverpool 1881

Newcastle 1894

Norwich 1896

Nottingham 1900

Sheffield 1893

Southampton 1895

Sunderland 1902

Worcester 1900

I have recently acquired Kelly's Liverpool directories for 1955, 1958 and 1966.

retiringtype wrote:I have recently acquired Kelly's Liverpool directories for 1955, 1958 and 1966.

Good selection they're useful years for those areas that were later demolished.


Blue

Blue has also posted links to directories available on familysearch, between 1825 and 1900
https://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/ ... 40#p124638