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Our collection covers over 386 books from more than 48 regions, including many UK counties as well as America and Australia.

Directories are a useful insight into the lives of our ancestors, and cover a wider range of years than the current census records available. As well as providing details of your ancestor's occupation, they can also provide addresses, historical maps and information on the area they lived in.

Unlimited access to various post office, trade, street, court and commercial directories, with original images. Directories can be searched by name or browsed with the aid of bookmarks.


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    AmericaBack To Top

    Online access to our Directory Records.
    • 1835-6 America, Directory of Newark
    • 1786 America, New York Directory
    • 1867 America, Vermont Directory

    BedfordshireBack To Top

    • 1898 Kelly's Bedfordshire Directory
    • 1885 Bedfordshire Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's Bedfordshire Directory, 1903

    BerkshireBack To Top

    • 1899 Berkshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1911 Berkshire Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's Berkshire Directory, 1939
    • Kelly's Directory of Berkshire 1915
    • 1915 Berkshire Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's Directory of Berkshire 1920
    • 1907 Berkshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1830 Berkshire Pigot's

    BuckinghamshireBack To Top

    • Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire 1931
    • Pigots Directory of Buckinghamshire 1844
    • 1935 Kelly's Buckinghamshire Directory
    • Kelly's Buckinghamshire Directory 1877
    • Kelly's Buckinghamshire Directory, 1939
    • 1911 Kelly's Buckinghamshire Directory
    • Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire 1915
    • 1915 Buckinghamshire Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire 1920
    • 1883 Bucks, Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire
    • 1907 Buckinghamshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1830 Buckinghamshire Pigot's

    CambridgeshireBack To Top

    • 1858 Cambridgeshire Kelly's Post Office Directory
    • 1851 Cambridgeshire Directory
    • 1538-1837 Cambridge BMD Directory
    • 1908 Kellys Cambridgeshire Directory
    • 1925 Cambridgeshire, Kelly's Directory
    • 1892 Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk Deacons Court Guide and County Blue Book
    • Cambridgeshire, Kellys Directory, 1916

    ChannelBack To Top

    • Kelly's 1939 Channel Islands Directory

    Channel IslandsBack To Top

    • 1899 Channel Isles Kelly's Directory
    • 1911 Channel Isles Kelly's Directory

    CheshireBack To Top

    • 1876 Cassey's Directory of Chester
    • 1914 Cheshire Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's Cheshire Directory, 1923
    • 1828 Cheshire Pigot's Directory

    CornwallBack To Top

    • 1896 Devon & Cornwall Deacon's Court Guide and County Blue Book

    CumberlandBack To Top

    • 1901 Cumberland Bulmer's Directory
    • 1847 Cumberland Directory
    • 1884 Bulmer's Cumberland (East), History and Directory
    • c.1911 Bulmer's Furness and Cartmel - History, Topography and Directory
    • 1894 Cumberland Kelly's Directory
    • 1883 Bulmer's Cumberland (West), History and Directory
    • Kelly's Cumberland & Westmorland Directory 1897
    • Kelly's 1929 Cumberland Directory
    • 1925 Cumberland Kelly's Directory
    • 1828 Cumberland Pigot's Directory

    DerbyshireBack To Top

    • 1850 Derbyshire Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1912 Derbyshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1941 Derbyshire Kelly's Directory
    • Buxton Guide and Directory, 1876
    • 1809 Derbyshire Domesday Records
    • 1857 Derbyshire White's Directory
    • 1839 Derbyshire, The History of Chesterfield
    • 1899 Derbyshire, Sutton and District Pile's Directory
    • 1925 Derbyshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1828 Derbyshire Pigot's Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Derbyshire

    DevonBack To Top

    • 1765 History Of Exeter Directory
    • Kelly's Plymouth Directory, 1937

    DorsetBack To Top

    • 1865 Dorset, Harrod and Co's Postal Directory of Dorsetshire
    • 1899 Dorset Kelly's Directory
    • 1920 Kelly's Dorsetshire Directory
    • 1923 Dorsetshire Directory Kelly's
    • 1935 Dorsetshire Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's 1912 Directory of Dorset
    • 1911 Dorset Kelly's Directory

    DurhamBack To Top

    • White's Durham and Northumberland Directory 1827
    • 1894 Durham Kelly's Directory
    • Pigot's Durham 1834 Directory

    EssexBack To Top

    • 1929 Essex Kelly's Directory
    • 1906 Essex Kelly's Directory
    • 1898 Essex Kelly's Directory
    • 1862 Essex Post Office Directory
    • 1886 Essex Kelly's Directory
    • 1929 Kelly's Directory of Essex
    • Kelly's Essex Post Office Directory 1878

    GloucestershireBack To Top

    • Bristol Guide and Directory 1793-1794
    • 1911 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Directory Annuaire
    • 1906 Gloucestershire Kelly's Directory
    • 1870 Gloucestershire, Kelly's Directory
    • 1857 Harper's Cheltenham Directory
    • 1928 Cheltenham Kelly's Directory
    • 1830 Gloucestershire Pigot's
    • 1910-1911 Gloucester Smart's Directory
    • 1919 Wright's Directory for Bristol

    HampshireBack To Top

    • 1908 Alton and Alresford Directory
    • 1899 Hampshire Kelly's Directory
    • Hampshire, Milford-on-Sea Guide and Directory, 1925
    • 1913-1914 Southampton Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's 1912 Directory of Hampshire
    • 1830 Hampshire Pigot's
    • 1878 Whites Hampshire Directory

    HerefordshireBack To Top

    • 1850 Herefordshire Slater's Royal Directory
    • Kelly's 1934 Herefordshire Directory
    • Pigot's 1844 Herefordshire Directory
    • Kelly's 1900 Herefordshire Directory
    • Littlebury's 1876-1877 Herefordshire Directory & Gazetteer
    • 1835 Pigot's Herefordshire Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Herefordshire

    HertfordshireBack To Top

    • 1914 Hertfordshire Kelly's Directory
    • History of Watford and Trade Directory 1884
    • 1929 Hertfordshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1898 Hertfordshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1862 Hertfordshire Post Office Directory
    • 1886 Hertfordshire Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's Hertfordshire Post Office Directory 1878

    HuntingdonshireBack To Top

    • 1906 Huntingdonshire, Kelly's Directory
    • Huntingdonshire, Kelly's Directory 1894

    KentBack To Top

    • 1931 Bromley Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's Directory of Banbury 1934
    • Kent, Kelly's Directory 1895
    • 1862 Kent Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's Kent 1895
    • 1938 Kent Kelly's Directory
    • 1839 Kent Pigot's Directory

    LancashireBack To Top

    • 1914 Burnley Barrett's Directory
    • 1912 Lancashire And District Bulmer's Directory
    • 1825 Lancashire Baines' Directory
    • Liverpool, Gore's Directory, 1805
    • 1853 Manchester Whellan Directory
    • 1772 Manchester Directory
    • 1773 Manchester Directory
    • North East Lancashire with Bury and District, 1876
    • 1828 Lancashire Pigot's Directory
    • 1927-1928 Southport Seed's Directory

    LeicestershireBack To Top

    • 1850 Leicestershire Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1912 Leicestershire Kelly's Directory
    • 1941 Leicestershire & Rutland Kelly's Directory
    • 1896 Leicestershire Wright's Street Directory
    • 1876 Leicestershire & Rutland Post Office Directory
    • 1925 Leicestershire Kelly's Directory
    • 1890 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire Court Guide and County Blue Book
    • 1835 Pigot's Leicestershire Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Leicestershire

    LincolnshireBack To Top

    • 1850 Lincolnshire Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1809 Lincolnshire Domesday Records
    • Lincolnshire, Kelly's Directory, 1876
    • Kelly's Lincolnshire Directory, 1930
    • Kelly's Lincolnshire Directory 1933
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Lincolnshire

    LondonBack To Top

    • 1905 Kelly's Post Office Court Directory
    • 1905 Kelly's Post Office Court Directory (Suburbs)
    • 1905 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory
    • 1905 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory (Suburbs)
    • 1852 Watkins Alphabetical Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Banking Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office City Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Commercial Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Conveyancy Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Court Directory
    • 1852 Watkins Conveyancy, Parliament, City Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Directory (introduction)
    • London, Kelly's Directory, 1856
    • Kearsley's London Register 1787
    • 1929 London, Kelly's Directory of Ilford
    • Kelly's 1869 Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's 1906 Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's 1907 Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's 1925 Post Office Directory Volume 2
    • Kelly's 1929 Post Office Directory Volume 2
    • Kelly's 1931 Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's 1932 Post Office Directory Volume 2
    • Kelly's 1933 Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's 1934 Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's 1935 Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's 1939 Post Office Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Law Directory
    • 1677 Little London Directory
    • Kelly's 1856 Post Office Directory
    • 1859 Kelly's Post Office Court Directory
    • 1859 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory
    • 1880 Kelly's Post Office Court Directory
    • 1880 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory
    • 1916 London Directory
    • Kelly's 1929 Post Office Directory
    • 1908 London, Aldermen of the City of London Vol.I
    • 1908 London, Aldermen of the City of London Vol.II
    • 1846 Kelly's Post Office Directory
    • 1921 Kelly's Post Office Suburbs Court Directory
    • 1908 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory
    • 1908 Kelly's Post Office Trade Directory
    • 1921 Kelly's Post Office Court Directory
    • 1926 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory
    • 1926 Kelly's Post Office City Directory
    • 1926 Kelly's Post Office Trade Directory
    • 1930 Kelly's Post Office Commericial Directory
    • 1930 Kelly's Post Office Trade Directory
    • 1930 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory
    • 1910 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory
    • 1910 Kelly's Post Office Trade Directory
    • 1910 Kelly's Post Office Law Directory
    • Kelly's 1925 Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's 1927 Post Office Directory Volume 1
    • Kelly's 1927 Post Office Directory Volume 2
    • Kelly's 1928 Post Office Directory Volume 1
    • Kelly's 1928 Post Office Directory Volume 2
    • Kelly's 1932 Post Office Directory Volume 1
    • Kelly's 1936 Post Office Directory
    • 1936 Kelly's Post Office Commericial Directory
    • 1936 Kelly's Post Office Trade Directory
    • 1733 London, Westminster, A Survey
    • 1912 London Kelly's Post Office Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Official Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Parlimentary Directory
    • 1825 Pigot's London and Provincial Towns
    • 1940 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory
    • 1940 Kelly's Post Office Commericial Directory
    • 1940 Kelly's Post Office Trade Directory
    • 1852 Watkins Court, Trade Directory
    • 1939 Royal Blue Book
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Street Directory
    • 1852 Watkins Street Directory
    • 1869 Kelly's Post Office Trade Directory
    • 1938 Webster's Royal Red Book

    MiddlesexBack To Top

    • Middlesex, Enfield Kelly's Directory, 1937
    • 1898 Middlesex Kelly's Directory
    • 1862 Middlesex Post Office Directory

    MonmouthshireBack To Top

    • 1850 Monmouthshire Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1835 Pigot's Monmouthshire Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Monmouthshire

    NationalBack To Top

    • Thom's British Directory 1873
    • 1899-1900 UK Telephone Directory

    NorfolkBack To Top

    • 1858 Norfolk Kelly's Post Office Directory
    • Kelly's 1937 Directory Of Norfolk
    • Norfolk, Kellys Directory, 1916
    • 1929 Kelly's Directory of Norfolk

    NorthamptonshireBack To Top

    • 1850 Northamptonshire Slater's Royal Directory
    • Kelly's Northamptonshire Directory, 1898
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Northamptonshire

    NorthumberlandBack To Top

    • Kelly's Northumberland Directory 1910
    • Kelly's Northumberland Directory 1921
    • Kelly's Northumberland Directory 1925
    • Kelly's Northumberland Directory 1929
    • 1890 Northumberland, Kelly's Directory
    • 1897 Northumberland, Kelly's Directory
    • 1938 Northumberland, Kelly's Directory
    • 1894 Northumberland Kelly's Directory
    • Pigot's Northumberland 1834 Directory
    • Ward's Newcastle-on-Tyne Northumberland, Directory 1910

    NottinghamshireBack To Top

    • 1850 Nottinghamshire Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1912 Nottinghamshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1941 Nottinghamshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1956 Nottinghamshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1809 Nottinghamshire Domesday Records
    • 1925 Nottinghamshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1828 Nottinghamshire Pigot's Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Nottinghamshire

    OxfordBack To Top

    • Kelly's Directory of Oxford 1920

    OxfordshireBack To Top

    • 1911 Kelly's Oxfordshire Directory
    • 1915 Oxfordshire Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's Directory of Oxfordshire 1915
    • 1891 Oxfordshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1907 Oxfordshire Kelly's Directory
    • Kelly's Oxfordshire Directory 1877
    • Kelly's Oxfordshire Directory, 1939
    • 1830 Oxfordshire Pigot's

    RutlandBack To Top

    • 1850 Rutland Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1809 Rutland Domesday Records
    • 1835 Pigot's Rutland Directory
    • 1925 Rutland Kelly's Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Rutland

    ScotlandBack To Top

    • 1923-1924 Aberdeen Post Office Directory
    • 1948-49 Aberdeen Post Office Directory
    • 1930-31 Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory
    • 1773-4 Edinburgh Directory
    • 1857-8 Edinburgh Leith Directory
    • 1892-1893 Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory
    • 1930 (Circa) The Official Guide to Edinburgh
    • 1849-1850 Glasgow Post Office Directory
    • 1783-4 Glasgow Directory
    • 1787 Glasgow Directory
    • 1861-62 Glasgow Post Office Directory
    • 1913-1914 Glasgow Post Office Directory
    • 1851-2 Glasgow Post Office Directory
    • 1874-1875 Glasgow Post Office Directory
    • 1907-1908 Glasgow Post Office Directory
    • 1914-1915 Glasgow Post Office Directory
    • 1925-1926 Glasgow Post Office Directory
    • 1882-3 Greenock Post Office Directory
    • 1915 Orkney & Shetland Directory
    • 1893-4 Perth & Perthshire Directory
    • 1877-1878 Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory

    ShropshireBack To Top

    • 1850 Shropshire Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1917 Shropshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1828 Shropshire Pigot's Directory
    • Kelly's 1934 Shropshire Directory
    • Shrewsbury Kelly's Directory 1940
    • 1875 Shropshire Cassey's Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Shropshire

    SomersetBack To Top

    • Kelly's 1897 Somersetshire Directory

    StaffordshireBack To Top

    • 1850 Staffordshire Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1901 Staffordshire Deacon's County Blue Book
    • 1888 Kelly's Directory Staffordshire
    • 1835 Pigot's Staffordshire Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Staffordshire
    • Staffordshire Post Office Directory 1850

    SuffolkBack To Top

    • White's 1844 Directory
    • 1858 Suffolk Kelly's Post Office Directory
    • 1937 Suffolk Kelly's Trade Directory
    • Kelly's 1916 Suffolk Directory
    • Kelly's Suffolk Directory, 1892
    • 1929 Kelly's Directory of Suffolk
    • 1855 History, Gazetteer and Directory of Suffolk
    • 1912 Suffolk Kelly's Directory

    SurreyBack To Top

    • 1938 Surrey Kelly's Directory
    • 1839 Surrey Pigot's Directory

    SussexBack To Top

    • Sussex, Kelly's Directory 1878
    • 1911 Kelly's Sussex Directory
    • 1938 Sussex Kelly's Directory
    • 1839 Sussex Pigot's Directory
    • 1922 Sussex Kelly's Directory
    • 1924 Sussex Kelly's Directory

    WalesBack To Top

    • 1913 Cardiff Directory
    • 1876 Cassey's Directory of the Chief Towns in North Wales
    • 1844 Pigot's North Wales Directory
    • 1835 Pigot's North Wales Directory
    • 1835 Pigot's South Wales Directory
    • 1844 Pigot's South Wales Directory
    • 1919-20 West Wales Historical Records

    WarwickshireBack To Top

    • 1850 Warwickshire Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1901 Warwickshire Deacon's County Blue Book
    • 1849 Birmingham Whites Directory
    • Birmingham Post Office Directory 1850
    • 1835 Pigot's Warwickshire Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Warwickshire
    • 1874 Warwickshire White's Directory
    • 1903 Warwickshire, Kelly's Directory of Birmingham
    • 1868 Warwickshire, Kelly's Post Office Directory
    • 1933 Warwick & Leamington Spa Kelly's Directory

    WestmorlandBack To Top

    • Kelly's 1929 Westmorland Directory
    • 1925 Westmorland Kelly's Directory
    • 1828 Westmorland Pigot's Directory
    • 1855 Westmorland Slater's Directory
    • 1906 Westmorland, Kelly's Directory
    • 1894 Westmorland Kelly's Directory

    WiltshireBack To Top

    • Kelly's 1912 Directory of Wiltshire
    • 1911 Wiltshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1899 Wiltshire Kelly's Directory
    • 1923 Wiltshire Kelly's Directory

    WorcestershireBack To Top

    • 1850 Worcestershire Slater's Royal Directory
    • 1901 Worcestershire Deacon's County Blue Book
    • 1873 Worcestershire Littlebury's Directory
    • 1835 Pigot's Worcestershire Directory
    • 1850 Slaters National and Commerical Directory and Topography - Worcestershire
    • 1889 Worcestershire, Kidderminster Guide and Directory
    • Worcestershire Post Office Directory 1850

    YorkshireBack To Top

    • Barnsley & District Directory 1902
    • 1906 Bradford Alphabetical Directory
    • 1920 Bradford and District Directory
    • 1921 Bradford Directory
    • 1906 Bradford Street Directory
    • 1906 Bradford Trade Directory
    • 1809 York Domesday Records
    • 1892 Bulmer's East Yorkshire Directory
    • 1892 Hull Directory
    • 1909 Hull Directory
    • 1921 N and E Ridings Yorkshire Directory
    • 1936 Kelly's Directory of Bradford and Suburbs
    • 1830 Leeds Parson & White's Directory
    • 1861 Leeds & Bradford White's Directory
    • 1907 Leeds Alphabetical Directory
    • 1923 Leeds Alphabetical Directory
    • 1923 Leeds Street Directory
    • Mercentile Bradford 1863
    • 1890 Bulmer's North Yorkshire Directory
    • Pigot's Yorkshire 1834 Directory
    • 1871 Sheffield Directory
    • Whites Kingston-upon-Hull 1846
    • 1872 Johnson and Tesseyman's York Directory
    • 1822 Yorkshire East Riding Directory
    • 1822 York & Ainsty Directory
    • 1913 Directory of the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire
    • 1900-1901 Yorkshire Phone Book
    • 1840 Yorkshire, History of the East and North Ridings
    • 1909 York Directory
    • Yorkshire Who's Who's, 1912

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