Trade Directories

19th and 20th century trade directories were similar to phone books, often listing people by both trade and surname. The directories were published and printed by a variety of companies - initially national directories would comprise a single volume, but later editions were more likely to cover a single or small cluster of counties. Piggot, Kelly, Slater & White were the most well known of the national published editions.

History, Gazetteer & Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1846 Post Office Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1849 Slater's Directory of Rutland, 1850 Slater's Directory of Rutland, 1858 White's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1863 Post Office Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1876 White's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1877 Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1881 Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1891 Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1899 Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1912 Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1916 Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1925 Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland, 1928