Geographical gazetteers
These comprise a small and very specific group of directories which were produced at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries by a small number of commercial publishers. They deal with a specific city or town; neighbouring cities and towns; or counties, and include short profiles of individual businesses with, most notably, illustrations of premises. They therefore provide a guide to local businesses, say, for use by visitors. Inclusion was based on payment of a fee and the coverage is therefore not comprehensive. Inclusion was deemed a form of advertising so the business profiles are overtly generous and often sycophantic and verbose and their true value perhaps lays in the illustrations. Taken together, these directories cover many thousands of businesses
There are no businesses in this collection
Publications:
- Birmingham. An alphabetically arranged guide to the industrial resources of the Midlands metropolis. Leading merchants and manufacturers of Birmingham and district
- British Illustrated Business Review. Selected towns in the Midland counties
- British Illustrated Business Review. Selected towns in Midland and neighbouring counties
- Century's Progress, Lancashire. Progress and commerce, 1892
- Century's Progress, Yorkshire. Progress and commerce, 1893
- Chester in 1892
- Coventry up to Date. Views and reviews including descriptive sketches of the chief industries and representative houses in each branch of commercial enterprise
- Descriptive Account of Aberdeen
- Descriptive Account of Berwick on Tweed
- Descriptive Account of Bishop Auckland, Barnard Castle, Spennymoor and District
- Descriptive Account of Durham and District
- Descriptive Account of Guernsey
- Descriptive Account of King's Lynn
- Descriptive Account of Newcastle
- Descriptive Account of Norwich
- Descriptive Account of Norwood, Forest Hill, Dulwich and District (1893)
- Descriptive Account of Peckham and Camberwell
- Descriptive Account of Shrewsbury. Illustrated
- Descriptive Account of South London Illustrated
- Descriptive Account of Southampton
- Descriptive Account of Southwark and Bermondsey Illustrated
- Descriptive Account of the Kingdom of Fife
- Descriptive Account of The Potteries
- Glasgow and its Environs. A literary, commercial and social review past and present with a description of its leading mercantile houses and commercial enterprises
- Glasgow of Today. The metropolis of the north. An epitome of results and manual of commerce, business men and mercantile interests. Wealth and growth. Historical, statistical, biographical
- Illustrated Midland Business Review and View Album. Special edition for the district of East Birmingham with part of Aston
- Illustrated Midlands Business Review. West Bromwich, Great Bridge, Smethwick, Handsworth, Walsall, Wednesbury, Cannock, Wednesford, Shifnal, Dudley, Brierley Hill, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Kidderminster
- Illustrated Towns of England. Business review. Selected towns [of Gloucestershire]
- Illustrated Towns of England Business Review. Wolverhampton
- Industrial Gloucestershire, 1904
- Industrial Great Britain. A commercial review of leading firms selected from important towns in many counties
- Industries of the North. One hundred years ago ... incorporating Industries of Ireland ... and selected extracts from Pictorial World, 1888-9
- Industries of Ireland. Part One. Belfast and towns of the north. The province of Ulster and Connaught. Businessmen and mercantile interests
- Industries of Norfolk and Suffolk Business Review. A guide to leading commercial enterprises
- Industries of Sheffield. Business Review. An alphbetically arranged guide to the leading commercial enterprises of the town and neighbourhood
- Industries of the South Coast and West of England. Sea ports and watering places, their commercial importance and nautical advantages
- Industries of West England Business Review. An illustrated historical and commercial guide
- Industries of Yorkshire. Part Two. York and the great manufacturing centres of Hull, Huddersfield, Halifax, Wakefield, Middlesbrough
- Industries of Yorkshire. [Part One?]. Leeds, Bradford ...; England's great manufacturing centres; businessmen and mercantile interests
- Iron, Steel and Allied Trades, Manchester and District
- Kingston upon Thames and Surbiton Illustrated. Including Norbiton, Hampton Wick and Teddington. Arts, trades and commerce
- Lancashire. Part second. The premier county of the Kingdom. Cities and towns. Historical, statistical, biographical. Businessmen and mercantile interests. Wealth and growth
- Lancashire. Part one. The premier county of the kingdom. Cities and towns. Historical, statistical, biographical. Business men and mercantile interests. Wealth and growth
- Leeds Illustrated. Historical and descriptive. Art, commerce and trade
- Liverpool of Today. The maritime metropolis of the world ... Businessmen and commercial interests, weatlth and growth. Historical, statistical, biographical
- Manchester of Today. Businessmen and commercial interests, wealth and growth. Historical, statistical, biographical
- Modern London. The world's metropolis. An epitome of results. Business men and commercial interests
- Nottingham Illustrated. Its arts, trade and commerce
- Peterborough Illustrated. Its history, manufactures, trade
- Ports of the Bristol Channel
- Progress, Commerce 1893. Illustrated London and its representatives of commerce
- Progress, Commerce, 1894. Rivers of the North, their cities and their commerce
- Tyneside Industries. Newcastle and district. An epitome of results and manual of commerce; business men and mercantile interests; wealth and growth; historical, statistical, geographical
- Warrington of Today. Original views of local and historic interest, biographical sketches, portraits and descriptive accounts of industries in the borough
- Watford. Illustrated, descriptive and commercial. Including Rickmansworth. The premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Woolwich, Plumstead and Neighbourhood Illustrated. Historical and commercial
- Where to Buy at Shepton Mallet. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Croydon. An illustrated local review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Northampton. An illustrated local review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Southend. An illustrated local review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Dover. An illustrated local review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Bedford. An illustrated local review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Yeovil. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, maunfacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Glastonbury. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Wells. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Torquay. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufactures and retailers
- Where to Buy at Frome. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Paignton. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Exeter. An illustrated local trades review. The premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Newton Abbot. An illustrated trades review. Principle shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Coventry. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Taunton. An illustrated local trades review. The premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Gloucester. An illustrated local trades review. The premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Weston super Mare. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Worcester and Malvern. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Where to Buy at Bristol and Clifton. An illustrated local trades review. Premier shops, manufacturers and retailers
- Leicester in 1891 Illustrated. Historical & descriptive. Art, commerce & trade