Inhabitants of Plymouth in Devon
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Nottingham). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
GEARE. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of London
(1805)
Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet. Private Residences'. About 10,000 people are recorded.GEARE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Residents of Exeter
(1828)
The 'Exeter Itinerary and General Directory, ... A Walk through the City and Suburbs, with an Account of the Public Buildings, and Institutions; an Abridged History of the Cathedral; A List of the Body Corporate, Public Offices, Companies, &c. &c. Embellished with a neat Map of the City', published in June 1828, includes this 'List of the Nobility, Gentry, Merchants, and Traders Of Exeter, Heavitree, St. Thomas, Alphington and Ide'.GEARE. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Devon
(1830)
Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.GEARE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Owners and occupiers in Weedon, Northamptonshire
(1835)
The 'Act to enable the London and Birmingham Railway Company to extend and alter the Line of such Railway, and for other Purposes relating thereto' (3 July 1835) includes a schedule of expropriated properties in the area of St Pancras (in Drummond Mews, Drummond Street, Granby Street, Mornington Place, Park Street, Stanhope Street, Stanhope Terrace, Upper Seymour Street and Whittlebury Street) and in Northamptonshire (in Brockhall, Dodford, Long Buckby, Norton, Weedon and Whilton) with the names of the owners, lessees and occupiers.GEARE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1835)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsGEARE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trustees and Solicitors
(1838)
Trustees appointed to take over bankrupts' estates in England and Wales, and their solicitors. Trustees are often friends or relatives of the bankrupt: and/or principal creditors
GEARE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Trustees and Solicitors
(1839)
Trustees appointed to take over bankrupts' estates in England and Wales, and their solicitors. Trustees are often friends or relatives of the bankrupt: and/or principal creditors
GEARE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1840)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsGEARE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1841)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksGEARE. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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