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Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1914-1915

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SN: 5128
Title: Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1914-1915
Persistent identifier: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-5128-1
Series: Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919
Depositor(s): Keith, J., University of Leicester. Registrar's Office
Principal investigator(s): Cornell, E., University of Leicester. Library
Sponsor(s): New Opportunities Fund
Higher Education Funding Councils
Other acknowledgements: A preliminary pilot scheme received support from the Higher Education Funding Council, Specialised Research Collections in the Humanities Programme

Subject Categories

Administrative history - History
Economic history - History
Local history - History
Social history - History
Transport history - History
Urban history - History
Trade, industry and markets - Industry and management

Abstract

The aim of the project was to improve access to local and trade directories for the period 1750-1919 by making a substantial collection of English and Welsh directories available online as a Digital Library of Historical Directories.
This digital resource comprises in total some 600 directories, covering every English county together with Wales, and ranging widely over the period 1750-1919 (the latter cut-off point chosen for copyright reasons). There is a particular focus on the 1850s, 1890s and 1910s, with at least one directory provided for each county in each of these decades.
The digitisation of the volumes involved a two-stage process, in which (1) the hard-copy source was scanned to produce a graphic image of each page, and then (2) those images were processed using OCR software to generate a machine-readable text file.
Main Topics:
The directories included are of many different kinds, commonly embracing trade, commercial, and private resident directories, together with gazetteers, almanacs, official information, etc. For the purposes of deposit in the UK Data Archive, the collection has been divided into 35 studies on a regional and temporal basis.

Coverage, universe, methodology

Time period: 01 January 1914 - 01 January 1915
Country: England
Geography: London
Spatial units: Counties (Ancient)
Observation units: Text units
Kind of data: Image
Textual
Universe: Subnational
Selected Directories from London
Time dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling procedures: No sampling (total universe)
Method of data collection: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Weighting: No weighting conducted
Data sources:
Post Office London Directory, 1914. [Part 1: Official Directory]. (189 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1914. [Part 8: Advertisements]. (122 pages)
Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1914. [Part 1: Street Directory]. (328 pages)
Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1914. [Part 2: Commercial and Professional Directory]. (165 pages)
Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1914. [Part 3: Trades and Professional Directory]. (166 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1914. [Part 7: Banking Directory]. (205 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1914. [Part 5: Law and Court Directories]. (239 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1914. [Part 2: Street Directory]. (560 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1914. [Part 3: Commercial and Professional Directory]. (653 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1914. [Part 4: Trades and Professional Directory]. (661 pages)
Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1914. [Part 4: Court Directory, etc.]. (223 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1914. [Part 6: Public and Other Institutions]. (183 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1915. [Part 6: Postal, City, etc.]. (418 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1915. [Part 1: Official Directory]. (178 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1915. [Part 2: Street Directory]. (559 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1915. [Part 3: Commercial and Professional Directory]. (653 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1915. [Part 4: Trades and Professional Directory]. (651 pages)
Post Office London Directory, 1915. [Part 5: Law, Court and Parliamentary Directories]. (273 pages)

Keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORYCOMMERCIAL DIRECTORIESDIRECTORIES
ECONOMIC HISTORYGREATER LONDONLOCAL HISTORY
SOCIAL HISTORYTRADE DIRECTORIES

Administrative and access information

Date of release:
First edition: 30 January 2006
Copyright: Copyright University of Leicester
Access conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions of access for further information.
Please note: Users can search the Digital Library of Historical Directories at http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp (last viewed on 02/08/2006).
Availability: UK Data Service
Contact: Get in touch

Documentation

TitleFile NameSize (KB)
User guide (portable data format) guide.pdf 50
Study information and citation UKDA_Study_5128_Information.htm 19
READ File read5128.txt 1

Related studies:

Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire, 1841-1914 (SN 5101)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, 1830-1915 (SN 5102)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, 1830-1891 (SN 5103)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, 1892-1916 (SN 5104)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cheshire and Lancashire, 1766-1883 (SN 5105)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cheshire and Lancashire, 1886-1902 (SN 5106)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cheshire and Lancashire, 1903-1917 (SN 5107)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cornwall and Devon, 1783-1902 (SN 5108)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cornwall and Devon, 1906-1919 (SN 5109)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cumberland and Westmorland, 1829-1914 (SN 5110)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland, 1783-1880 (SN 5111)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland, 1881-1904 (SN 5112)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland, 1906-1916 (SN 5113)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, 1784-1900 (SN 5114)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, 1903-1916 (SN 5115)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Durham and Northumberland, 1801-1916 (SN 5116)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex, 1824-1890 (SN 5117)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex, 1891-1904 (SN 5118)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex, 1905-1918 (SN 5119)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1796-1878 (SN 5120)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1880-1899 (SN 5121)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Somerset and Wales, 1900-1919 (SN 5122)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Lincolnshire, 1856-1919 (SN 5123)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1808-1891 (SN 5124)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1895-1897 (SN 5125)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1899-1905 (SN 5126)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1906-1911 (SN 5127)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: London, 1916-1919 (SN 5129)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1818-1892 (SN 5130)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1896-1914 (SN 5131)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Yorkshire, 1787-1885 (SN 5132)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Yorkshire, 1887-1913 (SN 5133)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections, 1828-1844 (SN 5134)
Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Miscellaneous Collections, 1846-1901 (SN 5135)

Publications

Welding, D. and S. Nash. (2004). 'The Historical Directories Digitisation Project at the University of Leicester', The Local Studies Librarian, Vol 23 (1), pp. 4-10.

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