Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Cornwall and Devon, 1906-1919
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.An online version of this resource can be found on the Website of the University of Leicester. This data collection includes the following directories:- Kelly's Directory of Cornwall (1906)- The Post Office Directory of Falmouth & Neighbourhood (1906)- Besley's Exeter Directory and Business Guide (1906-11)- The Post Office Directory of Falmouth & Neighbourhood (1909)- Lake's Falmouth Directory (1912)- The Post Office Directory of Exeter and Suburbs (1912)- Besleys' Directory of Exeter and Suburbs (1913)- Besleys' Directory of Exeter and Suburbs (1914)- Kelly's Directory of Devonshire and Cornwall, 1914. [Part 1. Devon: County & Localities] (1914)- Kelly's Directory of Devonshire and Cornwall, 1914. [Part 2. Devon: Private Resident & Trade Directories] (1914)- Kelly's Directory of Devonshire and Cornwall ... 1914. [Part 3. Cornwall & Advertisements] (1914)- Besleys' Directory of Exeter and Suburbs (1915)- Besley's Directory of Exeter and Suburbs (1916-19)- T.A.D. Tavistock & District Almanac, Directory and Visitors' Guide (1918)- Kelly's Directory of Devonshire (1919)
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Geographic Coverage:
GB
Resource Type:
dataset
Study Design:
historical
Available in Data Catalogs:
UK Data Service