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 Sussex, 1905. [Part 1: County & Localities] (1905)- Kelly's Directory of Sussex, 1905. [Part 2: Residents, Trades, & Advertisements] (1905)- Kelly's Ealing, Acton, Hanwell, Brentford, Gunnersbury and Chiswick Directory ("Buff Book") for 1907 (1907)- Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire (1908)- Kelly's Ealing, Acton, Hanwell, Brentford, Gunnersbury and Chiswick Directory ("Buff Book") for 1911 (1911)- Kelly's Directory of Sussex (1911)- Kelly's Wood Green, Muswell Hill, Bounds Green, Fortis Green, East Finchley and Palmer's Green Directory ("Buff Book") for 1912-1913 (1912)- Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1913. [Kent only. Part 1: County & Localities] (1913)- Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1913. [Kent only. Part 2: Private Resident & Trade Directories] (1913)- Kelly's Directory of Surrey (1913)- Kelly's Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex, 1914. [Essex only] (1914)- Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire (1914)- Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1914)- Kelly's Directory of Tunbridge Wells, Southborough, Tonbridge and villages in the neighbourhood ("Buff Book") for 1914 (1914)- Kelly's Ealing, Hanwell, Brentford and Southall Directory ("Buff Book") for 1914 (1914)- The Worthing and District Local Directory (The "G.M.F." Blue Book), 1914-15 (1914)- Kelly's Directory of Sussex (1915)- The Canterbury and District, Herne Bay & Whitstable Local Directory (The "G.M.F." Blue Book), 1917-18 (1917)