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:- The Post Office London Directory for 1895, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city & clerical, conveyance & banking directories. [Part 1: Official Directory] (1894)- The Post Office London Directory for 1895, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city & clerical, conveyance & banking directories. [Part 2: Street Directory] (1894)- The Post Office London Directory for 1895, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city & clerical, conveyance & banking directories. [Part 3: Commercial & Professional Directory] (1894)- The Post Office London Directory for 1895, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city & clerical, conveyance & banking directories. [Part 4: Trades & Professional Directory] (1895)- The Post Office London Directory for 1895, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city & clerical, conveyance & banking directories. [Part 5: Law, Court & Parliamentary Directories] (1895)- The Post Office London Directory for 1895, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city & clerical, conveyance & banking directories. [Part 6: Postal, City, etc.] (1895)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1896. [Part 1. Northern: Localities] (1896)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1896. [Part 2. Northern: Commercial & Trade Directories] (1896)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1896. [Part 3. Northern: Court & Clerical Directories] (1896)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1896. [Part 4. Southern: Localities] (1896)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1896. [Part 5. Southern: Commercial & Trade Directories] (1896)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1896. [Part 6. Southern: Court & Clerical Directories] (1896)- Webster's Royal Red Book or court and fashionable register for May 1897 (1897)