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 1899, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city and clerical, conveyance and banking directories. [Part 1: Official Directory] (1898)- The Post Office London Directory for 1899, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city and clerical, conveyance and banking directories. [Part 2: Street Directory] (1898)- The Post Office London Directory for 1899, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city and clerical, conveyance and banking directories. [Part 3: Commercial & Professional Directory] (1898)- The Post Office London Directory for 1899, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city and clerical, conveyance and banking directories. [Part 4: Trades & Professional Directory] (1898)- The Post Office London Directory for 1899, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city and clerical, conveyance and banking directories. [Part 5: Law, Court & Parliamentary Directories] (1899)- The Post Office London Directory for 1899, comprising, amongst other information, official, street, commercial, trades, law, court, parliamentary, postal, city and clerical, conveyance and banking directories. [Part 6: Postal, City, etc.] (1899)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1901. [Vol. I: Northern. Part 1: Street & Commercial Directories] (1901)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1901. [Vol. I: Northern. Part 2: Trades & Court Directories, etc.] (1901)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1901. [Vol. II: Southern. Part 1: Street & Commercial Directories] (1901)- Kelly's London Suburban Directory for 1901. [Vol. II: Southern. Part 2: Trades & Court Directories, etc.] (1901)- The London County Suburbs Directory, 1904. [Part 1: Street & Court Directories] (1904)- The London County Suburbs Directory, 1904. [Part 2: Alphabetical & Trades Directories, etc.] (1904)- The Post Office London Directory for 1905. County Suburbs. [Part 1: Street & Commercial Directories] (1905)- The Post Office London Directory for 1905. County Suburbs. [Part 2: Trades & Court Directories, etc.] (1905)