The Local Studies Library has a large collection of historical trade and street directories dating from the late 1700s. Many titles are on microfiche, others are also available in electronic form via computers at local Nottingham City libraries.

In addition, some Nottinghamshire Directories are also available on the Leicester University website : Historical Directories: http://www.historicaldirectories.org/.

Titles available include:

1780 - 1799

1783 – 1784 Bailey’s Western and Midland directory

1793 Universal British directory – Nottinghamshire section

1799 Willoughby’s Nottingham directory

1800 - 1839

1814 Hodson Nottingham directory

1815 Hodson Nottingham directory

1815 The Nottingham directory

1818 Pigot’s commercial directory

1819 Pigot’s commercial directory

1820 Pigot’s commercial directory

1822 Pigot’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1825 Glover’s Nottingham directory

1828 Pigot’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1828 – 1829 Pigot & Co’s national commercial directory – Nottinghamshire section

1831 Extracts from Pigot’s directory

1834 Dearden Nottingham directory

1835 Pigot’s directory – Nottinghamshire section

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1840 - 1859

1840 Orange’s directory (published by NFHS)

1841 – 1842 Pigot’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1844 Glover history and directory of Notts1844*White’s history, gazetteer & directory of Nottinghamshire1847Slater’s directory – Nottingham (extract)

1848 Lascelles and Hagar’s commercial directory – Nottingham

1848 Lascelles and Hagar’s commercial directory of Nottinghamshire

1850 Slater’s royal national & commercial directory and topography -Nottinghamshire section

1852 Gazetteer & directory of Sheffield – Nottinghamshire section

1853 White’s Nottinghamshire directory

1854 Wright’s directory

1855 Kelly’s directory of Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire

1855 Post Office directory of Nottingham

1857 Slater’s directory of Nottingham

1858 Wright’s Nottingham and suburban directory

1858 Wright’s Nottingham directory

1860 Drake directory of the town & county of the town of Nottingham

1860 - 1879

1860 Drake directory of Nottingham

1861 White’s directory Nottinghamshire

1862 White’s directory of Sheffield – Nottinghamshire section

1862 Wright’s Nottingham directory

1863 Wright’s Nottingham directory

1864 White’s history and directory of Nottingham

1865 White’s history, gazetteer & directory of Derby & Nottinghamshire

1866 Wright’s directory of Nottingham

1868 Wright’s directory of Nottingham

1869 Morris & co.’s commercial directory and gazetteer of Nottinghamshire, with Grantham, Chesterfield and Gainsborough

1871 White’s directory of Sheffield – Nottinghamshire section

1872 White’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1874 Wright’s Nottingham & district directory

1876 Post Office directory of Nottinghamshire

1876 Kelly’s post office directory of Nottingham

1877 Morris & co.’s directory of Nottingham

1879 The trades’ guide for Midland counties, and universal buyersguide

1879 Wright’s directory of Nottingham

1879 White’s directory of Sheffield – Nottinghamshire section

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1880 - 1899

1881 Wright’s Nottingham directory

1884 (approx) The National Telephone Company first directory - Nottingham section

1885 Wright’s directory of Nottingham

1885 – 1886 White’s directory of Nottingham

1885 – 1886 White’s history, gazetteer and directory of Nottinghamshire

1888 Kelly’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1889 Bedell’s street directory (Nottingham)

1889 Wright’s directory of Nottingham and 12 miles round

1889 Wright’s almanac and directory of Worksop

1892 Cook’s Newark and district directory

1893 Cook’s Newark and district directory

1894 White’s history, gazetteer and directory of Nottinghamshire

1894 Wright’s directory of Nottingham

1895 Wright’s directory of Nottingham & district

1895 Kelly’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1895 Wright’s directory of Nottingham & district

1896 – 1897 Wright’s Nottingham & district directory

1898 – 1899 Wright’s Nottingham directory

1899 Wright’s directory of Nottingham

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1900 - 1919

1901 Wright’s directory of Nottingham

1903 Wright’s directory of Nottingham

1904 Nottingham & district trades’ directory

1905 – 1906 Wright’s Nottingham directory

1906 – 1907 Nottingham & district trades’ directory

1907 Allen’s street directory of Nottingham

1908 The court guide and country blue book of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire

1908 Kelly’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1910 – 1911 Wright’s Nottingham directory

1913 – 1914 Bennett’s business directory for Leicestershire

1913 – 1914 Wright’s Nottingham directory

1915 – 1916 Wright’s Nottingham directory

1916 Kelly’s directory of Nottinghamshire

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1920 - 1939

1921 Bedell’s street directory (Nottingham)

1921 – 1922 Nottingham & district trades directory

1922 Kelly’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1924 Nottingham & district trades’ directory

1925 Kelly’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1928 Kelly’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1929 Allens street directory of Nottingham

1930 Cope’s Nottinghamshire directory and buyers’ guide

1930 – 1931 Nottingham & district trades directory

1931 Aubrey’s Nottinghamshire directory

1933 Allen’s street directory of Nottingham

1933 – 1934 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1934 – 1935 Cope’s Nottinghamshire directory & buyers’ guide

1935 Allen’s street directory of Nottingham

1935 – 1936 Cope’s Nottinghamshire directory & buyers’ guide

1936 Kelly’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1936 – 1937 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1937 Allen’s street directory of Nottingham

1937 Bedell’s street directory (Nottingham)

1938 – 1939 Midland counties of England trades’ directory

1938 – 1939 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1939 Allen’s street directory of Nottingham

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1940 - 1960

1941 Aubrey’s Nottinghamshire directory

1941 Kelly’s directory of Nottinghamshire

1947 Bedell’s street directory (Nottingham)

1949 Midland counties of England trades’ directory

1950 Kelly’s directory Nottingham & West Bridgford

1950 Kelly’s directory of Newark

1951 – 1952 Midland counties of England trades’ directory

1951 – 1952 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1952 – 1953 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1953 Bedell’s street directory (Nottingham)

1953 Kelly’s directory Nottingham & West Bridgford

1953 Midland counties of England trades’ directory

1953 – 1954 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1956 Kelly’s directory of the city of Nottingham and the urban district of West Bridgford

1957 Bedell’s street directory (Nottingham)

1957 – 1958 Midland counties (classified business) directory

1957 – 1958 Midland counties of England trades’ directory

1957 – 1958 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1958 Beeston directory

1958 Kelly’s directory of Newark and neighbourhood

1958 Newark directory

1958 - 1959 Worksop directory

1959 Buyers guide and handbook to the industries of the East Midlands

1959 – 1960 Midland counties of England trades’ directory

1959 – 1960 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1959 – 1960 Road haulage association – East Midlands area

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1961 -

1960 approx Worksop directory

1960 – 1961 Midland counties of England trades’ directory

1960 – 1961 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1962 Chambers trades register of the Midlands

1962 – 1963 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1963 – 1964 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1968 approx Carlton and Netherfield directory

1968 – 1969 Midland counties of England trades’ directory

1969 Bulwell directory

1969 Kirkby-in-Ashfield directory

1969 Nottingham, Leicester and Derby directory

1970 Retford directory

1970 Buyers guide to industry in Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire

1970 – 1971 Northern & Midlands directory

1971 Newark-on-Trent directory

1971 Buyers guide to industry in Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire

1972 Buyers guide to industry in Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire

1972 City of Nottingham register

1973 Buyers guide to industry in Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire

1975 Bedell’s street directory (Nottingham)

1986 Ashfield citizen’s guide 1983–4; Guide to Ashfield 1986-8

1987 – 1988 Mansfield citizen’s guide 1983; 1989-90 guide to Mansfield

1988 – 1989 Business and industry directory Ashfield, Bassetlaw, Mansfield, Newark

1996 – 1997 Bassetlaw business directory

1998 Rushcliffe business directory

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