Inhabitants of Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire
(1790-1797)
The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Bath). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797.
HILLIAR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1797)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 30 December 1797. IR 1/37HILLIAR. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Sailors on board H. M. S. Zealous
(1794-1798)
His Majesty's ship the Zealous took part in the destruction of the French fleet in Aboukir Bay at the mouth of the Nile ('the Battle of the Nile') on the evening of the 1st and morning of the 2nd August 1798. This is the muster book for 1 August to 30 September 1798: being a continuation book in a series covering wages and victualling from May 1794, it also includes the names of some men who had died, deserted or been discharged from the ship from then to August 1798. Of the ship's complement of 590, this index covers the sailors, volunteers, and boys, as well as the supernumeraries: but not the marines, or the French prisoners taken after the battle. Usually each man's entry gives his birthplace, and also his age on entering the ship.HILLIAR. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Lodging House and Boarding House Keepers in Bath
(1799)
A list of all the lodging and boarding houses in the city of Bath, street by street, with house numbers. 'The general price of Lodgings from the first of September to the 31st of May is 10s. 6d. a week for the best rooms, and 5s. 6d. for servant's rooms; the other three months, viz. June, July, and August, 7s. 6d. a week for the best rooms, and 5s. 6d. a week for servant's rooms.'HILLIAR. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1805)
Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet of Businesses, Professions, &c.': coverage is good; about 30,000 individuals are recorded.HILLIAR. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1808-1810)
William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcies for England and Wales from 1 January 1808 to 1 August 1810. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation.HILLIAR. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Traders
(1814)
The fifteenth edition of The Post-Office Annual Directory includes this 'List of More than 17,000 Merchants, Traders, &c. of London, and Parts Adjacent', arranged alphabetically by surname, with trade in italics, and address.HILLIAR. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1826)
Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
HILLIAR. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Dorset
(1830)
Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.HILLIAR. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Wiltshire
(1830)
Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county.HILLIAR. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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