Traders and professionals in London
(1851)
The Post Office London Directory for 1851 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording about 80,000 individuals. MEGSON. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Dewsbury, Yorkshire
(1853)
William White's directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the area. MEGSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Halifax, Yorkshire
(1853)
William White's directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the area. MEGSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Leeds, Yorkshire
(1853)
William White's directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the area. MEGSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Wakefield, Yorkshire
(1853)
William White's directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the area.MEGSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bribed in Hull
(1854)
A Bill for the Prevention of Bribery in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, passed 11 April 1854, stated that a commission of inquiry 30 August 1853 had found that over a hundred voters were bribed at one or more of the elections for the borough in 1841, 1847 and 1852: the names of those bribed, and those who gave the bribes, were listed in the bill, and all those persons were disqualified from any future parliamentary elections for the borough.MEGSON. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1855)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksMEGSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1855)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksMEGSON. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Crystal Palace Company Shareholders
(1856)
The management of the Crystal Palace, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, was restructured by a Deed of Settlement in 1852, and then incorporated as the Crystal Palace Company by royal charter in January 1853. This alphabetical list of shareholders was published in January 1856.MEGSON. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Gentry in London
(1856)
The Post Office London Directory for 1856 includes this 'Court Directory', listing alphabetically by surname and christian name the upper class residents of the capital with their postal addresses. 'In order to afford space for the addresses, the abbreviation "esq." for esquire has no longer been appended to each name in the Court Directory. It should be understood that such should be added to the name of every gentleman in the following pages to which no inconsistent addition is affixed.' Decorations, honours &c. are generally given. Some gentlemen appear who are also listed (as professional men, &c.) in the commercial section. Those with second residences in the provinces usually have the country address given as well.MEGSON. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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