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Trade Directory Holdings in Northern Libraries - 1762-1864
| Date | Directory | Libraries |
| 1762 | Inhabitants of Whitehaven: Manuscript | Whitehaven (Cumbria) |
| 1778 | Whitehead's Newcastle Directory for 1778 | Gateshead Newcastle Northumberland |
| 1781 | Bailey's Northern Directory: Cumberland and Westmorland | Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1781 | Bailey's Northern Directory: York Section | York |
| 1782-4 | Whitehead's Newcastle and Gateshead Directory for 1782, 1783 and 1784 | Gateshead Newcastle |
| 1784 | Bailey's Northern Directory: Cumberland and Westmorland | Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1784 | Bailey's British Directory: York section | York |
| 1787 | Survey of the County of Lancaster | Barrow (Cumbria) |
| 1787 | Ward: The York Guide - includes an alphabetical directory to the merchants and principal tradesmen resident in York | York |
| 1787-89 | Whitehead's Newcastle and Gateshead Directory for 1787-89 | Newcastle |
| 1790 | Universal British Directory: Cumberland and Westmorland | Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1790 | Whitehead's Newcastle and Gateshead Directory for 1790. | Gateshead Newcastle |
| 1793 | Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce and Manufacture Vol. 1 1793 (includes Stanhope, Durham City, Hartlepool, Barnard Castle, Chester-le-Street, Darlington, Stockton) | Newcastle Sunderland |
| Cartmel section only | Barrow (Cumbria) | |
| 1794 | Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce and Manufacturers Garstang, Hawkshead, Hornby and Lancaster | Barrow (Cumbria) |
| 1795 | Hilton, William : Newcastle and Gateshead Directory for 1795 | Gateshead Newcastle |
| 1795 | Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce and Manufacture Vol. 1 1793 (includes Warkworth, Blyth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Almouth, Alnwick, Hexham, Belford, Allendale, Bamborough, Hartley, Wooler | Newcastle |
| 1798 | Universal British Directory of Trade Commerce. Dalton, Ulverston | Barrow (Cumbria) |
| 1798 | Universal British Directory Vol. IV | |
| York section only | York | |
| 1800 | Mountain: List of the principal inhabitants residing in Cawood (from History of Cawood) | York |
| 1800 | Mountain: Selby Directory for the year 1800 - contains an alphabetical list of the principal inhabitants (from History of Selby) | York |
| 1801 | Directory for the year 1801 - The town and county of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead and places adjacent. | Gateshead Newcastle |
| 1805-7 | Holden: London Directory 1805 | |
| York section | York | |
| 1805-7 | Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805, 1806, 1807 (includes Berwick, Newcastle, Sunderland) | Kendal (Cumbria) Newcastle |
| 1807 | Brown, T. Union Gazetteer for Great Britain and Ireland. | |
| Whitehaven area only | Whitehaven (Cumbria) | |
| 1809-11 | Holden: Triennial Directory 1809 York section | York |
| 1810 | Picture of Carlisle and Directory | Barrow (Cumbria) |
| 1811 | Jollie's Cumberland Guide and Directory | Carlisle (Cumbria) Whitehaven (Cumbria) Workington (Cumbria) |
| 1811 | Mackenzie and Dent's Triennial Directory for Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead and places adjacent. | Gateshead Newcastle |
| 1816-17 | Pigot: General Directory Commercial | |
| York only | York | |
| 1818 | Pigot: General Directory York only | York |
| 1821 | Pigot & Co's Pocket Atlas Topography and Gazetteer of Durham | Durham |
| 1821-23 | Pigot J: Commercial Directory of Ireland, Scotland and the four most Northern Counties of England for 1821-22 and 1823 2nd Edition. (Contains Alnwick, Berwick, Darlington, Durham, Morpeth, Newcastle, Gateshead, North Shields, South Shields, Sunderland, Barnard Castle, Bishop Auckland, Blyth, Hexham, Staindrop, Stockton | Newcastle Sunderland |
| Cumbria Section only | Whitehaven (Cumbria) | |
| Northumberland Section only | Northumberland | |
| 1822 | Pigot's Directory of Northumberland | North Tyneside |
| 1822 | Yorkshire (Thomas Langdale) (predominantly a gazetteer for the whole of Yorkshire) | Darlington |
| 1822 | A Topographical Directory of Yorkshire | Redcar |
| 1822-23 | Baines E: History Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York Vol. 1 West Riding Vol. 2 East and North Ridings | Darlington Harrogate (North Yorkshire) Kendal (Cumbria) Middlesbrough Northallerton (North Yorkshire) Redcar Scarborough (North Yorkshire) Selby (North Yorkshire) Skipton (North Yorkshire) Whitby (North Yorkshire) York |
| 1824 | Baines E. History, Directory and Gazeteer of the County Palantine of Lancaster | Middlesbrough |
| 1824 | General Directory for Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gateshead and places adjacent | Gateshead Newcastle |
| 1827-28 | Parsons and White's History and Gazetteer of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland 2 Vols. | Darlington Durham Gateshead Hartlepool Middlesbrough Newcastle North Tyneside Northumberland Redcar South Tyneside Stockton Sunderland |
| 1827 | Whites. Durham, Northumberland and Berwick upon Tweed | South Tyneside |
| 1828 | Whites . Northumberland and Durham | South Tyneside |
| 1828 | Pigot and Co's New Commercial Directory of the Counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire | Barrow (Cumbria) |
| 1828-9 | Pigot's Directory of Durham * | Durham Gateshead |
| 1828-29 | Pigot and Co's New Commercial Directory for the Counties of Cumbria, Durham, Northumberland, Westmorland and Yorkshirefor 1828-9 | Darlington Newcastle South Tyneside Stockton Sunderland Whitehaven (Cumbria) Workington (Cumbria) |
| Durham only | Gateshead Hartlepool |
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| Westmorland only | Barrow (Cumbria) Kendal (Cumbria) |
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| York only | Harrogate (North Yorkshire) York |
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| 1829 | Parsons & White's History Directory and Gazetteer of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, W.Furness & Cartmel | Barrow (Cumbria) Carlisle (Cumbria) Kendal (Cumbria) Northallerton (North Yorkshire) Redcar Whitehaven (Cumbria) Workington (Cumbria) |
| 1829 | Pigot J: Section Directory for Westmorland | Kendal (Cumbria) |
| 1829 | Pigot's Directory of Durham | Durham |
| 1830 | Parsons & White: Directory of the Borough of Leeds, the City of York and the Clothing District of Yorkshire | Harrogate (North Yorkshire) Middlesbrough York |
| 1830 | Pigot's Directory Yorkshire (microfiche) | Selby (North Yorkshire) Skipton (North Yorkshire) |
| 1831 | White: Hull, Scarborough, Bridlington, East Riding and Lincolnshire | Scarborough (North Yorkshire) |
| 1833 | Ihler Alexander: Directory of the Towns of Newcastle and Gateshead and their suburbs | Durham Gateshead Newcastle |
| 1834 | Pigot's Directory of Durham | Durham South Tyneside |
| 1834 | Pigot & Co's National Commercial directory for Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire | Middlesbrough [Facsimile reprint 1994] |
| 1834 | Pigot & Co's Lancashire Directory | Barrow (Cumbria) |
| 1834 | Pigot & Co's National Directory of the Counties of Chester, Cumberland, Durham, Lancaster, Northumberland, Westmorlandand York | Darlington Gateshead [Facsimile reprint of whole directory] Hartlepool Kendal (Cumbria) Newcastle Redcar [Facsimile ed. 1994] Scarborough (North Yorkshire) Stockton Sunderland |
| Durham only | Gateshead | |
| Westmorland only | Barrow (Cumbria) Carlisle (Cumbria) |
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| Yorkshire only | Northallerton (North Yorkshire) York |
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| 1834 | Pigot's Directory of Northumberland | North Tyneside Northumberland |
| 1837 | Steel's Directory of Cumbria | Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1837-8 | White W. History, Gazateer and Directory of the West Riding of Yorkshire, with the City of York and Port of Hull. 2 vols. | Darlington Harrogate (North Yorkshire) Middlesbrough York |
| 1838 | Richardson M.A: Directory of the towns of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead for the year 1838 | Durham Gateshead Newcastle |
| 1839 | Pigot & Son: Lancaster | |
| (A fragment of directory only) | Barrow (Cumbria) | |
| 1839 | Robsons Commercial Directory of Durham | South Tyneside |
| 1839 | Richardson, M.A: Supplement to Richardson's Directory for the towns of Newcastle and Gateshead May 1839 | Newcastle |
| 1840 | W White: History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire | Darlington Harrogate (North Yorkshire) Northallerton (North Yorkshire) Redcar Scarborough (North Yorkshire) York |
| 1841 | Pigot: National Directory | Harrogate (North Yorkshire) |
| 1841 | Robson's Commercial Directory of Durham County, North Shields, Gateshead, Newcastle | Newcastle |
| 1842 | Pigot's National Directory | Harrogate (North Yorkshire) |
| 1843 | Williams & Co: City of York Directory. Alphabetical list. Classification of Trades | York |
| 1844 | Scott & Benson's Handbook of Carlisle and Vicinity containing a copious directory | Barrow (Cumbria) Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1844 | Vint & Carr's Directory of the Borough of Sunderland and the villages of High Southwick, Low Southwick, Fulwell, Whitburnetc. | Sunderland |
| 1844 | Williams J: Commercial Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne, North and South Shields, Sunderland | Gateshead Newcastle Sunderland |
| 1846 | Williams & Co: Directory of the Towns and Villages within 22 miles of the City of York | Harrogate (North Yorkshire) York |
| 1846 | The Durham Directory and Almanack for 1846 | Newcastle |
| 1846 | Whites. Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Shields. | South Tyneside |
| 1846 | Storry: Scarborough | Scarborough (North Yorkshire) |
| 1846 | F White & Co: General Directory of Kingston on Hull and York and most of the principal villages in the East Riding | York |
| 1847 | Durham Directory and Almanack for 1847 * | Durham Newcastle |
| 1847 | Mannix and Wheelan's History, Gazetteer and Dictionary | Barrow (Cumbria) Carlisle (Cumbria) Kendal (Cumbria) North Tyneside Northallerton (North Yorkshire) |
| 1847 | White: Newcastle, Guisborough, Middlesbrough, Northallerton, Richmond, Stokesley, Thirsk and Yarm | Northallerton (North Yorkshire) |
| 1847 | White Francis & Co: General Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, Blyth, North and South Shields and Tynemouth,the City of Durham, Sunderland ... Hartlepool * | Darlington Durham Gateshead Hartlepool Middlesbrough Newcastle North Tyneside Stockton |
| 1847 | White: Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield and the whole of the clothing districts of the West Riding | Skipton (North Yorkshire) |
| 1848 | Durham Directory and Almanack for 1848 * | Durham Newcastle |
| 1848 | Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory and Topography of the Counties of Chester, Cumberland, Durham, Lancaster,Northumberland, Westmorland and York | Carlisle (Cumbria) Darlington Harrogate (North Yorkshire) Hartlepool Middlesbrough South Tyneside Stockton Whitehaven (Cumbria) |
| Durham only | Gateshead | |
| 1848 | Isaac Slater: Manchester and London 1848 | Carlisle (Cumbria) Darlington South Tyneside Whitehaven (Cumbria) |
| 1848 | Slater's Directory of Durham | Durham |
| 1849 | Durham Directory and Almanack for 1849 | Newcastle |
| 1849 | Mannex P J: History, Topography and Directory of Westmorland and Lonsdale North of the Sand | Barrow (Cumbria) Kendal (Cumbria) |
| 1849 | Slater: Royal National Commercial Directory and Topography of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire | |
| York section only | Northallerton (North Yorkshire) York |
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| Skelton section - photocopy | Redcar | |
| 1850 | Durham Directory and Almanack for 1850-51 * | Durham Newcastle Sunderland |
| 1850 | Ward's Northumberland and Durham Directory containing Alnwick, Bamborough, Belford, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Shields, South Shields, Sunderland | Gateshead Newcastle North Tyneside Sunderland |
| 1851 | General Town and Country Guide to Carlisle | Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1851 | Durham County (Hagar) * | Darlington Durham Gateshead Middlesbrough |
| 1851 | George Walker Jnr: The Durham Directory and Almanack for 1851 | Durham Middlesbrough Northallerton (North Yorkshire) |
| 1851 | History, Topography and Directory of Westmorland with Lonsdale and Amounderness in Lancashire | Barrow (Cumbria) Kendal (Cumbria) Northallerton (North Yorkshire) Whitehaven (Cumbria) |
| 1851 | White: General Directory and Topography of Kingston on Hull, York with many of the villages of the East Riding | Harrogate (North Yorkshire) York |
| 1851 | Ward's North of England Directory containing Darlington, Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, North Shields, Seaham Harbour, South Shields, Stockton, Sunderland, Yarm | Barrow (Cumbria) Carlisle (Cumbria) Darlington Hartlepool Newcastle North Tyneside |
| 1852 | Durham Directory and Almanack for 1852 | Durham Newcastle |
| 1852 | Slater's Directory of Carlisle | Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1852 | Slater's (late Pigot and Co) Royal National Commercial Directory and Topography of Scotland (includes Newcastle) | Newcastle |
| 1852 | Ward: North of England Directory: includes Corbridge, Blyth, Hexham, Haydon Bridge, Haltwhistle, Penrith and Morpeth | Gateshead |
| 1852 | White: Gazetteer and General Directory of Sheffield and all the towns and villages within twenty miles of Sheffield | York |
| 1853 | Durham Directory and Almanack for 1853 | Durham Newcastle |
| 1853 | Ward's North of England Directory containing Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Shields, South Shields, Sunderland | Gateshead Newcastle North Tyneside Sunderland |
| 1853 | West Yorkshire (William White) Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Wakefield and surrounding villages | Darlington Harrogate (North Yorkshire) Scarborough (North Yorkshire) York |
| 1854 | Durham Directory and Almanack for 1854 | Durham Newcastle Sunderland |
| 1854 | Northern Counties (Slater) Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire | Darlington Harrogate (North Yorkshire) Northallerton (North Yorkshire) |
| 1854-55 | Slaters (late Pigot & Co's) Royal National Commercial Directory of the Northern Counties. Vol. 1 comprises the Counties of Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire | Gateshead Newcastle North Tyneside South Tyneside |
| 1854 | Ward's North of England Directory (supplement to 1853 edition) | Newcastle |
| 1855 | Durham Directory and Almanack for 1855 | Durham |
| 1855 | Gillbanks & Co: Visitors and Residents Directory and Gazetteer of Scarborough, Whitby, Bridlington Key, Filey, Hunmanby, Flamborough | Scarborough (North Yorkshire) York |
| 1855 | Melville & Co: Directory and Gazetteer of the City of York, Hull, Beverley, Market Weighton, Driffield etc | York |
| 1855 | Slaters Directory of Cumberland | Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1855 | Slaters Directory of Durham * | Durham Hartlepool North Tyneside |
| 1855 | Slaters Directory of Northumberland | North Tyneside |
| 1855 | Ward's North of England Directory [Towns as in 1851] | Newcastle |
| 1855 | Whellan's History, Topography and Directory of Northumberland | Darlington Durham Gateshead Newcastle North Tyneside |
| 1856 | Durham Directory and Almanack% | Durham |
| 1856 | Whellan's History Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham. Includes Newcastle. * | Darlington Durham Gateshead Hartlepool Middlesbrough Newcastle North Tyneside Northallerton (North Yorkshire) Stockton |
| 1857 | Durham Directory and Almanack 1857 | Newcastle |
| 1857 | Yorkshire (Kelly) | Darlington Scarborough (North Yorkshire) |
| 1857 | Yorkshire (Kelly) North and East Ridings | Northallerton (North Yorkshire) |
| 1857-59 | T. Whellan & Co. History and Topography of the City of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire. 2 vols. | Middlesbrough |
| 1858 | Ward's North of England Directory containing Alnwick, Bedlington, Blyth, Gateshead, Morpeth, Newcastle, North Shields, South Shields, Sunderland | Durham Newcastle |
| 1858 | Durham Directory and Almanack 1858 | Newcastle |
| 1858 | Hudson Scott's Directory of Carlisle | Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1858 | Kelly's Post Office Directory of Durham * | Durham Gateshead |
| 1858 | Kelly's Post Office Directory of Northumberland and Durham | Darlington Newcastle Sunderland |
| 1858 | Kelly's Post Office Directory of Westmorland | Barrow (Cumbria) Kendal (Cumbria) |
| 1858 | Kelly's Post Office Directory of Westmorland and Cumberland, Northumberland and Durham * | Durham North Tyneside |
| 1858 | White: General Directory and Topography of Kingston on Hull and the City of York with Scarborough, East Riding etc | Scarborough (North Yorkshire) |
| York section only | York | |
| 1859 | Whellan T. History & Topography of the City of York & the North Riding of Yorkshire Vols. 1 & 2 (2copies) | Redcar |
| 1859-60 | Ward's North of England Directory containing Bishop Auckland, Chester-le-Street, Darlington, Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle, North Shields, South Shields, Sunderland | Darlington Gateshead Newcastle South Tyneside Sunderland |
| 1860 | The Durham Directory and Almanack 1860 * | Durham Newcastle |
| 1861 | Ackrill: Harrogate | Harrogate (North Yorkshire) |
| 1861 | The Durham Directory and Almanack 1861 * | Durham Newcastle |
| 1861 | Durham County (Morris Harrison & Co.) includes Newcastle upon Tyne | Darlington Stockton |
| 1861 | Kelly: Post Office Directory of the West Riding and the City of York | Harrogate (North Yorkshire) York |
| 1861 | Kelly: Post Office Directory of the City of York | York |
| 1861 | Morris Harrison's Directory of Cumberland | Carlisle (Cumbria) |
| 1861-2 | Ward's North of England Directory containing Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, North Shields, South Shields, Seaham, Stockton, Sunderland | Middlesbrough Newcastle North Tyneside Sunderland |
| Photocopy of Hartlepool Area only | Hartlepool | |
| 1863 | Ackrill Harrogate | Harrogate (North Yorkshire) |
| 1863 | The Durham Directory and Almanack 1863 * | Durham Newcastle |
| 1863 | The Middlesbrough Directory and Guide for 1863 J. Mills London 1862 (three copies) | Middlesbrough |
| 1864 | Ward's Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead | Newcastle North Tyneside |
| 1864 | The Durham Directory and Almanack 1864 * | Durham Newcastle |
| 1864 | Kelly's Post Office Directory of Lancaster and its vicinity | Barrow (Cumbria) |
| 1864 | Peele & Nicholson's List of residents from directory of Whitehaven and vicinity | Whitehaven (Cumbria) |
| 1864 | Northern Counties (Isaac Slater) Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire | Darlington Gateshead Scarborough (North Yorkshire) |
| 1864 | Slaters Directory of Durham and Northumberland * | Durham |
* Also available on microfiche from Durham.
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List courtesy of the Northern Chief Librarians Group
[Last updated: 3rd August 2010 - Brian Pears]