GENUKI: Business & Commerce Records information for Cambridgeshire and places above it in the hierarchy

Business & Commerce Records information for Cambridgeshire and places above it in the hierarchy

Victuallers' Licences
- Details of the location of Victuallers' Licences can be found in the book "VICTUALLERS' LICENCES - Records for Family and Local Historians" by Jeremey Gibson and Judith Hunter, published by the Federation of Family History Societies, ISBN 1 86006 048 X. This book contains details and descriptions of all records held for the Victuallers' Licences. Extracts specific to Cambridgeshire Victuallers' Licences are listed separately.
Wisbech vessel Index 1860-1913
- There is a searchable database of logged vessels at the port of Wisbech between 1860-1913. These details have been extracted from a series of boxes of documents held at the Cambridgeshire Archives.
- Here are some details of the location of Victuallers' Licences for Cambridgeshire.

Registration of Companies and Businesses, there are three Research Guides from The National Archives with useful background information.
Companies House has a database of companies and directors

TNA provide:
- A very useful Research Guide: Companies and business
- Their National Register of Archives (NRA) ("Discovery") is particularly useful for finding the location of the archived records of named organisations
The Association of Business Historians creates and disseminates knowledge about business history.
TNA hold some railway company records. (Ancestry provides subscription access to the TNA's railway employment records 1833-1958, from a number of historic railway companies.)
Some employers' and trade association archives are held by Warwick University's Modern Record Centre.
Trade directories can provide some information (including advertisements) about businesses, large and small, through the years.
Railway Work, Life and Death - records of railway worker accidents in Britain between 1911 and 1915 - "a joint initiative between the University of Portsmouth and the National Railway Museum (NRM)".
The John Lewis Memory Store: ". . . a living history of John Lewis & Partners. Through the site, people share their memories, photos, maps and information about John Lewis & Partners, past and present."