The following directories are held at Area Libraries and at the County Archives Office. Trade directories originated in the C17 to provide addresses for merchants and businessmen. By the C19 they were used by the Post Office to give correct addresses of principal citizens in towns and villages. Because they list tradesmen and services as well as names of individuals they are of great value to the genealogist and the local historian. Many of these directories were printed by private firms, such as Kelly's, and included information on the towns and villages they covered.
| Title of Directory |
Date |
Coverage |
Location |
Notes |
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|
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| Bennett's (Wales) |
1895 |
B, M, R |
CAO |
Facsimile |
| Bennett's (North Wales) |
1895 |
M |
NEW |
Facsimile |
| Bennett’s (South Wales) |
1895 |
B,R |
CAO |
Original |
| Bennett's (North Wales) |
1913 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Bennett's (North Wales) |
1922 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Bennett's (North Wales) |
1936 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Bishop's Powysland Almanack |
1909 |
M |
NEW |
Original |
| Boundary Commission |
1831 |
R |
CAO |
Facsimile (extracts) |
| Burke's (UK) |
1914 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Burke's (UK) |
1952 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Cassey's (North Wales) |
1876 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Cope's (North Wales) |
1932 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| County Directory |
1863 |
R |
CAO |
Facsimile (extracts) |
| Crocker's (Wrexham area) |
1881 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Crockford's Clerical (UK) |
1948 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Crockford's Clerical (UK) |
1986 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Debrett's (UK) |
1902 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Debrett's (UK) |
1968 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Hunt & Co's (Gloucester) |
1849 |
B (BR & CR) |
CAO |
Facsimile (extracts) |
| J.Jones (North Wales) |
1859 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche (Wrexham only) |
| Kelly's (South Wales) |
1891 |
B, R |
BRE |
Original |
| Kelly's (Wales) |
1895 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Kelly's (Wales) |
1895 |
B, R |
CAO |
Facsimile |
| Kelly's (Wales) |
1901 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Kelly's (Wales) |
1906 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Kelly's (Wales) |
1906 |
B, R |
CAO |
Facsimile (extracts) |
| Kelly's (South Wales) |
1914 |
B, R |
BRE |
Original: Brecon entry missing |
| Kelly's (South Wales) |
1926 |
B, R |
BRE |
Original |
| Kelly's (South Wales) |
1926 |
B, R |
CAO |
Original |
| Kelly's (Wales) |
1926 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Original |
| Park Penny Guide, co. Mont. |
1894 |
M |
NEW |
Original |
| Pigot & Co's (North Wales) |
1822 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Pigot & Co's (Wales) |
1825 |
B, R |
CAO |
Facsimile (circa 1825) |
| Pigot & Co's (North Wales) |
1828 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Pigot & Co's (Wales) |
1828 |
M (WEL) |
CAO |
Facsimile |
| Pigot & Co's (North Wales) |
1829 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile |
| Pigot & Co's (Wales) |
1829 |
B, M, R |
BR |
Original |
| Pigot & Co’s (North Wales) |
1830 |
M |
CAO |
Fiche |
| Pigot & Co’s (South Wales) |
1830 |
B, R |
CAO |
Fiche |
| Pigot & Co's (North Wales) |
1835 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Pigot & Co's (Wales) |
1835 |
B, M, R |
CAO, NEW |
Original |
| Porter's (Flints & Denbs) |
1886 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Robson's (North Wales) |
1840 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Shropshire & N. Wales Almanack |
1890 |
M |
CAO |
Facsimile |
| Shropshire & N. Wales Almanack |
1890 |
M |
NEW |
Original & copy |
| Slater's (North Wales) |
1844 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche (late Pigot & Co) |
| Slater's (North Wales) |
1850 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche (late Pigot & Co) |
| Slater's (North Wales) |
1856 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche (late Pigot & Co) |
| Slater's (Wales) |
1858 |
B, M, R |
CAO |
Facsimile (late Pigot & Co) |
| Slater's (North Wales) |
1868 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche (late Pigot & Co) |
| Slater's (North Wales) |
1883 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche (late Pigot & Co) |
| Slater's (North Wales) |
1895 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche (late Pigot & Co) |
| Sutton's (North Wales) |
1889 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Sutton's (North Wales) |
1889 |
M |
CAO |
Facsimile |
| Universal British Directory (UK) |
1791 |
B (BR) |
CAO |
Facsimile (extracts) |
| Universal British Directory (UK) |
1798 |
B, M, R |
LLW |
Facsimile |
| Wales Trades Directory |
1936 |
B, M, R |
CAO |
Original |
| Wales Trades Directory |
1936 |
M |
NEW |
Facsimile |
| Worrall's (North Wales) |
1874 |
M |
CAO, NEW |
Fiche |
| Post Office Telephone Directory |
1907 |
B, M, R |
CAO, NEW (M) |
Facsimile (extracts) |
| Llandrindod Wells Guide |
1891 |
R (LLW) |
CAO |
Facsimile |
| Llandrindod Wells Illus. Guide |
1896 |
R (LLW) |
CAO |
Facsimile (pub. Bufton) |
| Llandrindod Wells Guide |
1916 |
R (LLW) |
CAO |
Facsimile |
| Llanidloes Almanack &c. |
1914 |
M (LLI) |
NEW |
Original |
| Almanac Caergybi (Holyhead) |
1881 |
M (MAC) |
CAO, NEW |
Facsimile |
| Almanac Caergybi (Holyhead) |
1882 |
M (MAC) |
CAO, NEW |
Facsimile (extracts) |
| Almanac Caergybi (Holyhead) |
1883 |
M (MAC) |
NEW |
Original |
| Almanac Caergybi (Holyhead) |
1884 |
M (MAC) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile (extracts) |
| Montgomery & District |
1897 |
M (MON) |
NEW |
Original (Park Penny Guide) |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1904 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1905 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile (extracts) |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1906 |
M (WEL) |
NEW |
Original |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1908 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile (extracts) |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1909 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile (extracts) |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1910 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile (extracts) |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1911 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile (extracts) |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1912 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile (extracts) |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1914 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile (extracts) |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1915 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile (extracts) |
| Payne's Welshpool Almanack |
1917 |
M (WEL) |
CAO, NEW |
Original (NEW) & Facsimile |
