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A run of directories will show changes in the name of a business, its address and activities, perhaps indicating when it was formed, the dissolution of a partnership or a bankruptcy, any of which may suggest a search in ''The London Gazette''. For many businesses, however, the directory entry will be its only surviving record. An advertisement in a directory may give more detail about the actual business carried on, sometimes even picturing the premises and examples of its products. The directory may have a separate index to these, usually in the prefatory material. | A run of directories will show changes in the name of a business, its address and activities, perhaps indicating when it was formed, the dissolution of a partnership or a bankruptcy, any of which may suggest a search in ''The London Gazette''. For many businesses, however, the directory entry will be its only surviving record. An advertisement in a directory may give more detail about the actual business carried on, sometimes even picturing the premises and examples of its products. The directory may have a separate index to these, usually in the prefatory material. | ||
Directories have been used extensively in the compilation of such works as Maurice Packer's ''Bookbinders of Victorian London 1837-1901'' (1991) | Directories have been used extensively in the compilation of such works as Maurice Packer's ''Bookbinders of Victorian London 1837-1901'' (1991) (FHL book 942.1/L1 U2pm, BYU L. Tom Perry Special Collections book '''Z 270 .E5 P324x 1991g'''), Geoffrey Beard and Christopher Gilbert's ''Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840'' (1986) (FHL book 942 U26de, BYU HBLL book '''NK 2528 .D54x 1986'''), and Michael Pritchard's ''A Directory of London Photographers 1841-1908'' (1994) (FHL book 942.1/L1 U2pd). Photographs that bear the name of a photographer may be dated from the lists of photographers in directories. Other items that bear tradesmen's marks or labels may be similarly dated. | ||
Before the compilation of the national computerised indexes to census returns, directories were collected in order to help identify households in the returns. Directories may still be used to check the name of the occupant of a particular address, or to assess the completeness or otherwise of the census entries in a named street. | Before the compilation of the national computerised indexes to census returns, directories were collected in order to help identify households in the returns. Directories may still be used to check the name of the occupant of a particular address, or to assess the completeness or otherwise of the census entries in a named street. | ||
The descriptions of places in directories, as mentioned below, are usually much more detailed than those in any gazetteer. The directories of the larger towns and most later county directories usually contained folding maps of the areas covered. | The descriptions of places in directories, as mentioned below, are usually much more detailed than those in any gazetteer. The directories of the larger towns and most later county directories usually contained folding maps of the areas covered. | ||
=== '''London Directories''' === | === '''London Directories''' === | ||