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=== London Directories === | === London Directories === | ||
Samuel Lee compiled the first London directory in 1677. He collected the names and addresses of nearly 2,000 merchants and goldsmiths involved in the wholesale trade. These were men who bought and sold in large quantities, and his alphabetical ''Collection of the Names of the Merchants Living In and About the City of London'' ( | Samuel Lee compiled the first London directory in 1677. He collected the names and addresses of nearly 2,000 merchants and goldsmiths involved in the wholesale trade. These were men who bought and sold in large quantities, and his alphabetical ''Collection of the Names of the Merchants Living In and About the City of London'' (FS Library film 950403.1, also available as an online resource in BYU's Harold B. Lee Library.) was intended primarily for these men and their foreign agents. The idea was not tried again until 1734. | ||
In 1734 Brown and Kent's ''Directory of the Cities of London and Westminster and the Borough of Southwark'' (available as an online resource in BYU's Harold B. Lee Library) appeared, the first of an annual series by different publishers. In 1763 Mortimer's ''Universal Directory'' began to include retail shops, being addressed more to the visitor than to the tradesman. The alphabetical and consolidated list of traders known as the Commercial Directory remained, but now separate lists by individual trade, the Trade Directory, was introduced. Holden in 1799 introduced lists of the better class of private residents, later to be called the Court Directory, and Robson in 1823 first regularly listed tradesmen by street. Employees were conspicuous by their absence. | In 1734 Brown and Kent's ''Directory of the Cities of London and Westminster and the Borough of Southwark'' (available as an online resource in BYU's Harold B. Lee Library) appeared, the first of an annual series by different publishers. In 1763 Mortimer's ''Universal Directory'' began to include retail shops, being addressed more to the visitor than to the tradesman. The alphabetical and consolidated list of traders known as the Commercial Directory remained, but now separate lists by individual trade, the Trade Directory, was introduced. Holden in 1799 introduced lists of the better class of private residents, later to be called the Court Directory, and Robson in 1823 first regularly listed tradesmen by street. Employees were conspicuous by their absence. | ||
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