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North Lopham : 1883 Trade Directory

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• Trade Directories set out to record the “principal inhabitants” of a community, particularly those in a trade or profession. Directories were put together by individuals and publishers for commercial purposes during the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
• Historical trade directories are useful for finding out where people lived and worked, especially for the years between censuses. If someone owned even a small business or shop, there is a reasonable chance that they are listed in the historical trade directories for their city, town, or village. There are plenty of collections of trade directories now freely available. Earlier directories also listed notable people and professionals. Gradually over time more ordinary people were listed.
• Historical trade directories were originally compiled to aid businesses and merchants. The earliest known trade directory is a list of London merchants published by Samuel Lee in 1677.
• One of the most famous historical trade directories, the Post Office London Directory, was taken over in 1836 by Frederic Festus Kelly, government inspector-general of letter-carriers. He used postmen to update the directory listings, and made it so profitable that he bought it from the Post Office. He sent people to visit each street to ensure that names and addresses were up to date. Kelly began publishing county titles in the 1840s, and a Manufacturers and Merchants Directory from the late 1880s.
• Specialist directories limited to one trade were also published, eg: brewers, builders, etc. Publishers updated their directories every few years.
• Many directories give an account of each place it lists; information about schools, places of worship, local administrative areas, and transport and carrier details, as well as other pieces of local historical interest.
• After the WW2, telephone directories gradually superseded trade directories, but until the 1950s telephones were a luxury so only businesses and better-off residents were listed.
• Further information:
  • University of Leicester - Historical Directories of England & Wales
  • TNA - People in business and trades
  • WDYTYA - Where to find historical trade directories online
  • Wikipedia - Kelly’s Directory
  • GenGuide - Directories, Trade, Professional, Telephone & Street, including Scotland

Records found = 63 from 128579
ID	Name	Year	Home Parish	Trade	View
	Qualification
125174	ANDERSON William	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125172	BANHAM Richard	1883	North Lopham	Baker and coal dealer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125173	BARHAM Philip	1883	North Lopham	Parish, school attendance officer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125176	BEALES Herbert Henry	1883	North Lopham	Victualler, clerk to Charity Trustees	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125175	BEALES Mrs. Grace	1883	North Lopham	Victualler	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125177	BEALES Samuel	1883	North Lopham	Butcher and farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125178	BEALES Stephen	1883	North Lopham	Private resident	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125179	BEALES Stephen (jun)	1883	North Lopham	Linen manufacturer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125180	BEALES William	1883	North Lopham	Carpenter and wheelwright	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125181	BOBBY John Wragg	1883	North Lopham	Flour seller, newsagent, agent to the Suffolk Alliancce Fire Office	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125182	BOWELL James	1883	North Lopham	Victualler and shoe maker	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125183	BOWELL Robert	1883	North Lopham	Farmer and landowner	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125184	BOWELL Thomas	1883	North Lopham	Farmer and landowner	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125185	BROCK Frederick	1883	North Lopham	Farmer and dealer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125186	BROWN Charles	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125189	BUCKENHAM J	1883	North Lopham	Linen manufacturer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125187	BUCKENHAM Mrs. Georgina	1883	North Lopham	Private resident	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125188	BUCKENHAM T W	1883	North Lopham	Linen manufacturer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125190	BUTCHER George	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125191	CATTERMOLE Richard	1883	North Lopham	Fruit dealer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125192	CHAMBERLAIN Thomas	1883	North Lopham	Private resident	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125193	COBB Coleby	1883	North Lopham	Baker	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125194	COE John	1883	North Lopham	Boot and shoemaker	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125195	COE Robert	1883	North Lopham	Boot and shoemaker	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125196	EDWARDS Edgar	1883	North Lopham	Tailor	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125197	EMMA William	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125198	FLETCHER Mrs. Rhoda	1883	North Lopham	Private resident	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125199	FOSTER William	1883	North Lopham	Brickleyer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125200	GOOCH John	1883	North Lopham	Fowl dealer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125201	HINDS William Thomas	1883	North Lopham	Registered veterinary surgeon	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125202	HOLDEN James	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125203	HOLDEN Stephen	1883	North Lopham	Farmer and fruit dealer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125204	HOWE Charles	1883	North Lopham	Farmer and landowner	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125205	HUBBARD Charles	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125206	KETTLE Alfred	1883	North Lopham	Plumber	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125207	LAUD Christopher	1883	North Lopham	Private resident	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125208	LAUD George	1883	North Lopham	Carpenter	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125209	LAUD Walter	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125210	LAUD Walter Edward	1883	North Lopham	Linen manufacturer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125211	LING Robert	1883	North Lopham	Blacksmith	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125212	MANN Mr.	1883	North Lopham	Master at Board School	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125213	MANN Mrs.	1883	North Lopham	Mistress at Board School	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125214	MURTON Charles	1883	North Lopham	Linen manufacturer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125215	MURTON John	1883	North Lopham	Linen manufacturer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125216	NEWSOM George William	1883	North Lopham	Linen manufacturer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125217	PEARCE William	1883	North Lopham	Victualler and farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125218	REEVE Righteous	1883	North Lopham	Thatcher	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125219	ROBINSON Thomas	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125220	ROLFE Horace	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125221	ROLFE Walter	1883	North Lopham	Private resident	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125222	RUDDOCK Alfred	1883	North Lopham	Tailor and shopkeeper	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125223	SHAW Arthur George	1883	North Lopham	Victualler and fishmonger	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125224	TAYLOR David	1883	North Lopham	Brickleyer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125225	TAYLOR Thoms	1883	North Lopham	Brickleyer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125226	THOMSON Rev. John	1883	North Lopham	Curate	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125227	WALKER Isaac	1883	North Lopham	Carpenter	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125228	WHARTON Miss Mary Ann	1883	North Lopham	Private resident	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125229	WHITMORE Mrs.	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125230	WOMACK John	1883	North Lopham	Farmer and linen manufacturer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125231	WOMACK John Wharton	1883	North Lopham	Grocer and draper	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125232	WOMACK Thomas	1883	North Lopham	Farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125233	WOMACK Thomas William	1883	North Lopham	Grocer and draper. Coal and lime ,erchant	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
125234	WOMACK William John	1883	North Lopham	Coach builder, wheelwright and farmer	-
	Whites History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk
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