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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After the WW2, telephone directories gradually superseded trade directories, but until the 1950s telephones were a luxury so only businesses and better-off residents were listed.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:

Records found = 25 from 126680
ID	Name	Year	Home Parish	Trade	View
ID	Qualification
50717	BAKER Edward (sen.)	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Resident	-
50717	-
50720	BAKER Edward (un.)	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50720	-
50718	BLAKELOCK Rev. Clement Ogle (M.A.)	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Rector	-
50718	-
50721	CHAPLIN Edward	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Carpenter	-
50721	-
50722	CHAPMAN Thomas	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50722	-
50723	CLARKE James	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Blacksmith and shopkeeper	-
50723	-
50724	COBB Stimson	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shoemaker	-
50724	-
50725	EDWARDS John Bassingthwaite	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50725	-
50726	ELLIS Charles	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50726	-
50727	ELSEY Phillip	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50727	-
50734	FARRINGTON Anthony Charles	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Proprietor Norfolk Spa Co.	-
50734	-
50719	FARRINGTON Anthony Charles (M.R.C.S.)	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Doctor	-
50719	-
50728	FISHER Joseph King	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Victualler	-
50728	-
50729	FLOGDELL Joseph	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50729	-
50730	LANHAM Nelson	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50730	-
50731	LAYN John	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Wheelwright	-
50731	-
50732	LITTLEPROUD Walter	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Baker	-
50732	-
50733	PEARCE Arthur	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Carpenter	-
50733	-
50735	PORCHER Harry	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50735	-
50736	ROLFE Horace	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50736	-
50737	ROUT George	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Victualler	-
50737	-
50738	SANDERS Henry	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer and shopkeeper	-
50738	-
50739	SPURDENS Robert	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50739	-
50716	WELTON William	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Parish Clerk	-
50716	-
50740	YOUELLS George	1892	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Tailor and Post office	-
50740	-
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='SHLF' AND EventType='Directory' AND EventYear=1892 ORDER BY FullName, EventYear, ID"