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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After the WW2, telephone directories gradually superseded trade directories, but until the 1950s telephones were a luxury so only businesses and better-off residents were listed.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 = 30 from 126680
ID	Name	Year	Home Parish	Trade	View
ID	Qualification
50779	BAKER Samuel	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50779	-
50780	BAKER Sarah Ann	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50780	-
50781	BEAN James	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50781	-
50774	BOYCOTT Alfred Edmund Cunningham	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Resident	-
50774	-
50782	BRAME George Edward	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50782	-
50775	CHAPMAN Thomas	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Resident	-
50775	-
50783	EDWARDS John B	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50783	-
50784	ELLIS Walter William	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50784	-
50785	ELSEY Philip	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50785	-
50786	FICKLING Samuel	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50786	-
50787	FISHER Joseph King	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50787	-
50788	GREEN Timothy	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shopkeeper	-
50788	-
50776	HARRISSON Rev. William Robert (M.A.)	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Rector	-
50776	-
50789	HURRELL Fred	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Blacksmith and victualler	-
50789	-
50777	JARRETT Rev. Amos John	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Baptist Minister	-
50777	-
50773	MIXBY Marie	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Schoolmistress	-
50773	-
50772	O'DELL Charles Roger	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Schoolmaster	-
50772	-
50790	PEARCE Arthur	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Carpenter	-
50790	-
50791	PORCHER Harry Crosby	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50791	-
50792	SANDY Hedley	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Victualler	-
50792	-
50793	SANDY William Albert	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Builder	-
50793	-
50794	SHULVER John	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50794	-
50795	SPURDENS James	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50795	-
50770	WELTON William	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Parish Clerk	-
50770	-
50796	WELTON William	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Florist and seedsman	-
50796	-
50797	WILLIAMS Henry	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Coal dealer	-
50797	-
50798	WOMACK Edward Reeve	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50798	-
50778	WOOLLARD George	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Resident	-
50778	-
50799	WRIGHT Ernest	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Wheelwright	-
50799	-
50771	YOUELLS Jane	1912	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Sub-postmistress	-
50771	-
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='SHLF' AND EventType='Directory' AND EventYear=1912 ORDER BY FullName, EventYear, ID"