This Pub history site lists 'some of' the historical street and trade directory information
for the UK, listing the Pub
History of
London,
Essex,
Kent,
Hampshire,
Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire,
Middlesex,
Suffolk,
Berkshire,
Sussex,
Oxfordshire &
Dorset. The directory is an important tool in searching for addresses in the towns that
have changed over time. This site lists historical Public Houses site
and Directory listings, and has entries up until 1944 at the latest. If there is
not an entry for a year, it is because I do not have this information, please
help to complete the data.
The site lists original content on Pub History, Census and Trade
Directory entries from the Post Office , Kelly and Pigots Trade Directories,
Petty Session Victuallers records etc. for the last two hundred years. The public houses,
taverns, beer houses & beer retailers (the early off
licences) are listed by church parish as they would have existed before
1900, as many of these are no longer in existence. Use this site, and the
search engine, to discover the areas of London and the Home counties during this time.
It is always useful to find your people
in the census first, which are now available in 1901, and every ten years
previous back to 1841 -
1841 and 1901
, then again in 1911.
Next, find some civil registrations at the
freebmd site (or try the card system
at your local library). If your relative was a tradesman, there is probably an entry in
the early Yellow Pages (Kellys, Pigots & Post Office Directories). In the case
of beer retailers and licensed victuallers - there should be a court entry for
licensing in the Petty Sessions Victuallers records. These Petty Sessions records will
be held at the relevant record office (probably).
London has been carved up into administrative chunks on a number of different
bases over the centuries, from the old parish system to the current post code
one.
Post codes might seem, initially, like a good system to use, but in reality they
are probably worse than useless. Postal districts are based, alphabetically, on
the location of main post office and are very confusing to people who expect
some kind of numerical logic (e.g. N10's neighbours are N8, N6 and N2). [Caroline Bradford]
This site offers an alternative view to the modern post code system. It lists
Pubs and other addresses according to the census, i.e. according to the church
that was allocated in the census. Occasionally these change over time.
Please
email with any
historical detail you may have about any London, Essex, Kent, Suffolk,
Cambridge, Hampshire & Hertfordshire, Surrey, Berkshire & Sussex Pub history. I hope you get the idea that this site is about
Pub History, around the South of England - help me to make it more
interesting.
The historical trade directory and census listing of all of London, Kent, Suffolk, Sussex, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire
and, Dorset. If you are searching for a historical address, try the census and street directory database. This is a Victorian view on the streets of london and the south of England.
And Last updated on: Saturday, 13-Mar-2010 00:47:14 GMT
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