The British book trades 1784-1811: a tabulation of national directories
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| 1785 Pendred [& 1784 Bailey] | 1792-98 Universal British Directory | 1811 Holden's Directory |
| Lancaster, Lancashire | Pop. 1801: 17218 | Pop. 1811: 17528 |
| [Parker, Richard, stationer] [Randall, stationer & bookbinder] Walmsley, [Henry,] bookseller, printer & distributor of stamps |
Busher, bookseller & printer, Market Street Holt, James, bookseller, stationer & binder, Church Street Leeming, William, letter case maker, Cherry Lane Shaw, John, bookseller, stationer & binder, Pudding lane Walmsley, Henry, stationer & printer, Market Street |
Clark, Christopher, printer & bookseller, Market Place Jackson, John, printer & bookseller, New Street Leeming, John, bookseller & stationer, Pudding Lane Minishull, William, printer of the Lancaster Gazette, Great John Street Skirrow, William bookseller, Market Street Turner, John, bookseller, Church Street Walmsley, Henry, bookseller, New Street Wilkinson, -, stationer Pudding Lane |
| Launceston, Cornwall | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: 1758 |
| Manning, [John,] ironmonger & stationer Martins, [Robert,] stationer |
Bray, William, printer & stationer Martin, Robert, stationer |
Bray, Charlotte, stationer Eyre, Thomas, stationer Harvey, Agnes, stationer Martin, Philip, stationer |
| Lavenham, Suffolk | Pop. 1801: 1776 | Pop. 1811: 1711 |
| None in Bailey 1784 | Taylor, Isaac, engraver | Not in 1811 |
| Ledbury, Herefordshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| None in Bailey 1784 | None in 1792-9 | Jukes, Mrs, stationer Thackway, William, bookseller |
| Leeds, Yorkshire | Pop. 1801: 53162 | Pop. 1811: 62534 |
| Bowling, J., printer of Leeds Mercury Wright, T., printer of Leeds Intelligencer |
Binns, John, bookseller, Brig Gate Bowling, James, printer, Boar Lane Boynton, T., card maker, Brig Gate Brown, George, bookbinder, Brig Gate Coupland & Co., paper manufacturers, Hunslett Frudington, William, bookseller & stationer, Back of Shambles Gill, Thomas, printer, Kirkgate Greenwood, Edward, stationer, Brig Gate Hargrave & Co., paper stainers, Brig Gate Porter, Edward, music shop, Brig Gate Robinson, John, bookseller, stationer & library keeper, Kirk Gate Shaw, William, engraver, Cross Parish Shilito, William, engraver, seal cutter & copperplate printer, Call Lane Smith, Daniel, bookseller, Kirk Gate Stanfield, John, bookseller, Kirk Gate Wright, Thomas, printer, New End |
Baines, Edward, wholesale stationer & printer of the Leeds Mercury, Brig Gate Baines, John, bookseller, Brig Gate Bussey & Carrett, pocket book makers, Kirk Gate Butterworth, John & William, engravers & copperplate printers, Kirk Gate Crawshaw, Abraham, [wool] card maker & dealer, Union Street Davies, John, bookseller & printer, Vicar Lane Dodsworth, Henry, bookbinder, Boar Lane Dyson, John, bookbinder, Square, Kirk Gate Fawdington & Inchbald, booksellers, Shambles Gill, Thomas, printer, Kirk Gate Goodall, Thomas, [wool] card maker, Brig Gate Hargreave, William & Son, paper stainers, Kirk Gate Hargreave & Plowman, paper stainers, back of the Shambles Harrison, papermaker, Ridge Mill Heath, Ambrose, paper warehouse, Vicar Lane Heaton, John, bookseller & stationer, Brig Gate Leach, John, printer & bookseller, Market Place Leak & Nicholls, booksellers & sationers, Brig Gate Lievesey, Christopher, engraver & copperplate printer, Commercial Street Muff, John, music seller, Commercial Street Nichols, John & Isaac, booksellers &c, under the Moot Hall Nicholson, bookbinder, Hunslet Lane Pickering, R. & H., paper stainers, York Street Robinson, Mary & Co., booksellers & librarians, the Old library, Commercial Street Smith, Robert, bookseller, binder &c, Brig Gate Smith, John, pasteboard manufacturer, Richmond Hill Topham, Samuel, engraver, Kirk Gate Wilkinson, John, pocket book maker, Kirk Gate Wilson, George, printer & bookseller, Kirk Gate Wright, Griffith, junior, printer of the Leeds Intelligencer, New Street |
| Leek, Staffordshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Needham, [Joseph,] bookseller & printer | Bromwell, Thomas, bookseller Hillyard, Francis, printer & bookseller Maddock, M. & C., booksellers &c Moore, George, bookbinder |
Hilliard, printer Hope, William, stationer & bookbinder Lowe, Charles, stationer Shelly, Benjamin, stationer |
| Leicester, Leicestershire | Pop. 1801:17005 | Pop. 1811: 23453 |
| [Abel, Abel, parchment maker] Gregory, J[ohn,] bookseller & printer of Leicester & Nottingham Journal Ireland, [George,] bookseller & printer Oliver, distributor of the stamps |
Abel, William, parchment maker, Northgate Street Brown, John, bookseller & printer, Market Place Cockshaw, Isaac, engraver, Nicholas Street Davies, William junior, rag shop &c, Bellgrave Gate Gregory, John, printer & bookseller, Market Place Ireland & Son, printers & booksellers, Eastgate Ireland, John, printer & bookseller, Cheapside Phillips, R.,printer & bookseller, Coal Hill Throsby, John, gent, author of the History of Leicester, &c, High Cross Street Valentine, M., broker & music seller, Cheapside The Leicester Herald is published by R. Phillips every Saturday morning [details of quarterly prize medal for best essay] Literary society for establishing a permanent library in Leicester |
Abel, John, parchment maker, North [sic] Calladine, George, bookseller, Market Place Chamberlain, printer, High Street Cockshaw, Isaac, stationer, Humberstone Gate Coombe, Thomas, bookseller & library, Hotel Street Jackson, John D., wholesale paper warehouse, Cank Street Riley, Thomas, engraver, High Street Valentine, music seller, Cheapside |
| Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| 1785 | None in 1792-9 | Ridgeway, Matthew, slopseller, stationer &c |
| Leith, Midlothian | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in 1785 | Not in 1792-9 | Allardice, A., bookseller & stationer, Tolbooth W. Oliphant, William junior, printer Reid, William, bookseller & stationer, Shore Watt, James, bookseller & stationer, Shore |
| Leominster, Herefordshire | Pop. 1801: 3966 | Pop. 1811: 4136 |
| Davies, [Philip,] printer | Barrow, John, bookseller Harris, Francis, printer & bookseller |
Burlton, Francis Jenks, bookseller, stationer & lottery office Proctor & Wright, booksellers & stationers |
| Lewes, Sussex | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: 6221 |
| Harben, distributor of stamps Lee, [William], printer & medicine warehouse Lee, M., printer of Sussex Weekly Journal, bookseller, stationer & circulating library Lambert, [James,] bookseller & stationer [& coach painter] |
Budgen, Thomas, land surveyor, bookseller & stationer Lee, William, bookseller, stationer & medicinal warehouse Lee, William & Arthur, printers & proprietors of the Lewes Journal Symonds, William, bookseller & stationer |
Not in 1811 |
| Leyburn, Yorkshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | Not in 1792-9 | Barber, S.B., bookseller Bell, M., stationer & bookseller |
| Lichfield, Staffordshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: 5022 |
| Jackson, printer Morgan, Major, bookseller, stationer & printer |
Jackson, John, printer & bookseller Morgan, Major, printer & bookseller |
Lomax, T.G., printer & bookseller Morgan, William, printer & bookseller |
| Limerick, Ireland | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Ferrar, printer Welch, printer |
Not in 1792-98 | Auliffe, J., stationer Barry, John, bookseller Bassett, William, paper stainer Broughton, Patrick, paper stainer Corbett, P., music seller Corbett, J., music seller Dodd, William, paper stainer Flin, E., proprietor of Limerick Journal Goggin, W., stationer M'Auliffe, Jeremiah, stationer M'Donnell & Co., stationers M'Donnell, Alexander, printer of the General Advertiser or Limerick Gazette O'Brien, Brian, stationer Peppard, Richard, stationer Watson & Mahoney, proprietors of the Limerick Chronicle & lottery office keepers Watson, Andrew, stationer Waugh, Edmund, paper stainer |
| Lincoln | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: 8861 |
| Drummond, [Mrs.,] bookseller & printer Drury, [Joshua,] bookseller Gibbeson, carrier & distributor of stamps for the county Simmons, [J.,] bookseller & printer Simmons, S., printer of Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury & Weekly Journal [Pendred also includes here Snelson, actually of Market Drayton, and Scott, of Newport, Shropshire] |
Brooke, William, bookseller & printer Drewry, Joshua, stationer Drummond, Rebecca, stationer Drury, John, printer & bookbinder Johnston, James, bookbinder |
Baron, Edward, bookseller, High Street Brooke, William, bookseller, High Street Drury, John, bookseller, High Street Goddard, Mrs, stationer, High Street Johnson, John, bookseller, High Street Smith, John, bookseller, High Street |
| Lisburn, Ireland | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in 1785 | Not in 1792-9 | Kelly, Mary, circulating library Ward, James, bookseller &c Wrigley, William, bookseller & auctioneer |
| Liskeard, Cornwall | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| None in Bailey 1784 | Borrows, [textile] card maker Hoblyn, [textile] card maker |
Not in 1811 |
| Liverpool, Lancashire | Pop. 1801: 82295 | Pop. 1811: 10410 |
| Bibby, [William,] letter case maker, 22, Fenwick Street Billinge, [Thomas,] engraver & copperplate printer, 7, Castle Street Christie, [Alexander,] stationer, 49, Old Dock Crane, [Samuel,] bookseller, 174, Dale Street Dunbabin, [John,] bookseller, 2, Castle Street Eyres, [Margaret,] bookseller, 1, Pruson's Row Gore, [John,] bookseller & stationer, [proprietor & printer of Liverpool Advertiser], 5, Elbow Lane & 1, Castle Street [Johnson, Nathaniel, engraver, 11, Charter Street] Johnson, [Thomas,] printer, Fenwick Alley [Jump, Henry, letter case maker, 1, Hales Street] Nevett, [William,] printer, 3, Sweeting Street Pole, William, Esq., stamp & Sun Fire office, 7, St. Nicholas's Churchyard [Randles, John, rag warehouse, 13, South Dock Sibbald, [John,] stationer & printer, 40, Castle Street Sibbald, [William,] music shop, 6, Temple Bar Singleton, [John,] paper &c warehouse, 11, Darwen Street [Sixsmith, Alexander, dealer in rags, 7, Park Lane] Smith, [Egerton,] printer, stationer & mathematical instrument maker, 18, Pool Lane [Wheatcroft, Thomas, engraver & copperplate printer, Castle Street] Williamson, [Alice,] printer of Liverpool General Advertiser & bookseller, 65, Castle Street Woods, [George,] printer, 10, Princes Street Wosencroft, [Charles,] printer, Cook Street Wright, Peter, grocer & stationer, 68, Old Hall Street] |
Abbot, Edward, letter case maker, 10, John Street Armstrong, stationer, Temple Street Astley, Thomas, engraver, Stanley Street Baker, George, library, 20, Lord Street Billings, Thomas, stationer & printseller, Castle Street Brown, Elizabeth, circulating library, 6, Sparling Street Christie, Alexander, stationer & bookseller, Old Dock Cox, Samuel Thomas, stationer & binder, 8, Vauxhall Road Crane, Samuel, stationer & bookseller, Castle Street Dawson, James, engraver & victualler (Lion), Dale Street Dubais, Mary, circulating library, 21, Basnett Street Dunn, Morgan, quill merchant, 5, Elbow Lane, Dale Street Eaton, John, engraver, 11, Derby Street Eyres, Margaret, circulating library, Richmond Street Ferguson, Robert, printer & bookseller, 10, Castle Street Gilpin, Ann circulating library, 17, Oldhall Street Gore, John, stationer & printer, 66, Castle Street Hatton, James, stationer & bookseller, 6, Castle Street Highfield, Isaac, pocket book maker, 63, Shaws Brow Himes, Humphry, stationer & music seller, 15, Castle Street Hodgson, Henry, bookseller & stationer, 39,Lord Street Johnson, Elizabeth, printer & stationer, 12, Brunswick Street Lancaster, James, paper merchant, 41, Cumberland Street Lockhart, Thomas, paper maker, 146, Dale Street M'Creevy, -, printer, Upper Dawson Street Marshland, John, bookseller, 58, Whitechapel Mayor, William, engraver, 18, Temple Street Milligan, Hugh, bookseller, 23, Whitechapel O'Neill, Francis, paper & feather warehouse, Clayton Square Ormondy, John, stationer, 9, Temple Street Philips, Robert, stationer & bookseller, 24, Castle Street Pye, John, music shop, 13, Lord Street Pye, John, music seller, Temple Street Robinson, William, bookbinder, 16, John Street Rushton, Edward, stationer & bookseller, 56, Paradise Street Schofield, Thomas, printer, 165, Dale Street Sibbard, John, stationer & bookseller, Castle street Smart, George, bookseler, stationer & binder, 54, Paradise Street Smith, Egerton, stationer, 18, Pool Lane Smith, Jesse, stationer, 12, Redcross Street Stalfox, Richard, engraver, 51, Whitechapel Walker, Richard, engraver, Garden Row, Bevington Bush Road Whiteside, Edward, paper merchant, 32, Pitt Street Wright & Ormandy, stationers & booksellers, Lord Street Wright, William, bookbinder, Sweeting Street, Castle Street |
Abbot, Edward, pocket book maker, John Street Alderson, George, bookseller, Castle Street Allen, Richard, bookseller, Hurst Street Astley, Thomas, engraver & copperplate printer, Stanley Street Athenaeum Room & Library, Church Street Atkinson, Elpha, tea dealer & circulating library, Bridgewater Street Barker, John, secretary to the Lyceum Library, Gerrard Street Beastall, William, bookseller, Saint James's Street Benson, Richard, engraver, Davie's Street Billinge, Thomas, stationer, printer & publisher of the Liverpool Advertiser, Castle Street Birkett & Tatham, stationers & booksellers, Whitechapel Boyle, Luke, wafer sealing wax & quill manufacturer, Cable Street Boynton, Robert, engraver, Gibraltar Street Bushell, Edward, stationer, Lord Street Campbell, John, bookseller, Dale Street Cassidy, Thomas, quill feather, sealing wax & wafer manufactory, Thomas Street Chapell, Henry, printer, Warren Street Coghlan, Thomas, printseller, carver & gilder, Whitechapel Davies, John, bookseller, Pool Lane Dean, T., printer & engraver on wood, Piccadilly Dickins, Samuel, printer, 11, Spitalfields Dodd, Thomas, printer, 16, Vernon street Edleston, John, bookseller, 12, Castle street Fisher, Henry, printer, Wolstenholme Square Forshaw, Henry, printer, Edmund Street Gaskell, Thomas, paper dealer, Tythebarn Street Goodchild, Castle, printer, Vernon Street Gore, Johnson, stationer & printer of the Liverpool General Advertiser, Castle Street Gregory, Richard & Co., engravers & copperplate printers, Lower Castle street Harris, G.F., printer, Tyrer Street Heaton, Thomas, bookseller, stationer &c., Renshaw Street Hime & Son, music sellers, Castle street & Church Street Jones & Wright, printing office, Swift's Court Jones, William, printer & publisher of the Liverpool Chronicle & Herald, Hope Place Jones, George, bookseller, Ranelagh Street Jones, John, navigation & stationary [stationery] warehouse, Pool Lane Kaye, William, rag & paper merchant, Cumberland street Kaye, Thomas, printer, bookseller & stationer, Castle Street Longton, Richard, paper dealer, Tythebarn Street Maguire, Philip James, publisher of the Liverpool Trade List, Lime Street Merritt & Wright, publishers of Saturday's Advertsiser, Castle street Molyneux, John, stationer & navy agent, College Lane Nevett, Samuel, printer, stationer &c., Castle Street Nevett, Samuel, printer & bookseller, Dale Street Nuttall, Jonah, printer, Duke Street O'Neal, Francis & Sons, stained paper & feather warehouse, Cable street Ormandy, John, stationer, Lord Street Peeling, J., bookseller & stationer, 26, Church Street Phillips, William, printer, 35, Trueman Street Pigott & Co., engravers, 35, Hackins Hey Reston, James, stationer, Sir Thomas's Buildings Roberts, William stationer, Mount Pleasant Robinson, William, bookseller, stationer & printer, Castle street Rushton, Edward, bookseller, Paradise street Simcock, Robert, bookseller & auctioneer, Sir Thomas's Buildings Smart, George, bookseller, Paradise street Smith, Egerton & William, printers, Pool Lane Smith, James, printer, Tythbarn Street Stringer, John, printer, Hunter Sreet Swarbreck, Thomas, printer & hosier, Dale street Thomson, George, bookseller, Dale street Walker, Richard, engraver & copperplate printer, Temple street Ward, Cornelius, musical repository, Church Street Willan, Edward, bookseller, Bold Street William, James, law stationer, Temple Court Wood, George, printer, Greetham Street Woods, George, printer, Prince's Street Woodward & Alderson, booksellers & stationers, Castle Street Woodward, Charles, bookseller & stationer, Mount Vernon Street Wright & Cruickshank, printers, booksellers & stationers, Castle street Wright, James, printer & publisher of the Liverpool Patent Trade List, Castle Street |
| Llanbeder, Cardiganshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | Edwards, David, engraver Richard, David, bookbinder |
Not in 1811 |
| Llanwrst, Denbighshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in 1785 | None in 1792-9 | Davies, William, bookbinder & grocer |
| Llanvyllin, Montgomeryshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in 1785 | None in 1792-9 | Jones, Abraham, grocer & bookbinder |
| Londonderry, Ireland | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Douglas, printer of Londonderry Journal | Not in 1792-98 | 1811 |
| Loughborough, Leicestershire | Pop. 1801: 4603 | Pop. 1811: 5556 |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | Adams, William, bookseller | Adams, William, bookseller & stationer Riste, William, printer, bookseller & stationer |
| Loughrea, Ireland | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Reynolds, printer | Not in 1792-98 | Not in 1811 |
| Louth, Lincolnshire | Pop. 1801: 4258 | Pop. 1811: 4761 |
| 1785 | Marsh, Thomas, bookseller Sheardown, Robert, bookseller & printer |
Fotherby, Benjamin, printer, bookseller, stationer & auctioneer Hurton, Henry, printer, bookseller, stationer & agent to Richardson, Goodluck & Co., lottery office Jackson, John, printer, bookseller, statiner & auctioneer |
| Ludlow, Shropshire | Pop. 1801: 3897 | Pop. 1811: 4150 |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | Fetton, William stationer Griffiths, Thomas, bookbinder & printer Proctor, Henry, stationer |
Not in 1811 |
| Lyme Regis, Dorset | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | None in 1792-9 | Hutchings, Richard, library |
| Lymington, Hampshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| None in Bailey 1784 | None in 1792-9 | Galpine, Richard, bookseller, stationer & post office |
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