The British book trades 1784-1811: a tabulation of national directories
Localities: R
| 1785 Pendred [& 1784 Bailey] | 1792-98 Universal British Directory | 1811 Holden's Directory |
| Reading, Berkshire | Pop. 1801: 9742 | Pop. 1811: 10788 |
| Carnan & Smart, booksellers & printers in general Smart & Co., printers of Reading Mercury & oxford Gazette |
Cave, William, printer Smart & Cowslade, printers Snare, Robert, stationer |
None in 1811 |
| Redruth, Cornwall | Pop. 1801: 3924 | Pop. 1811: 5903 |
| None in Bailey 1784 | Reynolds, James, bookbinder | Not in 1811 |
| Reigate, Surrey | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| [Allen, Alingham, printer & bookseller] | 1792-98 vol.5 | Not in 1811 |
| Retford, Nottinghamshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | Bonsor, papermaker Hodson, Nathaniel, printer Taylor, James, bookseller |
Bonsor, Sarah & Son, paper manufacturers Nelson, William, merchant, miller & paper manufacturer, Ordsall Mill, near this town Taylor, James, printer, bookseller & stationer Woodhead, George, printer, bookseller &c |
| Richmond, Surrey | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | Ansell, William, stationer Moore, Robert, stationer & liquor merchant Wall, Alexander George, stationer & binder Wall, James, stationer & binder |
Not in 1811 |
| Richmond, Yorkshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| None in Bailey 1784 | None in 1792-9 | Bell, Matthew, bookseller, Finkle Street Bowman, Thomas, stationer & printer, Market Place Craggs, Matthew, printer & bookbinder, Market Place Smith, Thomas, stationer & printer, Market Place |
| Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | Not in 1792-9 | Munn, Lewis, papermaker |
| Ringwood, Hampshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| None in Bailey 1784 | None in 1792-9 | Hodges, Charles, stationer & post office Lucas, William, stationer |
| Ripon, Yorkshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: 3633 |
| Turner, [Christopher,] bookseller | Batty, Richard, pocket book maker Darnton, William, printer & bookseller Turner, Christopher, bookseller & printer |
Barker, C., stationer Farrer, William, bookseller, printer & druggist Green, William, engraver on wood &c Langdale, J., stationer Lomas, John, paper maker, Meekley Lomas, R., paper maker, Monckton Thurlway, J., stationer Todd, R., & J., pocket book manufacturers &c |
| Rochdale, Lancashire | Pop. 1801: 8542 | Pop. 1811: 10753 |
| Bamford, [Richard,] woolstapler & bokseller | Ashworth, James, stationer & binder Greenlees, Thomas, bookseller & binder Hartley, James, printer, bookseller & binder Holt, John, paper maker Neild, Mark, printer & binder Schofield, A., stationer The following wool card makers: Butterworth, James; Clegg, James; Clegg, Thomas; Graves, Robert; Holt, John; Sutliffe, James |
Greenless, Thomas, bookseller, Packer Street Hartley, James, printer, stamp distributor &c, Market Place Holt, John, rag merchant, Blackwater Street Lancashire, Mary, bookseller & c., Yorkshire, Street Westell, James, bookseller, Packer Street Also the following wool card makers: Clegg, James, Toad Lane; Clegg, James, Yorkshire Street; Firth, J., Holland Street; Proctor, James, Cheetham Street |
| Rochester, Kent | Pop. 1801: 5647 | Pop. 1811: 6566 |
| Fisher, [Thomas,] stationer & printer | Gillam & Etherington, stationers | Benjamin, Henry, bookseller Cadell, D., bookseller & printer, High Street Dixon, Robert, bookseller & stationer, High Street |
| Romsey, Hampshire | Pop. 1801: 4274 | Pop. 1811: 4297 |
| Sharp, [William,] papermaker Sheats, [James,] millwright & papermaker |
Dusautoy, John, papermaker Godfrey, W. & Skeats, papermakers Hollis, J. S., postmaster, printer, bookbinder & stationer Sharp, William, papermaker Skeats, James, papermaker |
Hollis, J.S., post office and stationer Jackson, Samuel, druggist & printer Jones, Edward junior, papermaker King, William, paper mould maker Sharp & Co., papermakers Skeats, John, James & Thomas, Messrs, papermakers Sweeper, Richard, watchmaker & engraver |
| Rotherham, Yorkshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Scoley, [John,] bookseller & stationer Smith, [Thomas,] stationer & bookbinder Wilson, [Sarah,] bookseller & stationer |
Crooks, Thomas, stationer Orton, Thomas, bookseller Scholey, John, bookseller |
Not in 1811 |
| Royston, Hertfordshire | Pop. 1801: 1331 | Pop. 1811: 1309 |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | Andrews, Henry, bookseller Spencer, John, bookseller |
Jameson, William, bookseller |
| Rugby, Warwickshire | Pop. 1801: 1487 | Pop. 1811: 1805 |
| None in Bailey 1784 | Gaskin, Henry, bookseller | Rowell, Robert, ironmonger & bookseller |
| Rugeley, Staffordshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| None in Bailey 1784 | Simpson, Edward, printer & innkeeper | Not in 1811 |
| Ruthin, Denbighshire | Pop. 1801: | Pop. 1811: |
| Not in Bailey 1784 | Edwards, Edward, bookseller Jones, Joseph, bookseller |
Not in 1811 |
| Rye, Sussex | Pop. 1801: 2181 | Pop. 1811: 2681 |
| 1785 | Meryon, Ann, stationer & bookseller | 1811 |
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