NORTHUMBERLAND ARCHIVES

Trade Directories

Commercial publishers selling to an identified market produced trade directories. The oldest

Northumberland directory was produced in 1774 whilst the most recent is dated 1974. The older

directories were sold primarily to the gentry and leisured classes. From 1850's onwards the

directories were designed for a more commercial market. Many directories were composed of

entries written by a local correspondent and sent in to a central publisher. Nineteenth century

directories are arranged alphabetically by Anglican parish with an alphabetical list of townships

usually at the beginning.

Each entry has a brief historical description of a village, followed by a contemporary description,

then a list of private inhabitants and local trade’s people. They therefore contain the following

useful information for villages in the county; topographical details (including mineral deposits),

history (though this is often copied from previous older directories), a description of a village at a

fixed point in time, population figures, details of transport (e.g. Stage Coach, Carrier, Railway),

names of public buildings (e.g. Inns, Schools), names of local officials and businesses.

This leaflet contains a list of trade directories available from Northumberland Archives and

Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office. Some are printed volumes and some are on microfiche. The

directories are listed below in chronological order and their location given. Each office usually only

holds one copy of a directory and it may be in either format.

An asterisk (*) indicates that the Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office holds a copy.

DATE

DIRECTORY

1778

Whiteheads Newcastle Directory.

1790

Whiteheads Newcastle Directory.

1792

Universal British Directory *.

1793

Directory of Newcastle, Gateshead, Morpeth & Felton.

1793

Newcastle Trade Directory (photocopy).

1805

Directory of Northumberland & Newcastle.

1806

Goods Directory of Berwick, Tweedmouth & Spittal (copy).

1806

Goods Directory of Berwick, Tweedmouth & Spittal (copy) *.

1820-1822

Commercial Directory of Berwick *.

1822

Pigots Directory for Northumberland.

1827-1828

Parson & Whites Directory of Northumberland and Durham, Volumes 1 and 2.

1827-1828

Parson & Whites Directory of Northumberland and Durham, Volumes 1 and 2 *.

1828

Pigots Directory of Northumberland.

1828

Pigots Directory of Northumberland.

1829

Parson and White Directory of Cumberland & Westmoreland.

1833

Directory of Newcastle & Gateshead.

1834

Pigots Directory of Chester, Cumberland, Durham, Lancaster, Northumberland,

Westmoreland & York.

1834

Pigots Directory of Chester, Cumberland, Durham, Lancaster, Northumberland,

Westmoreland & York (Berwick only) *.

1841

Robsons Directory of Northumberland.

1841

Robsons Directory of Northumberland *.

1847

Whites Directory of Newcastle, Gateshead, City of Durham & parts of

Northumberland.

1847

Whites Directory of Newcastle, Gateshead, City of Durham & parts of

Northumberland *.

1848

Slaters Directory of Northumberland.

1848

Slaters Directory of Northumberland *.

1850

Wards Directory (Berwick only) *.

1851

Wards Directory of the North of England.

1853

Slaters Directory of Durham.

1855

Slaters Directory (Berwick only) *.

1855

Whellans Directory of Northumberland.

1855

Whellans Directory of Northumberland *.

1858

Kellys Directory of Northumberland & Durham.

1858

Kellys Directory of Northumberland & Durham *.

1861

Blyth Directory.

1861

Blyth Directory *.

1864

Slaters Directory of Durham, Northumberland & Yorkshire.

1864

Slaters Directory of Durham, Northumberland & Yorkshire *.

1871

Blyth Directory.

1871

Blyth Directory *.

1873

Kellys Directory (Berwick only) *.

1879

Kellys Directory of Northumberland & Durham.

1879

Kellys Directory of Northumberland & Durham *.

1879

Post Office Directory of Northumberland *.

1882

Blyth Directory.

1882

Blyth Directory *.

1886

Bulmer History and Directory of Hexham Division.

1887

Bulmer History and Directory of Northumberland, Tyneside, Wansbeck &

Berwick Divisions.

1887

Bulmer History and Directory of Northumberland, Tyneside, Wansbeck &

Berwick Divisions *.

1894

Kellys Directory of Northumberland *.

1897

Kellys Directory of Northumberland.

1897

Kellys Directory of Northumberland *.

1899-1900

Wards Directory of Newcastle & Villages.

1899-1900

Wards Directory of North Shields.

1899-1900

Wards Directory of South Shields & Jarrow.

1899-1900

Wards Directory of Gateshead.

1899-1900

Wards Directory of Sunderland.

1902

Kellys Directory of Northumberland.

1902

Kellys Directory of Northumberland *.

1902

Wards Directory of Newcastle & Wallsend.

1906

Kellys Directory of Northumberland.

1906

Kellys Directory of Northumberland *.

1910

Kellys Directory of Northumberland.

1910

Kellys Directory of Northumberland *.

1910

Kellys Directory of Durham.

1915-1916

Wards Directory of North Shields, South Shields, Jarrow, Sunderland, Wallsend,

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead.

1920

Wards Directory of North Shields, Jarrow & Wallsend.

1920

Wards Directory of Newcastle.

1921

Wards Directory of Sunderland, Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne & Gateshead.

1925

Kellys Directory of Northumberland.

1925

Kellys Directory of Northumberland (Berwick Only) *.

1929

Kellys Directory of Northumberland.

1929

Kellys Directory of Northumberland *.

1932 & 1934

Wards Directory Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, North Shields, South Shields, Jarrow,

Wallsend & Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1934

Kellys Directory of Durham & Northumberland.

1934

Kellys Directory of Durham & Northumberland *.

1935

The Advertiser Directory of Berwick & North Northumberland.

1935

The Advertiser Directory of Berwick & North Northumberland *.

1935, 1937 &

1939

Wards Directory Sunderland, Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne & Gateshead.

1938 & 1940

Wards Directory Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, North Shields and South Shields,

Jarrow, Wallsend & Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1938 & 1940

Wards Directory Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, North Shields and South Shields,

Jarrow, Wallsend & Newcastle-upon-Tyne *.

1938

Kellys Directory of Northumberland.

1938

Kellys Directory of Durham.

1950

Kellys Directory of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1952-1953

Border Counties Trade's Directory *.

1953 & 1956

Kellys Directory of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1959 & 1962

Kellys Directory of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

1963-1964

Town & Country Directory of Sunderland, Durham and Middlesborough, Carlisle,

Cumberland & Westmoreland.

1965 & 1968

Kellys Directory of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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Reviewed October 2018