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Fersfield : 1890 Trade Directory

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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After the WW2, telephone directories gradually superseded trade directories, but until the 1950s telephones were a luxury so only businesses and better-off residents were listed.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 = 29 from 124504
ID	Name	Year	Home Parish	Trade	View
ID	Qualification
23357	BEAN John	1890	-	Farmer	-
23357	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23358	BIRCH Henry	1890	-	Cottager	-
23358	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23359	BRAITHWAITE Rev. Arthur	1890	-	Rector	-
23359	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23360	BRASNETT Waiter Thomas	1890	-	Farmer	-
23360	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23361	BREWINGTON Henry	1890	-	Cottager	-
23361	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23362	BULLOCK Charles	1890	-	Farmer and shopkeeper	-
23362	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23363	BUNN Robert Newson	1890	-	Farmer; h Bressingham	-
23363	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23364	CRICK Waiter	1890	-	Parish clerk	-
23364	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23365	EATON George	1890	-	Farmer	-
23365	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23366	FICKLING Samuel	1890	-	Farmer	-
23366	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23367	FINBOW John Charles	1890	-	Farmer	-
23367	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23368	GARROOD Fuller	1890	-	Farmer	-
23368	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23369	GARROOD Warren Daniel	1890	-	Farmer	-
23369	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23370	GREENWOOD Matthew Bennett	1890	-	Farmer	-
23370	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23371	HALL Herbert Arthur	1890	-	Shoemaker and postmaster	-
23371	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23372	HARDY Robert	1890	-	Farmer	-
23372	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23373	HAWES Charles	1890	-	Farmer; h. Bressngham	-
23373	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23374	HOSKINS Alfred	1890	-	Cottager	-
23374	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23375	HOSKINS Charles	1890	-	Farmer	-
23375	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23376	HOSKINS Charles jun.	1890	-	Farmer	-
23376	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23377	JESSUP George	1890	-	Carpenter, wheel-wright, blacksmith, and beerhouse	-
23377	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23378	LEVIS William	1890	-	Farmer	-
23378	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23379	MORTIMER Juliet Eliza	1890	-	-	-
23379	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23380	MUNFORD John	1890	-	Cottager	-
23380	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23381	NEWSTEAD Frederick	1890	-	Cottager	-
23381	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23382	REYNOLDS George	1890	-	Farm bailiff	-
23382	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23383	ROBINSON Caleb	1890	-	Beerhouse and farmer	-
23383	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23384	SPURLING Robert	1890	-	Farmer	-
23384	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
23385	WITHAM Richard	1890	-	Farmer	-
23385	White's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Norfolk, 1890
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