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South Lopham : 1892 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• After the WW2, telephone directories gradually superseded trade directories, but until the 1950s telephones were a luxury so only businesses and better-off residents were listed.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:
  • University of Leicester - Historical Directories of England & Wales
  • TNA - People in business and trades
  • WDYTYA - Where to find historical trade directories online
  • Wikipedia - Kelly’s Directory
  • GenGuide - Directories, Trade, Professional, Telephone & Street, including Scotland

Records found = 39 from 128579
ID	Name	Year	Home Parish	Trade	View
	Qualification
125137	BARKER Mrs. Mary Ann	1892	South Lopham	Publican	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125133	BATEMAN The Rectory	1892	South Lopham	Rector	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125138	BLOOMFIELD Arthur	1892	South Lopham	Farm bailiff to Rev. John Fitzherbert Bateman	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125139	BOWELL Levi	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125140	BOWELL William	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125141	BOWHILL Jacon	1892	South Lopham	Blacksmith	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125134	BUCKENHAM -	1892	South Lopham	Private resident	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125142	BUCKENHAM Thomas	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125143	BULLOCK Walter	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125144	COCK Robert	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125145	COCK Thomas	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125146	CROWE Edgar	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125147	DOWNING Samuel	1892	South Lopham	Coal merchant and newsagent	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125148	EACOCK William	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125149	EATON William	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125150	GARNHAM Thomas	1892	South Lopham	Carpenter	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125151	GARNHAM Walter H	1892	South Lopham	Carpenter	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125152	GODDARD Henry	1892	South Lopham	Publican, builder and contractor	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125153	GODDARD Jesse	1892	South Lopham	Wheelwright	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125154	GRANT Joseph	1892	South Lopham	Shoe maker	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125155	GRANT Mrs. Phillis	1892	South Lopham	Baker	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125156	HOLDEN Henry	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125157	HOWARD Stephen John	1892	South Lopham	Publican	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125158	HUGGINS Charles	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125159	LAND John	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125160	LAND Walter	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125161	MATTHEWS Story	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125162	MURTON Charles	1892	South Lopham	Poulterer and dealer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125163	MUSK Georger	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125135	MUSKETT -	1892	South Lopham	Private resident	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125164	MUSKETT Edward	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125165	ORFORD Mrs. Mary Ann	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125166	PEARCE Walter	1892	South Lopham	Farmer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125167	SARE William	1892	South Lopham	Shopkeeper	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125136	SELF -	1892	South Lopham	Private resident	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125168	WALLIS Miss Susan	1892	South Lopham	Shopkeeper	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125169	WITTON Edward	1892	South Lopham	Farmer and assistant overseer	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125170	WITTON Sidney Brooks	1892	South Lopham	Miller (wind and steam)	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
125171	WOMACK Robert	1892	South Lopham	Farmer, miller (wind) and landowner	-
	Kellys Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
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