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Shelfanger : 1904 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After the WW2, telephone directories gradually superseded trade directories, but until the 1950s telephones were a luxury so only businesses and better-off residents were listed.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
50748	BAKER Samuel	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50748	-
50747	BAKER Sarah Ann	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50747	-
50749	BEAN James	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50749	-
50743	BIXBY Marie	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Schoolmistress	-
50743	-
50750	BIXBY Philip	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Schoolmaster, assistant overseer and clerk to the Parish Council	-
50750	-
50751	BRAME George Edward	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50751	-
50744	CHAPMAN Thomas	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Resident	-
50744	-
50752	CLARKE Anna	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shopkeeper	-
50752	-
50753	EDWARDS John B	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50753	-
50754	ELLIS Walter William	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50754	-
50755	ELSEY Philip	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50755	-
50756	FICKLING Samuel	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50756	-
50757	GREEN Timothy	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Shopkeeper	-
50757	-
50745	HARRISSON Rev. William (M.A.)	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Rector	-
50745	-
50758	HURRELL Fred	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Blacksmith and victualler	-
50758	-
50746	JARRETT Rev. Amos John	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Baptist Minister	-
50746	-
50759	KERRIDGE George	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Victualler	-
50759	-
50760	LAYN John	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Wheelwright	-
50760	-
50761	PEARCE Arthur	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Carpenter	-
50761	-
50762	PORCHER Harry Crosby	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50762	-
50763	RIBBONS Edward	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50763	-
50764	SANDY William Albert	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Builder	-
50764	-
50765	SHULVER John	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50765	-
50766	SPURDENS James	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50766	-
50767	THOMPSON William	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50767	-
50741	WELTON William	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Parish Clerk	-
50741	-
50768	WILLIAMS Henry	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Coal dealer	-
50768	-
50769	WOMACK Edward Reeve	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Farmer	-
50769	-
50742	YOUELLS George	1904	Shelfanger, Norfolk	Tailor and sub-postmster	-
50742	-
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='SHLF' AND EventType='Directory' AND EventYear=1904 ORDER BY FullName, EventYear, ID"