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The interest of Scotland considered : with regard to its police [sic] in imploying of the poor, its agriculture, its trade, its manufactures, and fisheries
Lindsay, Patrick (1686-1753)
1733
Bookseller's advertisement, p. [2] at end. Attributed to Patrick Lindsay in NUC pre-1956.
Dales Crafts and Craftsmen
Walton, James
[1930s-1940s]
Articles written by James Walton on the craftsmen of the Yorkshire Dales, for the series 'Dales Crafts and Craftsmen' in 'The Yorkshire Dalesman', extracted and pasted into a hard-backed scrapbook. Th...
Robson's commercial directory of London and the Western Counties, viz. Berks, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloster, Hereford, Somerset, Monmouth and South Wales, an alphabetical list of the names, residences, and professions of the commercial establishments in the above counties: a classification of trades to all market towns therein, with every information connected with the arrival and departure of mails and other coaches, posting houses, commerical inns, &c &c Accompanied by an historical and statistical display of the area in statute acres, the annual value therof, as assessed to the Property Tax in 1815; the annual income of the beneficed clergy, as returned to parliament in 1834; with a beautifully engraved map of each of the counties on which is delineated the new divisions or parochial unions, formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 3 & 4 William IV 1834. In two volumes - Vol. I containing London Directory (vol 2)
Robson, William A (1895-1980); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Jones, Louis
1840
Vol I contains London street key, London commercial directory, itineraries. Vol II Gloucestershire to Worcestershire, North Wales and South Wales [Bedford copy lacking many folding maps].
Robson's commercial directory of London and the Western Counties, viz. Berks, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloster, Hereford, Somerset, Monmouth and South Wales, an alphabetical list of the names, residences, and professions of the commercial establishments in the above counties: a classification of trades to all market towns therein, with every information connected with the arrival and departure of mails and other coaches, posting houses, commerical inns, &c &c Accompanied by an historical and statistical display of the area in statute acres, the annual value therof, as assessed to the Property Tax in 1815; the annual income of the beneficed clergy, as returned to parliament in 1834; with a beautifully engraved map of each of the counties on which is delineated the new divisions or parochial unions, formed under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 3 & 4 William IV 1834. In two volumes - Vol. I containing London Directory (vol 1)
Robson, William A (1895-1980); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Jones, Louis
1840
Vol I contains London street key, London commercial directory, itineraries. Vol II Gloucestershire to Worcestershire, North Wales and South Wales [Bedford copy lacking many folding maps].
Wooden Industries
1959-1974
This file contains extracts and cuttings on boat-building, hurdle-making and other industries centred on wood, including D. Phillips Birt's article, 'Last Days of the Wooden Boat', extracted from 'Cou...
Industry and humanity : a study in the principles underlying industrial reconstruction
King, William Lyon Mackenzie (1874-1950)
1918
Includes index.
Robson's London commercial directory, street guide, and carriers' list for 1821
Robson, William A (1895-1980); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Wing, Mark?
1821
The classification of trades is vol. 2.
Pigot and Co.'s national commercial directory : comprising a directory and classification of the merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, manufacturers and traders in all the cities, towns, sea-ports, and prinicipal villages in the following counties, viz., Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Somersetshire, Suffolk, Wiltshire, and the whole of South Wales. With historical and topographical delineations, tables of the distances of the towns in every county, one from the other and each from London; the whole embellished with 18 elegant county maps
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Chambers, William (1809-1882); J. Pigot & Co
1830
Includes index. No maps [in Bedford Collection A039 copy]. Bedford Collection C420 comprises only Monmouthshire, pages 513-526. Second general survey 1821-1830.
Pigot and Co.'s national commercial directory : comprising a directory and classification of the merchants, bankers, professional gentlemen, manufacturers and traders in all the cities, towns, sea-ports, and prinicipal villages in the following counties, viz., Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Somersetshire, Suffolk, Wiltshire, and the whole of South Wales. With historical and topographical delineations, tables of the distances of the towns in every county, one from the other and each from London; the whole embellished with 18 elegant county maps (Monmouthshire only)
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Chambers, William (1809-1882); J. Pigot & Co
1830
Includes index. No maps [in Bedford Collection A039 copy]. Bedford Collection C420 comprises only Monmouthshire, pages 513-526. Second general survey 1821-1830.
New Birmingham Directory; containing an alphabetical list of the merchants, manufacturers, and principal inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood; the mails, coaches, vans, waggons, carriers, & canal conveyances; a classification of trades, also the principal manufacturers, &c. in Bilston, Darlaston, Dudley, Halesowen, Kidderminster, Redditch, Stourbridge, Walsall, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, Willenhall & Wolverhampton; a list of bankers in England, Wales and Scotland and the houses on which they draw in London. Stamp duties; fire offices; population tables, &c
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Price, Thomas (1797-1851); Ward, William; Ward and Price
1823
Engraved plates include trade cards.
Robson's London commercial directory, street guide, and carriers' list for 1823, the fifth edition; Robson's classification of trades, the second edition; also Robson's district directory, or street register. Each of the above contains 40,000 firms alphabetically arranged
Robson, William A (1895-1980); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Trehearne, A
1823