Midlands and Various UK Trade Directories 1770-1941 - ancestry

[kiterunner]

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2583

Indexed using OCR software, so you may need to browse the directories to find what you're after if it doesn't come up on a search.

Includes a few non-Midlands directories but mostly covers the Midlands. Mostly 19th and early 20th centuries, but it does include a 1770 directory of Birmingham.

[Margaret in Burton]

Oh dear, the transcriptions aren't good. Just found this for OH's side.

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=0&gsfn=&gsln=stanbridge&sx=&f3=&rg_81004041__date=&rs_81004041__date=0&f6=&gskw=burton&prox=1&db=midlandstrade&ti=5538&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&pcat=37&fh=3&h=3349282&recoff=16

[borobabs]

Oh lovely spelling there Marg lol