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31: 1013: 69:. In 1835 or 1836 he became chief inspector of letter-carriers for the inland or general post office, and took over publication of the Post Office London Directory, whose copyright was in private hands despite its semi-official association with the post office, and which Kelly had to purchase from the widow of his predecessor. 130:
The old editions of the Kelly’s Directories are seen as highly collectable and have also become a useful reference tool for people tracing the history of local areas. The contents are available to buy on CD-ROM from many entrepreneurial sources for this purpose. An extensive but incomplete collection
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The Post Office London Directory was started by two inspectors of the Inland letter-carriers called Ferguson and Sparkes… A third inspector, called B. Critchett, joined the enterprise in 1803 and later it was carried on by Critchett alone, then by Critchett and Woods, and then again by Critchett
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The front cover of a Kelly's Directory sometimes stated "Kelly's Directories Ltd., established 1799", however this was based on the date of issue of the first Post Office London Directory by an earlier inspector of letter carriers several decades before Kelly's involvement with that publication.
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The first directories of counties outside London were published by Kelly in 1845; and during the next sixteen years the series was extended throughout England. In 1892 Kelly's Directories Ltd. acquired the majority of shares in
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This name stuck for another 106 years before being renamed Kellysearch in 2003 to reflect its focus away from hard copy directories and towards an Internet-based product search engine.
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He founded Kelly & Co. and he and various family members gradually expanded the company over the next several decades, producing directories for an increasing number of UK
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in Britain that listed all businesses and tradespeople in a particular city or town, as well as a general directory of postal addresses of local
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Guide to the national and provincial directories of England and Wales, excluding London, published before 1856
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in 1879, becoming a major employer in the town. They closed production there in 1932 and moved to Andover.
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has an on-line collection of Historical Directories of England & Wales available for free.
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and buying out, or putting out of business, various competing publishers of directories.
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Atkins, Peter J. (May 1989). "The Compilation and Reliability of London Directories".
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Pendred, John (1955). "Appendix H: General Directories". In Pollard, Graham (ed.).
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Pendred, John (1955). "Appendix H: General Directories". In Pollard, Graham (ed.).
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Title page of the 1920 Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales
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Kelly & Co Printers purchased the Middle Mill site on Kingston's
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Norton, Jane Elizabeth (1966). "The Post Office London Directory".
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has extensive online versions of old editions for England and Wales
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The Library (The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society)
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The Library (The Transactions of the Bibliographical Society)
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Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes
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Index

Post Office Directory

trade directory
gentry
Yellow Pages
Frederic Festus Kelly
counties
Hogsmill River
Kellysearch (broken link)
Yellow Pages
press release
Guildhall Library
University of Leicester
"Cottingham History"
ISBN
0-19-721759-1
Isaac Slater
William White
"Historic Gazetteers, Trade and Commercial Directory listings - Huthwaite Online"
"No. 26876"
The London Gazette
"Trade Directories"
"The Post Office London Directory"
doi
10.1093/library/s5-XXI.4.293
hdl
2027/hvd.32044098323918
ISBN
0 948667 45 1
"Trade directories and telephone books at Guildhall Library"

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