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This Document Has Been Created by AHDS History and Is Based on Information Supplied by the Depositor This document has been created by AHDS History and is based on information supplied by the depositor SN 5130 - Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1818-1892 Study Documentation The Digital Library of Historical Directories is an online teaching and research resource produced and owned by the University of Leicester, located at www.historicaldirectories.org. It makes available high quality digitised reproductions of some 600 local and trade directories for England and Wales, for the period 1750-1919. For the purposes of deposit in the UK Data Archive, the collection has been divided into 35 studies on a regional basis. Digitisation involved scanning the hard- copy source to produce a graphic image of each page and then processing those images to generate a machinereadable text file (used on the website as the basis for searches). Both kinds of file have been deposited in the Data Archive. For each directory, the Archive therefore contains (1) a set of page images in the form of monochrome TIFF files, and (2) a single text file resulting from OCR of the TIFFs. In view of the large number of pages processed - totalling over 360,000 - it was impracticable to attempt any checking and correction of the OCR results. The accuracy of the text files is consequently rather variable. The directories contained in the present study are detailed in the following pages. The descriptions have been generated from those on the website and use similar fields, as follows: SOURCE ............. The title of the original volume. PUBLISHED .......... Publication details (place, publisher and year). REPOSITORY ......... The library or archive from which the volume was obtained. VOLUME NOTE ........ A comment on the volume used for digitisation (where appropriate), e.g. to note any missing pages. DIGITISATION NOTE .. A comment on the digitisation of the volume (where appropriate), e.g. to indicate that the digitised version of a large directory has been divided into two or more parts so as to facilitate online reference. HEADINGS ........... A series of up to 10 section headings, to outline the main content and structure of the directory. In the website version these also serve as hyperlinks for quick access to the relevant section. CONTENT NOTE ....... Additional description of the content (where appropriate) FEATURES ........... An indication of up to 3 features that inputters thought might be of interest to the user, e.g. illustrations. FEATURES NOTE ...... Additional comment on features such as illustrations (where appropriate). ID ................. An ID string for the digitised directory, consisting of a 3-letter repository code followed by numbers indicating the batch in which the directory was processed and the item number within the batch. IMAGE FILES ........ Details of the number and size of the TIFF image files. The files have automatic sequential filenames assigned by the OCR software, e.g. 0000BH7S.tif, 0000BH7T.tif ... TEXT FILE .......... Name and size of the text file resulting from OCR of the page images. SN 5130 - Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire, 1818-1892 Page 1 of 13 Source ............. Staffordshire General and Commercial Directory for 1818, part third, containing the towns of Bilston, Walsall, Wednesbury, Wolverhampton, and the whole of the populous district comprised in the south of the county ... / by W. Parson and T. Bradshaw Published .......... Manchester: Parson & Bradshaw, 1818 Repository ......... Wolverhampton Archives & Local Studies, 42-50 Snow Hill, Wolverhampton, WV2 4AG Volume Note ........ Digitisation Note .. Headings ........... Title Page, Address & Contents // Late or Omitted Names // History of Staffordshire // Fairs in Staffordshire & Postage // Bilston - Darlaston // Handsworth – Tipton // Walsall - West Bromwich // Willenhall - Wolverhampton // Villages // List of Bankers Content Note ....... Features ........... Distance Table between towns in Staffordshire // Population Table Features Note ...... ID ................. WVA16001 Image Files ........ 260 files totalling 12.35 MB in folder WVA16001tif Text File .......... WVA16001_ocr.txt, 0.91 MB Staffordshire General & Commercial Directory, Part 3, 1818. [S. Staffordshire] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Source ............. The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire; inclusive of some portions of the ancient histories of Rous, Camden, Speed, and Dugdale, with ... a description of the present state of the county ... a directory of every town and considerable village ... / by Wm. West. [1830] Published .......... Birmingham: Wrightson, 1830 Repository ......... University of Leicester Library, P.O. Box 248, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9QD Volume Note ........ Digitisation Note .. Headings ........... Title Page & Preface // Warwickshire // Divisions of Warwickshire // Biographical Sketches // Birmingham // Birmingham Directory // Birmingham Professions & Trades // Alcester Division // Index Content Note ....... Features ........... Sketch of Birmingham // Sketch of Stratford // Sketch of Tamworth Features Note ...... ID ................. LUL1001M Image Files ........ 872 files totalling 83.79 MB in folder LUL1001Mtif Text File .......... LUL1001M_ocr.txt, 4.42 MB History, Topography & Directory of Warwickshire, 1830 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Page 2 of 13 Source ............. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, and the ... city of Lichfield, comprising, under a lucid arrangement of subjects, a general survey of the county of Stafford, and the diocese of Lichfield & Coventry ... / by William White. [1834] Published .......... Sheffield: White, W., 1834 Repository ......... Wolverhampton Archives & Local Studies, 42-50 Snow Hill, Wolverhampton, WV2 4AG Volume Note ........ Digitisation Note .. Headings ........... Title Page, Preface & Indexes // History & Description of Staffs // History of Lichfield // History of the Borough of Stafford // St Mary's & Castle Church Parishes // Stafford Directory & Trades Directory // Lichfield Directory // Seisdon Hundred & Wolverhampton // Hundreds of Offlow & Cuttlestone // Hundreds of Pirehill & Totmonslow Content Note ....... A detailed history section contains chapters about ecclesiastical history, the land, canals and railways. Features ........... Distance Table of Staffs Market Towns Features Note ...... ID ................. WVA16002 Image Files ........ 771 files totalling 45.09 MB in folder WVA16002tif Text File .......... WVA16002_ocr.txt, 3.27 MB History, Gazetteer & Directory of Staffordshire, 1834 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Source ............. The Directory of Birmingham; including an alphabetical list of the inhabitants of the town; a classification of its merchants, manufacturers &c. ... together with an alphabetical street directory, &c. &c. [1835] Published .......... Birmingham: Wrightson & Webb, 1835 Repository ......... University of Leicester Library, P.O. Box 248, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9QD Volume Note ........ Digitisation Note .. Headings ........... Title Page // Birmingham Street Directory // Birmingham Directory // Carriers by Land // Royal Mails & Fast Post Coaches // Coach Directory // Bankers // Guardians of the Poor // Manufacturers & Merchants // New Publications Content Note ....... Features ........... Life Assurance Society // Atlas Assurance Company Features Note ...... ID ................. LUL16004 Image Files ........ 179 files totalling 11.6 MB in folder LUL16004tif Text File .......... LUL16004_ocr.txt, 0.98 MB Directory of Birmingham, 1835 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Page 3 of 13 Source ............. History and General Directory of the Borough of Birmingham, with the remainder of the parish of Aston, the Soho and part of Handsworth included: being part of a general history and directory of the County of Warwick ... / by Francis White & Co. [1849] Published .......... Sheffield: pr. for the author by John Blurton, 1849 Repository ......... University of Leicester Library, P.O. Box 248, University Road, Leicester, LE1 9QD Volume Note ........ Digitisation Note .. Headings ........... Title Page, Preface & Indexes // History // Streets, Lanes & Courts // Directory // Merchants & Traders // Railway Conveyance etc // Aston Directory // Advertisements Content Note ....... The history sections contains sections about churches, schools, hospitals and institutions. There are also chapters about noted landmarks and events that took place in Birmingham. Features ........... Distance Table Features Note ...... ID ................. LUL16005 Image Files ........ 470 files totalling 42.1 MB in folder LUL16005tif Text File .......... LUL16005_ocr.txt, 2.72 MB History & Directory of Birmingham, 1849 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Source ............. History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of
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