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A very early and rare directory which covers the market towns and principal villages of the county (Please note that smaller villages and hamlets are not included). The descriptions of each place are excellent with lots of details about schools, hospitals, churches and other institutions plus detailed histories and directories of the nobility, gentry, clergy and classified directories of trades-people. The places included in this directory are: Alcester and Studley, Atherstone, Birmingham, Coleshill, Coventry, Henley-in-Arden, Kenilworth, Keniton, Leamington, Nuneaton (with Attleborough, Stockingford, Coton and Ansley), Rugby (with Bilton, Church Lawford, Clifton, Dunchurch, Hill-Morton, Newbold, Harborough and Marton), Solihull and Knowle, Southam, Stratford-upon-Avon, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick. Kindly loaned to the project by Dudley Archives & Local History Service. |
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Early Post Office directory for Birmingham, its suburbs and the County of Warwickshire published by Kelly's. Particularly useful because it covers the whole of the Greater Birmingham area, including Bilston, Bloxwich, Darlaston, Dudley, Hagley, Halesowen, Sedgley, Stourbridge, Walsall, Wolverhanpton, Wednesfield and Willenhall. Suburbs like Handsworth Harborne, Smethwick and King's Norton are also included. For each area has a comprehensive list of residents and traders by street, and for traders classified by trade. Also includes a law directory, details of postal facilities, an official directory and conveyance directory. At pp 768, at comprehensive and early directory of Birmingham and the surrounding area. Kindly loaned to the project by Dudley Archives & Local History Service. Directory for Warwickshire included in this Birmingham Directory. |
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The first Rugby Almanack appears to have been published by Anthony Read, of Lawrence Sherriffe Street, Rugby, in 1854. It did not contain a local directory of traders or inhabitants, but did contain much local information. This was followed in 1855 by a similar publication, this time with the addition of a list of Gentry and Traders.
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Meanwhile, Thomas Rogers was serving his apprenticeship at the Tewkesbury Weekly Record, having received a semi-classical education at a private school in Brackley. On coming of age (21) in 1858 he entered into a partnership with Anthony Read in Little Church Street. At about the same time, the Rugby Gazette started publication.
The partnership did not last long and was dissolved by 1861, and both Read & Rogers continued to produce separate Almanacks for a few years. Rogers' Almanacks contained local information, and a directory of Gentry and Traders. However, in November 1865, Thomas Rogers sold his printing business to James Kenning. Kenning took on the publishing of The Rugby Gazette and continued to produced Almanacks and Directories until at least 1885, operating out of the same premises at 39 High Street and also the 'Gazette Office' in Lawrence Sherriffe Street. From 1886 onwards, the directory was published from the 'Midland Times Office'. .
Read continued producing his own Almanacks, without a directory, until at least 1867, but it seems that the competitive pressures from the two other Almanacks (Kenning and Taits) lead Anthony Read to abandon this venture. However, Read continued for some years after this as an agent for the Rugby Gazette, and also as a stationer and printer. .
In this compendium are 9 of Read & Rogers Almanacks and Directories from the period 1854 – 1867. Kindly loaned to the project by Warwickshire Libraries. |
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