Norfolk Gazetteers and Directories

The County of Norfolk

Gazetteers

A Gazetteer of Norfolk Parishes: List of parishes together with their churches, register start dates, deaneries and hundreds.

Driscoll, R.J. and Hewitt, P.M. (Compilers): A Gazetteer of Norfolk Place Names
Based on the OS 1:25000 First Series maps
(An alphabetical list of "Place Name" and 6 figure grid references)
[ISBN 0 903101 66 1, Norfolk Museums Service, 1999]
NFHS - Fone, John (Compiler): The Norfolk Gazetteer with Administrative Areas
(This contains the name of the village, OS map reference, the hundred, deanery, union, old district, new district, and present parish.
Example: Aylsham, map ref TG1926, Erpingham south hundred, Ingworth deanery, Aylsham Union, St Faiths and Aylsham old district, Broadland new district.)
[Norwich Family History Society, 2000]

Gazetteers and Directories

These are mostly published before 1950 and include people as well as places.

Baylis

Who's Who in Norfolk
1935

Cox's

County Who's Who (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk)
1912

Craven & Co

Commercial directory of the County of Norfolk, containing an alphabetical list of the nobility, gentry, merchants, professions, trades, etc.
1856 [Nottingham]

Deacon's court guide

Norfolk
1885
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk Directory
1892/3

Harrod, J.G.

Harrod's directory of Norfolk and Norwich including Lowestoft
1863 [London: J. G. Harrold & Co]
Postal & Commercial Directory of Norfolk & Norwich
1868 [Norwich: Harrod]
J.G. Harrod and Co.s royal county directory of Norfolk, with Lowestoft in Suffolk.
1872 [Norwich: J.G. Harrod]
J.G. Harrod and Co.s royal county directory of Norfolk, with Lowestoft in Suffolk.
1877 [Norwich: J.G. Harrod,4th ed.]
Online images available at www.historicaldirectories.org
J.G. Harrod and Co.s royal despatch and special directory of Norfolk, with Lowestoft in Suffolk.
1880 [Norwich: J.G. Harrod]

Holden's

Annual London and Country Directory of UK+Wales
SECOND VOLUME contains Norwich and Yarmouth
THIRD VOLUME contains Wells-next-the-Sea
1811[London: W.Holden]
1996[Norwich: M.Winton facsimile edition:ISBN 1 898593 14 0]

Hunt's

East Norfolk with part of Suffolk
1850
[London: E. Hunt & Co.]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #9033P]
Online images available at www.historicaldirectories.org

Kelly, E

Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1875
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1879
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0332]
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1888
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0325]
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1892
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #9049P]
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1896(11th ed)
[London: Kelly's Directories]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0111]
Online images available at www.historicaldirectories.org
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1900
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1904
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
Online images available at www.historicaldirectories.org
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1908
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #1289]
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1912
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0710]
Online images available at www.historicaldirectories.org
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1916
[All publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0135]
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1922, 1925, 1929(19th ed)
[All publ: London: Kelly's Directories]
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1933(20th ed)
[London: Kelly's Directories]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0165]
Kelly's directory of Norfolk
1937
[London: Kelly's Directories]
Kelly's directory of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk
1892, 1900, 1916(16th ed), 1922
[All publ. London: Kelly's Directories.]
Kelly's directory of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk
1925
[All publ. London: Kelly's Directories.]
[Lidgate: MM Publications, Index of names on fiche]
Kelly's directory of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk
1929, 1937
[All publ. London: Kelly's Directories.]
Kelly's directory of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk: with coloured maps.
1853, 1865, 1869, 1879, 1883, 1888(9th ed)
[All published: London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.]
Kelly's directory of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk: with coloured maps.
1892
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.]
Online images available at www.historicaldirectories.org
Kelly's directory of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk: with coloured maps.
1896, 1900, 1904(13th ed), 1912, 1922, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1937
[All published: London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.]
Kelly's directory of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk
1865: Microfiche Edition
[Microfi: 1985]

Mee, Arthur

Norfolk- The King's England Series
[London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1972]

Melville and Co

Norfolk with Suffolk Directory
(inc. Attleborough, Aylsham, Diss, East Dereham, Fakenham, Foulsham, Gt.Yarmouth, Hingham, Norwich, Reepham Swaffham, Thetford, Wymondham)
1856
[Norwich: Jarrold and Sons]

Pigot

Pigot and Company's London and provincial new commercial directory, 1822-3
1822 [Manchester: the Company]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0517n]
Pigot National Commercial directory - Norfolk & Suffolk
1830, 1840
1830 [Catton Printing: Facsimilie Edition 1992 by M.Winton :ISBN 0 9504069 2 9]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0275]
Norfolk Directory
1835
Norfolk Directory
1839
[Lidgate: MM Publications, Index of names on fiche]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0946]

Post Office(see also Kelly)

Directory of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk & Suffolk.
1858, 1865
[All published: London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.]
Directory of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk & Suffolk.
1869
[Publ: London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.]
Online images available at www.historicaldirectories.org
Directory of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk & Suffolk.
1875, 1879
[All published: London: Kelly's Directories Ltd.]
Directory of the County of Norfolk
1875 [E.Kelly]
Post Office directory of London and Nine Counties - Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk with Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. (Vol 2)
1846 [Kelly, W]

Riches

A history of the county of Norfolk, comprehending historical, statistical, topographical descriptions of Norwich, Yarmouth, Lynn, Thetford, the market towns, and of every parish and village in the county, to which will be added A complete directory, with the hundred, ecclesiastical, Poor Law, and police district divisions, and the seats and lineage of the county nobility and gentry
1844

Robson

National Directory
1839
Online images available at www.historicaldirectories.org

Slater, Isaac

Slater's royal national and commercial directory and topography of the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire,and Suffolk.
1850 [Manchester: Isaac Slater]

Universal

The Universal British Directory
1793-98
[Reprinted by M.Winton 199?]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #1134nfk]

White, Francis and Company

History, gazetteer and directory of Norfolk and the city and county of Norwich, comprising a general survey of the county.
1854 [Sheffield: White]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0345]
Online images available at :-

White, William

History, gazetteer and directory of Norfolk: including the city of Norwich and comprising a general survey of the county.
1836(1st ed)
[Sheffield: William White.]
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History, gazetteer and directory of Norfolk: including the city of Norwich and comprising a general survey of the county.
1845(2nd ed)
[Sheffield: William White.]
1845 [Newton Abbot: David & Charles reprint 1969]
1845 [Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0815]
History, gazetteer and directory of Norfolk: including the city of Norwich and comprising a general survey of the county.
1864(3rd ed)
[Sheffield: William White.]
[Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #1213]
History, gazetteer and directory of Norfolk: including the city of Norwich and comprising a general survey of the county.
1883(4th ed)
[Sheffield: William White.]
1883 [Cinderford: archivecdbooks,CD #0709]
History, gazetteer and directory of Norfolk: including the city of Norwich and comprising a general survey of the county.
1890(5th ed)
[Sheffield: William White.]
Online images available at www.historicaldirectories.org

Names indexes

White's Directories for 1845 and 1883
We have a project to transcribe these two directories. The information includes a description of each town and village, and the main inhabitants. We always welcome volunteers to help with the transcription.

Transcriptions

Check in the

Towns and Parishes pages for these - mainly from Whites 1845 and 1883 Norfolk.

Other entries include:-

Hundred descriptions:
- Directories-Whites 1845

Notes

Entries in the above lists are followed by the publishing information where known in the following layout:
Author, compiler or publisher.
Title or description
Date(s)
[Place published/publisher]
After some will be see the letters CD which means that it is available on a CDROM.

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