London (England) - Directories - Early works to 1800
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With near five thousand alterations. Boyle's new fashionable court and country guide and town visiting directory, for 1798. Containing an alphabetical arrangement of the names and places of abode, (in Town And Country) of all the ladies and gentlemen of fashion. To Which IS Prefixed, For the Use of Porters in the Halls, Servants, &c. a separate Register of all the Fashionable Streets; which are set down in a Numerical Manner, that the Reader may see at one View, and become acquainted in an Instant with the Names of the various Persons of Fashion according to the Numbers in each. With an index to the streets.
Boyle, P. (Patrick), d. 1808?.Date: [1798]- E-books
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The fashionable court guide , or the town visit directory, for the year 1792. By P. Boyle. To be continued annually.
Boyle, P. (Patrick), d. 1808?.Date: 1792- E-books
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Lowndes's London directory for the year 1784 Containing an alphabetical list of names and places of abode of the merchants and principal traders of the cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and their Environs, with the Number affixed to each House. Also Separate Lists of the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, Commissioners of Excise and Customs, Bank, South-Sea, and East India Directors; Russia Company, Royal Exchange Assurance, Sun Fire, Union, Hand in Hand, London, and New Assurance Directors; To which are added, a correct List of all the Bankers of London, and a particular Account of Public Stocks.
T. and W. Lowndes (Booksellers)Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]- E-books
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The shopkeeper's and tradesman's assistant being a new and correct alphabetical list of all the stage-coaches, carriers, coasting vessels, &c. Containing An Account of the several Inns in London where the Coaches and Carriers put up and go out from; the Days of the Week, and Hours of those Days, when they set out; Also the Counties in which those Places lie, and their Distances in Miles from the Standard in Cornhill, London. To which is Prefixed, A correct List of all the Mail Coaches; with An Account of the Coasting Vessels, Barges and Boats, with the several Wharfs, Keys and Stairs where they usually lie to take in Goods and Passengers. Likewise a Collection of the most common Shilling and Eighteen Penny Fares for Hackney Coaches, and the Rates of Watermen. Also the Rates paid to Carmen for the Carriage of Goods, together with their Orders and Ordinances, as settled by the Lord Mayor, &c. at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, holden for the City of London, at the Guildhall. The Whole being well digested, is designed as a proper Assistant for Shopkeepers, Tradesmen and others, who have Occasion to write, or send Goods into the Country.
Date: 1788- E-books
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An alphabetical index of the streets , squares, lanes, alleys, &c. contained in the plan of the cities of London and Westminster, and borough of Southwark, With the contiguous Buildings; engraved by John Pine Bluemantle Pursuivant at arms, and Chief Engraver of Seals, &c. to His Majesty; from an actual survey made by John Roque [sic]; And printed on Twenty-Four Sheets of Imperial Paper; With References for the easy finding the said Places.
Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]