White's Directories

White's Directories were a series of directory publications issued by William White of Sheffield, England, beginning in the 1820s.^[1][2] White began his career in publishing by working for Edward Baines.^{[3][nb 1]}

Notes

1. By the 1850s Sheffield had two professional directory publishers: William White (34 Collegiate Crescent, Broomhall Park) and Francis White (Broomhall Terrace, 104 Ecclesall New Road)^[4][5]

References

1. White, William (1882), "White's Directories (advert)", White's general and commercial directory of Hull, Established 1822
2. Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory for the Whole of Scotland and of the Isle of Man, ... Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Hull, Birmingham, Sheffield, Carlisle, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, London: J. Pigot & Co., 1837
3. M. T. Wild and G. Shaw (1974). "Locational Behaviour of Urban Retailing during the Nineteenth Century: The Example of Kingston upon Hull". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (61): 101–118. doi:10.2307/621602. JSTOR 621602.
4. Post office directory of Sheffield. Kelley and Co. 1854.
5. John Parker Anderson (1881), "Yorkshire: Sheffield", Book of British Topography: a Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland, London: W. Satchell

Further reading

1820s–1830s

• History, directory, and gazetteer, of the counties of Durham and Northumberland, and the towns and counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Newcastle: Printed for W. White & Co. by E. Baines and Son. 1827–1828.
• Directory of the Borough of Leeds, the City of York, and the Clothing District of Yorkshire. Leeds: Printed for Wm. Parson & Wm. White by Edward Baines and Son. 1830.
• William White (1836), History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich, Printed for the author by R. Leader, OCLC 25166377, OL 20613547M
  • 1845 ed.
  • 1864 ed.
• William White (1837), History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of the West-Riding of Yorkshire, with the City of York and Port of Hull, Sheffield: W. White
  • William White (1840). History, gazetteer and directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire. Sheffield: Robert Leader for the author.

1840s

• History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk, and the towns near its borders. Sheffield: Printed for the author by R. Leader and sold by W. White. 1844.
  • 1874 ed.
• General directory of the town and borough of Sheffield, Sheffield: William White, 1845
• William White (1846), History, gazetteer, and directory of Leicestershire, and the small county of Rutland, Sheffield: Printed for the author, by R. Leader, OL 14012344M

1870s

• History, gazetteer and directory of Lincolnshire, and the city and diocese of Lincoln. Sheffield: W. White. 1872.
• History, gazetteer and directory of the county of Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight, Sheffield: W. White, 1878
• History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon including the City of Exeter (2nd ed.), Sheffield: William White, 1878, OL 14012345M

External links

• Historical Directories, UK: University of Leicester. Includes digitised White's directories, various dates
• "William White of Sheffield", WorldCat