Directories

Directories

Information about archived directories held in the borough.

General directories

• Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce and Manufacture (facsimile edition), 1793-98
• Pigot and Co’s London & Provincial New Commercial Directory, 1826-27
• Pigot and Co’s Royal National and Commercial Directory…of Essex, Herts, Middlesex (facsimile edition), 1839
• Kelly’s Directory of Middlesex, 1867, 1937    

London directories

• Pigot and Co’s A directory of London and its Suburbs (facsimile edition), 1839
• Post Office London and Suburban, 1846, 1859-60, 1868, 1872, 1880-81, 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923-30, 1935-67, 1969-84
• Post Office London Business, 1985-91
• Webster’s Royal Red Book, 1939    

Local directories

• Kelly’s directories 
• Acton Borough, 1940
• Chiswick, Brentford and Gunnersbury, 1939
• Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush, 1899/1900-1939/40
• Kensington, Brompton, Knightsbridge and Notting Hill, 1950
• Kilburn and Willesden (Hythe Road only), 1907-40
• Kilburn, Willesden, Cricklewood, Harlesden etc, (includes College Park) 1937, 1940
• West Kensington and Hammersmith (includes Fulham and Shepherds Bush), 1885/86, 1889/90, 1892/93-1898/99
• West Kensington, Fulham and Walham Green, 1899/1900-1939/40    

Other directories

• Pigot and Co’s National London & Provincial Commercial Directory: Hammersmith section, 1832-34.
  Simpson’s Kensington & Hammersmith Directory and Court Guide, including Notting Hill, Shepherds Bush, Starch Green, Chiswick etc, 1863.
• Rist’s Hammersmith and Kensington Directory, including Turnham Green and Chiswick: includes Shepherds Bush, 1865.
• Allen and Morton’s West London Directory; includes Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush, 1867.
• R Green & Co’s South-West London Directory and Court Guide for Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith, Ealing, Fulham, Hounslow, Turnham Green, Chiswick, Brentford, Acton, Isleworth, 1869.
• Messrs Green & Co’s Court Guide and Commercial Directory and Gazeteer for…Shepherds Bush, Acton and Ealing, 1873-74.
• Cordingley’s Court Guide and Directory of Hammersmith etc: sections for Hammersmith, Shepherds Bush, Chiswick, Acton, 1875.
• Cordingley’s Court Guide and Directory of Hammersmith, including Shepherds Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Turnham Green, Acton, 1876    

Business directories

• Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Chamber of Trade and Commerce/Hammersmith Chamber of Commerce: Buyers’ Guide and Directory, 1951-72.
• Hammersmith & District Green Guide/Hammersmith Area Green Guide, 1968-75.
• Hammersmith Chamber of Commerce: Businessman’s Guide to Hammersmith, incorporating Fulham & Shepherds Bush, 1976.
• Chelsea, Kensington & Hammersmith Green Guide, 1978-79.
• Hammersmith & Fulham Business Directory, 1980-2005.
• Thompson Local Directory: Central London Area, 1981/82-2001.
• Thompson Local Directory: Ealing Area, 1981/82-1999.
• Passport to Fulham/Passport to Fulham, Hammersmith, Chiswick/Passport to Fulham and Hammersmith/Passport to Belgravia, Knightsbridge, Chelsea, Fulham Pimlico , 1984-2000.
• Dun & Bradstreet, London: South & East/SW & SE, NW & W, 1994, 1997.
• Little & Large Annual Guide to Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea/Fulham, Chelsea, Kensington and Belgravia, 1994/95-1997/98.