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]
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References
  1. "White's Directories (advert)", White's general and commercial directory of Hull, 1882, 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

1840s

1870s


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