Yorkshire Historical Directories

A list of online trade and residential directories that, in most cases, provide names, addresses and occupations for the year of publication.

• Yorkshire Directories
  The University of Leicester has a large collection for Yorkshire.
• East Riding of Yorkshire 1822
• North Riding of Yorkshire 1822

The list below is for specific towns and cities in the county.

• Barnsley 1837
• Bradford 1837
• Calverley 1817, 1822, 1829, 1834 and 1847
• Dewsbury 1837
• Doncaster 1837
• Halifax 1837
• Halifax 1858
• Huddersfield 1837
• Hull 1781
• Leeds 1781
• Leeds 1837
• Leeds 1858
• Pontefract 1837
• Rotherham 1837
• Rotherham 1845
• Sheffield 1781
• Sheffield 1828
• Sheffield 1837
• Sheffield 1845
• Wakefield Directory of Trades and Professions for 1822
• Wakefield (Pigot’s) 1829
• Wakefield 1837
• Wakefield 1858
• York 1781
• York 1822
• City of York Trade Directories 1781-1955
  Find out information about what your ancestors did for a living and where they traded.