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How to use Trade Directories for research.
Copies of Local Trade Directories can be found on the Bury Council Web Site.
hꢀps://www.bury.gov.uk/ Use the Search box at the top “Trade Directories”
1821/22 Pigot & Dean Directory
1824/25 Pigot & Dean Directory
Choose Bury or Whitefield.
1828/29 Pigot & Co Naꢁonal Commercial Directory
Choose Bury (includes Ramsbottom) or Radcliffe.
1838 Pigot Manchester & District Directory
Choose Bury (includes Ramsbottom) or Radcliffe and Prestwich.
1850 Heap’s Directory
Part 2 Scroll in a few pages for Elton, Toꢂngton Lower End, Toꢂngton Higher End and Walmersley.
1853 Whellan & Co. Directory
Not available at the moment.
1871 Worrall’s Directory
Part 17
Part 18
Not available at the moment.
Not available at the moment.
1880 Barreꢀ’s Directory
Part 6 Scroll in a few pages to a descripꢁon of Ramsbottom & Holcombe. Alphabeꢁcal list of Residents.
1883 Barreꢀ’s Directory
Part 7 Scroll in a few pages to Edenfield, Summerseat and Walmersley with Shuꢀleworth.
Part 10 Last 2 pages Descripꢁon of Ramsbottom.
Part 11Descripꢁon of Ramsbottom & Holcombe. Alphabeꢁcal list of Residents.
1888 Slater’s Directory
Part 30 Descripꢁon of Ramsbottom and alphabeꢁcal list of residents, from ‘Adshead’ to ‘Kay’.
Part 31 Alphabeꢁcal list of residents, from ‘Kay’ to ‘Zally’. Classificaꢁon of Trades.
Part 32 Classificaꢁon of Trades, Public Buildings and Street Register of Principal Streets.
Part 33 Street Register of Principal Streets.
1913 NW Counꢁes of England Trade Directory
Choose Bury, Radcliffe or Ramsbottom.
1924 Kelly’s Lancs Directory.
Choose Bury, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom or Tottington.
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Grace’s Guide to Briꢀsh Industrial History
is the leading source of historical informaꢁon on industry and manufacturing in the UK.
In the Search box type “Ramsbottom Mills”
hꢀps://gracesguide.co.uk/
Trade Directory Reprints 1818 – 1888
Available from our website at
Shop – Ramsbottom Heritage Society
Records the businesses and personal addresses and includes 7 pages of
maps of Ramsbottom from the period.
1818 Rogerson – 3 pages of businesses in Tottington, Holcombe,
Ramsbottom, Nuttall, Edenfield and Crawshawbooth
1841 Pigot & Slater Directory – 4 pages of local businesses.
1850 Heap’s Directory
– 13 pages of local businesses.
1861 ES Drake, Commercial Directory – 26 pages of businesses, private
residents and places of worship.
1871 Worrall’s Directory
1880 Barrett’s Directory
1883 Barrett’s Directory
1888 Slater’s Directory
– 15 pages
– 5 pages.
– 22 pages – alphabetic list of residents and businesses.
– 36 pages – alphabetic list of residents and alphabetic list of businesses.
Leicester University web site.
Great for Family research
hꢀps://specialcollecꢁons.le.ac.uk/digital/collecꢁon/p16445coll4
List of counꢁes and Wales, click on the ꢁtle to access the directories of that county.
Click on Lancashire:
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Click on the Directory you are interested in
Under “Search this record box” type “Ramsbottom” and click on “Filtered”
This will now highlight just the pages with “Ramsbottom”
Page 710 has the descripꢁon of Ramsbottom.
Scoꢁsh Family History
hꢀps://digital.nls.uk/directories/
Scoꢂsh Post Office directories provide a perfect basis for researching Scotland's family, trade, and town
history. Covering most of Scotland from 1773 to 1911.
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