White's Directories
{{EngvarB|date=April 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{italic title}}
White's Directories were a series of directory publications issued by William White of Sheffield, England, beginning in the 1820s.{{citation |chapter=White's Directories (advert) |quote=Established 1822 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dMwUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA83 |title=White's general and commercial directory of Hull |year=1882|last1=White |first1=William }}{{Citation |url = https://openlibrary.org/books/ia:pigotcosnational1837dire/Pigot_and_Co.'s_national_commercial_directory_for_the_whole_of_Scotland_and_of_the_Isle_of_Man_..._t |title = 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 |year = 1837 |location = London |publisher =J. Pigot & Co. }} White began his career in publishing by working for Edward Baines.{{cite journal |title=Locational Behaviour of Urban Retailing during the Nineteenth Century: The Example of Kingston upon Hull |author= M. T. Wild and G. Shaw |journal=Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |pages= 101–118 |number= 61 |year=1974 |jstor=621602 |doi= 10.2307/621602 }}{{refn|group=nb|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){{cite book |title=Post office directory of Sheffield |year=1854 |publisher=Kelley and Co. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bO4NAAAAQAAJ }}{{Citation |publisher = W. Satchell |location = London |title = Book of British Topography: a Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland |author = John Parker Anderson |year = 1881 |chapter=Yorkshire: Sheffield |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/bookofbritishtop00andeuoft#page/327/mode/1up }}}}
Notes
{{reflist|group=nb}}
References
{{reflist}}
Further reading
= 1820s–1830s =
- {{cite book |title=History, directory, and gazetteer, of the counties of Durham and Northumberland, and the towns and counties of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed |location=Newcastle |publisher= Printed for W. White & Co. by E. Baines and Son |year= 1827–1828 |url= http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009725890 }}
- {{cite book |title=Directory of the Borough of Leeds, the City of York, and the Clothing District of Yorkshire |location=Leeds |publisher= Printed for Wm. Parson & Wm. White by Edward Baines and Son |year= 1830 |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007973427 }}
- {{Citation |publisher = Printed for the author by R. Leader |title = History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich |author = William White |year = 1836 |oclc = 25166377 |ol = 20613547M }}
- [https://archive.org/stream/historygazettee01whitgoog#page/n3/mode/2up 1845 ed.]
- [https://archive.org/stream/historygazetteer00whit#page/n5/mode/2up 1864 ed.]
- {{Citation |publisher = W. White |location = Sheffield |author =William White |title = History, Gazetteer, and Directory, of the West-Riding of Yorkshire, with the City of York and Port of Hull |year = 1837 |url=https://archive.org/stream/historygazetteer01whit#page/n5/mode/2up }}
- {{cite book |title=History, gazetteer and directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire |author=William White |location= Sheffield |publisher= Robert Leader for the author |year= 1840 |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011724851 }}
= 1840s =
- {{cite book |title=History, gazetteer, and directory of Suffolk, and the towns near its borders |location=Sheffield |publisher= Printed for the author by R. Leader and sold by W. White |year=1844 |url= http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000194916 }}
- [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011595374 1874 ed.]
- {{Citation |url = https://openlibrary.org/books/ia:generaldirectory00whit/General_directory_of_the_town_and_borough_of_Sheffield_with_Rotherham_Chesterfield_and_all_the_paris |title = General directory of the town and borough of Sheffield |year = 1845 |publisher = William White |location=Sheffield }}
- {{Citation |publisher = Printed for the author, by R. Leader |location = Sheffield |author = William White |title = History, gazetteer, and directory of Leicestershire, and the small county of Rutland |year = 1846 |ol = 14012344M }}
= 1870s =
- {{cite book |title=History, gazetteer and directory of Lincolnshire, and the city and diocese of Lincoln |location=Sheffield |publisher= W. White |year= 1872 |url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008912723 }}
- {{Citation |publisher = W. White |location = Sheffield |title = History, gazetteer and directory of the county of Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight |url = http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009009769 |year = 1878 }}
- {{Citation |publisher = William White |location = Sheffield |title = History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon including the City of Exeter |year = 1878 |edition=2nd |ol = 14012345M }}
External links
- {{citation |title=Historical Directories |publisher=University of Leicester |location=UK |url=http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4 }}. Includes digitised White's directories, various dates
- {{citation |work=WorldCat |url=http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n50-38455 |title=William White of Sheffield }}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Publications established in the 1820s
{{ref-book-stub}}