SOURCES

The arrangement is as follows:

England - General Works - Places - Counties
Wales - General Works - Places - Counties
Scotland - General Works - Places - Counties
Ireland - General Works - Places - Counties
The Islands
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ENGLAND

Web Sources

The following web sources are sometimes useful, though libraries seldom figure in descriptions of historic buildings:

The National Trust - provides a complete index to NT properties.

Cameron Newham's ambitious CORBEL project to photograph the buildings in Pevsner - a 25 year project!

General Works

BBTI. British Booktrade Index. A computer-based index to all members of the british booktrade, maintained by Peter Issac: 10 Woodcroft Road, Wylam, Northumberland NE41 8DJ.

Beckwith, Frank. "The Eighteenth-century proprietary library in England", Journal of Documentation, III, 1947, 81-98.

Blanchard, Edward L.L. Adams's Illustrated Descriptive Guide to the Watering Places of England. London, 1848. 1170.f.29. 1851. 10347.aa.15.

Bond, R.P. "Early Lending Libraries", The Library, xiii, 1958.

Britton, John. The Beauties of England and Wales. London, 1801-18.

Brown, Jonathan. The English Market Town: a Social and Economic History 1750-1914. Marlborough, 1986. YC.1987.b.3537.

Butcher, E. An Excursion from Sidmouth to Chester. London, 1805. 291.b.39.

Carey, George S. The Balnea. London, 1799. Bodley.

Ditchfield, Peter H. The Manor Houses of England. London, 1910.

Dugdale, James. The New British Traveller; or, Modern Panorama of England and Wales. London, 1819. 4 vols. IHR.

Gomme, George L. The Gentleman's Magazine Library. English Topography. London, 1891-1902. 7 vols. IHR.

Hamlyn, Hilda M. Unpublished University of London thesis, 1946. See: "Eighteenth-century Circulating libraries in England", The Library, I, 1946, 197-222.

Jennings, James. Lecture on the History and Utility of the Literary Institutions. London, 1823. 8306.ee.4.

Jones & Co. Great Britain Illustrated. London, 1829-30. 6 vols. C.155.b.11.

Kaufman, Paul. Libraries and their Users. London, 1969. [Footnote references indispensible.]

Leach, A.F. English Schools at the Reformation. 1546-8. Westminster, 1896. 8364. g.8.

Leach, A.F. The Schools of Medieval England. London, 1915. 2260.b.6.

Nelson, Thomas. Nelson's Pictorial Guide-Books for Tourists. London, [1869-74.] 22 pts. 10349.aa.41.

Pigot, James. Pigot & Co.'s Directory for 1830-1. Manchester, 1828. BL.

Pigot, James. Pigot & Co.'s London & Provincial New Commercial Directory for 1822-23. Manchester, 1822. BL.

Pigot, James. The Commercial Directory for 1818-20. Manchester, 1818. Institute of Historical Research. [50+ towns in the Midlands]

Whillier, Thomas. A General Directory ... England. London, 1825. IHR.

[Anon] A New Display of the Beauties of England. London, 1787.

[Anon] Companion to the Watering and Bathing Places of England. London, 1800. 291.c.2.

[Anon] Picturesque Views of the Principal Seats of the Nobility and Gentry. London, 1786-88.

[Anon] The Visitor's Guide to the Watering Places. London, [1842?] 10358.a.43.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in Central England. HMSO, 1986. An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in South-West England. HMSO, 1991.  An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting Houses in the North of England. HMSO, 1994.

Places

ALDBOROUGH Ford, James. Aldborough Described. Ipswich, [1815?] 10358.aaa.38.

ALDBOROUGH [Anon] A Guide to Aldeburgh. Aldeborough, 1861. 10358.bb.17.

ALDBOROUGH [Anon] Aldborough Described. Ipswich, [1810.] 10358.aaa.38.

ALDERSHOT Young, M. Aldershot and all about it. London, 1857. 10350.c.26.

ALNWICK Davison, W. A Descriptive and Historical View of Alnwick. Alnwick, 1822. 10352.d.20.

ALNWICK Davison, William. The History of Alnwick. Alnwick, 1813.

ALNWICK Hartshorne, Charles H. A Guide to Alnwick Castle. Alnwick, 1865.

ALNWICK Tate, George. The History of the Borough, Castle, and Barony of Alnwick. Alnwick, 1866-69. 10368.f.35.

ALNWICK Tate, George. The History of the Borough, Castle, and Barony of Alnwick. Alnwick, 1866-69. 10368.f.35.

ARUNDEL Dally, R. The Arundel Guide. London, 1830. 10351.bbb.9.

ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCHE [Anon] The History and Description of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 1852. 10350.c.11.

ASHFORD Pearman, A.J. History of Ashford. Ashford, 1868. 10358.bb.22.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE Butterworth, Edwin. An Historical Account of the Towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge, and Dukinfield. Ashton, 1842. 10351.bbb.39.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE Butterworth, James. A History of the Towns and Parishes of Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne ... and Glossop. Manchester, 1827. 10360.c.25.

BANBURY Beesley, Alfred. The History of Banbury. London, 1841. 2368.bb.23.

BANBURY Rusher, J.G. Rusher's Banbury Directory. Banbury, 1832. Bodley. 1832-1850. Bodley.

BARNSLEY Jackson, Rowland. The History of the Town and Township of Barnsley. London, 1858. 10360.dd.1.

BATH Egan, P. Walks through Bath. Bath, 1819. 10358.e.9.

BATH Gibbs, Samuel. Gibbs's Illustrated Bath Visitant. Bath, [1845.] 10368.a.33.

BATH Gye, H. Gye's Bath Directory. Bath, [1819.] BL.

BATH Keene, John & James. Keene's Improved Bath Directory. Bath, [1824.] Bath PL. 1829. P.P.2500.m.

BATH Kite, V.J. Libraries in Bath 1618-1964. FLA Thesis. 1966.

BATH Robbins. Robbins's Bath Directory. Bath, 1800. Bath PL.

BATH Silverthorne, H. Bath Directory. Bath, [1833.] Bath PL. 1837. Guildhall. 1841. Bath PL. 1846. Society of Genealogists.

BATH Tunstall, James. Rambles about Bath and its Neighbourhood. London, 1847. 796.b.47.

BATH [Anon] The Bath and Bristol Guide. Bath, [1760?] 291.a.27.

BATH [Anon] The Bristol and Bath Directory. Bristol, 1787. Bristol PL.

BATH [Anon] The Handbook to Bath. London, 1843. 10347.aa.10(3).

BATH [Anon] The Historic and Local New Bath Guide. Bath, [1802?] 10368.b.24(1). Bath, [1835?] 10368.bbb.13.

BATH [Anon] The New Bath Directory. Bath, [1792.] Bodley. 1805. Bath PL. 1809. Bath PL. 1812. Bath PL.

BATH [Anon] The New Bath Guide. Bath, [1762.] 573.b.21(2). Numerous editions to 1803.

BATH [Anon] The Original Bath Guide. Bath, 1811. 10368.a.42. Numerous editions to 1851.

BATH [Anon] The Tradesman's and Traveller's Pocket Companion, or the Bath and Bristol Guide. Bath, [1750.] 10368.a.40

BATH [Anon] The Bath Annual Directory. Bath, [1849.] Bath PL. 1850. Bath PL.

BATH Jay, S. Unpublished Open University dissertation on the Somerset booktrade. 1998.

BERWICK-ON-TWEED Parson, William & William White. History, Directory and Gazetteer of ... Durham and Northumberland ... Berwick-on-Tweed. Leeds, 1827-28. P.P.2506.vi/14.

BERWICK-ON-TWEED [Anon] A Directory and Concise History of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Berwick, 1806. BL.

BEVERLEY Oliver, George. The History and Antiquities of the Town and Minster of Beverley. Beverley, 1829. 578.i.38.

BEVERLEY Poulson, George. Beverlac: or the Antiquities and History of the Town of Beverley. Beverley, 1829. 578.i.39.

BEVERLEY [Anon] Beverley Guide. Beverley, 1847. 796.c.62.

BICESTER Dunkin, John. The History and Antiquities of Bicester. London, 1816. 290.g.29.

BILSTON [Anon] The Birmingham ... Directory. Birmingham, 1780. Guildhall.

BIRKENHEAD Mortimer, W.W. & Robert Harwood. Mortimer & Harwood's Directory of Birkenhead. Birkenhead, 1843. 10358.aa.41.

BIRKENHEAD Pinkney, R. Pinkney's Directory of Birkenhead. Birkenhead, 1851. Manchester PL.

BIRKENHEAD [Anon] The Stranger's Guide through Birkenhead. Birkenhead, 1847. 10358.c.24.

BIRMINGHAM Bisset, J. Bisset's Magnificent Guide ... Birmingham. Birmingham, 1808. 10352.h.32.

BIRMINGHAM Chpman, T. Chapman's Birmingham Directory. Birmingham, [1800.] Guildhall.

BIRMINGHAM Cornish, James. Cornish's Stranger's Guide through Birmingham. Birmingham, [1853.] 10351.b.54.

BIRMINGHAM Drake, James. The Picture of Birmingham. Birmingham, 1825. 579.c.2. Birmingham, 1831. 10351.bbb.20.

BIRMINGHAM Griffith, George. History of the Free Schools, Colleges, Hospitals, and Asylums of Birmingham. London, 1861. 8285.e.35.

BIRMINGHAM Kelly & Co. Kelly's Post Office Directory of Birmingham. London, 1850. BL.

BIRMINGHAM Pigot, J. Commercial Directory of Birmingham. Birmingham, 1829. Birmingham PL. 1842. Birmingham PL.

BIRMINGHAM Pigot, James. Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Scotland & the Isle of Man. Manchester, 1837. BL.

BIRMINGHAM Pigot, James. Pigot & Co.'s Dublin & Hibernian ... Directory. Manchester, 1824. BL.

BIRMINGHAM Pigot, James. The Commercial Directory for 1816-17. Manchester, 1816. Institute of Historical Research.

BIRMINGHAM Pye, Charles. A New Directory for ... Birmingham. Birmingham, 1785. Birmingham PL. 1787. Birmingham PL. 1791. Birmingham PL. 1797. Birmingham PL. 1800. Bodley.

BIRMINGHAM Robson, William. Robson's Birmingham and Sheffield Directory. London, [1839.] Society of Genealogists.

BIRMINGHAM Sketchley, J. Sketchley & Adams's Tradesman's True Guide. Birmingham, 1770. Birmingham PL. Repr. The Streets and Inhabitants of Birmingham, 1886. 10352.d.24.

BIRMINGHAM Sketchley, J. Sketchley's Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Walsall Directory. Birmingham, [1767.] Birmingham PL.

BIRMINGHAM Slater, I. I. Slater's ... Directory of Ireland. Manchester, 1846. BL.

BIRMINGHAM White, Francis. History and General Directory of ... Birmingham. Sheffield, 1849. Guildhall.

BIRMINGHAM Wrightson, Robert. New Triennial Directory of Birmingham. Birmingham, 1808. BL. Several editions to 1847. Birmingham PL. 1815, 1821, 1835, 1839, 1847 in Guildhall.

BIRMINGHAM [Anon] A Pictorial Guide to Birmingham. Birmingham, 1849. 1303.a.35.

BIRMINGHAM [Anon] A Poetic Survey round Birmingham. [Directory] Birmingham, [1800.] 992.i.5(2).

BIRMINGHAM [Anon] The Birmingham ... Directory. Birmingham, 1780. Guildhall.

BIRMINGHAM [Anon] The Birmingham Directory. Birmingham, 1777. Bodley.

BIRMINGHAM [Anon] The New Birmingham Directory. Birmingham, [1773.] Bodley. 1776. Birmingham PL.

BIRMINGHAM [Anon] The Stranger's Guide to Modern Birmingham. Birmingham, 1818. 10351.d.6.

BIRMINGHAM [Anon] Ward & Price's New Birmingham Directory. Birmingham, 1823. Birmingham PL.

BLACKBURN Abram, W.A. Parish of Blackburn, County of Lancaster. A History of Blackburn. Blackburn, 1877. 2368.dd.12.

BLACKBURN Heyes, James T. Libraries in Blackburn ... 1787-1974. FLA Thesis. 1980.

BLACKPOOL Clarke, Charles. The Story of Blackpool. London, 1923. 10360.e.60.

BLACKPOOL Hutton, W. A Description of Blackpool. London, 1817. 10349.cc.5.

BLACKPOOL Moore, H. History of Blackpool Public Libraries 1879-1899. [Unpublished - Blackpool PL?]

BLACKPOOL Whittle, Peter. Marina, or an Historical Account of Southport, Lytham and Blackpool. Preston, 1831. 578.c.8. 1836. Southport PL.

BLACKPOOL [Anon] A Guide to the following Watering and Sea-bathing Places ... Blackpool ... Gilsland ... Matlock. Knaresborough, 1813. 10347.aa.13(1).

BLYTH Wallace, John. The History of Blyth. Blyth, 1869. 10360.bbb.44.

BOGNOR REGIS Young, Gerard. A History of Bognor Regis. Chichester, 1983. X.800/37020.

BOLTON Clegg, James. A Chronological History of Bolton. Bolton, 1877. 10358.aaa.8.

BOLTON Dunne, Tom. A History of Public Libraries in Bolton. PhD Thesis. Strathclyde University. 1981.

BOLTON Mackie, Alexander. Mackie's Bolton Directory. Bolton, 1848. Bolton PL.

BOLTON [Anon] The Bolton Director for 1829. Manchester, 1829. Manchester PL.

BOROUGHBRIDGE [Anon] The Stranger's Guide ... Boroughbridge. Boroughbridge, 1846. 797.d.6.

BOSTON Thompson, P. Collections for a Topographical and Historical Account of Boston. London, 1820. 578.k.3.

BOSTON Thompson, P. The History and Antiquities of Boston. Boston, 1856. 579.k.24.

BOURNEMOUTH Aitkin, THomas J. The Visitor's Guide to Bournemouth. London, 1842. 1303.c.8.

BOURNEMOUTH Brannon, Philip. The Illustrated Historical and Picturesque Guide to Poole and Bournemouth. Poole, 1856. 10368.c.9.

BRADFORD Ibbetson, J. Ibbetson's Directory of ... Bradford. Bradford, 1845. Guildhall. 1850. Institute of Historical Research.

BRADFORD James, John. Continuation & Additions to the History of Bradford. London, 1866. 2367.bb.18.

BRADFORD James, John. The History and Topography of Bradford. London, 1841. 2367.bb.17.

BRIDGNORTH Bellett, George. The Antiquities of Bridgnorth. Bridgnorth, 1856. 10350.a.28.

BRIDGWATER Jay, S. Unpublished Open University dissertation on the Somerset booktrade. 1998.

BRIDLINGTON Furby, John. Furby's Handbook for Strangers visiting Bridlington Quay. Bridlington, 1846. 10358.a.29.

BRIDLINGTON Thompson, J. Historical Sketches of Bridlington. Bridlington, 1821. 577.c.33.

BRIGG Henthorn, Frank. A History of 19th Century Brigg. Brigg, 1987. YC.1988.b.4482.

BRIGHTON Baxter, John. Baxter's Stranger in in Brighton, and Directory. Brighton, 1824. 10347.b.11(1). London, 1826. 10351.bb.53.

BRIGHTON Boore, T.H. Brighton Annual Directory. Brighton, 1822. Brighton PL.

BRIGHTON Evans, John. Recreation for the Young and Old. An Excursion to Brighton ... Tunbridge Wells ... Southend. Chiswick, 1821. 10351.bbb.6.

BRIGHTON Folthorp, Robert. The Court Guide and General Directory for Brighton. Brighton, 1848. Brighton PL. 1850. Brighton PL. Published until 1908.

BRIGHTON Kelly & Co. Post Office Brighton Directory. Brighton, [1846.] BL.

BRIGHTON Leppard, William. Brighton Directory. Brighton, [1839.] Guildhall. 1843. Guildhall. 1845. Brighton PL.

BRIGHTON Sickelmore, R. An Epitome of Brighton. Brighton, 1815. 579.c.9(2).

BRIGHTON Swaysland, T.A. A New Directory for Brighton. Brighton, [1832.] Brighton PL.

BRIGHTON Taylor, James. The Royal Brighton Guide. Brighton, 1842. 796.d.34.

BRIGHTON Wallis, James. Brighton as it is, 1836. Brighton, [1836.] 10368.b.16. Brighton, 1840. 10360.bb.75.

BRIGHTON Whittemore, J. Whittemore's Royal Brighton Guide. Brighton, [1826.] 10358.a.4.

BRIGHTON Wright, Charles. The Brighton Ambulator. Brighton, 1818. 10350.c.43.

BRIGHTON [Anon] Holidays at Brighton. London, 1834. 941.a.35.

BRIGHTON [Anon] The Brighthelmstone Directory. Brighton, [1799.] Brighton PL.

BRIGHTON [Anon] The Stranger in Brighton and Baxter's New Brighton Directory. Brighton, [1822.] Guildhall. 1824. 10347.b.11(1).

BRIGHTON [Anon] The Strangers' Guide in Brighton. Brighton, 1838. 10358.b.19. Brighton, [1844.] 796.d.43. Brighton, [1852.] 10368.b.54.

BRISTOL Chilcott, John. Chilcott's New Guide to Bristol. Bristol, 1826. 10368.aa.23. Several editions to 1860.

BRISTOL Chilcott, John. Chilcott's Stranger's Guide to Bristol. Bristol, [1842?] 10368.aa.8.

BRISTOL Evans, John. A Picture of Bristol. Bristol, 1814. 10368.bbb.4.

BRISTOL Hunt, E. Directory ... for Bath, Bristol and Wells. London, 1848. Bath PL.

BRISTOL Hunt, E. Hunt & Co.'s ... Bristol, Clifton and Hotwells Directory. London, 1848. Institute of Historical Research.

BRISTOL Hunt, E. Hunt & Co.'s Directory and Topography for Exeter and Bristol ... London, 1848. Guildhall.

BRISTOL Kaufman, Paul. Borrowings from the Bristol Library, 1773-1784. Charlottesville, 1960. 2718.c.33.

BRISTOL Mathews, Joseph. the Bristol Guide. Bristol, 1819. 10368.dd.9. Bristol, [1828.] 10368.aaa.36.

BRISTOL Matthews, William. Matthews's New Bristol Directory. Bristol, 1793. 579.c.42/2. BL has 1801, 1812, 1815-18, 1830, 1848-50. Bristol PL has 1793-1850.

BRISTOL Peachey, George C. Annals of Medical History, i, 1929, 229-40.

BRISTOL Pigot, James. Pigot & Co.'s Dublin & Hibernian ... Directory. Manchester, 1824. BL.

BRISTOL Shiercliff, E. The Bristol and Hotwell Guide. Bristol, 1789. T.882(2). Bristol, 1793. 10368.b.24(2).

BRISTOL Sketchley, James. Sketchley's Bristol Directory. Bristol, 1775. Bodley.

BRISTOL Slater, I. I. Slater's ... Directory of Ireland. Manchester, 1846. BL.

BRISTOL Smith, G.M. Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Journal, xxxii, 1914.

BRISTOL The Bristol Memorialist. 1816-23. 1823. PP.6044.

BRISTOL Tovey, Charles. A Free Library for Bristol, with a History of the City Library. London, 1855. 11900.cc.16.

BRISTOL Whalley, George. The Bristol Library Borrowings of Southey and Coleridge, 1793-8. London, 1949. 11918.d.25.

BRISTOL [Anon] The Bristol Directory. Bristol, 1785. Bristol PL.

BRISTOL [Anon] The Bristol and Bath Directory. Bristol, 1787. Bristol PL.

BRISTOL [Anon] The New Bristol Directory. Bristol, 1792. Bristol PL.

BRISTOL [Anon] The New Bristol Guide. Bristol, 1799. T.863(5). Bristol, 1842. 10351.cc.10.

BRISTOL [Anon] The Tradesman's and Traveller's Pocket Companion, or the Bath and Bristol Guide. Bath, [1750.] 10368.a.40

BROADSTAIRS Le Bas, C. The New Margate, Ramsgate, and Broadstairs Guide. Margate, 1802. 579.b.26(3). Margate, 1816. 10368.aaa.14

BROMLEY Dunkin, John. Outlines of the History and Antiquities of Bromley. Bromley, 1815. 289.i.15.

BROMLEY Wilson, Thomas. An Accurate Description of Bromley. London, 1797. 291.b.23. Library History, iv, 1976, pp. 2-9.

BROMLEY [Anon] A History of Bromley. Bromley, 1858. 10351.aaa.25.

BURFORD Fisher, John. A History of the Town of Burford. Cheltenham, 1861. 10351.c.15.

BURY Hitch, Alan. Books in Bury [Lancashire] to 1900. FLA Thesis. 1973.

BURY [Anon] The Bury Directory. Bury, 1850. Manchester PL.

BURY ST EDMUND'S Heap, C.V.M. Subscription Libraries at Bury St Edmunds. 1979. Typescript in Bury RO.

BURY ST EDMUND'S [Anon] A Guide to the Town, Abbey, and Antiquities of Bury St Edmund's. Ipswich, 1821. 578.e.13. Bury St Edmund's, 1836. 579.b.39.

BUXTON Jewitt, A. The History of Buxton. London, 1811. 10352.d.1.

BUXTON Ward, R. Matlock, Buxton, and Castleton Guide. Derby, 1814. 579.c.17. Wirksworth, 1818. 10351.bb.36. Birmingham, 1827. 10360.c.9.

CAMBERWELL Allport, Douglas. Collections illustrative ... of Camberwell. Camberwell, 1841. 10358.h.4.

CAMBRIDGE Bowes, Robert. Cambridge Bookshops and Booksellers, 1846-58. Cambridge, 1912.

CAMBRIDGE Cooper, Charles H. Annals of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1852. 010349.i.42.

CAMBRIDGE Nicholson, John. New Cambridge Guide. Cambridge, 1804.

CAMBRIDGE Pink, John. After Fifty Years: a Retrospect of the Public Free Library, Cambridge, 1855-1905. Cambridge, 1905. 011907.f.30(4).

CAMBRIDGE Wordsworth, Christopher. Social Life at the English Universities in the Eighteenth Century. Cambridge, 1874. 2234.b.19.

CANTERBURY Cole, Henry. Felix Summerly's Handbook for the City of Canterbury. London, 1843. 797.d.32(2).

CANTERBURY Gostling, William. A Walk in and about the City of Canterbury. Canterbury, 1774. 579.b.4. 1777. 979.i.4. 1779. 579.b.5. 1796. 577.c.43. 1804. 10351.bbb.18. Canterbury, 1825. Dover PL.

CANTERBURY Plomer, Henry R. Book Auction Records, xiv, 1918, pp. i-vii.

CANTERBURY Prentice, S. Prentice's Canterbury Guide. Canterbury, 1843. 796.d.25.

CANTERBURY Stanley, A.P. Historical Memorials of Canterbury. London, 1855. 10351.g.24.

CANTERBURY Watson, William W. The Visitor's Guide to Herne Bay and Canterbury. London, [1850?] 10358.bb.47(1).

CANTERBURY [Anon] The Canterbury Guide. Canterbury, 1803. Canterbury PL. Canterbury, 1807. 10360.bbb.63. Canterbury, 1809. Canterbury PL. Canterbury, [1813?] 10351.bb.41. Canterbury, [1815.] 10351.bb.13. Canterbury, [1825.] 10347.b.5(6). Canterbury, [1833].

CANTERBURY [Anon] The Strangers' and Visitors' Companion and Guide to Canterbury. Canterbury, [1850.] 10360.bbb.20.

CANTERBURY [Anon] The Visitor's Hand-book of Canterbury. Canterbury, [1850?] 10349.aaa.48(2).

CARLISLE Jefferson, Samuel. A Guide to Carlisle. Carlisle, 1842. 10358.c.32.

CARLISLE Jefferson, Samuel. The History and Antiquities of Carlisle. Carlisle, 1838. 2367.aa.17.

CARLISLE Pigot, James. Pigot & Co.'s Directory of Scotland & the Isle of Man. Manchester, 1837. BL.

CARLISLE [Anon] A Picture of Carlisle and Directory. Carlisle, 1810. 10368.cc.15.

CARLISLE [Anon] History of Carlisle, Past and Present. Carlisle, 1855. 10351.f.23. 1858. 1607/2505.

CARLISLE [Anon] New Guide to Carlisle. Carlisle, 1821. 10358.bb.18.

CARLISLE [Anon] The Carlisle Directory for ... 1837. Carlisle, 1837. Guildhall.

CASTLE HOWARD Ibbotson, Henry. The Visitor's Guide to Castle-Howard. Ganthorpe, 1851. 1607/980.

CASTLETON Ward, R. Matlock, Buxton, and Castleton Guide. Derby, 1814. 579.c.17. Wirksworth, 1818. 10351.bb.36. Birmingham, 1827. 10360.c.9.

CHATHAM Fordham, A.T. Fordham's Kentish Advertiser ... and Chatham Directory. Chatham, 1842. 10368.e.4/35.

CHATHAM Wright, I.G. Wright's Topography of Rochester, Chatham, Strood. Chatham, 1838. Institute of Historical Research.

CHATHAM [Anon] The Pictorial Guide to Chatham. London, 1847. 796.c.57.

CHELMSFORD [Anon] The Chelmsford Guide, with general Directions to the fashionable Resort of Southend. Romford, [1820?] 1509/368.

CHELSEA Burt, Isabella. Historical Notices of Chelsea, Kensington, Fulham, and Hammersmith. London, 1871. 10349.h.20.

CHELTENHAM Davies, Henry. The Stranger's Guide through Cheltenham. Cheltenham, [1834.] 578.d.16. Cheltenham, [1842.] 10368.b.58.

CHELTENHAM Davies, Henry. The Visitor's Hand-book for Cheltenham. Cheltenham, 1840. 796.b.20.

CHELTENHAM Griffith, J.K. A General Cheltenham Guide. Cheltenham, [1815.] 10360.b.10.

CHELTENHAM Hunt, E. Hunt & Co.'s Gloucester and Cheltenham Directory. London, 1847. Cheltenham PL.

CHELTENHAM Oldham, Charles A. A History of Education in Cheltenham 1547-1967. FLA Thesis. 1968.

CHELTENHAM Rowe, George. Rowe's Illustrated Cheltenham Guide. Cheltenham, [1850.] 10368.c.34.

CHELTENHAM Varley, Allan. A History of Libraries in Cheltenham from 1780 to 1900. FLA Thesis. 1968.

CHELTENHAM Williams, George A. Williams's New Guide to Cheltenham. Cheltenham, [1825.] 10368.c.36.

CHELTENHAM [Anon] A New Guide to Cheltenham. Cheltenham, [1834.] 10368.bb.20. [1837.] 010352.aa.13.

CHELTENHAM [Anon] Cheltenham Directory. Cheltenham, 1800. Guildhall. 1802 (Gloucester PL).

CHELTENHAM [Anon] The Cheltenham Annuaire. Cheltenham, 1837. BL. 1838. BL. 1841 (Bodley), 1848 (Bodley). Published annually to 1850.

CHELTENHAM [Anon] The Cheltenham Guide. London, 1781. 578.d.13.

CHESTER Broster, John. A Walk round the Walls and City of Chester. Chester, 1821. 10360.aaa.27.

CHESTER Cowdroy, W. The Directory & Guide for Chester. Chester, 1789. Bodley.

CHESTER Fenwick, George L. History of the ancient City of Chester. Chester, 1896. 10351.k.24.

CHESTER Hemingway, Joseph. Chester Election, 1818. The Complete Poll Book. Chester, 1818. 809.c.48.

CHESTER Hemingway, Joseph. Chester Election. 1826. The Complete Poll Book. Chester, [1826.] 8135.dd.46(1).

CHESTER Hemingway, Joseph. History of the City of Chester. Chester, 1831. 2368.bb.21.

CHESTER Hemingway, Joseph. Panorama of the City of Chester. Chester, 1836. 10360.aaa.33

CHESTER [Anon] The Chester General Directory. Chester, 1840.

CHESTER [Anon] The Chester Guide. Chester, 1781. Bodley. Chester, 1782. Guildhall.

CHESTER [Anon] The Chester Guide. Chester, 1782. 10360.aaa. [1787.] 291.b.51. 1795. 10358.b.8. 1797. 10360.bb.2.

CHESTER [Anon] The Stranger's Companion in Chester. London, 1821. 10351.a.61(1). [1821.] 10360.aaa.28. [1823.] 10360.aaa.29. [1827.] 10360.aaa.34(1). [1830.] 10360.aaa.35(1). [1833.] 10360.aaa.36(1).

CHICHESTER Dally, Richard. The Chichester Guide. Chichester, 1831. 10368.d.10.

CHICHESTER Hay, Alexander. The Chichester Guide. Chichester, [1794.] 10351.dd.9(1). [1804?] 10360.ff.4(2).

CHICHESTER [Anon] The Chichester Guide and Directory. Chichester, [1804.] Bodley.

CHORLEY Mannex & Co. History, Topography and Directory of ... Preston. Beverely, 1851. Guildhall.

CHORLEY [Anon] An History and Descriptive Account of ... Chorley. Chorley, 1835. Chorley PL.

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