Trade Directories

In the 1870-72 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales by Marius Wilson, Tharston is thus described:

"THARSTON, a parish, with a village, in Depwade district, Norfolk; 1 mile NE of Forncett r. station, and 9½ S by W of Norwich. Post town, Long Stratton. Acres, 1,582. Real property, £3,568. Pop., 351. Houses, 82. The property is subdivided. T. Hall is the seat of J. Harvey, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £120.* Patron, the Bishop of N. There are a national school and charities £30."

and more recently as:

"The parish of Tharston lies in southern Norfolk about 10 miles south of the City of Norwich and just west of the main A140 road linking Norwich to Ipswich. The village lies on slightly higher ground south of the valley of the River Tas and just north-west of the rapidly growing dormitory village of Long Stratton. Tharston is centred on a three-way "T" junction of lanes with other farms and cottages stretching eastwards to Tharston Hall."

Below are the transcriptions, available for download, and shows the surnames in alphabetical order of those included in Private Residents and Commercial listings of the Directories:

White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk, 1854 : Abbs, Barber, Beckett, Biggs, Bush, Chapple, Claxton, Cremer, Duffield, Elmer, Evans, Gowing, Huggins, Hurn, Lansdale, Ringer, Seaman, Smith, Sword, Taylor, Thurston, Tibbs, Wicks, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

Craven and Co.'s Commercial Directory Of The County of Norfolk, 1856 : Abbs, Barber, Beckett, Biggs, Bush, Chappell, Claxton, Duffield, Elmer, Evans, Harvey, Hern, Huggins, Hunt, Jolly, Lansdell, Ringer, Smith, Sword, Tibb, Wicks, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

Kelly's Post Office Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk 1869 [Part 2: Norfolk] : Abbs, Bales, Biggs, Bright, Cannell, Clamp, Dickerson, Duffield, Elmer, Fuller, Gowing, Haddingham, Harvey, Lloyd, Middleton, Millett, Palmer, Pitchers, Seaman, Smith, Spalding, Taylor, Thurston, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

J. G. Harrod & Co.'s Royal County Directory of Norfolk, 1877 : Abbs, Cannell, Clamp, Duffield, Elliott, Fenn, Foulger, Fuller, Gowing, Hooley, King, Lloyd, Matthews, Minister, Nash, Oakley, Palmer, Phillips, Pitcher, Seaman, Smith, Spalding, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

Kelly's Post Office Directory of the County of Norfolk, 1879 : Abbs, Beckett, Bright, Cannell, Clamp, Christian, Duffield, Everett, Foulger, Fuller, Gowing, Hewitt, Hooley, King, Matthews, Minister, Nash, Phillippo, Pitchers, Seaman, Smith, Spalding, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883 : Abbs, Beckett, Bright, Cannell, Christian, Clamp, Clark, Duffield, Everett, Foulger, Fuller, Gowing, Hewitt, Hooley, King, Lloyd, Matthews, Minister, Phillippo, Pitchers, Seamen, Smith, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk, 1883 : Abbs, Bassingthwaite, Beckett, Blinch, Bright, Cannell, Christian, Clamp, Clarke, Duffield, Elliot, Everett, Foulger, Fuller, Gowing, Hooley, King, Lloyd, Matthews, Minister, Phillipo, Pitcher, Seaman, Smith, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk, 1890 : Abbs, Bush, Cann, Christian, Clamp, Duffield, Elliot, Everett, Fuller, Gowing, Heckett, Lincoln, Lloyd, Matthews, Minister, Phillipo, Rodwell, Seaman, Smith, Turner, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

Kelly's Directory of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1892. [Part 2: Norfolk] : Beckett, Bush, Clamp, Duffield, Elliott, Everett, Fuller, Gowing, Hewett, Hooley, Lincoln, Lloyd, Matthews, Minister, Phillippo, Poll, Rodwell, Seaman, Smith, Stimpson, Thurtle, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1896 : Bush, Clarke, Duffield, Elliott, Fuller, George, Gowing, Hewett, Hooley, Lloyd, Lusher, Matthews, Minister, Phillippo, Potter, Rodwell, Seaman, Selby, Smith, Stimpson, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1904 : Charlish, Drake, Davy, Duffield, Elliott, Foulger, Fuller, Garrould, Gowing, Hewett, Horton, Hylton, Lloyd, Lusher, Matthews, Minister, Pearse, Phillippo, Rodwell, Seaman, Smith, Stimpson, Stonex, Wright (MS Word, PDF)

Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1912 : Avis, Blyth, Davy, Duffield, Durrant, Fuller, Garrould, Gowing, Gowring, Hardesty, Hewett, Horton, Hylton, Lansdell, Minister, Pearse, Phillippo, Potter, Rodwell, Seaman, Smith, Stimpson, Stonex, Thurrell (MS Word, PDF)

Kelly's Directory of Norfolk, 1933 : Barnes, Brighton, Cannell, Clutterham, Craigs, Duffield, Durrant, Dye, Fuller, Gowing, Hardesty, Havers, Hipkin, Holman, Howlett, Johnson, Lansdell, Leist, Mourilyan, Potter , Riches , Rump, Seaman, Starbuck, Pointer, Weeding (MS Word, PDF)

A superb collection of digitised trade directories, part of the University of Leicester's Special Collections Online, covering England and Wales from the 1760s to the 1910s can be found here.

Page last updated: 11 February 2019