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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 5119 Digital Library of Historical Directories, 1750-1919: Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex, 1905-1918 511910.5255/UKDA-SN-5119-2 Cornell, E., University of Leicester, Library Copyright University of Leicester New Opportunities FundHigher Education Funding Councils UK Data Service 14 June 2006 SOCIAL HISTORYDIRECTORIESCOMMERCIAL DIRECTORIESTRADE DIRECTORIESLOCAL HISTORYECONOMIC HISTORYADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY Trade, industry and marketsHistory Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of the project was to improve access to local and trade directories for the period 1750-1919 by making a substantial collection of English and Welsh directories available online as a Digital Library of Historical Directories. This digital resource comprises in total some 600 directories, covering every English county together with Wales, and ranging widely over the period 1750-1919 (the latter cut-off point chosen for copyright reasons). There is a particular focus on the 1850s, 1890s and 1910s, with at least one directory provided for each county in each of these decades. The digitisation of the volumes involved a two-stage process, in which (1) the hard-copy source was scanned to produce a graphic image of each page, and then (2) those images were processed using OCR software to generate a machine-readable text file. An <a href="http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4" target="_blank">online version</a> of this resource can be found on the Website of the University of Leicester. This data collection includes the following directories: - Kelly's Directory of Sussex, 1905. [Part 1: County & Localities] (1905) - Kelly's Directory of Sussex, 1905. [Part 2: Residents, Trades, & Advertisements] (1905) - Kelly's Ealing, Acton, Hanwell, Brentford, Gunnersbury and Chiswick Directory ("Buff Book") for 1907 (1907) - Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire (1908) - Kelly's Ealing, Acton, Hanwell, Brentford, Gunnersbury and Chiswick Directory ("Buff Book") for 1911 (1911) - Kelly's Directory of Sussex (1911) - Kelly's Wood Green, Muswell Hill, Bounds Green, Fortis Green, East Finchley and Palmer's Green Directory ("Buff Book") for 1912-1913 (1912) - Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1913. [Kent only. Part 1: County & Localities] (1913) - Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 1913. [Kent only. Part 2: Private Resident & Trade Directories] (1913) - Kelly's Directory of Surrey (1913) - Kelly's Directory of Essex, Hertfordshire and Middlesex, 1914. [Essex only] (1914) - Kelly's Directory of Hertfordshire (1914) - Kelly's Directory of Middlesex (1914) - Kelly's Directory of Tunbridge Wells, Southborough, Tonbridge and villages in the neighbourhood ("Buff Book") for 1914 (1914) - Kelly's Ealing, Hanwell, Brentford and Southall Directory ("Buff Book") for 1914 (1914) - The Worthing and District Local Directory (The "G.M.F." Blue Book), 1914-15 (1914) - Kelly's Directory of Sussex (1915) - The Canterbury and District, Herne Bay & Whitstable Local Directory (The "G.M.F." Blue Book), 1917-18 (1917)Main Topics: The directories included are of many different kinds, commonly embracing trade, commercial, and private resident directories, together with gazetteers, almanacs, official information, etc. For the purposes of deposit in the UK Data Archive, the collection has been divided into 35 studies on a regional and temporal basis. 01 June 2001 - 01 October 200431 May 200130 September 2004 England EssexHertfordshireKentMiddlesexSurreySussex NationalText units (documents/chapters/words) Selected Directories from England TextStill image Cross-sectional (one-time) study No sampling (total universe) Compilation or synthesis of existing material The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the <a href="https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/app/uploads/cd137-enduserlicence.pdf" target="_blank">End User Licence Agreement</a>.Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you. See <restrctn> Welding, D. and Nash, S. (2004) 'The Historical Directories Digitisation Project at the University of Leicester', The Local Studies Librarian, 23, 1, 4-10 The Historical Directories Digitisation Project at the University of Leicester https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 5119 2024-11-28T07:25:43Z ddi:codebook:2_5