Originally part of Pigot & Co's National Commercial Directory 1835

Comprising A Classification Of The Merchants, Bankers, Professional Gentlemen, Manufacturers And Traders
And Lists Of The Nobility, Gentry And Clergy. Resident In The Cities, Towns, Seaports, And Principal Villages

This section covers Leicestershire & Rutlandshire


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The full title of this publication is "Raithby & Lawrence's Illustrated Almanack, Diary and Compendium of Useful & Interesting Information including a Complete List of Carriers corrected to date.". The illustrations are of the Mayor of Leicester and the Leicester Town Hall.
The contents of this CD were scanned from a damaged and largely disbound copy of the Almanack which had lost its back cover before we obtained it. Despite this damage, the CD contains a wealth of information, mainly concerning Leicestershire, and consisting of: Calendar, Diary and details of Fairs; Postal Information (Local Deliveries, Summary of Mails Despatched); Carrier's List and details of Licenses; Borough of Leicester (Members of Parliament, Magistrates, Aldermen and Town Councillors, Committee of Town Council, Officers of Borough, &c., Members of School Board, &c., Members of Board of Guardians, &c., Places of Worship, with hours of Service, &c.); County of Leicester - Magistrates, &c.; Articles (The Stamford Bull-Running, Leicester Libraries Old and New, About Bank Notes, Story of Old Bob, Large Men); Persons who have left Fortunes of £100,000 and upwards; The Royal Family and The Ministry; The Work of the Session and The Bankruptcy Act, 1883; Articles (Rich Beggars, Odds and Ends worth Remembering); Table for Cattle Keepers and Lambing Table & Wages and Percentage Tables; Local Obituary; Weather information (Table for ascertaining Moonlight Nights, Rules for Presaging the Weather by the Barometer, Indications of Spring, &c.).
Some of the scanned pages appear not to be straight. This is a feature of the original book rather than the scanning process.


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The directory covers the whole of the county, giving brief notes on each town and village as well as lists of people running businesses. Within Leicester and Loughborough, entries are alphabetical within business type but in the smaller towns and villages entries are listed alphabetically by name.
There is some minor fading and some binding glue damage on the index pages but all pages are legible.
Some of the scanned pages appear not to be straight; this is a feature of the original book rather than the scanning process.


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