Directories

The collection consists of printed trade and commercial directories and also telephone directories of Bolton and the surrounding area.

Although the trade and commercial directories are mainly commercial in nature, many of them contain alphabetical lists of residents.  They were not published annually.

Trade and Commercial Directories

Editions held are for the following years:

1787	1836	1870	1890	1899-1901	1928
1805	1838	1874	1890-1891	1902-1904	1907
1814-1815	1843	1876	1891	1907	1932
1816-1817	1845	1881	1892	1911	1934
1818	1849	1882	1892-1893	1916	1953
1821-1822	1851	1885	1894-1895	1921	1955
1824	1853	1887	1895	1922	1967
1829	1861	1888	1896-1898	1925	1971
1834	1865	1889	1898	1927

 
Note: These directories were produced by various different publishers, and the content varies between different directories.

Trade and Commercial Directories on Microfilm

• Microfilm A7:35    1824, 1882, 1889, 1922
• Microfilm A7:36    1851, 1853, 1861, 1865, 1870-71, 1874, 1876-77, 1881, 1885
• Microfilm A7:37    1887, 1888, 1890-91, 1892, 1894-95, 1896-98 (part)
• Microfilm A7:38    1896-98 (cont), 1898-1900

Trade and Commercial Directories on CD-ROM

• 1822 Pigot’s Lancashire Directory
• 1855 Slater’s Directory of Lancashire
• 1869 Slater’s Directory of Lancashire

GPO/BT Telephone Directories

• Bolton and District: 1956 to date

Yellow Pages

• Bolton and District: 1977 to date

Business Pages

• West Pennine: 1987, 1990
  
• North West: 1994, 1998, 1999, 2003

Thomson Local Directory

•     Bolton: 1981 to date

Postal Address Book

• North West: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002

Additional telephone directories are also held at various branch libraries, and also at the 'In Depth' section of the Central Library.