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Historic Street Directories
Street Directories are invaluable tools to help find the exact address of the individuals and businesses who could afford or wished to be included in them. Below are searchable PDFs to download, which have the extracts for Altrincham and the surrounding areas of Bowdon, Dunham Massey, Hale and Timperley combined, to narrow down the search.
As with all searchable PDFs of historic publications, an additional visual search may be needed.
To see the complete publications and several more for Cheshire and Lancashire, visit Chester Archive’s collection of Directories for Cheshire (CA) and the Historical Directories of England and Wales (HD). Some other extracts are from Trafford Local Studies Centre (TLSC), with the kind help of the staff.
The PDF of the Evolution of Street Names in the Altrincham Area (1.2 MB) could be helpful.
1780s
Directory and Guide for the City and County of Chester, W. Cowdroy, 1789 (extract)
DOWNLOAD non-searchable PDF (2.5 MB)
1820s
Pigot and Dean’s New Directory of Manchester, Salford etc for 1821-2, 1821 (extract) (HD)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (0.7 MB)
Pigot and Co.’s Commercial Directory, Cheshire 1822-3, 1822 (extract) (CA)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (0.5 MB)
A List of the Merchants, Manufacturers and Tradesmen in the Market Towns and Principal Villages within 24 Miles of Manchester, 1824-5 (extract) (TLSC)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (2 MB)
Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory for 1828-9, 1828 (extract) (HD)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (1.3 MB)
1830s
Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory, 1832 (extract) (TLSC)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (2 MB)
Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory, 1834 (extract) (TLSC)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (5 MB)
Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory, 1836 (extract) (TLSC)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (18 MB)
1840s
Pigot and Slater’s General and Classified Directory of Manchester and Salford, including the Adjacent Townships, 1841 (extract) (HD)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (0.5 MB)
Slater’s Directory of Cheshire, 1848 (extract) (TLSC)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (3 MB)
1850s
History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County Palatine of Chester, Samuel Bagshaw, 1850 (extracts, including a history of Cheshire) (HD)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (4.5 MB)
Slater’s Directory of Cheshire, 1851 (extract) (TLSC)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (11 MB)
Directory of Manchester and Salford, W. Whellan and Co., 1853 (extracts) (HD)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (1.3 MB)
Charles Balshaw’s Stranger’s Guide and Complete Directory to Altrincham, Bowdon, Dunham, Timperley, Ashley, Hale and Bollington, 1855 (HD)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (5.8 MB)
Post Office Directory of Cheshire, Kelly and Co., 1857 (extracts) (CA)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (5 MB)
Slater’s Royal National Commercial Directory of Manchester and Liverpool, and the Manufacturing Towns, 1858 (extract) (TLSC)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (14 MB)
1860s
Morris & Co.’s Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Cheshire, 1864 (extracts) (CA)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (1.7 MB)
Post Office Directory of Cheshire, Kelly and Co., 1865 (Altrincham town extract only)
DOWNLOAD semi-searchable PDF (6 MB)
1870s
Worrall’s Directory of Warrington, 1871 (extracts) (CA)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (3 MB)
Post Office Directory of Cheshire, E. R. Kelly, 1878 (extracts) (CA)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (3 MB)
1880s
Slater’s Royal National Commercial Directory of Cheshire, 1883 (extracts) (CA)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (2.5 MB)
Deacons Court Guide, 1886 (extracts)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (2.4 MB)
Hadfield’s Directory Altrincham, Bowdon, and Sale District Directory, 1886 (extract)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (15 MB)
1890s
Kelly’s Directory of Cheshire, 1896 (extracts) (HD)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (3 MB)
1900s
Kelly’s Directory of Cheshire, 1902 (extracts) (CA)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (6.4 MB)
Slater’s Manchester, Salford and Suburban Directory and Street Register, 1909 (extracts) (HD)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (40.5 MB)
1910s
Kelly’s Directory of Cheshire, 1910 (extracts) (CA)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (5.3 MB)
Kelly’s Directory of Cheshire, 1914 (extracts) (HD)
DOWNLOAD searchable PDF (5 MB)
Slater’s Directory of Altrincham, Bowdon, Sale, Brooklands and Dunham Massey and Neighbourhood for 1914, 1914 (includes Street Register) (HD)
DOWNLOAD Searchable PDF (44 MB)
1920s
Kelly’s Directory of Cheshire, 1923 (extracts) (TLSC)