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The Common Room / 18th century London addresses and businesses (& other contemporary info)
« on: Tuesday 06 February 24 22:42 GMT (UK) »
Hi all,
I recently came across a publication on Google Books which could prove useful to Rootschatters researching 18th century London addresses and/or businesses.
It also includes national, international and general business-related information, e.g. details of markets across England and Wales, Hackney Carriage fares, guidance about weights and measures, taxes, international trade , foreign currencies, book-keeping tabulations, etc. (That's why I've posted this in the Common Room rather than in the London & Middlesex section, or elsewhere.)
Published in 1763, it's called The Compleat Compting-House Companion: Or, Young Merchant and Tradesman's Sure Guide.
I think Chapters 10 and 15 could prove particularly useful:
Chapter 10 (which starts on page 182) has a list of businesses - and their location - "in and about London, Westminster, and Southwark".
Chapter 17 (starting on page 344) names and locates religious, public, and other important buildings, as well as "streets, squares, lanes, courts, alleys, yards, rents, wharfs, inns, &c" in "the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark". (I found it to be a bit more comprehensive than that - it includes an address I was looking for, that was outside the City of London's 'Square Mile' and not in Westminster or Southwark.)
Here's the link (it's rather long...Rootchat's link-shrinking utility didn't seem to work - I kept getting a blank white screen - so if someone could kindly post a shortened link, that would be great
):
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NGFiAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=google+books+young+merchant+and+tradesman%27s+guide&source=bl&ots=pZKBpCc6dk&sig=ACfU3U0PMyfo0YXftEmFWsyX-4BUheiz8A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhifj1wpWEAxUwa0EAHem9A6MQ6AF6BAgmEAM#v=onepage&q=google%20books%20young%20merchant%20and%20tradesman's%20guide&f=false
Cheers!
theirchild
I recently came across a publication on Google Books which could prove useful to Rootschatters researching 18th century London addresses and/or businesses.
It also includes national, international and general business-related information, e.g. details of markets across England and Wales, Hackney Carriage fares, guidance about weights and measures, taxes, international trade , foreign currencies, book-keeping tabulations, etc. (That's why I've posted this in the Common Room rather than in the London & Middlesex section, or elsewhere.)
Published in 1763, it's called The Compleat Compting-House Companion: Or, Young Merchant and Tradesman's Sure Guide.
I think Chapters 10 and 15 could prove particularly useful:
Chapter 10 (which starts on page 182) has a list of businesses - and their location - "in and about London, Westminster, and Southwark".
Chapter 17 (starting on page 344) names and locates religious, public, and other important buildings, as well as "streets, squares, lanes, courts, alleys, yards, rents, wharfs, inns, &c" in "the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark". (I found it to be a bit more comprehensive than that - it includes an address I was looking for, that was outside the City of London's 'Square Mile' and not in Westminster or Southwark.)
Here's the link (it's rather long...Rootchat's link-shrinking utility didn't seem to work - I kept getting a blank white screen - so if someone could kindly post a shortened link, that would be great
):https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NGFiAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=google+books+young+merchant+and+tradesman%27s+guide&source=bl&ots=pZKBpCc6dk&sig=ACfU3U0PMyfo0YXftEmFWsyX-4BUheiz8A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhifj1wpWEAxUwa0EAHem9A6MQ6AF6BAgmEAM#v=onepage&q=google%20books%20young%20merchant%20and%20tradesman's%20guide&f=false
Cheers!
theirchild