Trade directory

Liverpool Directory 1766

  • Location Liverpool, Lancashire
  • Date 1766
  • Entries 1,079
  • Record type Trade directory

One of the earliest surviving Liverpool directories, this collection lists over 1,000 merchants, tradesmen and principal inhabitants of the town alphabetically by surname, with occupation and street address. Liverpool in 1766 was at the height of the Atlantic trade era — a prosperous port whose merchants dealt in sugar, tobacco, cotton and slaves. The directory captures this mercantile world in detail, with entries for merchants, factors, attorneys, sea captains and the full range of supporting trades.

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Surname Forename Occupation Address
AspinallThomasMerchantCastle Street
BoldRichardMerchantWater Street
ClaytonEdwardAttorneyDale Street
EntwistleJamesRopemakerByrom Street
ShawWilliamInnkeeperPool Lane

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