APPENDIX 2.8 - Suffolk

Title Page from UoL SC (source unknown, possibly UoL)

Directory of SUFFOLK 1844

Extended title: HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY, OF SUFFOLK, AND THE TOWNS NEAR ITS BORDERS; COMPRISING, UNDER A LUCID ARRANGEMENT OF SUBJECTS, A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY, AND SEPARATE Historical, Statistical, & Topographical DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE HUNDREDS, Liberties, UNIONS, Boroughs, Towns, Ports, PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES & HAMLETS: SHEWING Their Extent and Population; their Agriculture, Manufactures, Fisheries, Markets, Fairs, Trade and  Commerce; their Charities, and Public Institutions; their Churches and Chapels; the Annual Value and the Patrons and the Incumbents of the Benefices; the Lords of the Manors and the  Owners of the Soil and Tithes; the Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions; the Addresses of the Inhabitants; the Mediums of Public Conveyance by Land and Water; the

Seats of Nobility and Gentry; MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS; and a Variety of other AGRICULTURAL, STATISTICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.

In One Volume, with a Large Map of the County

BY WILLIAM WHITE. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY R LEADER, INDEPENDENT OFFICE, SHEFFIELD, And Sold by W WHITE, 200 Brook Hill, Sheffield; by his Agents, and the Booksellers.

Price to Subscribers, 13s 6d.  in Calf Binding, or 12s in Boards. 1844. Pages: 756.

 The Map

One example of a map for 1855 (at East Anglia University, Norwich) and copies of the 1874 and 1885 directories with map have been reported. The later map bears the engraver´s signature of J H Franks but is essentially an adapted version of the 1855 map, hence the map was almost certainly used to accompany all editions of the directory (1844, 1855, 1874 and 1885). No map which can be dated to 1844 has been found.

Location of Copies

Michigan available online courtesy of Hathi Trust and google books.

The following institute(s) hold a copy of the map: No map has been located.

The following institutes have a copy of the work: British Library, Institute of Historical Research Library, Leicester University, Oxford University, The National Archives Library, The National Trust Libraries.

Directory of SUFFOLK 1855

Extended title: HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, COMPRISING, UNDER A LUCID ARRANGEMENT OF SUBJECTS, A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY, AND SEPARATE HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, & TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE HUNDREDS, Liberties, UNIONS, BOROUGHS, TOWNS, PORTS, PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, and HAMLETS: SHEWING Their Extent and Population, their Agriculture, Manufactures, Markets, Fairs, Trade and  Commerce; their Charities, and Public Institutions; their Churches and Chapels; the Annual Value and the Patrons and the Incumbents of the Benefices; the Lords of the Manors and the  Owners of the Soil and Tithes; the Union and County Court Districts; the Addresses of the Inhabitants; the Railway Trains, Steam Packets, Coaches and Carriers &c; the

Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS; and a Variety of other AGRICULTURAL, STATISTICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION.

In One Volume, with a Large Map of the County

(SECOND EDITION) BY WILLIAM WHITE. PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY ROBERT LEADER, INDEPENDENT OFFICE, SHEFFIELD, And Sold by W WHITE, Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield; by his Agents, and SIMPKIN, MARSHALL AND Co. LONDON.

Price to Subscribers, 14s. in Calf Binding, or 12s 6d in Boards. With the Map Mounted 2s. 6d. extra. 1855. Pages: 822.

The Map

The only known map which matches this directory is a folding map in covers (two examples extant).

Attractive title (top left) in various types of script: MAP OF SUFFOLK, DIVIDED INTO HUNDREDS AND BOROUGHS and Shewing all its Railways, Roads, Rivers, Canals &c &c., WITH THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY As FAR AS NORWICH, COLCHESTER, ELY &c, DRAWN AND ENGRAVED EXPRESSLY FOR THE History, Gazetteer & Directory of Suffolk. PUBLISHED BY WM WHITE, SHEFFIELD. 1855. No engraver’s signature. Size: 37 x 48 cm folded to 21 x 14 cm

Arms of Bury St Edmunds and Arms of Ipswich on right with References to the Hundreds below, Population tables below this, and the Polling Places bottom right. Bottom left is an Explanation table and a note on Parliamentary Boroughs.

 

Location of Copies

UoL SC and also Library of Congress copy available courtesy of Internet Archive.

The following institutes hold a copy of the map: British Library, University of East Anglia Library (folding map in blue covers, illustrated by kind permission).

The following institutes have a copy of the work: Cambridge University, Leicester University, Institute of Historical Research Library, National Archives Library, National Trust Libraries, Society of Antiquities, Society of Genealogists, Oxford University.

 

Suffolk 1855 - image courtesy of University of East Anglia.

Directory of SUFFOLK 1874

Extended title: HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, COMPRISING, A General Survey Of The County, AND SEPARATE HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE HUNDREDS, BOROUGHS, TOWNS, PORTS, PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, CHAPELRIES, VILLAGES, HAMLETS, MANORS AND UNIONS: SHEWING Their Extent and Population; Trade and  Commerce; Markets and Fairs; Charities and Public Institutions; Churches and Chapels; the Annual value and the Patrons and the Incumbents of the Benefices; the Lords of the Manors and the  Owners of the Soil and Tithes; the Addresses of the Inhabitants; PUBLIC CONVEYANCES &c; the Seats of THE Nobility and Gentry; MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS; and a Variety of other ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AGRICULTURAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, BOTANICAL, GEOLOGICAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION. [THIRD EDITION] BY WILLIAM WHITE

Price, CLOTH, 30s.; HALF-BOUND, 35s.

SHEFFIELD: WILLIAM WHITE, NOS. 18 AND 20 BANK STREET; LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND Co. DECEMBER, 1874. Pages: xx + 774 + 74.

 The Map

Attractive title (top left) in various types of script as before but dated 1874. London publisher´s imprint below map centrally of London. Simpkin, Marshall & Co., and engraver´s signature added below right: Engraved by J H Franks. The Explanation table is now bottom right (all three previous tables removed) and Reference to Hundreds now bottom left; the last two lines refer to the colouring and to railways in progress and completed. Many changes to railway network. Size: 47.5 x 36 cm.

 

Location of Copies

California and Pennsylvania copies are available online courtesy of Hathi Trust. 

The following institute(s) hold a copy of the map: Institute of Historical Research Library, Leicester University. Map illustrated is from the Society of Genealogists with their kind permission.

The following institutes have a copy of the work: British Library, Cambridge University Libraries, University of Essex Library & Cultural Services, Victoria and Albert Museum libraries, National Archives Library, National Library of Scotland, Oxford University.

 

 Courtesy of University of Leicester Library 942 SUF/WHI (Suffolk 1874).

 Directory of SUFFOLK 1885

Extended title: HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, COMPRISING, A General Survey of the County, AND SEPARATE HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE HUNDREDS, BOROUGHS, TOWNS, PORTS, PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, CHAPELRIES, VILLAGES, HAMLETS, MANORS AND UNIONS: the Seats of THE Nobility and Gentry; MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS; and a Variety of ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AGRICULTURAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, BOTANICAL, GEOLOGICAL, AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION.  FOURTH EDITION BY WILLIAM WHITE

Price, CLOTH, 30s.; HALF-BOUND, 35s.

SHEFFIELD: WILLIAM WHITE, HOOLE´S CHAMBERS, BANK STREET; LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co. 1885. Pages: xx + 824 + 11-29.

 The Map

Title as before but now dated 1884. Publisher´s imprint still Simpkin, Marshall & Co., and engraver´s signature. The Explanation table and Reference to Hundreds as previous. However, the Explanation table has been slightly altered; the line referring to the colouring has been deleted. The railway line from Beccles south to Saxmundham has been realigned; the line now misses the town centre of Yoxford; and the Proposed Waveney Valley Railway (now completed) meets the Lowestoft line in Beccles (not north of the town). Additions to railway network include the new line from Ipswich to Felixstow (sic) with the Station sign directly opposite Harwich. Eastern Railway is now Great Eastern Railway. Size: 47.5 x 36 cm.

Location of Copies

Not available online

The following institute(s) hold a copy of the map: British Library, Senate House Library, Natural History Museum Library. Map illustrated is from the Society of Genealogists with their kind permission.

The following institutes have a copy of the work: University of East Anglia Library, University of London, University of Warwick Library, National Library of Scotland, Oxford University, Victoria and Albert Museum libraries, Cambridge University.

Image by kind permission of the Society of Genealogists Library. 

Directory of SUFFOLK 1891-2

Extended title: HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF SUFFOLK, COMPRISING, A General Survey of the County, AND SEPARATE HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL & TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE HUNDREDS, BOROUGHS, TOWNS, PORTS, PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, CHAPELRIES, VILLAGES, HAMLETS, MANORS AND UNIONS: the Seats of THE Nobility and Gentry; MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS; and a Variety of ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AGRICULTURAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, BOTANICAL, GEOLOGICAL, AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION. [FIFTH EDITION] BY WILLIAM WHITE

Price, CLOTH, 30s.; HALF-BOUND, 35s.

SHEFFIELD: WILLIAM WHITE, LIMITED, 9, St. JAMES´ ROW; LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & Co. 1891-2. Pages: 920 + 5.

 The Map

The copy of the map at the British Library has not yet been inspected.

Location of Copies

UoL SC is the Leicester University Special Collections (possibly in their own collection).

The following institute(s) hold a copy of the map: British Library.

The following institutes have a copy of the work: National Library of Scotland, natural History Museum, Oxford University, Cambridge University. 

 

 

THE MAPS – Maps produced for William White´s county directories

Click the entry below to access relevant page.

1. Early Years - William White and Edward Baines
2. William White & Co.
3. Rivalry and Family Feud
4. Francis White & Co.
5. The County Maps of William White
6. William White Co. - Later Years

Appendix 1 - The County Directories of Edward Baines
1.1. Yorkshire
1.2. Lancashire
Appendix 2 - The County Directories of William White
2.1. Durham and Northumberland
2.2 - Cumberland & Westmorland
2.3 - Nottinghamshire
2.4 - Staffordshire
2.5 - Norfolk
2.6 - Yorkshire (later edition)
2.7 - Lincoln
2.8 - Suffolk
2.9 - Leicestershire with Rutland
2.10 - Essex
2.11 - Devonshire
2.12 - Hampshire with Isle of Wight