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R.J.PENHEY
The Bourne Archive
Gazetteers,
Directories and Road Books
Gazetteers
A gazetteer gives
a summary of each place listed. It concentrates on broadly geographical matters
though some may be weighted towards details of political and social
administration.
Directories
A directory is a
form of gazetteer which strongly emphasizes the listing of people, usually
predominantly, in their capacity as traders or service providers.
Itineraries (Road
Books)
Before the days
of satellite navigation and road atlases, it was normal for reasonably
well-heeled travellers to own a road book of the country. In it, the roads were
described according to a formula, landmark by landmark, with the distances
between them and very important for the sales appeal, notes of the notable
residences and their occupants to right and left. Typically, the roads
radiating from the capital were described, then the branch roads leading from
them to places intermediate between the main routes. Lastly, the roads crossing
the radial routes and running between provincial towns, the cross-roads, were
described.
The following
index lists the items so far transcribed.
Gazetteers and Directories.
Cox’s description of
Marrat’s History of
Universal British Directory, 1791
Bourne
Gazetteer and Directory: Sheila
Whittle-Bruce’s transcription.
William White's History and
Directory 1826
Bourne Gazetteer and Trade Directory.
Lewis Topographical Dictionary of
Bourne
Gazetteer: Sheila Whittle-Bruce’s transcription.
Pigot’s Gazetteer and Directory 1835
Pigot’s Gazetteer and Directory 1841
William White's History, Gazetteer
and Directory 1842
Bourne
Directory: Sheila Whittle-Bruce’s transcription.
The Parliamentary Gazetteer, 1843:
The Parishes of
the Bourne Poor Law Union.
William White's
History, Gazetteer and Directory 1882.
Baston Gazetteer and Directory.
Bourne
Directory: Sheila Whittle-Bruce’s transcription.
Bourne Directories
(trade classified and residents)
Road Books.
G. A. Cooke’s topographical
description of