Kelly's Directory

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In the United Kingdom, the Kelly's, Post Office and Harrod & Co Directory (almost always known as Kelly's) was rather like a Victorian version of today's Yellow Pages. The directories contained a list of all:

• businesses
• tradespeople
• local gentry
• landowners
• charities and
• other facilities located in a particular village or town etc.

Many reference libraries still keep their copies of these directories, which are now an important source for historical research.

An example of a quote from the Kelly's directory can be seen in the Farndish article.

Today, the Kelly's exists online as Kelly Search, a directory similar to Applegate Directory or the online Yellow Pages.