Hunt's Late Gye's Directory Of Bath 1824

Hunt's Late Gye's Directory of Bath 1824 - Digital Download or CD-ROM

Product Description:

Step back into the elegant Georgian era and walk the streets of Regency Bath with this fascinating republication of Hunt's Late Gye's Directory of 1824. An essential resource for genealogists and local historians, this directory offers a virtual snapshot of the city just as the Victorian age was dawning.

Navigating the Past This directory is a high-quality digital reproduction of the original book, presented as scanned images to preserve the authentic look and historical layout. While the text is not electronically searchable (you cannot use Ctrl+F), the directory has been meticulously organized alphabetically by trade and surname, making it surprisingly easy to navigate to the section you need. Furthermore, most modern PDF readers (such as Adobe Acrobat) now offer OCR (Optical Character Recognition) "on the fly," allowing you to search the content using your reader's built-in tools.

A Vital Census Substitute With the 1841 Census being the first of the comprehensive UK censuses and the 1821 Census records largely lost or destroyed for this region, this 1824 directory is an invaluable "census substitute." It bridges a 17-year gap, allowing you to pinpoint exactly where your ancestors lived and what they did for a living during a transformative period in British history.

What's Inside the Directory This comprehensive volume is divided into detailed sections to aid your research:

• History & Topography: A thorough description of the City of Bath, its ancient origins, Roman history, and Georgian expansion.
• Street Directory: An alphabetical list of streets, helping you trace specific house numbers and neighbours.
• Commercial & Trade Directory: Listings of local businesses and tradesmen, from apothecaries to wool-drapers.
• Private Residents & Court Directory: An alphabetical listing of the gentry, professionals, and prominent citizens residing in Bath at the time.
• Public Institutions: Information on hospitals, the Assembly Rooms, the Pump Room, and charities.
• Advertisements: A fascinating collection of contemporary ads, offering insight into the goods, services, and medicines available to Bath’s residents.

A City of Culture and Celebrity In 1824, Bath was still the premier social resort of Britain. This directory places your ancestors alongside the movers and shakers of the day. While Jane Austen had sadly passed away just a few years prior (in 1817), the city she immortalized in Northanger Abbey and Persuasion remains largely unchanged in this directory. You may find records of people who knew her or frequented the same haunts.

Look out for residents connected to:

• Music & The Arts: Bath was a hub for musicians. The Assembly Rooms and the Theatre Royal were active, and you may find ancestors listed as music teachers or instrument makers catering to the upper class.
• Sport: During this period, Bath Racing was a major event held on Lansdown, and cricket was becoming increasingly popular among the locals.
• Industry: Unlike the industrial north, Bath’s "industry" was tourism and health. The city was filled with physicians, bath attendants, and lodging-house keepers catering to the invalids and the wealthy who came to "take the waters."

Map Disclaimer & Bonus Please Note: Due to the age of the original source books, fold-out maps were often prone to damage or removal over the last 200 years. We have made every effort to include all available pages. However, if the original street map was missing from the source manuscript we digitized, it will be absent from this product. If the map is present in your copy, please consider it a fantastic bonus that provides excellent context for the addresses listed within!

Formats Available This product is available as a Digital Download (instant access) or a CD-ROM (shipped to your door).