| A very comprehensive directory of Cardiff, along with Penarth, Llandaff, Llandaff Yard, Cogan Pill. It also covers the parishes of Bedwas, Bonvilstone, Caerphilly, Dinas Powis, Ely, Leckwith, Lisvane, Llandough, Llandarne, Marshfield, Michaelstone-le-Pit, Pentyrch, Peterstone-super-Ely, Radyr, Rudry, Rumney, St Andrews, St Brides, St Fagans, St Mellons, St Nicholas and Whitchurch. The first part is an alphabetical directory of names and addresses of folk in the Cardiff and suburban area. There follows a classified trades directory and the final part is the real gem, a street by street directory of Cardif itself. The street directory includes many ordinary people, with very ordinary trades, for example in Adam Street:
52 Catherine Davies; 53 Thomas Bord, carpenter; 54 Thomas Brennan, plasterer and Mrs Hoskins, nurse and midwife; 55 Mrs A. Eames; 56 James Warner, labourer; 57 William Mullin, master mariner; 58 Mrs Henderson, servant's registry; 59 Thomas James, plasterer; 60 Henry Burns, plasterer; 60a Robert Brown, Eagle Hotel. High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book. This CD has been bookmarked for easy navigation, and pages can be browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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