A selection of Yardley directories 1820 to 1896

Only the 1820 directory had been transcribed. The others are available only as scanned images of photocopies, which cannot be searched but may be viewed at reasonable magnification. Some of the files are very large, and may take some time to load.

By 1860 at the latest Yardley was listed in the Birmingham Post Office Directories. From the early 1880s Sparkhill was not to be found under Yardley but was absorbed within the Birmingham street listings, and Acocks Green was listed separately from Yardley as a suburb. The Wake Green part of Yardley was listed under Moseley. So if you are looking for Sparkhill or Moseley Wake Green after then, these pages will not help you. After 1897 there was no separate listing for any of Yardley.

Directories are not comprehensive. If you had a trade or a business, you might appear, but not if you were a labourer or worker of similar class. To appear in the Court or Private Residents you had to be of some standing. If you do not find what you are looking for here, it may be worth using the Ancestry website, where you can access the Victorian censuses for a small charge, unless you are using a computer in Birmingham's public libraries, where access is free.

Searchable directories going up to 1973/4 can be found at www.midlandshistoricaldata.org. A range of searchable voters lists can also be found at the same site, currently at five-yearly intervals. The site can be used free of charge on computers in Birmingham's public libraries.

1820 directory of Yardley (source not known)

Adams J. wheelwright
Adams Samuel, smith
Amos John, farmer
Avery Jos. jun., farmer
Baldwin Edw. farmer
Bateman Thos. surveyor
Beach Thomas, gent.
Bedford Thomas, gent.
Biddle Samuel, farmer
Biddle Joseph, chemist
Biddle Richard, farmer
Biddle Edward, farmer
Bingham Samuel, farmer
Birch John, maltster
Birkett Henry, gent.
Blount John, surgeon
Bradnack Isaac, farmer
Briscoe Richard, farmer
Briscoe John, farmer
Brookhouse Nat. farmer
Brown A. schoolmistress
Bullivant John, farmer
Bullivant A. farmer
Bullivant Joseph, farmer
Burkinshaw Rich. gent.
Butcher William, vict.
Butler William, farmer
Causer Ann, farmer
Chambers B. farmer
Chambers Wm. farmer
Chilwell Christ. farmer
Clark Charles, gent.
Colmore Thomas, gent.
Cook Benj. brass founder
Cox William, gent.
Cross William, gent.
Crow Mary Ann
Davis John, victualler
Davis Joseph, smith
Deakin John, farmer
Dipple John, shoemaker
Dolphin John, gent.
Dolphin John, jun. gent.
Dunn Ann, farmer
Dunkenson Edw. miller
Dyott Joseph, esq.
Edwards John, farmer
Edwards J. wheelwright
Fell Rev. Joseph
Fell John, farmer
Freeman Joseph, farmer
Goodrick William, gent.
Gossage Wm. Farmer
Grant Daniel, gent.
Greenway Wm. farmer
Guest John, whitster
Guest Joseph, baker
Guest Samuel, whitster
Guest John, jun. maltster
Gwilt Thomas, farmer
Harrison, Samuel, farmer
Hawkins William, vict.
Hayes, James, gent.
Haywood Thos. maltster
Heath Abraham, farmer
Heath Thomas, maltster
Hedges Thomas, grocer
Hemus William, vict.
Hipkiss Mary, farmer
Holloway Robert, farmer
Holloway Mary, schoolmistress
Holt John, farmer
Homer Henry, farmer
Hopkins James, farmer
Hopkins Thomas, farmer
Hopkins Charles, farmer
Hopkins A. maltster
Hopkins Alice, farmer
Hopkins John, farmer
Hopkins Daniel, farmer
Horton William, farmer
Horton W. timber dealer
Hughes Benjamin, factor
Jaeger J.H. schoolmaster
Jennings Benj. farmer
Jennings Isaac, butcher
Jones William, farmer
Kemp Richard, vict.
Kennedy George, surgeon
Key Widow, huckster
King Thomas, farmer
King William, farmer
Lea William, bricklayer
Litchfield Wm. farmer
Lucock Thos. bricklayer
Lyndon William, farmer
Madeley William, farmer
Manning John, farmer
Mansfield Wm. farmer
Mansfield Mary, farmer
Marston William, farmer
Mason William, tailor
Mathew Wm. carpenter
Meredith R. wheelwright
Minchull Geo. toy maker
Moss William, farmer
Muchall Rd. merchant
Nash John, victualler
Osbourne Joseph, farmer
Palmer John, tailor
Palmer Thomas, tailor
Parkes George, farmer
Pemberton Thos. farmer
Priest Mary, farmer
Rabone John, farmer
Rabone James, smith
Reeves Joseph, farmer
Reppington Robt. farmer
Reynolds Geo. maltster
Richards Joseph, gent.
Robins Ann, brickmaker
Rogers Alice, farmer
Rushton Eliz. farmer
Russell Mr. gent.
Salmon Thos. ironmonger
Salmon Richard, gent.
Scotton Thomas farmer
Scudamore Thos. farmer
Shaw Richard, miller
Sims William, gent.
Sivetter Joseph, miller
Smallbrook John, maltster
Smallbrook John, jun. maltster
Smith William, miller
Soloman A. gent.
Steedman Benj. farmer
Stephens George, farmer
Swinburn B. schoolmistress
Swinburn E. schoolmaster
Syers Robert, farmer
Tabberner Ann, miller
Taverner William, vict.
Taylor Robert, farmer
Taylor Thomas, maltster
Taylor, John, farmer
Taylor Henry, huckster
Terry Isaac, farmer
Thickbroom Mary, farmer
Thornton Sam. maltster
Todd Moss, farmer
Tomlinson John, maltster
Turner Joseph, farmer
Tutin Richard, butcher
Vyse Rd. schoolmaster
Underhill Richard, gent.
Waldron Thos. huckster
Walker William, farmer
Waterhouse Wm. farmer
Ward John, farmer
Webb Joseph, whitesmith
Welch Lovelace, gent.
Welch Henry, farmer
Wickens E. schoolmistress
Williams Widow, farmer
Willington Jos. farmer
Wells William, maltster
Wright John, farmer
Yates Charles, maltster
Yeomans John, farmer

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