Kent's directories of businesses in London, 1759-1828
By: principal investigator, Charles Tilly
Series: ICPSR -- 8422; ICPSR (Series) -- 8422
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Number of pages: 437
Subjects: Business enterprises; Directories
Other titles: Kent's directory.
Description: Published annually from 1732 until 1828, the Kent Directories provide the names, descriptions, and addresses of businesses in London. This collection is a transcription of the directories beginning with the 1759 edition. In addition to the name, type of business, and street address for each entry, the dataset contains the year of the listing, a "mobility code" indicating presence in the previous year's directory, and a set of geographical grid coordinates accurate to 100 meters. The directories are presented in three data files. The "Street" file, an alphabetical listing of all addresses occupied by businesses each year, gives for each address the year, street name and number, and grid location. The "Business Type" file is an alphabetical listing of businesses by their descriptions. The "Master" file duplicates data from both of the other files, and also contains the name and mobility code of each business.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1759-1828.

London.

The Street file contains 35,868 records, with a logical record length of 85 characters; the Business Type file contains 13,377 records, with a logical record length of 54 characters; the Master file contains 40,192 records, with a logical record length of 179 characters, and eight variables.