Pigots Directory of Leicestershire 1835 on CD ROM.
It lists Private Residents, Local Traders and offers plenty of information concerning the infrastructures of the towns in the period.
Please note all the towns and villages listed below have some reference to individuals, both residents and traders, but not necessarily the whole population of the towns or villages therein. They don't just list the elite this is a common misconception. There are plenty of people of average standing in the community, such as Butchers, Joiners, Shopkeepers, Boot & Shoe Makers etc
However even if you know for certain that a relative was living in a particular place at a certain time it does not automactically follow that you will find them in a book as it was the individuals choice as to whether they went into these type of publications, but it's great fun looking & you might get lucky !
Areas covered : Appleby - Snareston - Ashby De La Zouch - Billesdon - Castle Donnigton - Kegworth - Hallaton - Medbourne - Hinckley with the villages of Stoke Golding - Barwell - Burbage - Earl Shilton - Higham on the Hill - Smockington - Wigston Parva - Husbands Bosworth - North Kilworth - Leicester with the villages of Aylstone - Belgrave with Birstall & Thurmaston - Blaby - Great Glen - Humberstone - Oadby - Scraptoft - Thurnby - Whetstone -
Loughborough - Quorndon with the villages of Sheepshead - Wimeswould - Hoton - Lutterworth with the villages of Ashby Parva - Bitteswell - Dunton - Gillmorton - Great Claybrooke - Ullesthorpe - Leire - South Kilworth - Market Bosworth with the villages of Barleston - Ibstock - Heather - Nailstone - Barton in the beans - Normanton Le Heath - Sweepstone - Newton-Burgaland - Thornton - Bagworth - Market Harborough with the villages of Great & Little Bowden - Kibworth-Beauchamp - Kibworth-Harcourt - Smeeton - Lubenham - Melton Mowbray - Long Clawson - Mountsorrel - Barrow upon Soar - Cossington - Wigston - Rutlandshire - Barrowden - Empingham - Liddington - Oakham - Braunston - Uppingham with Glaston & Preston
Anyone researching their Family Tree with an interest in Leicestershire circa 1835 will find this CD ROM very useful.
