Directories
Combe Down and Monkton Combe directory listings

Here are extracts, from the Bath Post Office Directory and Kelly’s directories for Combe Down and Monkton Combe and a range of years from 1864 – 1939. They give an interesting insight into the development of the area.
Kelly’s Directory was a trade directory that listed businesses and tradespeople in a particular city or town, as well as a general directory of postal addresses of local gentry, landowners, charities, etc.
About 1835 Frederic Festus Kelly became chief inspector of letter carriers for the Post Office. He took over publication of the Post Office London Directory, by buying it from the widow of his predecessor and founded Kelly & Co.
He expanded the company over several decades, producing directories for an increasing number of UK counties and buying out or putting out of business competing publishers.
Kelly’s went out of business soon after the advent of the internet.
If you are interested in directories that are available online the University of Leicester has a collection.
History of Bath Research Group has also put online Bath Historical Directories.
Legend: CD = Combe Down MC = Monkton Combe PO = Post Office
1854 MC PO
1860 CD - MC PO
1860 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1860 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1864 CD PO
1866 CD - MC PO
1866 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1866 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1870 CD - MC PO
1870 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1870 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1874 CD - MC PO
1874 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1874 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1876 CD PO
1880 CD - MC PO
1880 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1880 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1884 CD - MC PO
1884 – 85 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1884 – 85 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1886 CD - MC PO
1886 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1886 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1889 CD - MC Kelly
1889 Kelly’s Combe Down & Monkton Combe
1892 CD - MC PO
1892 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1892 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1896 CD - MC PO
1896 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1896 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1897 CD - MC Kelly
1897 Kelly’s Combe Down & Monkton Combe
1899 CD - MC PO
1899 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1899 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1902 CD - MC Kelly
1902 Kelly’s Combe Down & Monkton Combe
1902 CD - MC PO
1902 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1902 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1906 CD - MC PO
1906 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1906 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1910 CD - MC PO
1910 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1910 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1911 CD - MC PO
1911 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1911 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1914 CD - MC Kelly
1914 Kelly’s Combe Down & Monkton Combe
1919 CD - MC Kelly
1919 Kelly’s Combe Down & Monkton Combe
1920 CD - MC PO
1920 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1920 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1923 CD - MC Kelly
1923 Kelly’s Combe Down & Monkton Combe

1923 CD - MC PO
1923 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1923 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1927 CD - MC PO
1927 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1927 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1931 CD - MC PO
1931 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1931 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1934 CD - MC PO
1934 Post Office Directory for Combe Down
1934 Post Office Directory for Monkton Combe
1935 CD - MC Kelly
1935 Kelly’s Combe Down & Monkton Combe


1939 CD - MC Kelly
1939 Kelly’s Combe Down & Monkton Combe

