Bulmer was a

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, surveyor,

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and compiler of

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. His directories provided a history and geography of a particular area. The directories listed and described all parishes; listed trades and professions and provided a helpful street index with the names of residents, together with other local information. Data CDs of Bulmer Directories are available from publishers in the UK.

List of directories

* Bulmer's History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, 1883 * Bulmer's History, Topography and Directory of West Cumberland, 1884. * Bulmer's History, Directory and Topography of Westmorland, 1885 * Bulmer's History, Topography and Directory of Northumberland (Hexham Division), 1886 * Bulmer's History, Topography and Directory of Northumberland (Tyneside, Wansbeck and Berwick Divisions), 1887 * Bulmer's History, and Directory of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1887 * Bulmer's History, and Directory of North Yorkshire, 1890 (two Volumes) * Bulmer's History, Topography and Directory of East Yorkshire and Hull, 1892 * Bulmer's Directory of Cumberland, 1901 * T. Bulmer: History, Topography and Directory of Westmorland, 1906 * T Bulmer: History, Topography and Directory of Furness and Cartmel, 1911 * Bulmer's History, Topography and Directory of Furness, Cartmel and Egremont division of Cumbria, 1911 * T Bulmer: History, Topography and Directory of Lancaster and district, 1912 * J Bulmer: History, Topography and Directory of Lancaster and district, 1913

References

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