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HENDERSON'S BELFAST DIRECTORY. The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory for 1852, Vol.I. Belfast: Henderson, 1852. First Edition. 630 pages plus 70 pages of advertisements. Map of Belfast. Contains: I. Calendar for the year II. Historical sketch of the town and trade III. Belfast street directory IV. Ballymacarrett directory V. Alphabetical directory VI. Professions and trades directory VII. Country residents VIII. Local institutions etc. IX. Province of Ulster directory. This digital reproduction of the first ever Belfast and Province of Ulster directory not only contains comprehensive detail of the streets and inhabitants of Belfast city, but also includes information on the various counties and principal towns of the province, their nobility, members of parliament, clergy, magistrates, traders etc. Some of the main towns covered are: Antrim, Armagh, Ballycastle, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Ballynahinch, Banbridge, Bangor, Carrickfergus, Cavan, Coleraine, Cookstown, Donaghadee, Downpatrick, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Larne, Lisburn, Londonderry, Lurgan, Maghera, Monaghan, Moy and Charlemont, Newry, Newtownards, Portadown, Randalstown, Saintfield. A large range of advertisements, promoting insurance and assurance, passenger shipping, electrical goods, linen, boots and shoes, furniture, bookbinding and printing, jewellery, clothes, etc, gives a flavour of the period when Royal Avenue, Belfast, was still known as Hercules Street.
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