Street directories

These list the local householders and tradespeople. Some list them alphabetically, some by street; the later ones normally do both.

• Holden's London directory, alphabetical, includes whole Borough, 1811.
• Photocopies of Blackheath, Lee and Lewisham entries from various directories, 1846–1884 (gaps).
• Photocopies of Deptford entries from various directories, 1792–1828.
• Photocopies of Forest Hill and Sydenham entries from various directories, 1852–1898 (gaps).
• Pigot's Directory (London etc., includes whole borough), 1834.
• Pigot's Directory, Kent (includes whole borough), 1840.
• London Suburban Court Guide (includes whole borough, private residents only), 1861.
• Greenwich, Eltham, Blackheath, Lee, Lewisham and New Cross, 1870.
• Greenwich, Deptford, New Cross, Blackheath Lewisham, Lee, 1874.
• Blackheath, Lee, Lewisham and Greenwich, 1879–1898 (gaps).
• Blackheath, Lee, Greenwich and Eltham (including Grove Park), 1899–1937 (gaps).
• Lewisham, Brockley and Catford, 1899–1928 (gaps).
• Sydenham, Norwood and Streatham, 1908.
• Sydenham and Forest Hill 1894, 1910–1939 (gaps).
• London: southern suburbs (includes whole borough except Deptford Old Town), 1884, 1894, 1912.
• London Directory (Deptford only), 1899.
• London and County Suburbs (includes whole borough), 1914, 1915, 1916.
• Kelly’s Post Office London Directory (includes whole Borough, mainly commercial), 1927–1987 (gaps).