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A most unusual directory, including all heads of households in every house in central London. A complete directory of streets, squares and courts with house numbers and householders, and a complete alphabetical name listing with addresses. (Corrected to April 1st 1833). Also includes Foreign Ministers and Consuls, Institutions, Public Offices, Hotels, Coffee Houses, Army & Navy Agents, and Bankers in London.

One of the most interesting directories, and a really beautiful and valuable book. The Royal Blue Book is in two parts: a complete street by street listing (with house numbers) for central London in 1833, together with a complete alphabetical listing of all heads of household, their occupation where applicable, and address. It also includes Institutions, Societies, Public Offices, Hotels, Coffee-Houses and Taverns, Army and Navy Agents, and Bankers, followed by a section containing advertisements. An 1831 street map of London has also been included on the CD. (The original book never did have a map, but this one is taken from the 1831 Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of England). Portman Square Division: extends from Oxford Street to the New Road, and from Connaught Square to High Street, Marylebone.

Regent's Park Division: extends from St. John's Wood to Albany Street, and includes all North of the New Road. Cavendish Square Division: extends from Oxford Street to the New Road, and from High Street, Marylebone to Tottenham Court Road. Grosvenor Square Division: extends from Oxford Street to Picadilly, and from Park Lane to Bond Street. Hanover Square Division: extends from Oxford Street East of Bond Street, to Pall Mall and Carlton Terrace. Russell Square Division: extends from Tottenham Court Road to Ely Place, North of Holborn. Lincolns-Inn Fields Division: extends from Holborn to the Thames, and from Bridge Street, Blackfriars to Charing Cross. Westminster Division: extends from Charing Cross to James Street, Buckingham Gate.Grosvenor Place Division: extends westward to Belgrave Square, Cadogan Place, Brompton, and Kensington. The Inns of Court