Hello Jo Have you tried the Historical Directories website at http://www.historicaldirectories.org It includes a number of Bedfordshire directories into the early C20. Good hunting. Peter Peter B Freshwater MA MACLIP FSA(Scot) Edinburgh, Scotland [email protected] Researching FRESHWATER, SWINGLER, BRUCE, PERKINS, FOLWELL, NEWCOMB(E) (Beds, Leics, Northants) HAUGHAN, RICHARDSON (Cumbria, Durham) DOW, GRAY, HUNTER, KENNEDY, JACKSON, McDOUGALL (Angus, Perthshire, Glasgow)