1808
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The Belfast of the first decade of the nineteenth century was a bustling and growing town of some 22,000 inhabitants. It was dominated by the cotton industry and the linen trade. The foundations of such potentially important enterprises as engineering and shipbuilding were being laid.
The names in this database are taken from the Belfast Directory for 1808; or, a list of the names and places of the merchants and traders, etc., printed and published by Smyth & Lyons in High Street.