Project Gutenberg 2014-01-18 Public domain in the USA. 172 Pearse, Ebenezer Pearse's Commercial Directory to Swansea and the Neighbourhood, for 1854 Transcribed from the 1854 E. Pearse edition by David Price "Pearse's Commercial Directory to Swansea and the Neighbourhood, for 1854" by Pearse is a historical directory written in the mid-19th century. This work serves as a comprehensive guide to the residents, businesses, and significant public facilities of Swansea at that time. The text provides details about various commercial activities, notable buildings, and the town's development, thereby illustrating the social and economic landscape of the period. The opening of the directory presents Swansea as a thriving town, beautifully positioned between hills and the sea, and highlights the flourishing coal and copper smelting industries that drive its economy. It describes various public buildings such as the Guildhall, the Royal Institution of South Wales, and the market facilities, while noting the rapid population growth and ongoing improvements spurred by the advent of the South Wales Railway. Additionally, the introduction emphasizes the directory's purpose: to provide up-to-date information on the city's ever-changing commercial environment, acknowledging the challenge of maintaining accuracy in such a dynamic setting. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Swansea (Wales) -- Directories DA Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: History - General Category: History - British Category: History - Modern (1750+) 231101 2025-06-18T07:45:18.679831 text/html 223006 2014-01-18T03:22:57 text/html 171828 2025-06-18T07:45:29.994419 application/epub+zip 172060 2025-06-18T07:45:23.176865 application/epub+zip 128296 2025-06-18T07:45:21.494840 application/epub+zip 468139 2025-06-18T07:45:34.382458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 429073 2025-06-18T07:45:28.774451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 207452 2022-09-20T12:02:40.811910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 196810 2025-06-18T07:45:16.412838 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 196536 2014-01-18T03:20:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17709 2025-06-18T07:45:34.540493 application/rdf+xml 25146 2025-06-18T07:45:22.105908 image/jpeg 4636 2025-06-18T07:45:21.800839 image/jpeg 57662 2014-01-18T03:24:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 61499 2014-01-18T03:24:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 161768 2025-06-18T07:45:18.696891 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog