As part of our "People in Sutton Poyntz" project, we provide below transcriptions of a number of Trade Directories for Preston and Sutton Poyntz, dated from 1855 to 1915. These give information about the villages, and lists of the main occupants.

• Civil Divisions of Dorset - This is not a Directory, but a book describing the Divisions of Dorset created in a local government reorganisation in 1830. It gives some scattered pieces of information - the information relating to Preston and Sutton Poyntz has been extracted.
• Post Office Directory 1855
• Post Office Directory 1859
• Post Office Directory 1875
• Kellys Directory 1889
• Kellys Directory 1895
• Kellys Directory 1915