| = | same as |
| ? | possible or doubtful |
| ac | account |
| adm | admitted |
| advt(s) | advertisment(s) |
| ag | against |
| agnt | agent |
| aka | also known as |
| All | Alley |
| app | apprenticed to (with date) |
| apr | appraiser |
| arr | arrived |
| assoc | associate of (or associated with) |
| asst | assistant (of) |
| auct | auction |
| b | born |
| bap | baptizes |
| bcm | button-card maker |
| Bdge | Bridge |
| bk | book |
| bkrpt | bankrupt |
| BL | British Library |
| Bldgs | Buildings |
| Bod | Bodleian Library |
| bot | bought |
| bro | brother of |
| BroSc | Brother of Stationers Co |
| bus | business |
| c | approximately |
| cat | catalogue |
| CE | Anglican |
| cert | certificate |
| cf | See or refer (also) to |
| Ch | Church/child(ren) |
| Cham | Chambers |
| Chron | Chronicle |
| chs | china/glass/earthenware seller/dealer |
| Chyd | Churchyard |
| Cl | Close |
| Co | Company |
| col | coloured |
| Coll | Collection |
| collab | collaborated with |
| Coml | Commercial |
| Comm | Commisioner |
| cont | continued |
| cr | corner |
| Cres | Crescent |
| CRO | County Record Office (preceded by county abbreviation) |
| Ct | Court |
| d | died |
| dau | daughter of |
| Dir | Directory |
| Diss | Dissenter/Dissenting |
| diss | dissolved |
| distr | distributor |
| dlr | dealer |
| doc(s) | document(s) |
| Dr | Door |
| E | East |
| Ed | edited by (or editor of) |
| edn(s) | edition(s) |
| educ | educated |
| empl | employee/employed |
| eng(s) | engraved, engraving(s) |
| est | established |
| ESTC | Eighteen-Century Short-Title Catalogue |
| exec | executor |
| fath | father (of) |
| fl | flourished |
| Fld(s) | Field(s) |
| FO | Fire Office |
| FP | fire insurance policy |
| fr | freed (with date) |
| FSC | Free of the Stationers' Co (with date) |
| Gaz | Gazette |
| Gdn | Garden |
| gds | goods |
| gen | general |
| Gn | Green |
| Gro | Grove |
| gt | Great |
| Hse | House |
| husb | husband of |
| imp | imprint(s) |
| incl | including |
| info | information |
| ins | insurance (policy) |
| ins | insurance agent |
| instr | instrument |
| J | Journal |
| jman | journeyman |
| jr | junior |
| jt | joint |
| Jud | Jewish/Judaica |
| JW | Junior (Under) Warden |
| La | Lane |
| Lit | Little/literature |
| LivSC | Livery Stationers' Co (with date) |
| lot | lottery agent |
| mag | magazine |
| mar | married |
| mast | master of (ie apprentices included) |
| matls | materials |
| merch | merchant |
| Meth | Methodist |
| mfr | manufacturer/manufacturing |
| mim | mathematical-instrument maker |
| mis | mathematical-instrument seller/dealer |
| mkr | maker |
| Mkt | Market |
| mo | mother (of) |
| MS | manuscript |
| MSC | Master of Stationers' Co (with Date) |
| mus | music(al) |
| N | North |
| n | Next |
| n/d | next door to |
| naut | nautical |
| nd | no date |
| neph | nephew of |
| nim | nautical-instrument maker |
| nis | nautical-instrument seller/dealer |
| no | number |
| nr | Near |
| nrm | newsroom |
| o/a | over against |
| occ | occasionally |
| Off | Office |
| opp/op | opposite |
| opt | optical |
| orig | original(ly) |
| part | partner of/partnership between etc. |
| Pass | Passage |
| pcm | pattern-card maker |
| pha | pharmacist/druggist/chemist/patent-medicine seller |
| Pl | Place |
| PO | Post Office |
| pos | postmaster/postmistress |
| poss | possible(y) |
| prev | previous(ly) |
| PRO | Public Record Office |
| prob | probable/probably |
| prop | proprietor |
| prov | provincial |
| pt(s) | part(s) |
| ptd | printed |
| ptng | printing |
| pub | publisher of (to) |
| pubn(s) | publication(s) |
| qv | whom (which) see |
| RC | Roman Catholic |
| Rd | Road |
| ref | reference |
| regd | registered |
| REIP | Royal Exchange Insurance Policy |
| rel | related to or relative of |
| relig | religious |
| rept(s) | report(s) |
| res | residence |
| rrm | reading room |
| S | South |
| s/a | same as |
| s/o | At the sign of |
| s/r | same as or related to |
| sch | schoolmaster/schoolmistress |
| SFIP | Sun Fire Insurance Policy |
| sis | sister of |
| skpr | shopkeeper |
| slr | seller |
| Soc | Society |
| son | son of |
| SPCK | Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge |
| Sq | Square |
| sr | senior |
| St | Street or Saint |
| sta | stamp agent, stamp office |
| StatCo | Stationers' Co |
| STC | Short-Title Catalogue (see sources) |
| subs | subscription(s)/subscribed to |
| subsq | subsequent(ly) |
| succ | succeeded |
| sucr | successor (ie succeeded by) |
| Supt | Superintendent |
| sur | land surveyor |
| SW | Senior (Upper) Warden |
| t/o | turned over (to) |
| Tce | Terrace |
| tob | tobacconist |
| toy | toyman/woman, toyshop |
| trans | translated |
| trdg | trading as |
| trus | trust/in trust for |
| typog | typographical |
| uim | musical-instrument maker |
| uis | musical-instrument seller |
| var | various |
| vict | victualler |
| W | West |
| w | with |
| w/n | within |
| w/o | without |
| whse | warehouse |
| wid | widow (of) |
| Wk | Walk |
| wksp | workshop |
| Yd | Yard |
| yr | year |