Urban city directories such as the Post Office Directory of London will have distinct sections including what are known as the Court, Commercial, Street and Trades directories. - BBC
In Pike’s Hastings & St Leonards we have The Court Directory, a Commercial directory and Private Residents.
Cambridgeshire - This begins with the following delightful sentence: In order to afford space for the address, the abbreviation "esq." for esquire has no longer been appended to each name in the "Court Directory". It should be understood that such should be added to the name of every gentleman in the following pages to which no inconsistent addition is affixed.