Founded in 1846, until 1869 it was called The London and Provincial Medical Directory.
Both titles were begun by John Churchill, of Princes Street, Soho, Westminster, the first appearing for the years 1847 to 1869.
[1] The series of printed annual volumes under the present title runs from 1870, with some missing years from 2006 on.
[2] The edition for 2014 was published by CRC Press in November 2013, in two volumes,[3] and that for 2015 by Routledge in December 2014, with 4854 pages and a price of £750.
[4] The numbering of the volumes continues a series with the title The London and Provincial Medical Directory, first published in 1846 for the year 1847, so that the issue of 1880 is called "Thirty-sixth annual issue".