Now in its 102nd edition, Crockford's Clerical Directory is an essential resource for anyone who works with or is linked to the Church of England. First published in 1858, it contains listings of over 26,000 Anglican clergy as well as:

* over 12,000 email addresses;
* entries for the presiding Bishops and Archbishops of the Anglican Communion;
* listings of Chaplains of schools, universities, colleges of higher and further education, the armed services, prisons, theological colleges and courses, clergy attached to the Chapel Royal and the College of Chaplains;
* full biographies for all retired clergy and a list of those who have died since the last edition;
* Episcopal Succession lists including line drawings of the Arms of the English Sees;
* details of English, Welsh and Irish benefices and churches and Scottish incimbencies;
* web site addresses for diocesan offices;
* maps showing diocesan boundaries.