Directory of Victorian Photographic Studios in Leeds
Hundreds of photographic studios were established in Leeds during the Victorian Era. As you would expect in any type of business not every one was a success, some failed, whereas a few were very successful enterprises and stayed in business for many years. Quite often these were family concerns with sons and daughters being involved. Sometimes the business was passed down through the family due either a retirement or a death in the family.
When a photographer gave up his studio for one reason or another the studio and all the equipment and most importantly the negatives were often sold on to another photographer. These events were sometimes publicised in the press and it is interesting to look at these as quite often you are able to see a list of all the fixtures and fittings, this was described as the 'stock in trade', see examples in the Albert Sachs story, in Bradford, when Albert's studio was sold in 1920, and in the Sarony story when the entire 'stock in trade' was sold by Hobbiss in 1871. Retaining customers and the repeat business which they brought to the studio was obviously very important and that is why holding on to the negatives was so important, reprints could be made, a service which was often advertised on the back of the carte de visites. To assist in this the glass plates were sometimes numbered and details recorded in a day book, the negative number would be written on the back of the carte de visite or cabinet card. Sometimes the sitters name was even written on the backs of the photographs, although this is quite rare. A few examples of the mounting cards that were used are shown alongside the listings. Sometimes these can provide useful information about the studio and can help date the photograph. The design of these cards changed considerably from the 1850s through to 1910. At first the designs were quite plain but later they became much more elaborate. More information on these cards can be found here. Some early photographs were produced on glass and other materials and late in the 19th century portraits were sometimes printed on postcards.
Some studio archives still exist from the Victorian Era, such as the W W Winter collection in Derby, where tens of thousands of glass plate negatives have survived. Their ledgers however have not survived and it is said that they were give up when there was an appeal for paper during the first world war. It has been possible to visit the Winters studio during heritage weekends and if this continues it is certainly well worth a visit. Quite remarkably the studio is still operating today. There is also a collection of glass plate negatives from the Brunskill studios, in Ambleside, where records of the sitters do still exist.
Before the days when studios were lit by electricity the photographers relied on daylight. During the days of the daylight studio, buildings were converted with glass roofs being a popular feature. Due to the very nature of these leaky structures even if the building has survived the glass roof would not have, the roofs would have had to be replaced by a more conventional construction. When a photographer first set up a studio modifications to the buildings would have been required, and this required a considerable investment, and so it would have made perfect sense for the studios to be passed on from one photographer to another. You will see in this list that some studio addresses appear several times with different photographers taking charge. When electricity was finally introduced then some studios such as Rosemonts in Bond Street advertised that they had both Daylight and Electric Light Studios.
Thanks to those who have previously compiled lists of Leeds Photographers, these have been used as a starting point when drawing up the list shown below. This list has been compiled from a number of sources. It is currently being checked for accuracy and amended as necessary. Main sources have been Local Directories, British Newspaper Archives, RPS listings, my own Carte De Visite collection, Early Photographers In Leeds 1839-1870 and A Faithful likeness by Heathcote.. Quite a lot of new information has been added in the last eight years, however it should be noted that this list is not complete and the dates of the studios are approximate. It will be an ongoing task to maintain and modify the list drawing on new information as it comes to light, this should gradually improve its accuracy. Hopefully the list will be useful to anyone trying to date old photos of family members. The start and end dates will be verified, where possible, by reference to local press advertising and any information that can be gleaned from carte de visites, cabinet cards, magazines and books, or information from the descendants of the photographers, some of which have already been in touch.
If you have any information on the studios or have photographs which have been dated then do please do get in touch and the best way to do this is via email. stpud2011@gmail.com Thank you.
Where addresses are given and no date has been shown then the information has been gathered from the addresses shown on the back of carte de visites. If an address is underlined then this shows that I have an example from the studio showing the address. Where a hyper link is provided then there is a biography of the Studio/Photographer either on this website or elsewhere. Dates showing a + sign before or after then this indicated that the studio date was extended beyond the date shown, but as yet no accurate start or end date can be found.
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Alexander and Billington, 39, Park Lane 1898-1899
Percy Alexander, 39 Park Street, 1898-1900
Henry Allinson, 4-5 Victoria Bridge, Victoria Road, Holbeck 1861-63 (Poss ends 1878)
Anderson Bros, Goodman Terrace, 1897
31, Neven Street, 1899
James G Atkinson, Corner of Fenton Street and Woodhouse Lane
Arthur & Co, 23b Hanover Street 1899-1900
Joe Adamson, 22 Gresham Street, 1886-89
Lonsdale Abell 8, Belle Vue Terrace, 1876-78 (home address) Lonsdale Abell, 40 Albion Street, 1881-1883
Lonsdale Abell, Kendall Lane, St Johns Hill
Ex School Master Lonsdale Abell took up photography. In 1882 he Left England and moved to Brisbane, Australia along with his family, he arrived there in November, he died in Australia on the 20th May 1884, aged 57
John William Atkinson, 13 Carr Street, 1857
James G Atkinsonm, Corner of Fenton Street and Woodhouse Lane
Thomas Atkinson, 70, Park Lane 1870
Fred Ash, 15 New Briggate 1908
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James Bacon & Sons, 38 Commercial Street +1908+
James Bacon, 149 Woodhouse Lane, 1898-1902+
Thomas Bacon 149 Woodhouse Lane, 1894-97
J Bailey, Pudsey
John Baum opposite White Horse Hotel, Boar Lane 1855
Baume, White Horse Hotel, Boar Lane, 1855-56
George Balme, 30 Tulip Cres, Hunslet 1878
George Bannister, Cowling, 1889-99
Hartley Baron Late Eddisons 14 New Briggate
J Bardin, Blackburn Yard, Holbeck Lane, 1900
Harry Barraclough, Gildersome, 1889
W Barraclough, Otley
Edward Beaumont, 14 Melville Place +1908+
Joseph Bellwood, 7 Bude Road, 1897
William Lawford Berry, Gomersal, 1877-1900+
Archibald C Beilby, Roundhay
S C Bellhouse, 127 Victoria Road, Headingley
Billington of Alexander and Billington, 1890-99
Benjamin Brown Bingley, Gascoigne’s Yard Boar Lane, 1856-58
Johnson Boak, 61 New Briggate +1902+
Edward Boot
18 Central Market 1855-1870
New Briggate 1871-1883
Established at 18 Central Market as a general dealer in 1846, photographic studio being advertised from 1855. Photographs framed from one shilling upwards.
From 1863 CDV 10s per doz or 2s 6d for one. Notice to quit premises served 1870 due to redevelopmen Edward Boot given over £300 compensation.
From 1871 at New Briggate. CDV 5s per doz up to 1872, continued as photographer and lived at 23 Nile Street from 1875, died 2nd July 1883 aged 53
J Bontoft Brook Street, Ilkley
Jesse Bontoft Wells Road, Ilkley
Bontoft and Scott, West View House, Ilkley
John Berry Boden,
57, Park Lane 1861-70
123, Park Lane 1875-89
2 Caroline Street, 1870-78
2 Hanover Lane, 1881-89
25 Hanover Square, 1890-93
19 Winfield Mount, 1897
W A Bowes 6 Dodsworth’s Court, Briggate 1855
Thomas F F Borwell, 30 Lady Pit Lane, 1900
Robert Broadhead, Imperial Studio, 82 Woodhouse Lane 1881-83
Robert Broadhead, Sheepscar Studio, 194 North Street 1875-1908+
Charles Henry Braithwaite, Navey and Braithwaite April1856 to Sept 1857
C H Braithwaite, Nr Top of Briggate Established 1857
Reinhardt’s Yard, 75a Briggate 1857-88
82 Albion Street, 1888-1894
Charles died in Jan 1902 aged 85. In his later years he was living with his daughter Emily Emmott in Leeds but had been living in Ilkley for a while.
Arthur William Braithwaite, 82 Albion Street, 1892-1899
Son of C H Braithwaite. Arthur's wife Mary Jane was also a photographer. The family lived in Ilkley in 1881 and Arthur was also there in 1891. He died in 1899 aged 55.
M J Braithwaite, 82 Albion Street, 1897-1898
Walter Braithwaite, 8 Monkbridge Road +1902+
Son of C H Braithwaite, well known Artist. died Feb 1917 aged 66
W I Brockbank, Bridge Street Studio, Otley. 1889-1900 (previously worked for Edson and Demaine)
J Brook, 14 Beckett Street
Thomas Brook, 14 Becket Street +1902-1908+
James Edward Brook, 4 Grosvenor Crescent, 1894- 1902+
Stewart Daniel Brooke, 29 Victoria Road, 1897
J S Brookes, 29 Hartwell Place, 1898
Owen Brooks, 83, Dewsbury Road 1893-1902+Owen Brooks, Bewerley Street
James Brown
11 New Station Street, 1889
72 Boar Lane 1890-91 also Manchester and Leicester
P Bridger, 38 Fleece Lane, Meadow Lane
John Brayshaw, 59a Wellington Road, 1878-81
63a Wellington Road, 1882-83
Thomas Henry Briggs,
Ramsden and Briggs, 18 Park Row 1856
12 Sheepscar Street, 1857
Huggon and Briggs, 30 Park Row, 1861
21 Guildford Street, 1863
Henry G Briggs 12 Kelsall Street, 1897-98
16 Cookridge Street 1899-
R Broadhead, 194 North Street +1902+
Wilfred Beecher Broomfield, 72 Boar Lane, 1892-1893
Barnes Bell and Brown, 1a Commercial Street, 1881-87
Manager Roxby and Hemmons?
Alexander Brown, 29 Kings Avenue, 1892-93
Thomas W Brown, 77 North Street, 1861
76a North Street, 1863
78 North Street, 1866
Fred Strong Brownhill, 25 Hanover Lane, 1897
Albert Brundett, 115 North Street, 1890-91
William Brunton, Cookridge Street, 1857
James Burras,
2 Wilson Road, 1866
Wilson Row, Wellington Road, New Wortley
Wellington House, 61 Wellington Street, New Wortley 1870-73
Daniel Burden, 115 Bayswater Road, 1898
Charles Burrows and Arthur Walter Broughton, 24a Meadow Road, 1872-73
John T Burton, 15 Henfield Grove, 1894
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William Henry Chaffer, 4 Scarboro Street 1872-73
James Chapman, 72 Kirkstall Road, 1870
1 Stanhope Street.
150 Kirkstall Road 1872-87
William Chapman, 7 Thornhill Terrace, 1898
William Cheffins, Swallow Hill
Child and Wormald, 13, Great George Street, 1856-59
William Child, 14 and 66 Wellington Street 1861-1899
Child & Co, 14 Wellington Street, 1900+
City Stereoscopic Company, 26a Woodhouse Lane, 1897
John Clark and William Brunton, Cookridge Street, 1856-1858
John Braithwaite Clarkson, 2 Brook Place, Cross Green Lane 1886-87J D Clarkson, 2 Brook Place, Cross Green Lane
Emma Clarkson, 2 Brook Place, 1888
Claphams, Corner of Kelsall Street, Wade Lane, Leeds. Pic of studio
John M Coppinger, 144 Burley Road, 1872-6
William Scott Cotton, 28 Bexley Grove, 1897
Henry Craven, 35 Dixon Lane, 1897 Harry Craven, Hall Lane, Armley +1902+
J Craven, 25 Upper North Street
T H Crosslands, Upper Accomodation Road, 1887
Jesse Crossthwaite, 18 Park Row, 1872-73
Crossthwaite and Heaps, 14 New Briggate, 1888-91
George A Croudson, Cookridge Street, 1861
20 Upper Accomodation Road, 1882-83
William Benjamin Cunliffe, 40 and 40a Albion Street Leeds, 1886-88 Also at York and StrensallW B Cunliffe, 105 and 107 Albion Street
107 Albion Street, 1889-93
105 Albion Street, 1890-1893 Also at Hammerton Street Bradford
Cunningham and Wilson, St Anne’s Street, Woodhouse Lane, 1855
George and Wilson Cunningham, St Ann’s Street, Woodhouse Lane 1855
John Cunningham, 124 Wellington Road, 1870
James Curtriss, Trinity Street, 1881
69a Boar Lane, 1882-83
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Alex Denney, 10 Glasshouse street, Hunslet, 1872-73
Sarony and Dickinson 1863 - See Sarony
William Davidson Dinnie, 18 Park Row, 1886-1899
8 Bond Street, 1900-1902+
Thomas Dixon, 3 Infirmary Street, 1853-57
William Dobbings, 14 Wade Lane, 1857-58
David Dove, 3a Louis Street, 1888-1889 4 Harriet Street, Chapeltown Rd, 1890-91
Dubois, 18 Park Row, Leeds late of Paris 1885 A and M Dubois, in 1885 now A Dubois. Studio named Parisian Photographic Studio. From August a Mr A Leslie announced that it was under new management.
G Duval & Co, 11 New Station Street, 1890-91
George Duce, Wellington Road, Near Holbeck Station, New Wortley 1864-75
Joseph Duce, Wellington Road, 1872
Durhams Ltd, 100 Briggate +1902+
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Eastmid Co Ltd 12 Kelsall Street, 1900
C Loyd Eastlake, 26 Hulland Street +1902+
Henry John Easton, 31 Park Lane, 1897
1 Chapel Street, 1898
John E Eddison or Eddison Ltd Also at Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Barnsley and Dewsbury
14 New Briggate 1892-99
11 Guildford Street, 1894-99
1 Commercial Street, 1894-99
Humphrey Eden, 11 Kenealy Street, 1894
William Elland, 14 New Briggate 1899-1902+ Late Eddison
Joseph Ellis & Co, 27 Beeston Road, 1881
Arthur Ellis, New Street, Pudsey
W Emsley, White Lands, Rawdon
England (Roberts and England) 1894-1897
George Everson, Woodside, Horsforth, 1872-73
Excelsior Portrait Co, Oxford Place, 1897-1900+
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Fred, 15 New Briggate and Manchester
Alfred Fordsmith, 30 Park Row 1886-89 (Bankrupt in 1889)
Jemima Fordsmith, 30 Park Row, 1890-91
1890 Cabinet 6s per doz, Cartes 4s per dozen
Joseph Firth, 44 Queen Street 1886-97
Horace Flint, 77 Westover Road, Bramley 1893
Gilbert W Foster, Tower Building, 14 Woodhouse Lane, 1892-93
Charles Lindley Fountain, 9 Rock View Terrace, 1876
Fox, 30 Westover Road, 1894
William Henry Fox, 25 Norwood Road 1893
Tong Road, 1897
Lewis Edward Franks, 48 Briggate, 1857-58
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James Garbutt 10, Edinburgh Grove, 1897
James William Garbutt, 18 Armley Ridge Road, 1898-1900
Garner and Lonnergan, 3 Woodsley Road, 1900-1907 They also had a studio at Oldham. The partnership continued until 1907 when T E Lonergan continued the business in Leeds and W V Garner continued the studio at Oldham.
John Garratt, 115 North Street, 1892-1902+
Samuel Gaunt, 10 Holbeck Lane, 1867
Henry Geldard, 52 Holbeck Lane
Fred W Gibson, 1 Greenhow Avenue, 1897
Herbert Gilbey, 136 Oldfield Lane, 1897
WH Glassey, 33 Bismark Street, 1898
Henry Graham Glen, 2a Commercial Street, 1885-1895 Late of TorquayHad previously worked in Edinburgh (1865-1869), Belfast (1870-1877) and Torquay (1878-1885)
Started printing business in Wortley from around c1895
Ashfield House, 37 Lower Wortley Road, 1896-1908
Postcard production started from around 1902 (date to be confirmed)
John William Goodacre, Town Street, Horsforth, 1886-89
Warner Gothard, 11 Park Row, 1897-1902+ Also at Barnsley, Dewsbury and Halifax
William Gowland, 16 Edware View, 1894
W P Greenwood, Farsley, (could be advert)
Edgar J Gregson, Manager London Photo Co. 1897
Joseph Grimwell, Mistress Lane, 1863
Charles Groves, 309a Burley Road, 1892-1893
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W Fred Haddock, 11 Park Row, 1890-94
John Henry Haggitt, 117 North Street, 1858-61
George Simpson Haigh, Hunslet Road, 1861
Albert Haigh, 18 Sydenham Place, Holbeck, 1894
Charles Hall, 13 Market Street, Briggate 1864-81
William Hanson, 18 Park Row, 1861-64
25 or 71 Great George Street, 1866-94 Est 1860 example dated 1880
Rufus Hanson, 44 Low Moor Side, Farnley, 1882-93 44 Long Road, Farnley, 1894-99#
George Hardy, 7 Belle View Terrace, 1 Commercial Street 1875
Harehills Photographic Co 102 Marsh Lane +1902+
William Harper, 9 Butts Court, 1861
Tom Harper, 7 Carlton Terrace, 1861-63
Henry Harper, 7 Carlton Terrace, 1866
Lincoln Chambers, Cookridge Street, 1870-77
Arthur Harrison, 11 Park Street, 1898-1902+
Gerald Harrison, 13 Delhi Street, 1882-83
49 Holdforth Street, 1888-97
Harry Harrison, 175 Meanwood Road, 1893-99
C Harrison, 175 Meanwood Road, 1897
James Harrison, 6 Great George Street, 1855-56
172 Woodhouse Lane, 1857-73
28 Woodhouse Lane, 1875-78
Harrison & Sons, 28 Woodhouse Lane, 1881-93
James Harrison 89 Albion Street, 1897
John Harrison, Broadhead Chambers, Albion Street, 1894-97
Joseph C Harrison, 18 Park Row, 1870
William Harrison, 73 Cemetery Road, Beeston Hill, 1894
William Herbert Harrison 68 Meadow Road, 1888-1902+
Alfred Hayward and George Wilkinson, Leamington Street, 1875
Thomas Harvey and Richard Reynolds 13 Briggate, 1854-59
Harvey, Reynolds and Fowler, 10 Briggate, 1860-64
Harvey Reynolds & Co, 14 Commercial Street, and Briggate, 1865-86
Joseph Lofthouse Heaps, 20 Waverley Street, 1894
New Briggate
Robert Shiel Henderson, 159 Belle View Road, 1897-98
Henry Bedford Hemmons, Manager Brown Barnes and Bell, 1881
William Hemming Manager London Photo Co, 1893
Henry Hepworth, 64 Cobourg Street, 1855-56
67 Queen’s Place, 1857-58
Hirst & Sons, Victoria Sudio, Fink Hill, Horsforth, 1886-93
Henry Hodgson, 22 Cedar Road, 1899-1900
John James Hobbiss, 15 Park Place, April 1865 - July 1866
1 Commercial Place, 1867- May 1870
corner of Portland Crescent and Great George Street 1870 -
Hobbiss had worked for Oliver Sarony for several years managing his studios in Leeds and Scarborough. He took over Sarony's business in Leeds in 1865. Edmund Wormald bought the negatives of Hobbiss in Dec 1870.
Israel Holdsworth, 13 Market Street, 1855-1861
Joshua Holland, Rider Street, 1870
Alfred Charles Hoskins, 12 Park Lane, 1894-1902+
John Houghton, 1 Percy Place 1882-83
1 Oldfield Lane, 1886
30 Copley Hill, 1887-1899
82 Albion Road, 1900-1902+
J Houghton, Opp top of Wellington Road, New Wortley
William Huggon, Photographic Portrait Institution
Samuel G Hudson, Opposite Albion Brewery, Great George Street 1855
H Houghton, Opp top of Wellington Road, New Wortley
27 Park Row, 1842-47
30 Park Row, 1849-1856
Huggon & Co, 30 Park Row, 1857-1881
William Huggon was a pioneer in photography and an analytical chemist who lectured in Chemistry at the Leeds Mechanics Institute, from 1842 for 18 years.
Thomas A Huggins, 84 North Street, 1875
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E Ireland, 40 Albion Street and in Bradford, Manchester and Liverpool
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Messrs Jackolett, American School of Photography, Boar Lane, 1859
Harry Jackson, 3 Vernon Street, 1887-1899 H Jackson 7 Vernon Street, +1902+
Jackson, 47 Woodhouse Lane and Vernon Street
1894 H Jackson, Vernon Studio, Woodhouse Lane, second street above Higher Grade School, Woodhouse Lane
Samuel Jackson, 9 Leeming Street, 1886
3/5 leeming Street, 1897-1900
Moses Jagger, 16a Richardshaw Lane, 1894-99
William Warren Jepson, 3 Woodsley Road, (over Yorkshire Penny Bank) 1895-99
30 Park Row, 1899+
Warren Jepson 3 Cookridge Street +1902+
Warren Jepson & Co, 38 Hanover Street, 1908-1911+
Regent Works off Hyde Park Road 1938
Charles Johnson, 6 Dodsworth Court Briggate, 1872-1900+
Miss Elizabeth Johnson, 6 Dodsworth Court, Briggate, 1872-1900+
Arthur Johnstone, 88 Albion Street, 1899
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Kershaw, 86 Skinner Avenue, 1882-83
Miss Mary Kinsley, 13a Market Street, 1899
James George Kirby, 46a Boar Lane, 1881
Saville Kirk Skipton Road, Ilkley
Miss Esther Olive Kitchin, 42 Lady Pit Lane, 1894-99
30 Lady Pit Lane, 1900-1902+
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Edward Lamb, 8 Moorfield Terrace, Yeadon 1899
E Lamb, Moorfield Studio, Yeadon
E Lamb, Dam Lane, Yeadon
Amos Lambert, Wellington Street, 1856
and Castle Market 1856
129 North Street 1857-1861
James Bogie Law Manager A & G Taylor, New Briggate 1878-89
J B Law & Co 5 New Briggate 1890-91
J B Law & Co, Leeds and Huddersfield, Queen Anne’s Buildings, New Briggate, Late A and G Taylor.
Charles Leach, Town Street Armley 1863-89
8 Athlone Street, Armley 1890-91
George Leach, 104 Park Lane 1890-91
Harold Leach Pontefract Lane, 1897
R Leak & Co 77 Westover Road, Bramley 1897-1902+
Edward Lee, 19 Midland Road, 1897
Arthur Leighton, 1 Commercial Street, 1898-99
Thomas Litherland, 3 Hunslet Road, 1868-1883
David M Linley, Cross Louis Street, Leopold St, Chapeltown Road
London Photographic Co. Managers Thomas Philips 1888
William Heming 1893
Edgar Gregson 1897
also at New Briggate 1886-1900+
London Portrait Co 2 Commercial Street, 1897-1900+
Fred Walker Lord, Bradford Row, Birstall, 1894
B Lowe, Brook Street, Ilkley
Michael Angelo Lowther, 56 Trafalgar Street, 1857-61
John Luscombe, Hunslet Road, 1870-75
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Alexander Macaulay, 10 Great George Street, 1854-75
36 Great George Street, 1876-78
Donald Mac Iver, 11 New Station Street 1886-88
8 Bond Street 1889-99
3 Victoria Road, Headingley 1890-94
Mac Iver & Co, 12 Kelsall Street, 1900+
A Maude, 70 Tunbridge Street
Tom Maloni, 5 Blenheim Terrace +1902+
Arthur Mann, 17 Bayswater Road, 1898
William H Mann, 22 Vicar Lane, 1875
Henry B Medcalfe, 32 Wellington Road
Middleton & Shephard, 10 Pleasant Row, Quarry Hill
John Milner, Dewsbury Road, 1870
J Milner and Son, Leeds and Ilkley
West View House
Edward Morcomb, 39 Bayswater Road, 1894
H Morton, 3 Infirmary Street, 1854
John Murray, 5 Bath Road, 1870
William Myers, Holbeck Lane 1881 17 Domestic Street, 1881
52 Holbeck Lane, 1882-83
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Joseph Navey and Millard, 14 Bishopgate, 1854
Joseph Navey and Charles Henry Braithwaite, 35 Albion Street, 1856-57
Joseph Navey, 35 Albion Street, 1857-58
40 Albion Street, 1861-66
Thomas Dickinson Nettleton, st Mark’s Road, 1870 16 Cookridge Street, 1872-1894
30 Cookridge Street
1 Fenton Place 1878
Samuel Arthur Nichols, 107 Albion Street, 1897-1894
Richard Thomas Nicholson, Crosshills, 1881
65 Spenceley Street, 1898
Robert T Nicholson, 65 Spenceley Street, 1899-1902+
R T Nicholson, St Mark’s Street
Nicholsons Studio, Spenceley Street
T Nicholson, Wetherby, Leeds
John Nicholson, 65 Spenceley Street, 1897
Allen Nield, 23a Queen’s Arcade, 1892-1902+
36 Upper Balcony, Queens Arcade, 1899-1900+
Allen Nield, Lindenthorpe, Linden Road, Leeds also at Manchester, Stockport and Stalybridge
Allen Nield, 38 Rowland Road Leeds, Chief Office Printing and Enlarging Works +1902+
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James Oates, Fulneck, 1872-78
Edwin/Ernest Charles Oddy, 102a Marsh Lane, 1897-99
Odgen 1854
John S R Oke, 30 Park Row 1866
James Osborne, Smithfield Marekt, 1866
40 Elland Road, 1872-73
John Oswell, 6 Selby Street, 1870
4 Napoleon Street, 1872-75
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Thomas Palliser, 2 St Mark’s Street, 1861-67
Richard Parish, 69 Theaker Lane, 1898
Pinfold Lane, 1898
Alex Penkett, 87 Meadow Lane, 1861
Perkins & Co 5 Vernon Street, +1902+
Ernest Pettingell, 37a Briggate, 1898-99
L Peverelle & Co, 2 Trinity Street, 1882-83
Thomas Phillips, Manager London Photo Co, 1888
Photographic Portrait Institution, 27 Park Row, 1842-47
30 Park Row, 1849
Charles Richard Hattersley Pickard, Victoria Buildings, 8 Park Lane, 1897-1900+
5 Park Lane (Commercial) +1902+
Alfred P Pilling, 3 Albert Street, Holbeck, +1902+
Isaac Preston, 76 North Street, 1866Sheepscar Photographic Studio, 105 North Street, 1867-70
194 North Street, 1872
I Preston, Sheepscar Post Office, North Street
Hugh Prichard Leeds Photographic Institution, 27 Park Row, 1842
Henry Pumelle Bennett Road, 1897-1900+
65 Headingley Lane +1902+
James Purchon, 13 Wellington Street, 1857-58
William Purvis, 6 Nelson’s Yard, 1864
47 Briggate, 1866
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M Radcliffe, Bennett Road, 1897
Ramsden & Briggs, 18 Park Row, 1856
John William Ramsden, 18 Park Row, 1857-187621 Park Lane, in front of Town Hall, 1877-1879
21 Victoria Square, 1887
Spring Ville, Far Headingley
Archibald Ramsden 18 Park Row Photographic Editor Exposition 1878
Arton Ramsden, 38 Vaux Street, Hunslet, 1875-88
Joseph Raven, 44 or 53 Cookridge Street, 1882-86
Rembrandt Studios, Calvert’s Chambers, 8 Commercial Street +1902+
Mrs Emily Richardson, Balm Road Hunslet, 1870
Thomas Richardson, 5 Sydenham Place, 1886
29 Domestic Street, Holbeck, 1886-1894
T Richardson, Domestic Street, St Manns field
J Richardson, Holbeck
James Roberts, 19 Great George Street, 1877-81
Samuel Roberts, 115 North Street, 1876-81
Roberts & Co, 115 North Street, 1882-89
Roberts & England, Viaduct Road, 1894-97
William Robinson, 60, Victoria Road, 1872-73
John Robson, 1, Hunslet Road, 1863
William C Roxby manager Brown Barnes & Bell 1886-87 1a, Commercial Street, 1888-93
W Roxby, Newton Road and 1 Commercial Street
Fred William Ruba
Ruba & Vanburgh, 13a Market Street, 1900+
Ruba & Harrison 175 Meanwood Road, 1900
Ruba & Co, 175 Meanwood Road, +1902+
William Rusby, 46 Sweet Street, 1872-76
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J J Sadler Photo Dealer, 23 Park Row, 1897
Arthur Ernest Salter, 30 Park Row, 1892-93
Sarony and Dickinson, 15 Park Place, 1862-1863
Oliver Sarony, 15 Park Place, 1863-66
Sarony was one of the most celebrated photographers of the Victorian Era. His studio in Scarborough was magnificent and one of the best studios in Europe. From the mid 1840s Sarony operated as an itinerant photographer, until eventually in the late 1850s he decided to settle down. His studio in Leeds was operating at the same time as his Scarborough studio. His Leeds studio was sold to Hobbiss who had been working for Sarony.
Thomas Schofield, Fox Terrace, Dewsbury Road, 1856
Albert Scott, 71 New Briggate, 1886
Joseph Scott, 147 Lower Wortley Road, 1887
Walter Scott, The Grove, Ilkley
Francis Scrimshaw, 28 Woodhouse Lane, 1898-1900+ Late Wilkinson
J Shuttleworth Ilkley
A Seaman & Son, 31 Park Lane, 1898-1900+
H Seaman and Sons, Victoria Square and at Chesterfield, Ilkeston and Sheffield
James Shaw, 69 Hunslet Road, 1857-58
Henry Sherwood, Kirkstall Road, 1857-58
Joseph Silcock, 1 Clovelly Place, 1897
Peter Paul Skeolan, 14 Commercial Street, 1864-71
John Sladen, 20 Cookridge Street, 1870-7353 Cookridge Street, 1875-1881
William Smith, 33/35/77/55/57 Park Lane, 1870-1881
1 Commercial Street, 1876-78
14 New Briggate, 1881-87
Smith & Co, High Street, Yeadon, 1893
J R Smith Park Row, Richardshaw Lane, Stanningley
John Kirby Smith, Apperley Lane, Rawdon, 1894
M Smith, Church Street, Kirkstall, 1872-73
Mabel S Smith, 107 Albion Street
M & F Smith, 107, Albion Street +1908+
S Speight Morley, 1876-78
Squire Speight, 34 Wellington Road, 1877
Charles Edward Spencer, 61 New Briggate, 1886-1900+
William Spencer, Brunswick Studio, 35 Richardshaw Lane, Pudsey +1908+
Samuel Stansfield, 28 Goodman Street, 1872-73
Hunslet Road, 1878-83
30 Park Row, 1882-83
Joseph Stephenson, 33a North Street, 1864
John Steward, 77 Hunslet Lane 1898
75 Hunslet Lane, 1900
Samuel Swinson, 26 Bayswater Place, 1894-97
Miss Alice Josephine Swithenbank, 26 Holland Street, Hunslet Road, 1900+
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Andrew and George Taylor, New Briggate, 1877-89Manager 1881 William Middleton
86 North Street, 1890-91
New Briggate, 1891-1900+
A and G Taylor, 3 New Briggate and Many other towns. +1908+
A and G Taylor, Queen Anne’s buildings, New Briggate
Taylor, 17 Hanover Lane, Leeds and Halifax, Rochdale and Wakefield
A H Taylor Ltd, 17 Hanover Lane +1908+
Percy M Teasdale, 90 Albion Street, 1894
Arthur Thawley, 22 Galway Grove, Hunslet Hall Road 1892-94
309 Burley Road, 1894-1908+
72 Boar Lane, 1897-1900+
Denis R Thompson, 55a Park Lane, 1899-1908+
Thompson, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Sunderland and Newcastle on Tyne
Fred Thornton, 20 Oxley Street, 1897
Archibald Thwaites, 8 Tenth Avenue, 1893-94
John Varley Titterington, 97 Church Street, Hunslet 1866
Israel Todd, North Parade, Otley 1880-1885
Thomas Todd, 55 North Street, 1870-7534 Wellington Road, 1876
Thomas Todd, Roundhay Park, Photographic artist and enameller
William C Tomlinson, Cross Carlton Street, 1866
Samuel Topham and Hugh Pritchard
27 Park Row, 1842
Topham & Co, 27 Park Row, 1842-48
Samuel Topham, 27 Park Row, 1844-1848 ??
Samuel Topham & Son, 27 Park Row, 1848
30 Park Row, 1849-53
John Turner, Mount Preston, 1863-70
William Turner, 40 Albion Street, 1870-78
V
George Villiers, St Ann’s Street, Woodhouse Lane, 1853
Lionel Vanburg, 161 Roundhay Park, 1899-1900+
Vanburgh, Briggate
Arthur Vale, 150 Kirkstall Road +1908+
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Walter Walker, Kirkstall Road, 1888-89 352 Kirkstall Road, 1890-91
W Walker, Cardigam Studio, Kirkstall Road
Harry Walker, 134 ToStanningley, 1893-94
Frank Walton, 28 New Briggate, 1878-1902+
51a New Briggate, 1887-98
13, Crimbles Street +1908+
Arthur Tom Cavill Walker, Bentley Hill, Meanwood, 1886
Stonegate Road, Meanwood, 1888-91
George Felix Watson, The City Studio, 55a Park Lane, 1894-98
John Webster, 14 Holdforth Street, 1872-73
John Wetherill, 37 St Paul’s Street, 1857-58
98 Briggate, 1861-64
Albert James Wheeler, 55 Burmantoft’s Street, 1897
George Wheeler, 55 Burmantoft’s Street, 1897
Bruce Lionel White, 1 Regent Park Avenue, 1900-1902+
Bank Buildings, Headingley Lane +1908+
S E and A E Whitehead Bagley Lane, Rodley
J T Wilson, Chapeltown
Wilkinson & Thornton, 28 Woodhouse Lane, 1894-97
Squire Wilson, 102 Marsh Lane, 1876-78
William Wilson, 63a Wellington Road, New Wortley, 1886-87
J T Wilson Chapeltown
John E Wilson, 22 Lambton Terrace, 1894
Samuel Wilson, 45 Bayswater Road, 1898
12 St Alban Place, 1900-1902+
Hubert Winterhalter, 84/86 North Street, 1881-1897
Heslop Woods, 12 Kelsall Street, 1886-1896
After going bankrupt in 1896 he moved to Scarborough and started business with his nephew Robert Sanderson Woods operating as Woods & Co 1899 - 1910+
Solomon Woolston, 8 Banstead Street +1902+
Wormald & Child, 13 Great George Street, 1856-59
Edmund Wormald, 13 Great George Street, 1860-1872
46 Great George Street, 1872-1887
Wormald Brothers, 46, Great George Street, 1888-90
1890 was a tragic year for Edmund Wormald. His wife and son died within four weeks of each other, and his partnership with his brother Joseph was dissolved. Joseph continued his photographic
business and died in 1911. He is buried at Lawnswood Cemetery in Leeds.
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Joseph Wormald, 46 Great George Street, 1866-1900+
142 Hunslet Road +1902-1908+
Richard Wright, 22 Rockingham Street, 1870
George Wright, 40 Beverley Avenue, 1898
32 Lady Pitt Lane +1908+