The information below details dates during which some of the early Victorian & Edwardian photographers worked in the Chester & North East Wales area. The information has been extracted from local commercial directories such as Pigot's, Whites & Kelly's.
I find the information useful in the approximate dating of both Carte de Visite and Cabinet photographs of the period. Used in conjunction with Roger Vaughan's excellent site for dating old photos you might just be able to make sense of some of those old photos for which you have no information.
| Photographer |
Address |
Entries found for Year(s) |
| American Midget Co |
29 Northgate St., Chester |
1908 -1910 |
| W H Ankers |
6 City Road, Chester |
1903, 1905 |
| George Atkinson |
82 Northgate Street, Chester |
1892, 1893, 1894, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905 -1910 |
| Bar Bros |
Queen Studios, Regent St., Wrexham |
1913 |
| John Bates |
Rhosymedre, Ruabon |
1868 |
| Bennett & Co |
High St., Rhyl |
1912 |
| William H Bishop |
Kinmel St., Rhyl |
1874, 1876, 1883 |
| Thomas Black |
26a Hope St., Wrexham |
1881, 1882, 1883 |
| Joseph Brandebourg |
14 St Werburgh Street, Chester |
1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 |
| Mrs Isabella Brown |
7 Brighton Rd., Rhyl |
1889 |
| John Brown |
3 Kinmel St., Rhyl |
1874, 1876, 1883, 1886, 1889 |
| Thomas Brown |
3 Kinmel St., Rhyl |
1868 |
| Brown, James & Bell |
33 Regent St., Wrexham |
1881, 1882 |
| O G Carter |
31 Grosvenor Street, Chester |
1878 |
| Catherall & Pritchard |
Eastgate Row, Chester |
1874, 1878, 1879 |
| Catherall & Pritchard |
99 Lower Bridge Street, Chester |
1880 |
| Mrs Hannah Charles |
8 Brook Street, Chester |
1870, 1871, 1874 |
| John Charles |
3 Brook Street, Chester |
1860, 1868 |
| Chicago Photo Studio |
Cranes Buildings, Regent St., Wrexham |
1913 |
| T Chidley |
14 St Werburgh Street, Chester |
1905 - 1910 |
| Clulow & Tomlinson |
1 Bank St., Wrexham |
1913 |
| Chas. Cockbain |
1 Bank St., Wrexham |
1881, 1882 |
| Edward Coffin |
15 Bradford St, Handbridge, Chester |
1902 |
| George Mark Cook |
13 Brook Street, Chester |
1892 |
| G M Cook |
110 Foregate Street, Chester |
1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905 - 1910 |
| James S Cornaby |
North Parade, Llandudno |
1868 |
| William Crowe |
19 Charles St., Wrexham |
1868, 1874, 1876, 1886 |
| David Davies |
New St., Mold |
1886 |
| F & M Davies |
High St., Mold |
1912 |
| J Davies & Co |
26 Hope St., Wrexham |
1889 |
| Joseph Davies |
26 Wellington Road, Rhyl |
1886 |
| Joseph Davies & Co |
26a Hope St., Wrexham |
1886 |
| T Dowe |
Castle St., Caergwrle |
1912 |
| Thomas Edge |
Gloddaeth St., Conway |
1868 |
| Benjamin Richard Edwards |
Sand St., Newmarket (Trelawnyd), Flints. |
1868 |
| William Edwards |
26 Hope St., Wrexham |
1868, 1874 |
| Richard Evans |
36 Foregate Street, Chester |
1870, 1871 |
| Edmund J Eyres |
Church Walks, Llandudno |
1868 |
| William Henry Fromont |
34 St Martins in the Fields, Chester |
1902 |
| W H Fromont |
Forest House Chambers, Chester |
1905 - 1909 |
| John Greatorex |
Buckley, Nr Mold. |
1883 |
| T R Hammond |
1 Rose Hill St., Caergwrle |
1912 |
| T P Hayden |
Whitford St., Holywell |
1912 |
| W G Helsby |
24 Vales St., Denbigh |
1876, 1883 |
| T Hicks & Co |
The Bars, Chester |
1868 |
| James Frank Holoway |
24 Grosvenor Road, Chester |
1880, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905 -1910 |
| R E Hooton |
The Studio, Church St., Flint |
1912 |
| G Hughes |
42 Chester St., Saltney |
1905 |
| S Hurst |
3 High St., Wrexham |
1913 |
| W D Hyde |
30 Duke Street, Chester |
1905 - 1910 |
| Dave W Jacubs |
2 Central Arcade, Wrexham |
1913, 1924 |
| Constantine Jennings |
38 Bridge St., Chester |
1892, 1893, 1894 |
| E S Jones |
Kinmel St., Rhyl |
1912 |
| Mrs Mary Jones |
56 Vale St., Denbigh |
1874, 1876 |
| PC Jones |
Caxton Buildings, Hope St., Wrexham |
1874, 1876 |
| Pryce Jones |
50 Hope St., Wrexham |
1868 |
| Richard G Jones |
Bagillt, Holywell |
1874 |
| Samuel D Jones |
Foregate St., Chester |
1868 |
| James Laing |
3 High St. & 59a Hope St., Wrexham |
1876 |
| W A Lamb |
Victoria Road, Chester |
1908 - 1910 |
| Edward Lancaster |
26 Grosvenor Street, Chester |
1868, 1870, 1871, 1874, 1880 |
| John Lancaster |
30 Grosvenor Street, Chester |
1860, 1868, 1871, 1878, 1879, 1880 |
| P M Lehman |
22 New St., Mold |
1889 |
| Edward Lettsome |
Hall St., Rhos, Nr Ruabon |
1868, 1874, 1876 |
| Lettsome & Sons |
Victoria Place, Llangollen |
1883 |
| London & Chester Photographic Co |
9 City Road, Chester |
1878, 1879, 1880, 1892, 1893, 1894 |
| London Portrait Co |
7 City Road, Chester |
1902 |
| London Portrait Co |
Forest House, Love St., Chester |
1908 -1910 |
| London Portrait Co |
26a Hope St., Wrexham |
1913 |
| Maclardy & Cogan |
Hope St., Wrexham |
1881, 1882 |
| Maclardy & Cogan |
3 Hope St. & 3 High St., Wrexham |
1883 |
| Anthony Thomas Martin |
1 The Bars, Chester |
1878, 1879, 1880 |
| J McGahey & Son |
Bold Place, Chester |
1855 |
| John McGahey |
Northgate Street, City Walls, Chester |
1860 |
| Miniature Portrait Studio |
Northgate Row, Chester |
1905 - 1907 |
| Minshull & Hughes |
30 Eastgate Street, Chester |
1870, 1871, 1874, 1878 |
| R W Morris |
7 St Werburgh Mount, Chester |
1892, 1893, 1894, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905 - 1910 |
| Samuel Oglesby |
Mostyn St., Llandudno |
1868 |
| Elisha Over |
51 Lower Bridge Street, Chester |
1874, 1878 |
| Ellisha Parkinson |
42 New St., Mold |
1874, 1876 |
| Ellisha Parkinson |
11 Chester St., Mold |
1883 |
| Mr Parkinson |
Chester St., Mold |
1886 |
| Silvester Parry |
11 St Martins in the Fields, Chester |
1874, 1880 |
| Silvester Parry |
7 St Werburghs Mount, Chester |
1878, 1880 |
| S Parry |
Godstall Lane, St Werburghs St, Chester |
1878, 1879 |
| S Parry |
St Werburgh Mount, Chester |
1880 |
| Philip Rae |
High St., Rhyl |
1912 |
| W Ratcliffe |
23 Queen St., Rhyl |
1912 |
| A W Riches & Co |
Market St., Rhyl |
1889 |
| R D Roberts |
Ship Square, Flint |
1868 |
| Richard F W Rowe |
1 Bank St., Wrexham |
1889 |
| William Sharp |
Eastgate Street Row, Chester |
1860 |
| L E Sims |
Buckley, Nr Mold |
1912 |
| A W Smith |
Regent St., Wrexham |
1913 |
| William Speed |
39 Grosvenor Street, Chester |
1868, 1870, 1871, 1874, 1878, 1879, 1880 |
| John A Stennett |
Bridge Street Row East, Chester |
1868 |
| John Stennet American Photographic Saloon |
Grosvenor Street, Chester |
1860 |
| Philip Christian Stortz |
Craig y Don, North Parade, Llandudno |
1860 |
| Philip Christian Stortz |
Church Walks, Llandudno |
1861 |
| C Stuart |
London Stamp Co, 23 High St., Rhyl |
1912 |
| Thomas L Taylor |
City Road, Chester |
1880 |
| David G Thomas |
51 Hope St., Wrexham |
1889 |
| John Thomas |
Regent St, Llangollen ( & at Liverpool) |
1874, 1876 |
| J W Thomas |
London Rd., Colwyn Bay |
1883 |
| Miss E A Toon |
3a High St., Wrexham |
1886, 1889 |
| H Vickers |
High St., Connahs Quay |
1912 |
| Lewis Volpe |
High St., Rhyl |
1874, 1876 |
| Lewis Volpe |
High St., Holywell & Rhyl |
1883 |
| Richard Weatherall |
Tower Hill, Denbigh |
1874, 1876, 1883 |
| Webster & Son |
19, Bridge Street Row, Chester |
1874, 1878 |
| G W Webster |
19 Bridge Street Row, Chester |
1878, 1879 |
| George Watmough Webster |
33 Bridge Street Row, Chester |
1880, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1900, 1901 |
| G W Webster |
31 Bridge Street Row, Chester |
1902, 1903 |
| William Wilkinson |
Pontblyddyn, Nr Mold |
1883 |
| William Bros |
Magnet Studios, High St., Rhyl |
1886, 1889 |
| J D Williams |
Station Rd., Flint |
1889 |
| John Williams |
Portland Studios, 23 High St., Rhyl |
1912 |
| E A Wilson |
22 Brook St., Chester |
1908, 1909 |
