There are many ways to date an old photograph including identifying the photographer who took the picture and finding out when they were trading. This section lists Victorian and Edwardian photographers in Buckinghamshire including portrait and landscape photographers. The approximate dates for each photographer are given based on entries in directories, newspapers and other sources. The photographers may have been in business before or after the dates given.
This article has been updated to include information from Kelly's Directories 1924 to 1939
Name | Address | Location | From | To | Comments |
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Adams, Frank | 98 & 99 Oxford Road | High Wycombe | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory | ||
Alderman, William | Post Office, Bletchley Road | Fenny Stratford | 1899 | 1907 | 1899 - portrait & landscape |
Anderson Arth J | Station Road | Woburn Sands, Bletchley | Appears in 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Artistic Portrait Co. | 91 High Street | Slough | 1907 | 1907 | |
Bartholomew, Henry | Great Linford | Newport Pagnell | 1899 | 1931 | Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory |
Bartlett, William Augustine | 84 High Street | Aylesbury | 1903 | 1903 | |
Blake, R. (Mrs) | West Street | Great Marlow | 1883 | 1883 | |
Bramble, Charles | Ambleside, Park Street | Slough | 1899 | 1899 | |
Bryant, Harry | 23 Church Street (1907) 151 High Street (1911 - 1915) |
Slough | 1907 | 1915 | |
Buckland, James | Dawes, East | Burnham | 1876 | 1876 | 1876 - "photographer & gardener" |
Burr, Andrew Thomas | 7 Great Western Street | Aylesbury | 1907 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory |
Buttram, Henry | Wolverton Road (1876) 18 High Street (1903 - 1915) |
Stoney Stratford | 1876 | 1915 | 1876 - Photographic Artist |
Butts, William | 42 High Street | Chesham | 1899 | 1915 | 1899, 1903 - R.S.O? 1903, 1907 - "photographer & tobacconist" 1911 - " & tobacconist, 92 Broad Street" |
Cannon, Ralph G | 113 Park Street | Aylesbury | Appears in 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Chapman, R & H |
Bridge Street (1924 - 1928) The Studio Well Street (1924 & 1931) |
Buckingham | Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Cheetham, Robert A. | Aylesbury Street | Fenny Stratford | 1903 | 1907 | |
Cherry, Albert Edward | Waddesdon | Aylesbury | 1911 | 1931 |
1911, 1915 - "photographer & assistant overseer" Appears in 1931 Kelly's Directory |
Christmas, W H | Aylesbury Road | Wendover | Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Colville, Frank | High Street | Marlow | 1915 | 1915 | |
Comber, William | 69 High Street, Eton | Windsor | 1876 | 1876 | 1876 - "carver, gilder, picture frame maker & photographer" |
Cort, George | High Street | Winslow-cum-Shipton | 1864 | 1864 | 1864 - "Birmingham & Staffordshire warehouse, gas fitter & photographer" |
Dann, F. & H. | Hughenden Road | Wycombe | 1870 | 1870 | able to make "special arrangements for sittings to be made at 23, Easton Street, or at the Glass Room" - see SWOP |
Derricutt, Francis | 9 North Street, New Bradwell | Wolverton | 1915 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory |
Drake, George Henry | 7 Mackenzie Street (1903 - 1907) 47 High Street (1911 - 1924) |
Slough | 1903 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory |
Drake, Cecil |
10 Burke's Par. Station Road 7 The Highway |
Beaconsfield Gerrard's Cross |
Appears in 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Ferris, Herbert Walter | High Street | Burnham | Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Findlow, F.J. & Co | 28 High Street (1888) 5 Easton street (1899 - 1915) |
Wycombe | 1888 | 1915 | - see SWOP |
Findlow, F.J. & Co | Station Road | Marlow | 1907 | 1907 | - see SWOP |
Fogg, John | High Street | Winslow-cum-Shiptno | 1864 | 1864 | |
Fountain, Reginald J | 42 High St | Aylesbury | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory | ||
Fulton Bros. | 12 Market Sq | Aylesbury | Appears in 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Garner, George | Colnbrook | Slough | 1911 | 1931 | Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory |
Green, Jas. | Slough | 1876 | 1876 | 1876 - "watchmaker, photographer, and velocipede maker" | |
Greville, T H |
118 High Street 62 High Street |
Slough Marlow |
Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Hayward, Edward | Chalvey | Slough | 1899 | 1899 | |
Hennigan, Edwin Bernard | 7 Wing Road Terrace, Linslade | Leighton Buzzard | 1911 | 1911 | |
Hearne, Chas | High St, | Chalfont St Peter | Appears in 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Hewitt, Edward A. | Station Road | Marlow | 1911 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 & 1928 Kelly's Directory |
Hill, Francis | 17 Oxford Street, Dovecot Meadow | Wycombe | 1883 | 1883 | - see SWOP |
Hills & Saunders | 109 High street, Eton | Windsor | 1864 | 1931 | Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory |
Hubbard, Vincent | 179 Cambridge Street (1911) 17 Great Western Street (1915) |
Aylesbury | 1911 | 1915 | |
Johnson, Bernard Townsend | 132 Cambridge Street | Aylesbury | 1907 | 1907 | |
Johnson, Miss Maud | High Street, | Amersham | Appears in 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Jowett, Sidney | 73 Broad Street | Chesham | 1907 | 1931 | Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory |
Keen, Maurice M | 9 Castle Street | High Wycombe | Appears in 1939 Kelly's Directory | ||
Kipping, Albert Edward | rear of 47 William Street | Slough | Appears in 1939 Kelly's Directory | ||
Kissack, Alfred D. | 130 High Street, Eton | Windsor | 1899 | 1915 | Appears in 1928, 1931 & 1939 Kelly's Directory |
Kitchener, M T | 22 St John Street | Newport Pagnell | Appears in 1924, 1928 1931 & 1939 Kelly's Directory | ||
Lambourne, Albert Frederick | 7 Newland Street | High Wycombe | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory | ||
Lambourne, Frederick | 34 Desborogh Road | Wycombe | 1907 | 1907 | |
Lansdown & Hucklebridge | Market Place | Chalfont St Peter | Appears in 1928 Kelly's Directory | ||
Lane, Thomas William W. | Old Road, Linslade | Leighton Buzzard | 1899 | 1907 | |
Lawrence, John George | 7 & 9 Great Western Street | Aylesbury | 1903 | 1903 | |
Lee Wm Rd | Nighingale Corner | Little Chalfont | Appears in 1939 Kelly's Directory | ||
Leeson, Henry J | Cambridge Street, | Wolverton | Appears in 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Lock, Arthur | 21 Park Street | Aylesbury | 1907 | 1907 | |
Logan, Saml | 144A High Street | Slough | Appears in 1931 & 1939 Kelly's Directory | ||
Longcroft Ernest | Horton Road | Datchet | Appears in 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Macdonald, Henry William | 13 & 57 High Street, Eton (1899) 57 High Street (1903) |
Windsor | 1899 | 1903 | |
Mackenzie Fine Art Co. | 7 Mackenzie street | Slough | 1899 | 1899 | |
Mansfield, T |
Plumtree, Penn Road Studio |
Beaconsfield | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory | ||
Millburn, Michael Charles |
104 High Street 43 High Street (1924 - 1939) |
Aylesbury | 1915 | 1915 | Appears in 1924, 1928 1931 & 1939 Kelly's Directory |
Muir, Samuel John | Station Parade | Gerrard's Cross | 1915 | 1915 |
1915 - "photographer & frame maker; limelight lanterns &c. on hire; children's photos a speciality" Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory |
Newton, Harry Wheeler | 118 High Street | Slough | 1915 | 1915 | |
Payne, Miss Dorothy M. | Station Road | Gerrard's Cross | 1915 | 1915 | Daughter of Samuel Payne of Aylesbuy |
Payne, Samuel Glendening (Mr & Mrs) (& Son (1911 - 1915)) | 43 New Road (1876 - 1883) 43 High Street (1899 - 1915) |
Aylesbury | 1876 | 1915 | |
Platten, S.W. | Hanslope | Stony Stratford | 1915 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory |
Proffitt, Thos Chas | Hill Ave | Amersham | Appears in 1928 1931 & 1939 Kelly's Directory | ||
Pusey, James Henry | Church Street, Chalvey | Slough | Appears in 1924 & 1928 Kelly's Directory | ||
Roads, William | 7 Wing Road Terrace, Linslade | Leighton Buzzard | 1915 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory |
Roberts, Cyril | 2B High Street | High Wycombe | Appears in 1928, 1931 & 1939 Kelly's Directory | ||
Roberts, Laz | Hughenden Road, Frogmoor Gardens (1868) 85 Easton Street (1870) |
Wycombe | 1868 | 1875 | see SWOP |
Rolfe, Frederick Arthur | 16 Bridge Street | Buckingham | 1911 | 1911 | |
Rubbra, Frederick William | Wolverton End | Stoney Stratford | 1883 | 1883 | |
Runicles [Runacles], William | High Street, Eton | Windsor | 1864 | 1876 | |
Runicles Bros | 7 High Street, Eton | Windsor | 1883 | 1883 | |
Russell-Skinner Studio | Bourne End | S.O. | 1907 | 1907 | |
Sansome, William Charles | Easton Street | West Wycome | 1864 | 1869 | May have been established in 1855 - see SWOP |
Sayle, Charles | 19 St. John Street | Newport Pagnell | 1911 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 & 1928 Kelly's Directory |
Scott & Smith | High Street | Great Marlow | 1883 | 1911 | 1903, 1907, 1911 - "portrait and landscape photographers" |
Seabright, George | Linslade | Leighton Buzzard | 1864 | 1883 | |
Sedgwick, Wm Henry | Glenesk | Perry Street, Wendover | Appears in 1928 Kelly's Directory | ||
Sharpe, Herbert & Son | High Street, Burnham | Maidenhead | 1907 | 1915 | |
Simmons, William | 5 Well Street | Buckingham | 1876 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory |
Smith, Frederick George | 54 & 56 High Street (1899 - 1903) 78 High Street (1907) |
Stony Stratford | 1899 | 1907 | 1899 - "Photographer and picture frame maker. Photographic enlargements a speciality" 1903, 1907 - "Photographer and picture frame maker" |
Sneyd, Thomas | High Street, Eton | Windsor | 1864 | 1864 | |
Spearman, John William | 65 High Street | Eton | Appears in 1924, 1928, 1931 & 1939 Kelly's Directory | ||
Spedding, Frederick | 84 High Street | Aylesbury | 1907 | 1907 | |
Starling, Josiah Pring | 3 Oxford Street, Frogmoor Gardens (1899) Oxford Road (1903) |
Wycombe | 1877 | 1905 | Partner with Sweetland (see below) in 1899 - see SWOP |
Starling & Sweetland | Frogmoor Gardens | Wycombe | 1899 | 1899 | |
Steggall C. & Co | 2 Bicester Road | Aylesbury | 1899 | 1899 | |
Steggall, Charles Robert | 52 Cambridge Street | Aylesbury | 1903 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory |
Stone, Herbert George |
33 Windsor Road and |
Slough Farnham Common 1924 - 1931 |
1911 |
1931 |
in 1911 Census Deceased March 1939 Landscapes of Cliveden - unused postcards no date Appears in 1924, 1928 & 1931 Kelly's Directory |
Studio Wray ( H T W Wray & R B Heaton props) | 173 High Street | Slough |
Appears in 1939 Kelly's Directory |
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Sutherland D C | Truville, Layters Ave, | Chalfont St Peter |
Appears in 1939 Kelly's Directory |
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Sweetland, Edward | Crown House Studio, Crown Lane (show window 81 Easton Street) (1900) High Street & Crown Lane (1903) The White House, 21 High Street (1904 - 1939) |
Wycombe | 1900 | 1924 |
Was a partner with Starling (see above) in 1899. Children's portraits a speciality - see SWOP Appears in 1924 & 1939 Kelly's Directory |
Szarkowski, A. | 3 Crendon Villas | Wycombe | 1868 | 1868 | "Photographer from Poland" - see SWOP |
Taunt, Henry William & Co | 81 Easton Street (and 9 & 10 Broad Street, Oxford) |
Wycombe | 1877 | 1888 | See SWOP "The England of Henry Taunt, Victorian photographer", by Henry Taunt (ISBN:0710075421) Google Books |
Taylor, Thornton | Marsh | Wycombe | 1907 | 1915 | |
Thorneycroft, George Walter | 49 Tickford Street | Newport Pagnell | 1899 | 1903 | |
Thorneycroft, George Walter | 61 Green Lane | Wolverton | 1911 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory |
Thorneycroft, George Walter | 58 Wolverton Road | Stony Stratford | Appears in 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Thorpe, Mr | Denmark Street | Wycombe | 1870 | 1870 | Landscape and portrait photography - see SWOP |
Tole, Henry | High Street | Stoney Stratford | 1864 | 1864 | 1864 - "watch maker & photographer" |
Tole, John (& Sons (1903 - 1907)) | St. Johns Street (1964) 26 High Street (1876 - 1903) 64 High Street (1907) |
Newport Pagnell | 1864 | 1907 | 1864 - "watch & clock maker, & photographer" 1883, 1899, 1907 - "watch maker & photographer" |
Turnham, Harry (John Henry (1915)) | Market Square | Winslow | 1903 | 1924 | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory |
Thurston, Gerald | 90 High Street | Slough | Appears in 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Varney, Leonard (& Co (1907 - 1915)) | London Road (1876) Bridge Street (1883 - 1903) Bridge Street & Well Street (1907 - 1915) |
Buckingham | 1876 | 1915 | |
Vipond, Thomas | 21 Park Street | Aylesbury | 1903 | 1903 | |
Ward, George | High Street | Amersham | 1899 | 1899 | |
Wilkins, Frank | Station Road | Woburn Sands | Appears in 1924 Kelly's Directory | ||
Wilkinson, Mark | 9 Market Square | Wolverton | 1911 | 1911 | |
Wilson, John James | High Street, Eton | Windsor | 1864 | 1864 | |
Woods, Frank | 8A White Hart Street | High Wycombe | 1915 | 1915 | |
Wright, William Samuel | 10 High Street (south), Olney | Newport Pagnell | 1864 | 1883 | 1864 - "photographer & fancy repository" |
Other Photographic Related Entries
Name | Address | Location | From | To | Comments |
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Davis, Sidney | 50 Broad Street | Chesham | 1915 | 1915 | 1915 - Photgraphic Chemicals & Material Dealers |
Dredge, Tom | Canal House, Walton Street 63 Walton Street (1911) 46 Walton Street (1915) |
Aylesbury | 1907 | 1915 | 1899, 1911, 1915 - Photographic Dealer |
Duplock, Walter A.P.S. | High Street | Marlow | 1903 | 1907 | 1903, 1907 - Photographic Chemist |
Dye, Chas. | Page, High Street | Marlow | 1899 | 1899 | 1899 - Photographic Chemist |
Elliman, E. George | 67 Broadway | Chesham | 1903 | 1911 | 1903 - 1911 - Photographic Chemicals & Materials Dealer |
Finlay Photographic Processes Ltd | Trading Estate | Slough | Appears in 1931 Kelly's Directory | ||
Snow, Leonard H. | High Street | Marlow | 1911 | 1915 | 1911, 1915 - Photographic Chemist |
Wood, John | 35 High Street | Aylesbury | 1899 | 1915 | 1899 - 1915 - Photographic Chemicals & Materials Dealer |
Sources for List
Below is the list of sources used to compile the list so far
- Historical Directories
- Post Office Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1864
- Harrod & Co.'s Directory of Beds, Bucks ..., 1876
- Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1883
- Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1899
- Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1903
- Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1907
- Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1911
- Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1915
- Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1924
- Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1928
- Kelly's Directory of Buckinghamshire, 1931
- Kelly's Directory of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire, 1939
- Sharing Wycombe's Old Photographs (SWOP)