Directory of Early Photographers in Leicestershire, W - Z

WAGHORN, Alfred

1a Market Place, Leicester
LTP 1870

The studio is referred to as the Prince of Wales Portrait Rooms in his LTP 1870 advertisement.

WAGSTAFF, Mrs Elizabeth

North Street, Melton Mowbray
WRLE 1892

WAGSTAFF, John

Norman Street, Melton Mowbray
KL 1881, WRLE 1887/8, KL 1888, KL 1891

North Street, Melton Mowbray
WRLE 1887/8, WRLR 1889/90

The Norman Street business is referred to in WRLE 1887/8 as ‘photographer & shopkeeper’.

WALLIS, Christopher

Noted in the 1901 census as photographer and picture framer at 217 Belgrave Gate, Leicester. Aucott places him at Bridge House, Northampton Road, Market Harborough, in December 1892. By 1911 he was operating in Aston, Birmingham. For his earlier career in King's Lynn, see the Norfolk directory.

WARD, George

28 Oxford Street, Leicester
KL 1855

Identified by Heathcote as a piano dealer and restorer of paintings, who ventured into photography in 1854-1855.

WARD, Henry M

9 Belgrave Road, Leicester
BEL 1902, WRLR 1903, KL 1904, WRLR 1906

8 Victoria Road East, West Humberstone, Leicester
WRLR 1909, WRLR 1911, KL 1912, WRLR 1914, KL 1916

BEL 1902 has: ‘photographer, artist, trade enlarger, and dealer in photographic materials.’

WARWICK, Harry

173 Belgrave Gate, Leicester
KL 1895, KL 1899

WARWICK, Henry

97 Church Street, Leicester
LTP 1870

97 Church Gate, Leicester
CG 1875, KL 1876, WL 1877, WRLR 1878, WRLE 1880, KL 1881

Thomas Warwick, printer, shares the LTP 1870 address.

WARWICK, William Henry

36a Galltree Gate, Leicester
WRLR 1883/4, KL 1888

36½ Galltree Gate, Leicester
WRLE 1887/8

97 Church Gate, Leicester
WRLR 1883/4, WRLE 1887/8, WRLR 1889/90

36 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester
BEL 1888

173 Belgrave Gate, Leicester
WRLE 1899, BEL 1902

‘Photographer and picture framer’ in WRLE 1887/8.

WATSON, Arthur

See entry for A H Taylor Limited, where Watson was manager for a time.

WEALE, WOOD, & Co

Sage Cross, Melton Mowbray
WRLE 1880

WEATHERLEY, Arthur

279 Humberstone Road, Leicester
KL 1908, WRLR 1909, WRLR 1911, KL 1912, WRLR 1914

WEATHERLEY, Arthur, & Co

30 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester
KL 1904

WELLS & Co

3 Market Place, Leicester
WMD 1864, KL 1864

‘Stationers & photographic artists’.

WELLS, Seth

2½ Market Place, Leicester
HL 1870

30 Upper Conduit Street, Leicester
WL 1877

These entries seem likely to refer to Seth Ellis Wells, below. But the possibility of a Seth G Wells, also below, should not be entirely discounted.

WELLS, Seth Ellis

30 Upper Kent Street, Leicester
CG 1875, WRLR 1878

30 Upper Conduit Street, Leicester
KL 1876

Also referred to in WRLR 1878 as stationer and fancy goods dealer.

WELLS, Seth G

20 & 30 Upper Conduit Street, Leicester
BAL 1875

‘Photographer & newsagent.’ It’s tempting to suspect that this could be a mistake for ‘Seth E Wells’, above. But two generations of the same family are also possible.

WHALLEY, William

Nottingham Street, Melton Mowbray
BUL 1867

King Street, Melton Mowbray
HL 1870

‘Photographer & picture frame maker’ in BUL 1867; ‘printer, photographer &C’ in HL 1870.

WHEWAY, Henry

Hinckley
WL 1863

WHILES, Tom

101 Humberstone Road, Leicester
WRLE 1892, WRLR 1894, KL 1895, KL 1899, WRLE 1899, BEL 1902, WRLR 1903, KL 1904

WILLIAMS, John

7 Morley Road, Leicester
KL 1912

WILLIAMS, Samuel Anthony Cox

Stanley Chambers, Galltree Gate, Leicester
WRLR 1889/90, WRLE 1892

30 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester
KL 1891, KL 1899

36 Galltree Gate
WRLR 1894

36 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester
KL 1895

Stanley Chambers, 30½ Gallowtree Gate, Leicester
WRLE 1899

Gallowtree Gate
BEL 1902

90 Granby Street, Leicester
WRLR 1903, KL 1904, WRLR 1906, KL 1908, WRLR 1909, WRLR 1911, KL 1912, WRLR 1914, KL 1916

WILSON, James Herbert

3a Market Street, Leicester
BEL 1902

14 Market Street, Leicester
WRLR 1903, KL 1904, WRLR 1906, KL 1908, WRLR 1909

69 Belvoir Road, Coalville, Leicester
KL 1908

45 Market Street, Leicester
WRLR 1911, KL 1912, WRLR 1914, KL 1916

BEL 1902: ‘Cricket and football groups a speciality.’ The Coalville and Market Street premises are listed separately in KL 1908, as if they belonged to different pratitioners. But Jeff Morgan reports a Wilson mount that names both studios, thereby removing any doubt.

WILSON, John

82 High Street, Leicester
WRLE 1887/8, BEL 1888, KL 1888, WRLR 1889/90, KL 1891, WRLE 1892, WRLR 1894

245 Clarendon Park Road, Knighton, Leicester
KL 1899, WRLE 1899

292 Clarendon Park Road, Leicester
WRLR 1903, KL 1904, WRLR 1906, WRLR 1909

‘Artist & photographer’ in WRLE 1887/8. His advertisement in BEL 1888 gives the address as ‘Garden Studio, 82 High Street’. WRLE 1899 omits ‘Knighton’.

WILSON, John William

119 Humberstone Road, Leicester
WRLR 1903, KL 1904, KL 1908

WILSON, Neil

15 Freehold Street, Loughborough
WRLE 1892

WOOD, Henry M

42 Belgrave Avenue, Leicester
KL 1899

WOOD, Thomas

70 Humberstone Gt, Leicester
WRLR 1878

WOOD, WEALE & Co

Sage Cross, Melton Mowbray
WRLE 1880

WOODWARD, Thomas Henry

75 High Street, Leicester
WRLR 1906

81 High Street, Leicester
KL 1908, WRLR 1909, WRLR 1911, KL 1912

WOOLDRIDGE, William Philip

3 Market Place, Melton Mowbray
KL 1908

WORTH, William

36 Livingstone Road, Leicester
WRLR 1903, KL 1904

WRIGHT, Frederick

Market Place, Loughborough
BAL 1875

Town Hall Passage, Loughborough
KL 1876

YAXLEY, George

Beast Market, Lutterworth
BUL 1867

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