tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post3643574347394043128..comments2024-03-04T06:12:38.695+13:00Comments on Photo-Sleuth: James Denham Wise & The Trafalgar Photographic CompanyBrett Paynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post-36450974334926697242008-10-15T20:36:00.000+13:002008-10-15T20:36:00.000+13:00Thank you, Nigel, for your research into the locat...Thank you, Nigel, for your research into the location of this studio, which is much appreciated. You do get around! Regards, BrettBrett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post-84989237202399297892008-09-29T09:39:00.000+13:002008-09-29T09:39:00.000+13:00I found the following comment at;http://homepage.n...I found the following comment at;<BR/><BR/>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/lon-str.html<BR/><BR/>“In 1888 the General Post Office and London County Council conducted a renaming and renumbering scheme to eliminate duplicate road names throughout the LCC and to renumber houses consistently with the lowest number being closest to the local post office. This means that a house located in 1851 need not be the same house today, or even in subsequent censuses. “<BR/><BR/>However that information does not help you date the photo if the name change did indeed take place in 1888 for this particular property.<BR/><BR/>NigelNigel Aspdin (Derby, UK)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11287696605570389587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post-6275430874761013672008-09-29T09:17:00.000+13:002008-09-29T09:17:00.000+13:00I am afraid I have not got to the bottom of this q...I am afraid I have not got to the bottom of this query, but Chandos Street is over a mile from Charing Cross, Trafalgar Square and Covent Garden. I am familiar with Chandos Street having worked just round the corner in New Cavendish Street for the early part of my career, it was my route to the tube at Oxford Circus. It is a street of the most elegant very large town houses (now generally office use) on the estate of the Dukes of Portland. It seemed inconceivable that a photographer would ever have been in business there. However there is a (currently named) Chandos Place just yards from Charing Cross, and Trafalgar Square. This must be the address. What I have not figured out is whether “Chandos Street Charing Cross” was re-named in later years to “Place”, or was it a printer’s error?<BR/><BR/>Well I spoke too soon, I do have the answer, and a link to a rather nice photo of a pub, the Welsh Harp, at 47 Chandos Place, Charing Cross, but best of all, at the top of the building, the old address sign “47 Chandos Street” proves the change from Street to Place. See http://londonpublichouse.com/LondonPubs/StMartins/WelshHarp.shtml<BR/><BR/>NigelNigel Aspdin (Derby, UK)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11287696605570389587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post-82949777176210060872008-09-23T21:55:00.000+12:002008-09-23T21:55:00.000+12:00Yes, thanks, Tim. I use Roger Vaughan's site all ...Yes, thanks, Tim. I use Roger Vaughan's site all the time - in fact you will find a link to it in the bar on the left. Tim - could you get hold of me by email pse (via my profile) as I have some important info about the photos on your blog. Regards, BrettBrett Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706734864792449845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4599702957095945938.post-32297796118416690752008-09-23T21:49:00.000+12:002008-09-23T21:49:00.000+12:00http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/index.htm - you may a...http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/index.htm - you may already know of this site - but it seems quite useful for dating CDV's from their general shape and designs - e.g. that the earliest ones had square edges and very plain designs, if any.Tim Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570378852656211287noreply@blogger.com