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Photographers
in Edinburgh and Lanarkshire named
Wood
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Wood
Edinburgh Photographers |
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There were two professional photography companies, named Wood, in
Edinburgh in the 19th century.
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Wood & Co
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79 Princes Street
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1881-82
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72 Princes Street
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1882-03
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99 Princes Street
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1889-93
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Alexander Wood
& Son
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6 Saint Bernard's Row
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1878-00
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1 Malta Terrace
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1882-83
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10 Saint Bernard's Row
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1901-13
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Wood
Lanarkshire Photographers |
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Studios
In Airdrie, Lanarkshire, 37 miles west of Edinburgh, there were two
photographers named Wood. Were either of these related to the
Edinburgh Woods?
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John E
Wood |
High Street, Airdrie
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1886 |
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James
Wood |
132 Graham Street, Airdrie
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1905-14 |
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Outdoor
Cabinet Print
Thank you to
Rachel Lamborn, New Zealand, for sending me this interesting outdoor
cabinet print by James Wood.
©
Reproduced by courtesy of Rachel
Lamborn, New Zealand
James Wood appeared in
the trade directories as a photographer from 1905 to 1914, but
cabinet photographs tended to be replaced by other sizes and styles
of photograph early in the 20th century, so I suspect that this
photo may date from around 1905. |
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Questions
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Can you help to identify the
place and date of this photo, or do you know whether or not this Airdrie
photographer was related to the Edinbrugh photographers named Wood?
If so, please
e-mail me so
that i can pass on details to Rachel Lamborn.
Thank you.
- Peter Stubbs; March 11, 2006 |
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Answers
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Thank you to Shari Hoover, New
Haven, Indiana, USA for telling me more about James and John Wood.
Most of the information below comes from Shari: some comes from the
Coldingham web site.
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James
Wood |
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Airdrie Photographer
James
Wood was born in Berwickshire on March 20, 1858 to William Wood, a
shepherd. He was the 7th of 15 children.
James was listed as a photographer in
Airdrie in the 1891 and 1901 censuses. He died on 23 Apr 1940
at New Monkland, Lanark |
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John Wood
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Glass Plates Discovered
John Wood was my great-great uncle.
He
was born 30 Oct 1852 in Cranshaws, Berwickshire. He died on 4
Aug 1914 in Coldingham, Berwickshire.
He was the brother of James Wood.
John became somewhat famous for his
glass plates dating from 1890-1911, discovered after lying in a
potting shed in Coldingham in the Scottish Borders for over 70
years.
About 600 were salvaged and
restored. Some of these can now be seen on the
Coldingham web site. |
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Was he John E Wood?
The
Lanarkshire photographer, John E. Wood may
well be "my John Wood", the older brother of James Wood.
The
Coldingham web site
has not been able to trace where John Wood lived between :
- 1877 when he married in Glasgow
(having gone there in five years earlier from Old Scarlaw in the
Lammermuir Hills, East Lothian to train as a master joiner) and
- 1890 when he married again, this time
in Coldingham, Berwickshire.
The censuses record that he was still in
Coldingham in 1891 as a general merchant and 1901 as a photographer.
So perhaps he was the photographer, John
E Wood listed in the Lanarkshire trade directory in 1886. |
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Edinburgh Wood Photographers |
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A Different Family
From the research I have, I don't
believe that James and John Wood were related to the Edinburgh Wood
photographers, unless they are distant relations.
James Wood's other brothers are pretty
much accounted for and are not shown as photographers.
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