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Derbyshire
Photographers' Profiles by Brett Payne, of Tauranga, New Zealand J. Clayton of Staveley |
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| The following two cdvs, which appear to have been taken in the early 1860s, are the only evidence found of a studio operated by
J. Clayton in Stavely. There are several potential candidates for
this photographer. The 1861 census shows a James Clayton (born c. 1842 at Skegby in Nottinghamshire) living in Staveley. He was working as a collier, in which occupation he continued in the 1871 (Eckington, Derebyshire) and 1881/1891 (Kimberworth, Yorkshire) censuses, and seems an unlikely person to have operated the studio. There was, however, a J. Clayton who became a very well known photographer. According to tradition, James Clayton (1802–1863) opened a photographic studio at Nottingham in the mid-1840s, although the first documented evidence of any Clayton premises was that of his son Walter Clayton (1833–1893), at 8 Greyhound Street, Long Row, Nottingham in 1856. Another son, James Byron Clayton (1826–1880) opened a studio at 4 Ram Yard, Long Row East by 1857, operating under his baptismal second name Byron, so as to differentiate between his studio and that of his brother. It is possible that one of James Clayton, his son James Byron Clayton, or his grandson Joseph Byron Clayton (1847–1923) may have worked briefly in Staveley in the early 1860s. |
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woman by J. Clayton of Staveley Undated, but probably taken in the early 1860s Format: Carte-de-visite Size: Mount 64 x 105.5 mm; Photo 57.5 x 91 mm Image © & courtesy of Brett Payne Notes |
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man by J. Clayton of Staveley Undated, but probably taken in the early 1860s Format: Carte-de-visite Size: Mount 64 x 105 mm; Photo 57 x 91 mm Image © & courtesy of Brett Payne Notes |
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| References
Images provided by Brett Payne 1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com FreeBMD International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church The Byron Company of New York, by The Museum of the City of New York Heathcote, Bernard V. & Pauline F. (1979) Nottingham Photographic Studios in Victorian Times, publ. Royal Photographic Society Historical Group Heathcote, Bernard V. & Pauline F. (1982) Leicester Photographic Studios in Victorian & Edwardian Times, publ. Royal Photographic Society Historical Group Wright's Nottingham Directory, 1858. University of Leicester's Digital Library of Historical Directories Wright's Nottingham Directory, 1862. University of Leicester's Digital Library of Historical Directories History, Gazetteer & Directory of Nottinghamshire, 1885. University of Leicester's Digital Library of Historical Directories |
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