James Lloyd was born in Horsham in 1837, the son of James and Jemima Lloyd. His baptism was recorded on 12th March 1837. James Lloyd married sometime around 1859 and in the Summer of 1860, his wife Fanny gave birth to a daughter named Sarah Alice Lloyd. A second daughter, Kate, was born in 1862, and a third, Mary Ann, known as "Annie", arrived in 1865.

By the time of the 1861 Census, James Lloyd was working as a watchmaker in Horsham's West Street. Sources indicate that Lloyd ran his watch-making business in West Street, Horsham until around 1866.

The only evidence I have that James Lloyd took photographic portraits in Horsham, is a single carte-de-visite portraying a mother and her two children, with a dog at her feet ( see illustration at bottom right ). On the back of the cdv portrait is a trade plate, which reads "Photographed by Lloyd, West Street, Horsham." ( see illustration at right )

James Lloyd lived and worked in West Street, Horsham for about six years. By 1867, James Lloyd and his family had moved to Hounslow, Middlesex, where his son Percy was born.

 In 1881, James Lloyd was running the Post Office at Albury, a village near Guildford, Surrey. James Lloyd was assisted in the Post Office by his wife Fanny, who served as his clerk. The 1881 Census return shows that James Lloyd was living with his family at the Village Post Office in Albury and that he combined his Postmaster duties with his established craft of watch-making.

In the census of 1901, James Lloyd is recorded as a "Watchmaker", aged 63, living in Shalford, Surrey. James Lloyd's son, Percy, was still living in Albury in 1901. Interestingly, Percy Lloyd, now aged thirty-four, gives his occupation as "Stationer" and "Photographer", which suggests his father may have kept up his interest in photography and passed on his skills to his son.

The western end of West Street (c1870)

[ABOVE ] The trade plate of James Lloyd of West Street, Horsham.

[ABOVE ] A group portrait of a mother and her two children, a carte-de-visite by James Lloyd of West Street, Horsham (c1865).

In the early 1860s, Henry Padwick junior became interested in photography. In 1862, Padwick took a series of photographs of St Mary's Church, Horsham.

On 24th September 1862, Henry Padwick junior married Jane Eleanor Chevall Tooke (born c1842, Brighton), the daughter of Charles Chevall Tooke, a magistrate of Hurston Clays, East Grinstead. Henry and Jane Padwick set up home at Hawthorn House, Horsham. The couple's first child, Henry Charles Padwick, was born early in 1863 and baptised in Horsham on 19th January 1863. A second son, Philip Hugh Padwick was born in 1876.

By 1878, Henry Padwick junior had acquired Wimblehurst, a large house described as "a very elegant mansion in the pure Italian style of architecture". In 1879, Henry Padwick's father died and so he inherited his father's fortune. The 1881 census records Henry Padwick junior and his family residing at Wimblehurst, Horsham. Henry Padwick is described in the census return as "J. P. for Sussex, Barrister not in practise", aged 52. At the time of the 1881 census, his widowed mother occupied the Manor House in Horsham's Causeway. In the census return Henry's mother declared that she was living on the income from "Land & Houses". After Mrs Susan Padwick died in 1886, at the age of 83, her son Henry, together with his wife and sons moved into the Manor House at 32 Causeway.

Both of Henry Padwick's sons became artists. Eighteen year old Henry Charles Padwick was described as an "Artist" in the 1881 census return and Philip H. Padwick  is recorded as an "Artist Painter" in Fittleworth in 1901. As Henry Padwick's heir, Henry Charles Padwick did not establish a career as an artist, but Philip Hugh Padwick (1876-1958) did become a professional landscape painter. An oil painting by Philip Padwick entitled "View near Pulborough" is held in the collection of Brighton Art Gallery.

Henry Padwick junior died in 1916, a few years short of his 90th birthday.

[ABOVE ] The trade plate of W. Parsley of 25 West Street, Horsham.

The carte-de-visite portrait illustrated on the right is the only evidence I have that W.Parsley worked as a photographer in Horsham. W. Parsley worked from a studio at 25 West Street, Horsham. The photographer may have been related to Mrs Jane Parsley, who ran a baby linen warehouse in Horsham's West Street around 1867.

[ABOVE ] A  portrait of a young woman, a carte-de-visite photograph by W. Parsley of 25 West Street, Horsham (c1868).

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