William Frederick Foster, The Hamilton Studio (late Bordley's Castleberg Studio), 202 Christchurch Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset

            Carte-de-visite photographic portrait. 

Castleberg Crag is a tall limestone cliff that towers over the market town of Settle at the south western edge of the Yorkshire Dales. Castleberg Studio was the name used by John Bordley (1828-1905) and his son David (1857-1935), both of whom were born in Settle, for their photographic business. John Bordley was a house painter who added photography to his business. John took up the photographic side and, when he married Lucy Slinn in 1880, they moved to Stafford and took over David Brigham's studio at 42 (later 51, then 134) Newport Road, Stafford, operating there from 1892 to 1898 under the name Castleberg Studio. Iit was later operated by Frederick Stoate, 1899 to 1906; John Vandyke, 1908 to 1914; and Paul Wise [originally Weiss] 1914 to 1928. In the 1901 census Lucy and the family have moved to Northampton and, in the 1911 census, to Manchester; during which time David is staying at other addresses. It was probably during this period that he attempted to expand his photographic enterpise with another Castleberg Studio at 202 Christchurch Road, Boscombe. This does not appear to have met with success (perhaps as photography was becoming accessible to the populace) and by 1914 he had moved up to Cheshire where Lucy and other members of the family were to follow (Wallasey, Seacombe and Birkenhead). By 1891 William Frederick Foster (1866-1954), living at 38 Hamilton Road, had set up the Hamilton Studio at 5 Palmerston Road. He then took over the premises at 202 Christchurch Road, where he was a painter and photographic artist and also sold photographic equipment. The studio was later acquired by photographer Robert James Scott.

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Taken in: UK / England / Boscombe (show map)

Taken on: March 3, 2023

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