| Name: |
BROWN, John sr |
| County: |
Caernarvonshire |
| Town: |
Bangor |
| Address(es): |
Castle St (1826-47). High St (1839) |
| Book Trades: |
Printer, Printer (newspaper), Bookbinder, Newspaper proprietor |
| Non-Book Trade: |
Not known |
| Trading Dates: |
1826 - 1847 |
| Biographical Dates: |
1784 - 1847 (date of death) |
| Notes: |
Apprenticed to W C Jones, Chester. Publisher of & prop `North Wales Chronicle'. Succeeded by sons William & John Brown. Died 13/5/1847 |
| Sources: |
- Eiluned Rees, Libri Walliae
- Pigot, James & Slater, Isaac, Commercial Directory and
London & Provincial New Commercial Directory, covering various
parts of the country and issued:
1814, 1816, 1818 and 1819
1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825 and 1826
1827,
1828, 1829 and 1830
1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1838,
1839 and 1840
1841, 1842, 1844, 1846 and 1847
1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1854 and 1855
For fuller transcriptions of titles see Norton, Jane E., Guide
to the National and Provincial Directories of England and Wales, excluding
London, published before 1856 (London, 1950) Extra source information - 28- British Chronicle continued as Hereford Journal (sometimes with issue number)
Extra source information - 5613- Ramsden, Charles, Bookbinders of the United Kingdom (outside London), 1780-1840 (London, 1954)
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