Trader Details

Details for: RIDGWAY, James

Name: RIDGWAY, James
County: London
Town: London
Address(es): Berwick St (84). 196 Piccadilly (84-6). 1/2 York St, St James's Sq (89-04). 170 Piccadilly (05), 169 Piccadilly (1846)
Book Trades: Bookseller, Publisher, Publisher (newspaper)
Non-Book Trade: Not known
Trading Dates: 1784 - 1846
Biographical Dates: 1784 (before) - 1846 (date of death)
Notes: Aka Ridgeway. Probably the same as James Ridgway of 116 The Strand
Sources:
  • Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue
  • Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members (Folkestone, 1977)
    Maxted, Ian, The London Book Trades, 1735-1775: a checklist of members in trade directories and in Musgrave's 'Obituary' (Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History No.3, 1984)
  • Kassler, Jamie Croy, The Science of Music in Britain, 1714-1839: a catalogue of writings, lectures and inventions (New York & London, 1979), 2 vols.
  • Holden's Triennial Directory, 1805, 1806, & 1807, 4th edn (London: W. Holden [1805])
  • Kelly's Post Office Directory of various counties with date
  • Extra source information - 1846


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