the Frith archive

The Frith archive was founded by Francis Frith, the pioneer Victorian photographer, in 1860 and today contains over 365,000 photographs of some 7,000 towns and villages throughout Britain.

Taken between 1860 and 1970 these form a topographical record of Britain without equal, recognised as probably the only photographic collection of national importance in private hands in Britain today.

Historic photographs

We are are pleased to be an associate retailer of the Francis Frith Collection. You can buy photographic prints directly from the Francis Frith website and then bring them here for framing – or ask us to obtain and frame them for you.

To visit the Frith web site just click on one of the photos below.

Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

Llanwrtyd Wells driving sheep in Victoria Square circa 1930

Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

Llanwyrtyd Wells driving sheep in Victoria Square circa 1955