Postcard Index

Postcards published by Francis Frith & Co

Francis Frith was a Victorian photographer who published view photographs, and founded a company which, after his death, became a major publisher of view postcards. The following list of numbers, gleaned from www.johnowensmith.co.uk,  would appear to be the plate numbers, and hence refer to the date the photograph was taken, rather than the publication year. 

• 1886 - 18521

• 1887 - 19500

• 1888 - 20475

• 1889 - 21450

• 1890 - 22421

• 1891 - 28140

• 1892 - 29865

• 1893 - 31590

• 1894 - 33315

• 1895 - 35040

• 1896 - 37121

• 1897 - 38962

• 1898 - 40804

• 1899 - 42852

St Nicholas Church, Stevenage - Frith Postcard posted in 1908 [No 44265]

The River Stort, Bishops Stortford
Published by H Copley & Co, Bishops Stortford. - Frith's Series 44295
coloured version of this card posted in 1962  [see River Stort]

Bishops Stortford, St Michael's Church, No 44867  [advertised on eBay]

Thorley Church No 44877

• 1900 - 44900

• 1901 - 46320

Hitchin, Walsworth Road - No 46640 - used 1916 [advertised on eBay]

Hitchin, Hermitage Road - F. Frith & Co. Ltd.  No 46642 (see An Interesting Pair)
Hitchin, St. Saviour's Church - F. Frith & Co. Ltd. No 46648 [ramsdale]

• 1902 - 48082

Ickleford - F. Frith & Co. Ltd. No 49749  Posted 1939 Coloured version issued by Blum & Degan Ltd, No 10968, posted in Canada 1914

• 1903 - 49125

<<<< Hitchin Church Gates
F. Frith & Co. Ltd No 49733
Posted 1907

See Erroneous and Misleading old Post Cards

Rickmansworth, Moor Park, - Frith No 492529 [q.v.]
Batchworth Heath Frith No 49259 [q.v.]
Hitchin. St Mary's Church Porch and Tower - F. Frith & Co. Ltd. No 49739 [ramsdale]
Hitchin, The Biggin Courtyard - F. Frith & Co. Ltd. No 49743 [q.v.]
St. Ippolyts Church, Hitchin - F. Frith & Co. Ltd. No 49745A [q.v]

• 1904 - 51142

• 1905 - 53180

• 1906 - 55241?

• 1907 - 57201

• 1908 - 59460

• 1909 - 61298

• 1910 - 62187

• 1911 - 63077

• 1912 - 64058

• 1913 - 65149

Letchworth Church - early 1900s
Postcard by F. Frith & Co. No. 65328

• 1914 - 66516

• 1915 - 67714

• 1916 - 67868

• 1917 - 67894

• 1918 - 68020

• 1919 - 68796

• 1920 - 69357

• 1921 - 69918

• 1922 - 71721

Bishops Stortford High Street No 71840 [advertised on eBay]

Hertford, Fore Street
Published by Rose & Sons, Hertford - Frith No 71852

Detail showing car (Reg. No. AF 2?08)

Hertford, War Memorial No 71855 [advertised on eBay]
Hertford, St. Andrew's Church and War Memorial - F. Frith & Co. Ltd. No 71869 [ramsdale]

• 1923 - 73333

• 1924 - 75416

• 1925 - 76667

The River Lee at Ware No 77116  [advertised on eBay]

St Mary's Church, Ware No 77118 - [T. W. Jennings, The Library, High St., Ware]

• 1926 - 79014

• 1927 - 79313

• 1928 - 80652

• 1929 - 81559

• 1930 - 82990

• 1931 - 83725

• 1932 - 84911

• 1933 - 85424

• 1934 - 86015

Bridge Street, Bishops Stortford  No 86018

• 1935 - 86471

• 1936 - 87164

• 1937 - 87845

• 1938 - 88252

• 1939 - 88855

• 1940 - 88958

Later Postcards

Later cards had a letter code for the town, followed by a number, as in the following example.

Back of Stevenage card.

The book Francis Frith's Hertfordshire contains many dated photographs - and in many cases the pictures will have been issued as postcards. It is also possible to buy modern reprints from the old plates/negatives.

If you can can provide further dating information on postcards please tell me.

Page updated February 2013