WardLockRedGuides.co.uk
Title
Ward Lock Red Travel Guides home page
Description
In 1854, Ebenezer Ward and George Lock starting a publishing concern and the partnership, not surprisingly, was called Ward and Lock. The business was originally based in Fleet Street, London but, by the 1870s, it had outgrown its premises and so in 1878 the business moved to Warwick House in Salisbury Square, London.
In the early 1880s, the company became the proprietors of Shaw’s widely-known and well-established series of tourist guides. Shortly after this, James Bowden was brought into the partnership.
In 1882, an office was opened in New York, America, and in 1884 a further office was opened in Melbourne, Australia. In the mid-1890s, the company opened an office in Toronto, Canada; however, this was closed in 1919.
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English
