History of Kilburn and West Hampstead

From 1890 to 1896 Joe Parkin Mayall had a photographic studio at 209 Kilburn High Road . Today this is Hillman’s butchers shop near the corner with Willesden Lane . The Hillman family has had a shop here since 1922. Hillman's, 209 Kilburn High Road, 2015 John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813 to 1901) Joe was the second son of famous photographer, John Jabez Edwin Mayall, mistakenly referred to as an American in some books. But he was actually born in the UK , in Oldham , as Jabez Meal. After a move to West Yorkshire where his father worked as a dyer, the family emigrated to the States. In 1842 Jabez Meal traveled to Philadelphia where he changed his name to Mayall and became an early daguerreotype photographer. With a partner he set up a successful studio at 140 Chestnut Street and their photographs were awarded prizes.   Self portrait by John Jabez Mayall, Daguerrotype, Philadelphia 1842 In 1846 Mayall sold up and returned to England where ...