Alex Wood & Son, photo-lithographic artists and zincotypers, were listed at No. 1 from 1882 to 1884. This may have been a business address, as Alexander Wood and his family were recorded living nearby at 6 St Bernard’s Row in 1881, and the St Bernard’s Row address is also in the post office directories.
Alexander Wood was born at Lanark c.1817. He was an excise officer until about 1878, when he began to work as a professional photographer. He died on 18 June 1896. He married Elizabeth Gaskin and had several children.