Camelids. Equus Quaccha, Dromedary and Lama.
by Latreille from Cuvier; Animal Kingdom
1834
In 1835, a publication called the “List of the animals in the Liverpool Zoological Gardens” shows us that Charles Tayleur donated a Llama that he kept at Parkfield to the Zoo, 
1835
27 November - Mention of llama from Liverpool Zoological gardens performing in the pantomime Bluebeard Liverpool Mercury
Royal Agricultural Society held a meeting at Liverpool where alpacas and llamas? were exhibited at Lord Derby's estate in Knowsley.
1846
6 June - Much dissatisfaction having arisen among the artizens engaged in the production of the Llama Cloth in the West of England, by reason of a rumour that it was the intention of the Messrs. Nicoll, of Regent-street, to remove such manufacture nearer to the metropolis, those gentlemen have issued a circular denying such to be their purpose, and which has allayed the fears of a….
John Bull (London, England), Saturday, June 06, 1846; pg. 350; Issue 1,330.
25 July - Some notion of the exquisite texture obtained by the aid of the Llama wool may be gained from the fact that, without destroying the waterproof character of the cloth, the Messrs. Nicoll, of Regent-street, have succeeded in making their registered Paletot, for the present hot weather, of a lightness almost astonishing. John Bull (London, England), Saturday, July 25, 1846
1851
27 September - Mention of 21 alpacas/llamas sold on death of the Earl of Derby from his estate at Knowsley. Illustrated London News. Said to fetch a fair price between 33 and 65 £. Morning Post 13 October, 1851. Said to be unrivalled collection in Europe. Morning Post 26/12/1851
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1 Llama Sold for £28, Mr Atkins, proprietor of Liverpool Zoo.
1 Llama (old), past its best days Sold for £26, Jamrach, a German from Hamburg
1 Llama, female Sold for £33, Herring, of London, for Sir W. Fielding, Fenniscaule, Lancashire
1 Llama, female Sold for £30, Atkins, for out of the country
1 Llama, female (fawn) Sold for £28, Vekeman, Antwerp Zoological Society
Various mentions of llamas appearing at travelling shows up and down the country
1852
19th June - Sir Henry William Fielding, Fenniscoul, near Blackburn, has 4 Llamas, a young one, a few days old, from the one bought at Knowsley.
1855
26 May - Mention of llamas at Belle Vue Gardens Manchester. Manchester Courier
1857
Camelids. Llama History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Oliver Goldsmith 1857
1857
Prices for wool as follows:
- Vicuna, 7s to 7s 7d
- Alpaca, 3s
- Guanaco, 2s to 2s 6d
- Aviru, 2s 6d to 3s
- Llama 1s to 1s 4d
- Goat – Cashmere, 2s to 2s 6d
- Camel, 10d to 12d
- Bear, 6d to 7d
- (Alpaca, The Original Peruvian Sheep, Before the Spaniards Invaded South America, for Naturalisation in other Countries. Recommended through the Natural History Society of Liverpool in 1839. By William Danson of 6, Shaw street, Liverpool. Printed by M. Rourke, 3, South John Street, Liverpool, 1852 supplied by Helen Cowie)
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1858
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20 March - Auction of llamas transported over 4,000 miles overland from Peru to New York where purchased by British citizen Mr Benjamin Whitehead Gee of Acton, London. Ledger's The Alpaca: Its Introduction Into Australia
Camelids. Alpaca & the Llama, Cassell s Popular Natural History, 1865
